• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.579-598
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• 2019

We investigated geochemical contaminants and Fe, Al behavior in precipitates of acid mine drainage (AMD) from the Donghae abandoned coal mine, Taebaek, Gangwon Province using aqueous chemical analyses, XRD, IR, and ²⁷Al NMR, Our results showed that water chemistry changed with pH and Eh, and saturation indices of chemical species in the AMD. According to saturation calculated by visual MINTEQ, the AMD was saturated with various Fe-, Al-oxyhydroxide minerals. Reddish brown precipitates are composed of schwertmannite, ferrihydrite, and goethite, whereas whitish precipitates are composed mostly of alumimous minerals such as poorly crystallized basaluminite with trace Al₁₃-Tridecamer. It is important to apply active treatment methods rather than simple storage pond and to control the precipitation and solubility of iron species and aluminous species for ensuring remediation and control for the AMD discharged from the Donghae abandoned coal mine.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.367-367
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• 2022

토지이용의 고도화에 따라 비점오염원 부하는 증가하는 추세이며 기후변화에 따른 강우강도 증가 등으로 지표면에 축적된 고농도의 비점오염물질이 하천으로 유출, 수질오염을 가중시키고 있어 비점오염원 관리가 필요하다. LID 기법은 자연적 기작(mechanisms)과 공정(process)을 이용하여 생태계의 물질순환(물순환 포함)과 에너지 흐름이 원활하도록 조성하는 기법으로, 불투수층면에서 발생되는 강우유출수를 관리 가능하다. LID 시설에는 전처리 시설을 두어 초기 고농도의 입자상 물질을 저감시키고, 강우유출수 저류공간을 통한 유출저감, 첨두유량 등을 저감시킨다. 이러한 전처리 시설에는 유기물질 및 영양소의 생물학적 제거를 위한 미생물 서식공간의 제공 등의 역할을 수행하기 위하여 다양한 여재를 적용하고 있다. 본 연구는 비점오염물질 유입이 LID 기법 전처리 시설 내 여재층의 물리·화학적 및 생물학적 환경을 평가하였다. 3개 시설 모두 100%의 불투수층에서 발생되는 강우유출수를 처리하는 LID 시설을 연구대상으로 선정하였으며, 각각의 전처리 시설에는 자갈, 우드칩, 쇄석 등이 적용되어 있다. 퇴적물의 경우 가장 상부에 존재하는 층으로 퇴적물의 오염물질 농도는 2~10.7배 이상 매우 높게 나타났다. 우드칩의 경우 다른 여재에 비해 높은 함수량과 유기물 함량을 보였으며 이는 우드칩의 수분을 보유하는 능력과 거친 표면공극에 오염물질이 부착되기 때문으로 나타났다. 또한, 같은 무기성 여재인 쇄석과 자갈의 경우 여재 크기의 차이를 보임에도 불구하고 미생물의 군집구성과 함수량의 차이를 보이는 것으로 평가되었다. 유기물의 함량이 낮은 강우유출수의 생물학적 처리능력을 향상시키기 위해서는 유기성 여재가 필요하며, 다공성 무기 멀칭재를 적용하고 하부의 토양은 적정 유기물을 배합하여 질산화 및 탈질화 유도가 가능하도록 설계가 필요한 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.469-487
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• 2007

Grain-Size Trend Analysis is the methodology to identify net sediment transport pathways, based on the assumption that the movement of sediment from the source to deposit leaves the identifiable spatial pattern of mean, sorting, and skewness of grain size. It can easily be implemented with low cost, so it has great potentials to contribute to geomorphological research, whereas it can also be used inadequately without recognition of its limitations. This research aims to compare three established methods of grain-size trend analysis to search for the adequate way of application, and also suggest the research tasks needed in improving this methodology 1D pathway method can corporate the field experience into analyzing the pathway, provide the useful information of depositional environments through X-distribution, and identify the long-term trend effectively. However, it has disadvantage of the dependence on subjective interpretation, and a relatively coarse temporal scale. Gao-Collins's 2D transport vector method has the objective procedure, has the capability to visualize the transport pattern in 2D format, and to identify the pattern at a finer temporal scale, whereas characteristic distance and semiquantitative filtering are controversial. Le Roux's alternative 2D transport vector method has two improvement of Gao-Collins's in that it expands the empirical rules, considers the gradient of each parameters as well as the order, and has the ability to identify the pattern at a finer temporal scale, while the basic concepts are arbitrary and complicated. The application of grain sire trend analysis requires the selection of adequate method and the design of proper sampling scheme, based on the field knowledge of researcher, the temporal scale of sediment transport pattern targeted, and information needed. Besides, the relationship between the depth of sample and representative temporal scale should be systematically investigated in improving this methodology.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.258-260
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• 2004

암모니아 대신 에탄올아민은 원자력 발전소 2차계통수에서 pH를 증가시켜 철 부식을 억제하고, 중기 발생기 전열관의 건전성을 제고하기 위해 사용하고 있다. 에탄올아민은 암모니아와 물리화학적 성질이 다르므로, 증기발생기에 유입되는 부식생성물의 용해와 흡착, 이온성 불순물의 잠복현상에 미치는 영향이 다르다. 본 연구에서는 온도가 증가함에 따라 암모니아와 에탄올아민이 부식생성물에 대한 용해와 흡착, 이온성 불순물의 잠복현상에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 2차 계통수의 pH 제어제로서 에탄올 아민은 암모니아보다 증기발생기 슬러지의 철산화물에 많이 흡착되어 철산화물의 용해도를 증가시키므로 퇴적된 슬러지의 양을 감소시키며, 또한 슬러지에 흡착된 불순물의 양을 감소시켜 잠복 현상을 억제할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.121-129
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• 2011

The EFDC model has been simplified to enhance the computing performance in hydrodynamic modeling. Water quality module and unnecessary conditional statements were deleted in subroutine list and memory allocation. The performance of the enhanced model (EFDC-E) was checked by applying EFDC and EFDC-E models to simulating the tidal flow in Mokpo coastal zone. Both two-dimensional models and threedimensional models have been applied and compared. Three-dimensional models showed better simulation results agreeing with observed currents than two-dimensional models. The simulation results of EFDC-E model gave good results agreeing with the simulation results of EFDC model and the observed data. The computing speed of EFDC-E model is improved 3 times faster than that of EFDC model in modeling hydrodynamic flow for real time of 3 days in both 2-dimensional modeling and 3-dimensional modeling. The EFDC-E model can be used widely for hydrodynamic modeling because of improved simulation speed.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.441-450
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• 2016

A pilot scale biostimulation experiment was performed under field conditions to degrade organic pollutants and PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds) in contaminated coastal sediment. During the experiment, the seawater temperature around the sediment varied from $16.5^{\circ}C$ to $21^{\circ}C$, while the sediment pH was stable at 8.4-8.5. The experiment was conducted over a one year period with a control group and a sample group with a applied biostimulant composed of acetate, sulfate, and nitrate. Chemical oxygen demand decreased 39% in the control group and 79% in the sample group. Volatile solids were reduced from 15 to 7 g/kg in the control group and 2.5 g/kg in the sample group. Out of the 2-, 3- ,4- ,5-, and 6-rings of the 16 vital PAHs, the compound including naphthalene (2-ring), took 2 months to degrade completely, while the degradation efficiency was 55.6% in the control group during the same period. In the case of the 3-ring and 4-ring PAHs, complete degradation in the sample and 46% - 100% degradation in control was observed after one year of the experiment. The 5-ring and 6-ring PAHs were degraded to about 77%-100% in the sample group and 26%-87% in the control group during the one year of the experiment. The study results show that biostimulation is a very effective method to improve the degradation rate of organic pollutants and PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds) in contaminated coastal sediment.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.101-107
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• 2008

According to the existing research result on the seabed organic sediment, pollutants from the land and the sea contaminate the coastal water and sediment on the seabed. To tackle this problem, we need to dredge organic sediment. In the present paper, the development of removing system of seabed sediment by the difference of water head is researched by experimental method. For the validation of the decompression system, computations for validation are carried out for sediment removing equipment. The performance of inhalation equipment is analysed by some model tests.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.834-846
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• 2011

The objective of this study is to development of IDFIS system, that are consisted of hydrocyclone, rapid flocculation and inclined settler with chitosan coagulant. As the results of Jar test, a chitosan optimum dosage of 40 mg/L for river sediment, and 5 mg/L for tunnelling wastewater sediment, which these conditions leaves of residual turbidity of less than 5 NTU. Because of the effectiveness of chitosan in removing turbidity was independent on pH, the operation of IDFIS system would be simple. The synthesized turbidity was made with clay particles, river sediment, river suspended sediment, and tunnelling wastewater sediment. Results indicate that the mean overall removal efficiency of turbidity, SS, COD and TP were 98%, 99%, 85% and 95%, respectively. Chitosan is very efficient in removing turbidity in the entire turbidity range examined. IDFIS system would have possibility with compact design, because of the increase of floc size favours the floc settling speed and reduces the settling time.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.158-177
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• 2023

An estuary is a transitional water area that links the land and sea through rivers and streams, transporting various components from the land to the sea, which plays an important role in determining primary productivity in the coastal environment, and this coastal ecosystem captures a huge amount of carbon into biomass, known as blue carbon, which mitigates climate change as a potential carbon reservoir. This study examined the variation of mean grain size and organic carbon content of the surface sediments for 6 years and analyzed their relationship in the western and southern estuarine areas (Han River Estuary, Geum River Estuary, Yeongsan River Estuary, Seomjin River Estuary, and Nakdong River Estuary) and the East Sea upwelling area. During the sampling period (2015 to 2020), seasonal variation of both properties was not observed, because their variations might be controlled by diverse oceanographic environments and hydrographic conditions within each survey area. However, despite the synoptic problem of all samples, the positive relationship was obtained between the averages of mean grain size and organic carbon content, which clearly distinguishes each survey area. The unique positive relationship in all estuarine areas implies that the same process by sediment clay particles is important in the organic carbon accumulation. However, additional important factor may be expected in the organic carbon accumulation in the East Sea upwelling area. Further necessary data (sedimentation rate, dry bulk density etc) should be required for the estimation of carbon stock to evaluate the major estuaries in Korea as potential carbon reservoirs in the coastal environment.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.101-111
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• 1992

용존 철의 행동과 시간적 변화에 대한 연구가 온대 대조차 환경인 금강 하구에서 이루어 졌다. 이지역에서 가장 중요한 환경변수인 하천배수량과 조차의 차이로 야기되 는 변화를 파악할 수 있도록 4번의 현장조사를 각각 다른 배수량과 조차의 시기에 실 시하였으며, 아울러 실험실 내에서 혼합실험도 행해졌다. 혼합실험의 결과 하천에 의 해 운반되는 용존 철의 90% 이상이 5$\textperthousand$ 이하의 저염분역에서 제거되는 현상이 확인되 었다. 그러나 현장조사에서 이러한 초기 혼합시의 용존 철 제거가 뚜렷이 나타난 것은 갈수기.소조기 3번의 다른 환경조건 하에서는 용존 철 농도의 심한 변화가 관측되었 다. 하천배수량과 조차의 변화에 따라 보여진 용존 철의 변화는 하구순환이나 퇴적물 재부유 및 응집체 해체 등의 물리적 현상과 관련시켜 해석되었다.