• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2009

Column experiments were performed in this study to investigate humic acid adhesion to iron oxide-coated sand (ICS) under different experimental conditions including influent humic acid concentration, flow rate, solution pH, and ionic strength/composition. Breakthrough curves of humic acid were obtained by monitoring effluents, and then column capacity for humic acid adsorption ($C_cap$), total adsorption percent (R), and mass of humic acid adsorbed per unit mass of filter media ($q_a$) were quantified from these curves. Results showed that humic acid adhesion was about seven times higher in ICS than in quartz sand at given experimental conditions. This indicates that humic acid removal can be enhanced through the surface charge modification of quartz sand with iron oxide coating. The adhesion of humic acid in ICS was influenced by influent humic acid concentration. $C_cap$ and $q_a$ increased while R decreased with increasing influent humic acid concentration in ICS column. However, the influence of flow rate was not eminent in our experimental conditions. The humic acid adhesion was enhanced with increasing salt concentration of solution. $C_cap$, $q_a$ and R increased in ICS column with increasing salt concentration. On the adhesion of humic acid, the impact of CaCl2 was greater than that of NaCl. Also, the humic acid adhesion to ICS decreased with increasing solution pH. $C_cap$, $q_a$ and R decreased with increasing solution pH. This study demonstrates that humic acid concentration, salt concentration/composition, and solution pH should be controlled carefully in order to improve the ICS column performance for humic acid removal from water.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제2권1_2호
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• pp.13-16
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• 1987

The author obtained three kinds of humic acid from the soil of suburbs in the Wonju city, sediments of Wonju stream and Maeji reservoir in 29 April 1986. The yield of each humic acid was 7.23 g, 3.35 g and 4.61 g per sample 200 g. In the physicochemical characters, the COD varied from 65.9 ppm to 54.9 ppm and BOD showed 6.7～15.9 ppm, but the standard humic acid was COD 58.9 ppm and BOD 6.5 ppm in 0.01 % solution. Doses of the humic acids for 20% methemoglobin formation are as follows; 0.303 mg/m$\ell$ in St. A humic acid, 0.602 mg/m$\ell$ in St. B humic acid, 0.84 mg/m$\ell$ in St. C humic acid and 0.105 mg/m$\ell$ in standard humic acid.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.670-675
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• 2004

Humic acids are macromolecules originated from natural water, soil, and sediment. The characteristics of humic acid enable it to change the distribution of metals as well as many kinds of organic contaminants and to determine the sorption of them from soil solution. To see the effect of humic acid on the removal rate of organic contaminants and heavy metals, batch-scale experiments were performed. As a natural geosorbent, black shale was used as a sorbent media, which showed hight sorption capacity of trichloroethylene (TCE), lead, cadmium and chromium. The effect of sorption-desorption, pH, ionic strength and the concentration of humic acid was taken into consideration. TCE sorption capacity by black shale was compared to natural bentonite and hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA) modified bentonite. The removal rate was good and humic acid also sorbed onto black shale very well. The organic part of humic acid could effectively enhance the partition of TCE and it act as an electron donor to reduce Cr(VI) to Cr(III). Cationic metal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) also removed from the water by black shale. With 3 mg/L of humic acid, both Pb(II) and Cd(II) were removed more than without humic acid. That could be explained by sorption and complexation with humic acid and that was possible when humic acid could change the hydrophobicity and solubility of heavy metals. Humic acid exhibited desorption-resistivity with black shale, which implied that black shale could be an alternative sorbent or material for remediation of organic contaminants and heavy metals.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.38-46
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• 1998

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the effective coagulation of commercial humic acid which is well known as major precursor of trihalomethane, with LAS and PAC and to quantify the residual aluminum in the treated water. Then the optimum pH, the dosage of coagulant were determined. 1. Humic acid concentrati6n, UV absorbance and color were well correlated and UV absorbance(254 nm) and color seem to be used in quntificative analysis of humic acid of same kind. 2. Optimal dosage of LAS and PAC increase as humic acid concentration increases. And optimal pH range for coagulation using LAS is pH 5.5-7.0 and pH 3.5-6.5 for PAC. Within these ranges the removal efficiency is 90-99%. 3. The results of quantification of residual aluminum in treated water shows that minimal aluminum remains on the optimal coagulation condition. But the residual aluminum increses as the dosage of coagulant is beyond the optimal range. Thus the dosage of coagulant should be chosen with the condition on which humic acid removal is maximum and the residual aluminum concentration is minimum. 4. In the water treatment process the raw water pH range is 6.5-8.0, and it seems to be possible to remove humic acid by charge neutralization not by sweep floc. But it should be considered that different commercial humic acids have different physical and chemical characteristics.

• 공업화학
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.737-742
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• 1999

THMs의 전구물질로 잘 알려진 humic acid를 대상으로 오존처리, 응집처리 및 활성탄 흡착처리와 같은 물리화학적 처리공정 도입에 따른 humic acid의 제거특성을 조사하고, 염소주입시 생성 가능한 부산물을 정성적으로 규명하기 위하여 본 연구를 실시하였다. Humic acid에 오존을 주입한 결과 pH가 급격히 감소하였는데, 이는 분자량이 큰 humic acid가 오존에 의하여 $H_2O$ 및 $CO_2$로 완전히 산화되지 못하고 중간생성물인 저급 지방산으로 분해된 결과로 판단되었다. 그리고 용존성 humic acid의 응집특성을 조사하기 위하여 PAC 160 mg/L로 응집을 실시한 결과 TOC는 약 25%, $COD_{Cr}$는 24%가 제거되었으나, 색도는 단지 5%만이 제거되어, humic acid에 의해 유발되는 색도는 응집으로 제거하기 어려운 것으로 판단되었다. 그러나 오존처리에서는 95% 이상의 색도가 제거되었으며, 이때 색도는 오존 접촉시간에 대해 1차반응으로 제거되었고, 반응속도상수값 k는 $0.067min^{-1}$로 조사되었다. 활성탄 흡착 실험에서는 오존 전처리를 실시함으로써 활성탄 흡착 효율이 크게 증가함을 확인할 수 있었으며, humic acid에 염소를 주입한 결과 THMs만 검출되었을 뿐 다른 휘발성 미량 유기화합물은 검출되지 않았고, 오존처리를 실시한 오존처리수에서도 알데히드류 및 케톤류와 같은 부산물은 검출되지 않았다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.454-459
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 다목적으로 사용가능하고 환경친화적인 potassium ferrate를 이용하여 강물의 humic acid와 중금속(Cu, Mn, Zn)을 동시에 제거하고자 하였다. 0.03${\sim}$0.7 mM (as Fe) ferrate를 이용해서 0.1 mM 중금속을 처리한 결과, Cu에 대해 28${\sim}$99%, Mn에 대해 22${\sim}$73%, Zn에 대해18${\sim}$100%의 제거효율을 얻었다. Humic acid와 중금속의 혼합용액에 0.03${\sim}$0.7 mM (as Fe) ferrate를 주입하여 각 물질을 다음과 같이 동시에 효과적으로 제거할 수 있었다: 49${\sim}$81% (humic acid), 93${\sim}$100% (Cu), 22${\sim}$86% (Mn), 20${\sim}$100% (Zn). 혼합용액에서 humic acid와 각 중금속 제거효율이 단일 중금속과 humic acid 용액에서의 결과보다 높은데, 이는 혼합용액에 ferrate를 주입하기 전, humic acid의 음이온 작용기와 중금속 양이온의 반응에 의해 착화합물이 형성되어 일부가 제거되었기 때문이다.

• Near Infrared Analysis
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2000

Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy(NIRS) was used to determine the humic acids in soil samples from the fields of different crops and land-use over Youngnam and Honam regions in Korea. An InfraAlyzer 500 scanning spectrophotometer was obtained near infrared relectance spectra of soil at 2-nm intervals from 1100 to 2500nm. Multiple linear regression(MLR) or partial least square regression (PLSR) was used to evaluate a NIRS method for the rapid and nondestructive determination of humic acid, fulvic acid and its total contents in soils. The raw spectral data(log 1/R) can be used for estimating humic acid, fulvic acid and its total contents in soil by MLR procedure between the content of a given constituent and the spectral response of several bands. In which the predicted results for fulvic acid is the best in the constituents. The new spectral data are converted from the raw spectra by PLSR method such as the first derivative of each spectrum can also be used to predict humic acid and fulvic acid of the soil samples. A low SEC, SEP and a high coefficient of correlation in the calibration and validation stages enable selection of the best manipulation. But a simple calibration and prediction method for determining humic acid and fulvic acid should be selected under similar accuracy and precision of prediction. NIRS technique may be an effective method for rapid and nondestructive determination for humic acid, fulvic acid and its total contents in soils.

• 분석과학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2002

부식질 농도가 매우 높은 지하수로 부터 humic acid (HA) 와 fulvic acid (FA)를 분리 정제한 후 각각의 물리 화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 원소분석, 자외선/가시광선과 적외선 스펙트럼분석 및 $^{13}C-NMR$ 분광법으로 HA 와 FA의 구조 및 작용기를 확인하였다. 또한 양성자 교환능력과 분자 크기분포 측정 실험을 통하여 HA와 FA의 특성 외에 산출지 특성을 나타내며, 상당한 양성자 교환능력을 갖는 다분산계임을 확인하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2001년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.131-134
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• 2001

This research was carried out to evaluate the effects of humic acid on contaminated kaoline with cadmium when electrokinetic remediation. Electrokinetic remediation test was performed depending on humic acid concentrations(0.005, 0.01, 0.05, 0.083, 0.1, 0.5, 5.0mg/g) in contaminated kaoline with cadmium and time(4, 8, 12days). In the absence of humic acid, Cd at the anode showed the highest concentration while Cd concentrations were lower as the concentration of humic acid increased. The removal of Cd to the anode reservoir was increased with increasing humic acid concentration by electroosmosis or ion migration.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.861-870
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• 2003

Using a simple continuous optical technique, coupled with measurements of zeta potential, the effects of polyelectrolyte dosage, kaoline particles and pH on flocculation of humic acid by several cationic polyelectrolytes, have been examined. The charge density of a polyelectolyte is important in determining the optimum dosage and in the removal of humic acid. The optimum dosage is less for the polyelectrolytes of higher charge density and is the same regardless of the presence of kaoline particles of different turbidity. At the dosage, the removal of humic acid is higher for the polyelectrolytes of higher charge density and the zeta potential of humic acid approaches to near zero, With increasing pH of humic acid, the optimum dosage increases and the flocculation index value obtained at the dosage decreases in the following pH 7 ＞ pH 5 ＞ pH 9, regardless of polyelectrolytes.