• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.719-723
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• 2013

Nitrification in wastewater treatment emits a significant amount of nitrous oxide ($N_2O$), which is one of the major greenhouse gases. However, the actual mechanism or metabolic pathway is still largely unknown. Selective nitrification inhibitors were used to determine the nitrification steps responsible for $N_2O$ emission with activated sludge and enriched nitrifiers. Allylthiourea (86 ${\mu}M$) completely inhibited ammonia oxidation and $N_2O$ emission both in activated sludge and enriched nitrifiers. Sodium azide (24 ${\mu}M$) selectively inhibited nitrite oxidation and it led to more $N_2O$ emission than the control experiment both in activated sludge and enriched nitrifiers. The inhibition tests showed that $N_2O$ emission was mainly related to the activity of ammonia oxidizers in aerobic condition, and the inhibition of ammonia monooxygenase completely blocked $N_2O$ emission. On the other hand, $N_2O$ emission increased significantly as the nitrogen flux from nitrite to nitrate was blocked by the selective inhibition of nitrite oxidation.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 2009

대기중으로 휘산되는 대부분의 암모니아는 농경지에서 시용하는 가축분뇨 퇴비와 질소비료에서 유래한다. 본 연구는 밭 토양에서 돈분 퇴비 시용방법에 따른 암모니아 휘산량을 소형원드터널 방법을 이용해서 정량적으로 평가하였다. 돈분 퇴비(20 Mg/ha) 표층살포(SA), 표층살포 후 즉시 경운(IRA), 표층 살포 3일 후 경운(RA-3d) 처리의 13일 동안 암모니아 휘산량은 각각 28.7, 8.7, 24.3 kg N/ha로 IRA 처리구는 SA 처리구에 비해 70% 저감효과를 가져왔다. 그리고 SA 처리구의 퇴비 처리 후 24시간 이내 휘산된 암모니아 양은 총 휘산량의 61%로 대부분의 암모니아는 시용 초기 짧은 시간 내에 휘산됨을 알 수 있었다. 석회와 퇴비 혼용시용 후 교반(L+C mix), 퇴비표층 살포 3일후 석회시용 교반(C+L3D), 석회시용 3일 후 퇴비시용 교반(L+C3D) 처리구의 22일 동안 총 암모니아 휘산량은 각각 40.1, 31.4, 27.7 kg/ha이었다. 따라서 가축분 퇴비 시용시 석회를 혼용하는 것은 피해야 하며, 만일 동일 작기내 시용이 불가피할 경우는 퇴비시용에 앞서 석회를 먼저 충분한 일수를 앞두고 시용하는 것이 암모니아 휘산량을 저감시킬 수 있다는 결론을 얻었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2007

화학비료의 과다사용으로 환경오염의 문제가 심각해 지면서 친환경 농자재(목초재 또는 축산분뇨 등)를 사용하는 유기농업의 필요성이 대두되어 왔다. 이러한 친환경 농자재의 시용량은 작물 종류별, 토양 종류별, 계절별, 재배환경 등에 따라 결정되어져야 한다. 유기비료로서 축산분뇨량의 효율적 사용과 축산분뇨로부터의 암모니아 방출량 저감을 위해서는 먼저 축산분뇨의 경작지 시비 후 암모니아 방출모델이 제시되어야 한다. 그리고 암모니아 방출에 영향이 큰 인자들을 찾아내어 이 인자들을 변화시킴으로서 암모니아 방출량을 감소시킬 수 있을 것이다. 이 연구에서는 인공신경망(artificial neural network) 기법을 이용하여 시비된 돈분의 암모니아 휘산량을 예측한다. 유럽지역에서 얻은 암모니아 방출 실험데이터(ALFAM database)를 바탕으로, 암모니아 손실 영향인자에 따른 암모니아 방출량을 Michaelis-Menten 모델식을 이용하여 예측한다. 이 모델식의 모델인자(암모니아 최대 방출량과 암모니아 최대 방출량의 50%에 도달하는 시간)는 feedforward-backpropagation 인공신경망 기법으로 예측하였고, 가중치 분할법(weight partitioning method)으로 암모니아 손실에 미치는 총 15개의 영향인자의 상대적인 중요도를 분석하였다. 그 결과 암모니아 방출량은 기후에 따라 크게 좌우되고, 돈분의 상태도 상당한 영향을 주고 있다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2010

Atmospheric ammonia is a very important constituent of the environment because it is the dominant alkaline gaseous species present in the atmosphere. Ammonia is known to affect ecosystems at relatively low concentration. In this study flux profiles of ammonia emitted from the cattle housing were evaluated using a dynamic flux chamber (DFC). We have developed the emission factor of $NH_3$ from the cattle housing. Analysis of ammonia flux variation was made with respect to such variables as manure surface temperature, pH, and ammonium concentration. Ammonia flux has been measured up to summer in 2007 at calf and cattle housing. In the fall, average ammonia flux from calf and cattle housing was estimated as 1.406 (${\pm}0.947$) and 1.534 ((${\pm}0.956$) $mg\;m^2\;min^1$, respectively. In the winter, average ammonia flux was estimated 1.060 ((${\pm}0.569$) from the calf housing and 1.216 ((${\pm}0.655$) $mg\;m^2\;min^1$ from the cattle housing. The correlation coefficient (R=0.732) between ammonia flux and manure surface ammonium concentration exhibited stronger relationship than manure surface pH and temperature. In the fall, ammonia emission factor from calf and cattle housing was estimated as 3.94 ((${\pm}2.66$) and 11.41 ((${\pm}5.86$) kg-$NH_3$ animal$^1\;yr^1$, respectively. In the winter, ammonia average flux was estimated as 2.89 ((${\pm}1.59$) from the calf housing and 6.51 ((${\pm}3.67$) kg-$NH_3$ animal$^1\;yr^1$ from the cattle housing.

• 한국환경농학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경농학회 2009년도 정기총회 및 국제심포지엄
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• pp.329-338
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• 2009

대기 중으로 휘산 되는 대부분의 암모니아는 농경지에 시용하는 가축분뇨, 퇴비 및 질소비료에서 유래하며, 휘산된 암모니아는 강하 (Deposition)를 통해서 자연생태계의 산성화를 초래하고 수계의 부영양화를 유발하는 원인물질로 작용한다. 본 연구에서는 돈분뇨 및 퇴비 시용방법에 따른 암모니아 휘산량을 정량적으로 평가하였다. 돈분퇴비 표층살포 (SA), 표층살포 후 즉시 경운(IRA), 표층살포 3일후 경운 (RA-3d) 처리구의 13일동안 암모니아 휘산량은 각각, 28.7, 8.7, 24.3 kg N/ha 로 IRA 처리구는 SA 처리구에 비해 약 70% 저감효과를 가져왔다. 돈분 액비 표층 살포 후 즉시 경운은 무경에 비해 봄과 가을 각각 26, 50% 의 암모니아 휘산량 저감 효과가 있었다. 그리고 수분 함량에 따른 암모니아 휘산량은 수분 함량이 높을수록 건조 토양에 비해 증가 하였다. 돈분 액비 시용 전후 담수 조건에 따른 암모니아 휘산량은 담수 상태에서 액비를 시용하는 것이 건토에 액비 살포 1일 후 담수 보다 약 4.7배의 암모니아 휘산량 증가가 있었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2022

BACKGROUND: Ammonia gas emitted from nitrogen fertilizers applied in agricultural land is an environmental pollutant that catalyzes the formation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). A significant portion (12-18%) of nitrogen fertilizer input for crop cultivation is emitted to the atmosphere as ammonia gas, a loss form of nitrogen fertilizer in agricultural land. The widely practiced method for fertilizer use in agricultural fields involves spraying the fertilizers on the surface of farmlands and mixing those with the soils through such means as rotary work. To test the potential reduction of ammonia emission by nitrogen fertilizers from the soil surface, we have added N, P, and K at 2 g each to the glass greenhouse soil, and the ammonia emission was analyzed. METHODS AND RESULTS: The treatment consisted of non-fertilization, surface spray (conventional fertilization), and soil depth spray at 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 cm. Ammonia was collected using a self-manufactured vertical wind tunnel chamber, and it was quantified by the indophenol-blue method. As a result of analyzing ammonia emission after fertilizer treatments by soil depth, ammonia was emitted by the surface spray treatment immediately after spraying the fertilizer in the paddy soil, with no ammonia emission occurring at a soil depth of 10 cm to 30 cm. In the upland soil, ammonia was emitted by the surface spray treatment after 2 days of treatment, and there was no ammonia emission at a soil depth of 15 cm to 30 cm. Lettuce and Chinese cabbage treated with fertilizer at depths of 20 cm and 30 cm showed increases of fresh weight and nutrient and potassium contents. CONCLUSION(S): In conclusion, rather than the current fertilization method of spraying and mixing the fertilizers on the soil surface, deep placement of the nitrogen fertilizer in the soil at 10 cm or more in paddy fields and 15 cm or more in upland fields was considered as a better fertilization method to reduce ammonia emission.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.149-160
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised about the impact of recent high concentrations of fine dust on human health. Ammonia(NH₃) reacts with sulfur oxides and nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere to form ultrafine ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate (PM2.5). There is a growing need for accurate estimates of the amount of ammonia emitted during agricultural production. Therefore, in this study, ammonia emissions generated from the cultivation of leafy perilla in plastic houses were determined. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cow manure compost, swine manure compost, and poultry manure compost each at 34.6 ton ha^-1, the amount commonly used by farmers in the field, was sprayed on the soil surface. Just after spraying cow manure compost, swine manure compost, and poultry manure compost, the ammonia was periodically measured and analyzed to be 22.5 kg ha^-1, 22.8 kg ha^-1, and 85.2 kg ha^-1, respectively. The emission factors were estimated at 70.0 kg-NH₃ ton-N, 62.8 kg-NH₃ ton-N, and 234.1 kg-NH₃ ton-N, respectively. Most ammonia was released in the two weeks after application of the compost and then the amount released gradually decreased. CONCLUSION: Therefore, it is necessary to improve the emission factor through a study on the estimation of ammonia emission by type of livestock manure and major farming types such as rice fields and uplands, and to update data on the production, distribution, and sales of livestock manure.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2020

Emission factors for ammonia and particulate matters (PMs) from livestock buildings are of increasing importance in view of the environmental protection. While the existing emission factors were determined based on the emission inventory of other countries, in situ measurement of emission factors is required to construct an accurate emission inventory for Korea. This study is to report measurements of ammonia and PMs emissions from mechanically-ventilated pig houses, which are common types of pig barns in Korea. Ventilation rates and concentrations of ammonia and PMs were measured at the ventilation outlets of a weaner unit, a growing pig unit and a fattening pig unit to calculated the emission factors. The PMs emission was characterized with different aerodynamic diameters (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and total suspended particulates (TSP)). The measured ammonia emission factors for weaners, growing pigs and fattening pigs were 0.225, 0.869 and 1.679 kg animal^-1 yr^-1, respectively, showing linear increase with pigs' age. The PMs emission factors for three growing stages were 0.023, 0.237 and 0.241 kg animal^-1 yr^-1, respectively for TSP, 0.017, 0.072 and 0.223 kg animal^-1 yr^-1, respectively for PM₁₀, and 0.011, 0.016 and 0.151 kg animal^-1 yr^-1, respectively for PM_2.5. PMs emissions were increased with pigs' age due to increasing feed supply and animal movement. The measured emission factors were smaller than those of the existing emission inventory indicating that the existing ones overestimate the emissions from pig buildings and also suggesting that long-term in situ monitoring at various livestock buildings is required to construct the accurate emission inventory.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.377-381
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• 2011

본 연구는 논에서 돈분 액비 활용시 담수 시기에 따른 암모니아 휘산량을 평가하였다. 담수 상태에서 돈분 액비 시용은 142.0 mg/$m^2$ 의 암모니아 휘산량을 보인 반면, 돈분액비시용 1일 및 3일 후 담수시 암모니아 휘산량은 29.6, 25.4 mg/$m^2$ 였다. 그리고 담수 상태에서 돈분액비 시용이 돈분액비 시용 후 담수에 비해 높은 암모니아 휘산량을 보인 것은 암모니아가 토양교질에 흡착되지 않고 수중에 높은 농도로 존재하기 때문인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 논에서 돈비 액비 활용시 암모니아 휘산량 저감에 의한 질소 이용도 향상을 위해서는 돈분액비 살포 최소 1일 후 담수하는 것이 좋을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2001년도 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.431-434
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• 2001

This study was carried oui to investigate tile filtering performance of using fresh compost as a biofilter. Three biofilter vessels were made using fresh compost as a biofilter media. A mixtures of dairy manure, soy sludge, rice hulls and sawdust were composted in a pilot scale reactor of 605L to generate tile ammonia emission. The ammonia emission from the compost reactor was passed through three biofilters and collected in the boric acid trap to measure the ammonia emission. Filtering performance was influenced by the depth of biofilter media. Efficient filtering effect was acquired for the depth above 40 cm.