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Effects of Sediments on the Growth of Algae at Chusori Area in Daechung Reservoir (대청호 추소리 수역의 퇴적물이 조류 성장에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh, Kyoung-Hee;Kim, Yong-Jun;Cho, Young-Cheol
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.533-542
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    • 2015
  • In order to investigate the effect of internal loading from sediment on algal blooming at Chusori area in Daechung Reservoir, the amount and contamination level of sediment and the release rate of total phosphorus were analyzed. The sedimentary layer was consisted with two layers, and the average depth of upper and lower ones were 0.35 and 1.44 m, respectively. The fraction of inorganic phosphorus in the sediment was higher than that of organic phosphorus, and the fractions of phosphorus which responsible for internal loading were very high as in the range of 72.7 and 80.2% of inorganic phosphorus. The C/N ratio of sediment taken with core sampler indicated the organic compounds are originated from settled algae from water body. The average release rate of total phosphorus from sediment was $6.74({\pm}0.50)mg/m^2/day$. These results indicated that the internal loading from sediment contributes the excessive algal growth at Churosi area, and the countermeasures to improve the quality of sediments are required to manage algal blooming in Daechung Reservoir.

A Study on the Purification of Water-Pool in Irradiated Materials Examination Facility

  • Song, Ung-Sup;Lee, Jong-Heon;Lee, Hong-Gyee;Hong, Kyon-Pyo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2004.02a
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    • pp.42-50
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    • 2004
  • The pool $(3m{\times}6m{\times}10m{\times}$ in Irradiated Materials Examination Facility is generally used to transport irradiated materials between a moving cask and hot-cell. During the operation in the pool such as loading/unloading the cask, holding specimen and bucket elevation, water maybe contaminated by radioactive or contaminated impurities from irradiated materials. Then, it must be purified and filtered continuously to keep lower radioactivity than that of regulation prescribed by RCA Korea Activity in a part of radioactive contamination control. This paper described radioactive contamination distribution of water as transported materials, which is related to effective operation of purification and filtration system.

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Dangerous tanker fire fighting measures (위험물 탱크로리 화재진압 방안)

  • Lee, Jung-Il
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.215-223
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    • 2012
  • Or maybe moving dangerous goods tanks of motorists excluded from the scope of the supervision of the fire department and fire prevention education as a blind spot on the part of a large party evidence of markers of contamination loading of dangerous goods according to the type of education that can be handled only by preparing the institutional arrangements accident is blocking the moving path of Dangerous Goods moving tanks and loading dangerous goods on fire budget move the path that corresponds to the report received by securing the extinguishing agent is required to neutralize the ash and fire suppression and repression through skills training from large disasters in advance blocking devices should prepare that will.

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A Studies on Removal of Nutrient Material by Using Dropwort Field (미나리꽝을 이용한 영양물질제거에 관한 연구)

  • 이영신;김창회
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.16-20
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    • 2003
  • Nitrogen(N) and phosphorus(P) in surface streams mainly lead to euthrophication. It aggravates water quality and consequently increases the purification costs. As a resolution of water contamination caused by household drainage through irrigation route by 70% of the 1,300 community residents in Eum-Am Myun, Seo-San city, was implemented biological self-purification method by growing Oenanthe Javanica along the polluted water tunnel. The contaminated water was efficiently purified after passing the dropwort field; DO conc. of effluent water was increased 8.3∼61.9% after through the drop wort field. HRT of experiment system was changed 0.05∼1.50/day. 50% of BOD was eliminated at the range above 12 mg/l of Influent BOD conc. Also, 50% of COD was eliminated at the range above 30 mg/l of Influent COD conc. Finnally, the influent T-N loading at range below 1.5 g/m$^3$/d reduced 50% of Influent T-N conc., and so did influent T-P loading at the range below 0.03 g/m$^3$/dwas reduced 50% of Influent T-P conc.

Plume Effects on Satellite Base Region of KOMPSAT-II (추력기플룸과 위성본체와의 상호작용에 관한 연구)

  • 박재현;백승욱;김정수
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.43-43
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    • 2002
  • 인공위성은 일반적으로 추력기(thruster)에서 플룸(plume)을 거의 진공에 가까운 외부환경으로 사출하여 자세를 제어한다. 이 때, 사출되는 플룸에 의해 위성체의 고도에 영향을 줄 수 있는 교란추력/교란토크, 열하중(thermol loading), 정밀계측장비에 영향을 주는 오염(contamination) 등, 여러 부정적인 효과들이 야기될 수 있으며, 이들 효과들은 결론적으로 위성체의 수명을 단축하기 때문에 이들에 대한 정확한 예측은 위성체 설계단계에서 매우 중요하다.

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Investigating the Impact of Best Management Practices on Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agricultural Lands

  • ;Saied Mostaghimi
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.32 no.E
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    • pp.1-19
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    • 1990
  • Abstract Over the last several decades, crop production in the United States increased largely due to the extensive use of animal waste and fertilizers as plant nutrient supplements, and pesticides for crops pests and weed control. Without the application of animal waste best management, the use of animal waste can result in nonpoint source pollution from agricultural land area. In order to increase nutrient levels and decrease contamination from agricultural lands, nonpoint source pollution is responsible for water quality degradation. Nonpoint source pollutants such as animal waste, ferilizers, and pesticides are transported primarily through runoff from agricultural areas. Nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, can be a major water quality problem because they cause eutrophic algae growth. In 1985, it was presented that Watershed/Water Quality Monitoring for Evaluation BMP Effectiveness was implemented for Nomini Creek Watershed, located in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The watershed is predominantly agricultural and has an aerial extent of 1505 ha of land, with 43% under cropland, 54% under woodland, and 3% as homestead and roads. Rainfall data was collected at the watershed from raingages located at sites PNI through PN 7. Streams at stations QN I and QN2 were being measured with V-notch weirs. Water levels at the stream was measured using an FW-l Belfort (Friez FWl). The water quality monitoring system was designed to provide comprehensive assessment of the quality of storm runoff and baseflow as influenced by changes in landuse, agronomic, and cultural practices ill the watershed. As this study was concerned with the Nomini Creek Watershed, the separation of storm runoff and baseflow measured at QNI and QN2 was given by the master depletion curve method, and the loadings of baseflow and storm runoff for TN (Total Nitrogen) and TP (Total Phosphorus) were analyzed from 1987 through 1989. The results were studied for the best management practices to reduce contamination and loss of nutrients, (e.g., total nitrogen and total phosphorus) by nonpoint source pollution from agricultural lands.

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Hydrochemical Investigation for Site Characterization: Focusing on the Application of Principal Component Analysis (부지특성화을 위한 지하수의 수리화학 특성 연구: 주성분 분석을 중심으로)

  • Yu, Soonyoung;Kim, Han-Suk;Jun, Seong-Chun;Yi, Jong Hwa;Yun, Seong-Taek;Kwon, Man Jae;Jo, Ho Young
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.27 no.spc
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    • pp.34-50
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    • 2022
  • Principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted using hydrochemical data in four testbeds (A to D) built for the development of site characterization technologies to assess the hydrochemical processes controlling the hydrochemistry in each site. The PCA results indicated the nitrogen loading to deep bedrock aquifers through permeable fractures in Testbed A, the chemical weathering enhanced with the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in Testbed B, the reductive dechlorination in Testbed C, and the different hydrochemistry depending on the depth to bedrock in Testbed D, consistent with the characteristics of each site. In Testbeds B and D, outliers seemed to affect the PCA result probably due to the small number of samples, whereas the PCA result was still consistent with site characteristics. This study result indicates that the PCA is widely applicable to hydrochemical data for the assessment of major hydrochemical processes in contamination sites, which is useful for site characterization when combined with other site characterization technologies, e.g., geological survey, geophysical investigation, borehole logging. It is suggested that PCA is applied in contaminated sites to interpret hydrochemical data not only for the distribution of contamination levels but also for the assessment of major hydrochemical processes and contamination sources.

A Study on the Application of Total Pollution Load Management System for Water Quality Improvement in Agriculture Reservoir (농업용 호소의 수질개선을 위한 오염총량관리제의 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Dae-Min;Lee, Young-Shin
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.365-375
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    • 2009
  • Agriculture reservoirs need a systematic approach that can control water purity and water improvement. The area under study, Bunam Lake exceeds the agricultural water standard level due to contamination from the upper stream. When the Taean Enterprise City was planned, the water quality improvement plan was applied to minimize the environmental change. However, in order to continuously maintain the water quality in the Bunam Lake, it was essential to apply the Total Pollution Load Management System (TPLMs). In order to achieve the targeted water quality in the Bunam Lake, standard flow rates and targeted water quality levels were applied to obtain the loading capacity which is as follows : BOD 1,891.2 kg/d, T-N 1,945.7 kg/d, T-P 131.7 kg/d. Also, the regional development load was calculated as, BOD 1,083.6 kg/d, T-N 942.2 kg/d, T-P 61.8 kg/d, which is required to be deceased :- by BOD 378.4 kg/d, T-N 198.9 kg/d, T-P 31.6 kg/d in order to safely achieve the targeted water quality in the Bunam Lake.

Treatment, Disposal and Beneficial Use Option for Sewage Sludge (하수슬러지 처리기술 동향 및 최적화 처리방안)

  • Choe, Yong-Su
    • 수도
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    • v.24 no.5 s.86
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    • pp.29-44
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    • 1997
  • Sewage sludge produced in Korea was 1,275,800 tons (dewatered sludge cake) per year in 1996, which is 3,495 tons per day, 0.303% of 11,526,100 tons per day of sewage treated in 79 sewage treatment plants. Sludge production has been and will be increasing in accordance with construction of new facilities for sewage treatment. Most of the sludge is currently disposed by landfill and ocean dumping, but it is becoming difficult to find suitable sites for landfill, particularly in big cities such as Seoul. In addition, rapid increase of landfill cost is anticipated in a near future. Current trend for sludge disposal in advanced countries is land application. Over the past 10 to 20 years in the United States, sludge management practices have changed significantly, moving from disposal to beneficial use. They use biosolid for utilization instead of sludge for disposal. Under the Clean Water Act of 1972, amended in 1987 by Congress, the U.S. EPA was required to develop regulations for the use and disposal of sewage sludge. The EPA assessed the potential for pollutants in sewage sludge to affect public health and the environment through a number of different routes of exposure. The Agency also assessed the potential risk to human health through contamination of drinking water sources or surface water when sludge is disposed on land. The Final Rules were signed by the EPA Administrator and were published (Federal Register, 1993). These rules state that sewage sludge shall not be applied to land if the concentration of any pollutant in the sludge exceeds the ceiling concentration. In addition, the cumulative loading rate for each pollutant shall not exceed the cumulative pollutant loading rate nor should the concentration of each pollutant in the sludge exceed the monthly average concentration for the pollutant. The annual pollutant loading rate generally applies to applications of sewage sludge on agricultural lands. The most popular beneficial use of sewage sludge is land application. The sludge has to be stabilized for appling to land. One of the stabilization process for sewage sludge is lime stabilization process. The stabilization process is consisted of the stabilizing process and the drying process. Stabilization reactor can be a drum type reactor in which a crossed mixer is equipped. The additive agents are a very reactive mixture of calcium oxide and others. The stabilized sludge is dried in sun drier or rotary kiln.

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Estimation of PAHs Fluxes via Atmospheric Deposition and Riverine Discharge into the Masan Bay, Korea

  • Lee Su-Jeong;Moon Hyo-Bang;Choi Minkyu;Goo Jun-Ho
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.167-176
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    • 2005
  • Atmospheric deposition and riverine waters were sampled throughout a year, to estimate the loading fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) into the Masan Bay and its vicinity, Korea. Atmospheric deposition fluxes of total PAHs in the surveyed area varied from 62.2 to 464 ${\mu}g/m^2/year$. Concentration of total PAHs in water samples from six rivers ranged from 34.6 to 239 ng/L. Contribution of the carcinogenic PAHs to the total PAHs occupied $38\%$ and $50\%$ for atmospheric deposition and river waters, respectively. Atmospheric deposition fluxes and water concentrations of PAHs were slightly low or moderate to those in locations from some countries. Correspondence analysis was used to investigate the loading characteristics of PAHs according to transport routes. Atmospheric deposition samples were corresponded to higher molecular aromatics of PAHs, while riverine water samples were associated with lower molecular weight of PAHs. The results indicate that the higher-molecular-weight PAHs can be primarily transported by atmosphere deposition and the lower-molecular-weight PAHs can be mainly contaminated by riverine discharge into the Masan Bay and its vicinity. Loadings fluxes of PAHs into the Masan Bay and its vicinity were 39.2 g/day via atmosphere and 10.3 g/day via rivers, showing that atmospheric input was about 4 times higher than riverine one. Therefore, in order to minimize the contamination burden of PAHs from terrestrial sources to the Masan Bay and its vicinity, the control and management of PAHs deriving from atmosphere will be necessary.