• 한국가스학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 탄산염암 저류층에서 활용 가능한 GPTMS((3-Glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxysilane)-SiO₂ 나노유체를 제조하고 주입 효과를 분석하였다. 표면개질에 따른 나노입자의 구조적 변화를 확인하기 위해 푸리에변환적외선분광(Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, FTIR) 분석을 수행했으며, 0.5 mmol/g 이상의 GPTMS 농도에서 실리카 입자의 표면개질을 의미하는 2,950 cm^-1의 C-H 신축 진동(C-H stretching vibration)을 확인하였다. 또한, 친유성 상태로 에이징된 석회석과 백운석을 대상으로 나노입자의 농도와 주입률에 따른 GPTMS-SiO₂ 나노유체의 코어유동 실험을 수행하였다. 나노유체 주입에 따라 최대 18.9%의 오일이 추가로 회수되었으며, 암석의 접촉각과 투과도 변화를 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 나노입자가 탄산염암 표면에 흡착됨에 따라 습윤도를 개선함과 동시에 공극에 영향을 준다는 것을 의미한다. 따라서, 제조된 나노유체는 탄산염암 저류층을 대상으로 한 석유회수증진의 주입유체로 사용될 수 있으며 습윤도, 투과도 변화와 같은 유체 유동물성 개선에 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2022

Titanate nanotubes (TNTs) were synthesized via alkaline hydrothermal treatment using commercial TiO₂ nanoparticles (P25). The TNTs were prepared at various TiO₂/NaOH ratios, hydrothermal temperatures, and hydrothermal times. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms, field-emission transmission electron microscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. TNTs were generated upon a decrease in the TiO₂/NaOH ratio due to the dissolution of TiO₂ in the alkaline solution and the generation of new Ti-O-Ti bonds to form titanate nanoplates and nanotubes. The hydrothermal treatment temperature and time were important factors for promoting the nucleation and growth of TNTs. The TNT catalyst with the largest surface area (389.32 m² g^-1) was obtained with a TiO₂/NaOH ratio of 0.25, a hydrothermal treatment temperature of 130 ℃, and a hydrothermal treatment time of 36 h. Additionally, we investigated the photocatalytic activity of methyl violet 2B (MV) over the TNT catalysts under UV irradiation and found that the degradation efficiencies of the TNTs were higher than that of P25. Among the TNT catalysts, the TNT catalyst that was hydrothermally synthesized for 36 h (TNT 36 h) exhibited a 96.9% degradation efficiency and a degradation rate constant that was 4.8 times higher than P25 due to its large surface area, which allowed for more contact between the MV molecules and TNT surfaces and facilitated rapid electron transfer. Finally, these results were correlated with the specific surface area.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.800-815
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• 2022

This study aimed to obtain high Fischer's ratio oligopeptides from goat whey (HFO) and investigate antioxidant property of it. Hydrolysis of goat whey was done with the approach of sequential digestion of pepsin and flavourzyme. With the adsorption of aromatic amino acids by activated carbon, HFO with a Fischer's ratio of 27.070 and a molecular weight of 200-1,000 Da were obtained, and the branched-chain amino acids accounted for 22.87%. Then the antioxidant activity of HFO was evaluated. At the concentrations of 2.0 mg/mL and 0.50 mg/mL, HFO scavenged 77.27% and 99.63% of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl and 3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate free radicals respectively. The scavenging rate of HFO against hydroxyl radicals reached 92.31% at the concentration of 0.25 mg/mL. Animal experiments demonstrated that HFO could moderate the changes of malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase caused by CCl₄-induced oxidative stress in vivo. This study indicated that HFO from goat whey was capable of oxidation resistance both in vivo and in vitro, which provided a scientific basis for the high-value processing and application of goat milk whey.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.895-908
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• 2023

Disposal of waste containing heavy metals into the environment is a major threat to human health and can result in toxic or chronic poisoning in aquatic life. In the current study, metal-resistant Raoultella ornithinolytica was isolated from metal-contaminated samples collected from the Tanjaro River, located southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. R. ornithinolytica was identified by partial amplification of 16S rRNA. The uptake potency of heavy metals was assessed using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and indicated that R. ornithinolytica removed 67, 89, 63.4, 55.6, 56.5, 65, and 61.9% of Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Zn, Co, and Fe, respectively. These removal rates were influenced by temperature, pH, and contact time; at 35℃ and pH 5 with a change in the incubation time, the reduction rate improved from 89 to 95% for Pb, from 36.4 to 45% for Cu, and from 55.6 to 64% for Ni. Gene analysis indicated that R. ornithinolytica contained pbrT, chrB, nccA, iroN, and czcA genes, but the pcoD gene was absent. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) images showed evidence of metal ion binding on the cell wall surface with different rates of binding. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) detected different mechanisms for metal particle localization; cell surface adsorption was the main mechanism for Pb, Zn, and Co uptake, while Cd, Ni, and Fe were accumulated inside the cell. The current study describes, for the first time, the isolation of R. ornithinolytica from metal-contaminated water, which can be used as an eco-friendly biological expedient for the remediation and detoxification of metals from contaminated environments.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.733-742
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• 2022

Hydrogen fuel cell propulsion ships are emerging to respond to the recently strengthened carbon emission regulations in the international shipping sector. Methanol can be stored in a liquid state at normal pressure and temperature, and has the advantage of lower reforming temperature compared to other fuels. In this study, the optimal operating point of the methanol steam reforming system was derived by changing the Steam Carbon Ratio (SCR) from 0.10 to 3.00. Results showed that In terms of methanol conversion rate and hydrogen yield, the larger the SCR is the better, but in terms of system efficiency, it is most advantageous to operate at SCR 0.70 in Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) mode and SCR 0.80 in Pd membrane mode. Through this study, it was found that the optimal SCR in the reformer and the entire system including the reformer may be different, which indicates that the optimum operating point may be different depending on the change of the system configuration.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.201-213
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• 2023

Corrosion management of an aircraft and its engine relies on rinsing and cleaning using tap water. Few studies have reported effects of tap water species on corrosion behaviors of structural materials. In this study, a series of experiments were conducted based on the design of experiment. Solutions with different levels of chloride and sulfate ions were prepared using a full factorial design. Two structural materials (aluminum alloy and steel) were used for an alternate immersion test. Weight loss was then measured. In addition, a silver specimen was utilized as a sensor for chloride deposition measurement. The silver specimen was examined using the electrochemical reduction method, XPS, and SEM-EDS. Surface analysis revealed that levels of chloride and sulfate ions were sufficient for the formation of silver chloride and silver surface. Statistical analysis of weight loss and chloride deposition rate showed significant differences in measured values. Concentration of chloride ions greatly affected corrosion behaviors of structural materials. Sulfate ion hindered the adsorption reaction. These results emphasize the importance of controlling ion concentration of tap water used for cleaning and rinsing an aircraft.

• 분석과학
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.47-62
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• 2024

Abu Gurdi area is located in the South-eastern Desert of Egypt which considered as volcanic massive sulfide deposits (VMS). The present work aims at investigating the ore mineralogy of Abu Gurdi region in addition to the effectiveness of the hydrometallurgical route for processing these ores using alkaline leaching for the extraction of Zn, Cu, and Pb in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, has been investigated. The factors affecting the efficiency of the alkaline leaching of the used ore including the reagent composition, reagent concentration, leaching temperature, leaching time, and Solid /Liquid ratio, have been investigated. It was noted that the sulfide mineralization consists mainly of chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite, galena and bornite. Gold is detected as rare, disseminated crystals within the gangue minerals. Under supergene conditions, secondary copper minerals (covellite, malachite, chrysocolla and atacamite) were formed. The maximum dissolution efficiencies of Cu, Zn, and Pb at the optimum leaching conditions i.e., 250 g/L NaCO₃ - NaHCO₃ alkali concentration, for 3 hr., at 250 ℃, and 1/5 Solid/liquid (S/L) ratio, were 99.48 %, 96.70 % and 99.11 %, respectively. An apparent activation energy for Zn, Cu and Pb dissolution were 21.599, 21.779 and 23.761 kJ.mol^-1, respectively, which were between those of a typical diffusion-controlled process and a chemical reaction-controlled process. Hence, the diffusion of the solid product layer contributed more than the chemical reaction to control the rate of the leaching process. High pure Cu(OH)₂, Pb(OH)₂, and ZnCl₂ were obtained from the finally obtained leach liquor at the optimum leaching conditions by precipitation at different pH. Finally, highly pure Au metal was separated from the mineralized massive sulfide via using adsorption method.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.121-135
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 자력선별 토양정화기술 공정에 적합한 토양의 최적 분산 조건을 도출하기 위하여 토성이 다른 중금속 오염토양 2종의 시료(US, JIK)를 대상으로 분산특성 및 중금속 용출 특성을 파악하였다. 분산제로는 인산염(pyrophosphate, hexametaphosphate, orthophosphate), 계면활성제(sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS)가 사용되었으며, pH = 9~12와 농도변화(1~200 mM)에 따른 토양입단의 분산특성 및 중금속 함량을 파악하고, 효율적인 분산조건을 도출하였다. 분산용액의 pH변화에 따른 토양분산 특성은 입도변화 결과를 통하여 파악할 수 있는데, 분산용액의 pH가 12에 가까워질수록 현탁액의 점토함량이 증가하였다. 이는 pH가 상승함에 따라 PZC(point of zero charge)이상의 pH가 유지되면서 점토입자들이 분산된 상태로 유지된 것으로 여겨진다. 농도변화에 따른 토양분산 실험 결과, 농도가 증가함에 따라서 높은 점토함량을 나타내었는데, 이는 산화철, 산화망간의 PZC보다 높은 분산용액의 pH조건과 분산제의 흡착에 기인한 것으로 판단된다. 토양입자의 분산에 따른 중금속 용출은 pyrophosphate, hexametaphosphate, orthophosphate는 50 mM 이상의 농도에서, SDS의 경우 100 mM이상의 농도에서 비소 용출량이 일정하게 나타났다. 또한, 분산용액의 pH가 증가함에 따라 비소 용출량도 증가하였다. 인산염은 비소와 유사한 화학구조를 지니고 있어 토양입자표면에서 흡착경쟁을 하여 비소의 탈착을 유발하고, 계면활성제는 토양입자표면에 흡착하여 비소가 탈착되는 것으로 파악된다. 분산용액에 따른 분산효과는 pyrophosphate > hexametaphosphate > SDS > orthophosphate의 순으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 분산효율 및 비소용출량을 고려한 최적의 토양분산용액 조건은 pH 11, 10 mM pyrophosphate로 판단된다. 이러한 결과들은 고구배 자력선별 기술을 이용한 토양정화 공정을 최적화하는데 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.97-130
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• 1979

Many industrial processes those employ bacteria are subjected to phage infestations. In L-glutamic acid fermentions using acetic acid, the phage infestations of the organisms have been recently recognized. In efforts to elucidate the sources of phage contamination involved in the abnormal fermentation, a series of study was conducted to isolate the phages both from the contents of abnormally fermented tanks and the soil or sewage samples from the surroundings of a fermentation factory, to define major charateristics of the phage isolates, and finally to determine the correlation between the phage isolates and temperate phages originating from the miscellaneous bacterial species isolated from the soil or sewage samples. The results are summarized as follows; 1) All phages were isolated from the irregular fermentation tanks and soil or sewage samples, and they were designated as phage PR-1, PR-2, PR-3, PR-4, PR-5, PR-6, and PR-7, in the order of isolation. These PR-series phages were proved to be highly specific for the variant strains of Br. lactofermentum only, namely, phage PR-1 and PR-2 for Br. lactofermentum No. 468-5 and phage PR-3~PR-7 for Br. lactofemrentum No. 2256. By cross-neutralization test, the 7 phagescould be subdivided into 3 groups, i. e., phage PR-I and PR-2 the first, phage PR-3, PR-4, PR-5, PR-6 the second, and the phage PR-7 the third. 2) The 7 phages were virulent under the experimental conditions. They produced plaques with clear and relatively sharp margins without distinct halo. The mean sizes of plaques were 1.5mm in diameter for phage PR-1 and PR-2, and 1. Omm for phages PR-3~PR-7. Double layer technique modified by Hongo and described by Adams, was applied to assay of the PR-series phages. The factors influencing the plaques were as follows;young age cells of host bacteria cultured for 3-6 hours represented the largest number and size, optimum was pH 7.0, incubation temperature was $30^{\circ}C$, and agar concentration and amount of overlayer medium were 0.6% and 0.2ml, respectively. 3) PR-series phages were stable in 0.05M tris buffer and 0.1M ammonium acetate buffer solution. The addition of $5{\times}10^{-3}M$ magnesium ion effectively increased the stability. Thermostability experiments indicated that PR-series phages were stable at the teinperture between $50^{\circ}{\sim}55^{\circ}C$ in nutrient medium, $45^{\circ}{\sim}50^{\circ}C$ in buffer solution. However, the phages mere completely inactivated at 603C and 65$^{\circ}$C within 10 minutes. The phages were stable at the range of pH6~9 in nutrient medium and of pH 8-9 in buffer solution, respectively. Exposure of the phages to UV for 25, 60 and 100 seconds resulted in the complete loss of infectivily, respectively. 4) Electron microscopy showed that PR-series phage particles exhibited rather similar morphology, differing in the size All of PR-series phages had a multilateral head and had a simple long tiil about three to five times long as compared with head. By the size, phage PR-1 and PR-2, PR-3, PR-4, PR-5, and PR-6 and PR-7 were classified into same groups, respectively. The head and tail size of phage PR-1, PR-5, PR-5(T) and PR-7 were 85nm, 74nm and 235nm and 350mm, and 72nm and 210nm, respectively. 5) Nucleic acids of PR-series phages were double stranded DNA. The G+C contents of phage PR-1, PR-5 and PR-7 were 56.1, 52.9 and 53.7, respectively. The values of G+C contents derived from the $T_m$ were in agreement with the chemically determined values. 6) PR-series phages effectively adsorbed on their host bacteria at the rate of more than 90% during 5 min. K value for phage PR-1, PR-5 and PR-7 were calculated to be $6{\times}10^9 ml$ per minute, respectiveky. The pH of the medium did effect adsorption rate, but both temperature and age of host cells did not. Generally, optimum adsorption condition of phages seemed to be almost same as optimum growth conditions of host bacteria. 7) In one-step growth experiments, the latent periods at $30^{\circ}C$ for PR-1, and PR-7 were about 70, 50 and 55 min, respectively. The corresponding average burst size was 200, 70 and 90, respectively. Lpsis period according to the multiplicity of infection and a phage series. In case of m. o. i. 100, strain No. 2256 (PR-5) and No. 468-5(PR-1) failed to grow and turbidity decreased after 50 and 70min, respectively. 8) In the lysate of a plaque purified phage PR-5 infected bacteria, there observed 2 types ofphage particles, i. e., phage PR-5 and PR-5 (T) of similar morphology but differing at the length of phage tail, and phage tail like particles. The phage taillike particles could be divided into 4 types by the length. Induction experiments of Br. lactofermentum with UV irradiation, mitomycin C or bacitracin treatment produced neither phage PR-5 (T) or phage tail-like particles. 9) No lysis occured when the growth of 7 strains of miscellaneous bacteria, isolated from soil and sewage samples, were inoculated with either phage PR-5 (T) or phage tail-like particles the inoculation of phage PR-5 pellet resulted in the growth inhibition of the orgainsms in the spot test. The lysates obtained from 3 miscellaneous soil derived bacteria following mitomycin C treatment the growth of Br. lactofermentum, but did not lyze the bacterium.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.100-109
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• 2012

하천수를 정화하는 자유수면인공습지의 정수식물 성장기(4~9월)와 비성장기(1~3월과 10~12월)의 $PO_4-P$와 TP제거율을 비교 연구하였다. 실험 습지 시스템은 광주광역시를 흐르는 광주천 중류 고수부지에 2008년 조성되었으며, 길이 46m, 폭 5m 규모이다. 2008년 포트에서 2년 자란 부들(Typha angustifloria L.)과 줄(Zizania latifolia Turcz)을 시스템의 1/2씩 각각 식재하였다. 광주천의 물이 자연유하로 시스템에 유입되며, 처리수는 광주천으로 방류된다. 유입수의 양과 수심은 밸브와 위어(weir)로 조절할 수 있다. 유입수 및 유출수의 인 농도를 2010년 1월부터 12월까지 7~10일 간격으로 조사 분석하였다. 하루에 약 $710m^3$의 하천수가 시스템으로 유입되어, 체류시간은 약 1.5hr이었다. 조사기간 유입수와 유출수의 $PO_4-P$ 평균농도는 각각 0.144, 0.105mg/L이었으며, $PO_4-P$ 평균제거율은 28.1%였다. 유입수와 유출수의 TP평균농도는 각각 0.144, 0.105mg/L이었으며, TP 평균제거율은 20.7%를 보였다. t 검정결과, 정수식물 성장기의 $PO_4-P$ 제거율(31.448)이 비성장기 $PO_4-P$ 제거율(25.829)보다 높았으며(p<0.001), 정수식물 성장기의 TP 제거율(27.230)도 비성장기의 TP 제거율(14.856)보다 높게(p<0.001) 나타났다. 인공습지에서 인 제거는 잔재물-토양 층의 흡착, 입자성 인과 Ca, Fe, Al과 결합된 인산염의 침전, 그리고 정수식물의 흡수가 중요하다. 정수식물 성장기가 비성장기보다 $PO_4-P$와 TP의 제거율이 상대적으로 높은 원인은 흡착과 침전에 의한 인 제거는 계절에 관계없이 일어나나, 정수식물의 흡수는 성수식물 성장기에만 일어나기 때문이다.