• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.561-567
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• 2017

본 연구는 $NH_4{^+}-N$ 흡착능력을 지닌 제올라이트 여재에 부착성장을 이용하여 저농도 $NH_4{^+}-N$의 생물학적 질산화에 대해 평가하고자 하였다. 대조군으로는 $NH_4{^+}-N$ 흡착능력이 없는 EPP (expanded polypropylene) 여재와 비교하였다. 각 여재는 미생물 접촉을 위해 활성슬러지에 8시간 폭기시킨 후 실험에 사용하였다. 회분식 실험결과 제올라이트에 흡착된 $NH_4{^+}-N$을 부착된 질산화 미생물들이 이용할 수 있기 때문에 EPP 여재보다 질산화가 더 잘 일어남을 확인하였다. 또한 연속운전결과 EBCT (empty bed contact time) 25분의 체류시간, 3 mg $NH_4{^+}-N/L$ 수준의 저농도 조건일 때 제올라이트 여재에서만 생물학적 질산화를 관찰할 수 있었다. 제올라이트 여재를 EBCT 10~60분으로 바꿔가며 운전한 결과 EBCT에 따른 질산화 수준의 차이를 확인할 수 있었으며, EBCT 60분일 때 최대 90% 이상의 $NH_4{^+}-N$처리율을 나타냈다. EBCT에 따라 유입되는 질소($NH_4{^+}-N$)농도대비 유출되는 질소($NH_4{^+}-N+NO_2{^-}-N+NO_3{^-}-N$)농도의 차이가 발생함을 확인할 수 있었으며, EBCT 10분일 때 0.25 mg/L, 25분일 때 0.78 mg/L, 40분일 때 0.59 mg/L, 60분일 때 0.37 mg/L로 나타났다. 이는 $NH_4{^+}-N$의 흡착속도와 질산화속도의 차이로 발생한 것으로, 이 농도의 차이만큼 여재에 $NH_4{^+}-N$이 흡착된 상태로 존재하고 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표회 프로그램
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• pp.2-4
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• 1998

Proliferation of Nocardia amarae cells in activated sludge has often been associated with the generation of nuisance foams. Despite intense research activities in recent years to examine the causes and control of Nocardia foaming in activated sludge, the foaming continued to persist throughout the activated sludge treatment plants in United States. In addition to causing various operational problems to treatment processes, the presence of Nocardia may have secondary effects on the fate of heavy metals that are not well known. For example, for treatment plants facing more stringent metal removal requirements, potential metal removal by Nocardia cells in foaming activated sludge would be a welcome secondary effect. In contrast, with new viosolid disposal regulations in place (Code o( Federal Regulation No. 503), higher concentration of metals in biosolids from foaming activated sludge could create management problems. The goal of this research was to investigate the metal sorption property of Nocardia amarae cells grown in batch reactors and in chemostat reactors. Specific surface area and metal sorption characteristics of N. amarae cells harvested at various growth stages were compared. Three metals examined in this study were copper, cadmium and nickel. Nocardia amarae strain (SRWTP isolate) used in this study was obtained from the University of California at Berkeley. The pure culture was grown in 4L batch reactor containing mineral salt medium with sodium acetate as the sole carbon source. In order to quantify the sorption of heavy metal ions to N amarae cell surfaces, cells from the batch reactor were harvested, washed, and suspended in 30mL centrifuge tubes. Metal sorption studies were conducted at pH 7.0 and ionlc strength of 10-2M. The sorption Isotherm showed that the cells harvested from the stationary and endogenous growth phase exhibited significantly higher metal sorption capacity than the cells from the exponential phase. The sequence of preferential uptake of metals by N. amarae cells was Cu>Cd>Ni. The specific surFace area of Nocardia cells was determined by a dye adsorption method. N.amarae cells growing at ewponential phase had significantly less specific surface area than that of stationary phase, indicating that the lower metal sorption capacity of Nocardia cells growing at exponential phase may be due to the lower specific surface area. The growth conditions of Nocardia cells in continuous culture affect their cell surface properties, thereby governing the adsorption capacity of heavy metal. The comparison of dye sorption isotherms for Nocardia cells growing at various growth rates revealed that the cell surface area increased with increasing sludge age, indicating that the cell surface area is highly dependent on the steady-state growth rate. The highest specific surface area of 199m21g was obtained from N.amarae cell harvested at 0.33 day-1 of growth rate. This result suggests that growth condition not only alters the structure of Nocardia cell wall but also affects the surface area, thus yielding more binding sites of metal removal. After reaching the steady-state condition at dilution rate, metal adsorption isotherms were used to determine the equilibrium distributions of metals between aqueous and Nocardia cell surfaces. The metal sorption capacity of Nocardia biomass harvested from 0.33 day-1 of growth rate was significantly higher than that of cells harvested from 0.5- and 1-day-1 operation, indicatng that N.amarae cells with a lower growth rate have higher sorpion capacity. This result was in close agreement with the trend observed from the batch study. To evaluate the effect of Nocardia cells on the metal binding capacity of activated sludge, specific surface area and metal sorption capacity of the mixture of Nocardia pure cultures and activated sludge biomass were determined by a series of batch experiments. The higher levels of Nocardia cells in the Nocardia-activated sludge samples resulted in the higher specific surface area, explaining the higher metal sorption sites by the mixed luquor samples containing greater amounts on Nocardia cells. The effect of Nocardia cells on the metal sorption capacity of activated sludge was evaluated by spiking an activated sludge sample with various amounts of pre culture Nocardia cells. The results of the Langmuir isotherm model fitted to the metal sorption by various mixtures of Nocardia and activated sludge indicated that the mixture containing higher Nocardia levels had higher metal adsorption capacity than the mixture containing lower Nocardia levels. At Nocardia levels above 100mg/g VSS, the metal sorption capacity of activate sludge increased proportionally with the amount of Noeardia cells present in the mixed liquor, indicating that the presence of Nocardia may increase the viosorption capacity of activated sludge.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.837-847
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• 2000

고농도의 유기물과 질소성분을 포함하는 맥주공장과 석유화학 산업폐수를 처리하기 위하여 실험실 규모의 혐기/호기 순산소-생물막 공정 (POB)이 이용되었다. 그리고 A/O POB process와 장기폭기법의 경제성분석도 수행되었다. TOC 농도기준으로 70에서 150 mg TOC/L 범위의 맥주공장폐수가 유입되었을 때 TOC 제거율은 각각 92% 이상으로 좋은 효율을 보였다. 석유화학폐수의 경우 초기 TOC제거율은 52%로 매우 낮았지만 32일 이후에는 86%의 TOC 제거율을 나타내었으며, TKN의 제거율은 유입부하가 증가함에도 불구하고 27일 이후에 71%의 제거율로 유지되었다. 순산소 생물막공법은 초기 건설비인 순산소 발생장치 (PSA)와 메디아 설치비가 소요되기 때문에 장기폭기법에 비하여 약 2.9배 정도 높았다. 이에 반해서 순산소 생물막공법은 극히 적은 잉여슬러지 발생량과 슬러지의 재순환의 불필요, 낮은 에너지 소요량 등의 많은 장점들로 인하여 운전비와 유지비가 약 2.5배 정도 장기폭기법 보다 적었다. 그러므로 장기적인 측면에서 보면 순산소 생물막공법이 높은 처리효율을 가지면서도 장기폭기법보다 경제적인 것으로 생각된다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2006

최근 미국 ANL연구소가 개발한 다이포실 수지는 우라늄의 선택특성이 우수하나 수지의 형태가 분말형이므로 입상의 비드형으로 제조하기 위하여 다이포실 분말을 알기네이트상에 고정화하는 방법을 적용하였다. 생성된 비드의 우라늄에 대한 흡착특성을 측정한 결과, 소디움 알기네이트 자체도 우라늄 흡착특성을 최대 68%까지 나타낸 후 30% 수준으로 감소하였으며, 이는 흡착후 탈착하는 과정을 거쳐 평형에 이르는 것으로 사료된다. 또한 비드내 다이포실의 양이 증가할수록 우라늄의 흡착이 증가하며 최대 85 %정도의 흡착율을 나타내고 있다. 다이포실 수지만의 경우 반응초기에 급격한 흡착을 보이고 있으나 3일정도 이후에는 비드의 흡착율과 유사한 결과를 나타내고 있으며 비드내 함유된 순 다이포실량을 고려할 경우 알기네이트 자체의 흡착효과로 인해 비드의 흡착효율이 크게 상승되는 것으로 해석된다. 우라늄 농도의 영향은 농도의 증가에 따라 우라늄의 제거효율이 감소하였으며, 비드의 양을 2배로 증가시킨 결과 최대 90%이상의 제거효율을 얻었다. 결론적으로 다이포실 수지를 소디움 알기네이트상에 고정화하여 입자형의 비드로 제조하므로서 적은 양의 수지로 우라늄 제거특성이 우수한 비드를 얻을 수 있었으며 나아가서 연속공정에의 적용도 가능한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.11-31
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• 1999

회분식 및 연속류 주상 실험을 통해 인공 조제 지하수로부터 입상활성탄에 의한 6가크롬 (Cr(VI)) 제거에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 실험에 적용된 변수로는 용액의 pH, 용존산소의 존재여부를 사용하였고 2가철(Fe(II))로 활성탄을 전처리한 것을 처리하지 않은 활성탄과 그 결과를 비교하였다. 용액의 pH를 4.0에서 7.5로 증가 시킴에 따라 무처리 및 Fe(II)로 전처리한 활성탄 모두에 흡착된 Cr(VI)의 양이 현저히 감소하였다. 용존산소가 배제 (무산소조건) 되었을 경우 Cr(VI) 제기량이 증가하였는데, 이는 Cr(VI)의 Cr(III)로의 환원 때문으로 추측된다. 그러나, Fe(II)에 의한 활성탄의 전처기는 Cr(Vl)제거에 거의 영향을 미치지 않았다 흡착된 Cr(VI)를 추출하기위해 0.01M $K_2$$HPO_4$와 침전 또는 흡착된 Cr(III)를 제거하기위해 0.02N $K_2$$HPO_4$로 세척하였는데, 이는 Cr(VI)로 흡착능이 고갈된 활성탄 재생의 한 방법으로 고려될 수 있으리라 사료된다. 재생된 활성탄은 본래의 활성탄보다 큰 흡착능을 보였는데, 그 이유는 Cr(VI)가 낮은 pH에서 흡착이 잘되며 또 Cr(III)로 환원되기 때문으로 사료된다. 산세척수중의 Cr(III)의 존재는 비교적 산성 조건하에서 Cr(VI)의 Cr(III)로의 환원을 보여주는 증거로 사료된다. 5회의 재생 및 재사용 실험에서 이 재생방법이 흡착능을 악화시키는 것 없이 지속적으로 사용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2005

연속적 전기흡착 셀에서 활성탄소섬유 부직포 전극을 사용하여 U(VI) 함유 폐액을 처리하였다. 더 낮은 전위에서 U(VI)의 전기흡착 효율을 높이기 위하여 ACFs를 화학약품으로 표면처리하고 그의 세공구조 및 관능기의 변화를 조사하였으며 처리조건이 U(VI)의 흡착에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 표면처리한 모든 ACFs의 비표면적은 감소하였다. 중성염 및 염기성 용액으로 처리한 ACFs의 산성관능기는 감소했지만 산성 용액으로 처리한 ACFs의 산성관능기는 증가하였다. 산성관능기는 U(VI)의 흡착을 차단하여 산성용액 처리 ACFs 전극은 처리하지 않은 ACFs 전극에 비하여 U(VI)의 흡착용량이 감소했다. 중성염과 염기성 용액으로 처리한 ACFs 전극은 흡착용량이 크게 증가하여 -0.3 V의 낮은 전위에서도 처리하지 않은 ACFs 전극의 -0.9 V에 상응하는 결과를 얻었다. 이러한 결과는 ACFs 표면의 산성관능기 감소에 의한 이온의 차단효과(Shielding effect)가 줄어들 뿐만 아니라 음전위 가용에 의한 전기이중층 내에서의 $OH^-$의 증가로 U(VI) 흡착이 효율적으로 진행되었기 때문이다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.116-126
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to investigate the removal of ammonium nitrogen by biological nitrification in raw water containing LAS using BAC. At batch teats, LAS removal by ozone followed the first order reaction, and the rate constants(k) by ozone dose 1, 3mg/min.L were $0.040min^{-1}$, $0.062min^{-1}$ respectively. Therefore, the more ozone was dosed, the higher LAS was removed The reaction between ozone and ammonium nitrogen also followed the first order, and rate constants(k) at pH7,8 and 9 were $8.9{\times}10^{-4}min-1$, $3.8{\times}10^{-3}min^{-1}$, and $2.9{\times}10^{-2}min^{-1}$ respectively at ozone dose of 3mg/min.L . Therefore, ammonium nitrogen was little removed by ozone under neutral pH of 7. The continuous flow apparatus had four sets composed of a ozone contacter and a GAC column. Through continuous filtration test for 50days, the following conclusions were derived; (1) LAS was removed 23%, 30% respectively by ozone dose 1, 3mg/L, and was not detected in all column effluents during the period of experiment. Therefore, it appeared that adsorption capacities of each column still remained. (2) Ammonium nitrogen concentration after ozone contact varied little in raw Water because pH of raw water was from 6 to 7, and was transfered to nitrite and nitrate within GAC columns as the result of staged nitrification. After 30days, nitrite was not detected in all column effluents due to biological equilbrium between nitro semonas and nitrobacter Average removals of ammonium nitrogen in each column after the lapse of 30days were the following; ${\cdot}$ column A (ozone dose 3mg/L, EBCT 9.5min): about 100% ${\cdot}$ column B (ozone dose 1mg/L, EBCT 9.5min): 91% ${\cdot}$ column C (ozone dose 3mg/L, EBCT 14.2min): about 100% ${\cdot}$ column D (ozone dose 0mg/L, EBCT 9.5min): 53% Though column A and C reached nitrification of about 100%, column C (longer EBCT than column A) was more stable than column A. (3) After backwash, nitrification reached steady state within 5 to 8 hours. Therefore, nitrification was not greatly affected by backwash. (4) According to the nitrification capacity in depth of column A, C, where 100% nitrification occured. LAS was removed within 20cm, while ammonium nitrogen required more depth to be removed by nitrification.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.633-641
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• 2016

Two identical Particle Into Liquid Samplers-Total Organic Carbon (PILS-TOC) were operated to measure fine particle Water Soluble Organic Carbon (WSOC) for one week on Feb. in 2016. The dual instrument operations provided validated WSOC concentrations to have a continuous WSOC measurement during the sample analysis period. Both PILS-TOC instruments were operated downstream of an carbon denuder to remove positive adsorption artifacts associated with semi-volatile organic compounds. Comparison of WSOC showed good agreement each other. The linear regression had a coefficient of determination ($r^2$) of 0.92 and a regression slope of 1.01 for the first period. The lower collection efficiency due to lower steam temperature is discussed. In addition, the potential primary source related to WSOC based on the comparison of black carbon (BC) concentrations is explained. The results of good agreement between two PILS-TOC measurements can provide the validation of WSOC cooperations and knowledge regarding the origins of WSOC and their behaviors.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.325-337
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to analyze the soil environment of urban neighborhood parks and to use them as basic data for evaluating the ecological functions of urban parks such as groundwater regeneration, flood control, microclimate regulation, adsorption and purification. The landscape design criteria were generally evaluated as advanced, and further monitoring and studies are needed to evaluate the various ecological functions. It is also necessary to improve the phosphoric acid and nitrogen contents, which tended to be low. In addition, continuous monitoring is needed to assess the proper soil environment according to the biological species, and to evaluate the ecological functions. The results of this study can be used to evaluate the groundwater recharge of urban parks. In particular, when the land of the neighboring park is used for various purposes, the level of access of the user may be increased. Therefore, factors that may adversely affect the user's health, such as heavy metals and organic matters, should be selected and selected as management criteria. In addition, follow-up studies considering fertilization standards suitable for trees and growth of introduced vegetation, etc. are needed urgently to improve the soil environment.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.291-296
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• 2016

Application of photocatalytic nanoparticles has been recently gaining an increased attention as air purifying material for sustainable urban development. The present work reports the photocatalytic removal of gaseous phase nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$) using $TiO_2$-coated zeolite to be applied as a filter media for the urban green infrastructure such as raingardens. The $TiO_2$-coated zeolite was synthesized by simple wet chemistry method and tested in a continuous-flow photo-reactor for its removal efficiency of $NO_x$ under different conditions of the weight percentage of $TiO_2$ coated on the zeolite, and gas retention time. The removal efficiency of $NO_x$ in general increased as the weight percentage of $TiO_2$ coated on the zeolite increased up to 15-20%. Greater than 90% of $NO_x$ was removed at a retention time of one minute using the $TiO_2$-coated zeolite ($TiO_2$ weight percentage = 20%). Overall, $TiO_2$-coated zeolite showed greater efficiency of $NO_x$ removal compared to $TiO_2$ powder probably by providing additional reaction sites from the porous structure of zeolite. It was presumed that the degradation of $NO_x$ is attributed to both the physical adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation that could simultaneously occur at the catalyst surface.