• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.60-70
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• 2022

We evaluated the performance of in-situ capping to prevent the release of phenol, one of hazardous chemicals of concern for their impact on sediment. Sediment near the estuary of Hyeongsan River, Korea, and commercially-available sand were collected to evaluate their physical properties and phenol sorption characteristics. Biodegradation kinetics of phenol spiked into the sediment was evaluated under freshwater and estuarine salinity conditions. These experimental measurements were parameterized and used as input parameters for executing CapSim, a software predicting the performance of in-situ capping. The CapSim simulation demonstrated that capping with 50-cm sand reduced the phenol release by several orders of magnitude over 0.25- and 1-year duration for almost all simulation scenarios. The variables tested, i.e., cap thickness, pore-water movement, and biodegradation rate, showed high correlation to each other to influence the extent of phenol release from sediment to the water column. The findings and the framework employed to evaluate the performance of in-situ capping in this study can be adopted to determine whether in-situ capping is appropriate remedial approach at sediment sites impacted by hazardous chemicals due to accidental spills.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2008

Contaminant transport has been widely studied in rigid porous media, but there are some cases where a large volumetric stain occurs such as dewatering of dredged contaminated sediment, landfill liner, and in-situ capping. This paper presents a numerical investigation of contaminant transport coupled with large strain consolidation. Consolidation test was performed with contaminated sediments collected in Gary, Indiana, U.S. to obtain constitutive relationships, which are required for numerical simulations. Numerical results using CST2 show an excellent agreement with measured settlement and excess pore pressure. CST2 is then used to simulate contaminant transport during and after in-situ capping. Numerical simulations provide that transient advective flows caused by consolidation significantly increase the contaminant transport rate. In addition, the numerical simulations revealed that active capping with Reactive Core Mat (RCM) significantly decelerates consolidation-induced contaminant transport.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2016

피복공법의 설계에서 피복재의 선정은 중요한 설계 변수로 파랑에너지로 발생하는 해저면 유속에도 피복재가 침식되지 않게 설계되어야 한다. 피복공법 관련된 기존 연구는 파랑에너지에 따른 깊이별 유속과 유효입경을 주로 시공경험과 수치해석에 의존하여 수행되었기 때문에 현장에서 시공경험이 미흡한 기술자가 사용하기에는 어려움이 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 파랑에너지에 따른 깊이별 유속과 피복재의 입경에 따른 침식을 판단할 수 있는 간편식을 제시하고 모형수조를 이용한 실내실험을 통해 신뢰성을 확인하고자 한다. 실내실험에서 측정된 깊이별 유속은 이론식과 상당히 일치하며, 유속추정 이론식을 침식 해석에 적용하여 유효입경을 예측하면 침식 유무 판단이 가능하다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2014

피복공법은 해저 퇴적오염물질을 차단하고 안정화시켜 처리하는 방안이다. 국내에서는 피복공법에 대한 연구가 부족하나, 오염물질이 방출되지 않기 위한 공학적 접근법이 반드시 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 피복설계 시 중요 인자인 피복재 침식을 확인하기 위해 조파장치를 이용한 수리모형실험을 실시하였다. 1:10의 실험축척을 적용하여 0.07~2 mm 크기의 모래를 피복 재료로 사용하였고, 모형 수조 내 강사한 후 파랑을 발생시켜 피복재의 형상변화를 관측하였다. 실험결과, 피복재의 표면은 파랑의 파형과 유사하게 변형이 발생하였으며, 파랑의 파고가 증가할수록 대체적으로 침식되는 피복재의 깊이가 증가하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.202-206
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• 2012

$CoSi_2$ was formed through annealing of atomic layer deposition Co thin films. Co ALD was carried out using bis(N,N'-diisopropylacetamidinato) cobalt ($Co(iPr-AMD)_2$) as a precursor and $NH_3$ as a reactant; this reaction produced a highly conformal Co film with low resistivity ($50\;{\mu}{\Omega}cm$). To prevent oxygen contamination, $ex-situ$ sputtered Ti and $in-situ$ ALD Ru were used as capping layers, and the silicide formation prepared by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) was used for comparison. Ru ALD was carried out with (Dimethylcyclopendienyl)(Ethylcyclopentadienyl) Ruthenium ((DMPD)(EtCp)Ru) and $O_2$ as a precursor and reactant, respectively; the resulting material has good conformality of as much as 90% in structure of high aspect ratio. X-ray diffraction showed that $CoSi_2$ was in a poly-crystalline state and formed at over $800^{\circ}C$ of annealing temperature for both cases. To investigate the as-deposited and annealed sample with each capping layer, high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) was employed with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). After annealing, in the case of the Ti capping layer, $CoSi_2$ about 40 nm thick was formed while the $SiO_x$ interlayer, which is the native oxide, became thinner due to oxygen scavenging property of Ti. Although Si diffusion toward the outside occurred in the Ru capping layer case, and the Ru layer was not as good as the sputtered Ti layer, in terms of the lack of scavenging oxygen, the Ru layer prepared by the ALD process, with high conformality, acted as a capping layer, resulting in the prevention of oxidation and the formation of $CoSi_2$.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.11-23
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• 2020

The effectiveness of in situ sediment capping as a technique for heavy metal risk mitigation in Hyeongsan River estuary, South Korea was studied. Sites in the estuary were found previously to show moderate to high levels of contamination of mercury, methylmercury and other heavy metals. A 400 m × 50 m section of the river was selected for a thin layer capping demonstration, where the total area was divided into 4 sections capped with different combinations of capping materials (zeolite, AC/zeolite, AC/sand, zeolite/sand). Pore water concentrations in the different sites were studied using diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) probes. All capping amendments showed reduction in the pore water concentration of the different heavy metals with top 5 cm showing %reduction greater than 90% for some heavy metals. The relative maxima for the different metals were found to be translated to lower depths with addition of the caps. For two-layered cap with AC, order of placement should be considered since AC can easily be displaced due to its relatively low density. Investigation of methylmercury (MeHg) in the site showed that MeHg and %MeHg in pore water corresponds well with maxima for sulfide, Fe and Mn suggesting mercury methylation as probably coupled with sulfate, Fe and Mn reduction in sediments. Our results showed that thin-layer capping of active sorbents AC and zeolite, in combination with passive sand caps, are potential remediation strategy for sediments contaminated with heavy metals.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.563-572
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• 2006

정체수역 호소 퇴적물로부터 인 용출 저감을 위한 최적의 In-situ 처리 방법을 제시하고자 실험실 규모의 batch test를 수행하였다. 실험에 사용된 퇴적물의 성상은 평균입도 $7.7{\phi}$(mud)로 매우 세립하고, 유기탄소 함량은 2.4%로 매우 높다. 인 용출 실험은 수층 미생물의 영향을 고려한 경우와 미생물의 영향을 배제한 호소수와 증류수로 구분하여 총 12개 컬럼을 비교 평가하였다. In-situ capping 소재로는 모래와 황토를 사용하였으며, in-situ chemical treatment로는 Fe-Gypsum, $SiO_2$-Gypsum의 산화제를 적용하였다. 또한 산화제와 모래층을 결합시킨 복합층에 대해서도 비교 평가하였다. 미생물의 영향을 고려한 호소수의 경우, 실험 초기에는 인의 농도가 급격히 감소하다 10일 이후부터 서서히 증가되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 수층의 미생물에 의해 인이 섭취(uptake)되었다가 다시 용출되는데 시간이 소요되는 것으로 나타났다. 30일간 퇴적물로부터 용출된 인의 flux는 control의 경우 $3.0mg/m^2{\cdot}d$로 매우 높고, 모래층(5 cm), 황토층(5 cm)으로 rapping을 한 경우 역시 충분한 압밀이 이루어지지 않아 $2.5mg/m^2{\cdot}d,\;1.8mg/m^2{\cdot}d$로 인 저감 효율이 낮았다. 화학적 소재를 적용한 Fe-gypsum와 $SiO_2$-gypsum은 $1.4mg/m^2{\cdot}d$로 control과 비교시 인 용출 저감 효율이 약 40% 이상으로 나타났다. 복합층으로 rapping을 한 경우는 $1.0mg/m^2{\cdot}d$로 60% 이상의 높은 인 저감 효율을 보였다. 즉, 오염퇴적물에 산화제로서 gypsum($CaSO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$) 적용은 인의 용출을 감소시키며, 퇴적물내 황산염이 서서히 용해되어 SRB(sulfate reducing bacteria)의 활성과 유기물의 광물화를 촉진시킬 수 있다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2015

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of limestone, zeolite, and crushed concrete as capping material to block the release of heavy metals (As, Cu, Cr, Ni, and Pb) and reduce the sediment oxygen demand. The efficiency of limestone, zeolite, and crushed concrete was evaluated in a reactor in which a 1-cm thick layer of capping materials was placed on the sediments collected from Inchon north harbor. Dissolved oxygen concentration and heavy metal concentration in seawater above the uncapped sediments and capping material were monitored for 17 days. The sediment oxygen demand was in the following increasing order: crushed concrete ($288.37mg/m^2{\cdot}d$) < zeolite ($428.96mg/m^2{\cdot}d$) < limestone ($904.53mg/m^2{\cdot}d$) < uncapped ($981.34mg/m^2{\cdot}d$). The capping materials could reduce the sediment oxygen demand by blocking the release of biochemical matters consuming dissolved oxygen in seawater. It was also shown that zeolite and crushed concrete could effectively block the release of Cu, Ni, and Pb but those were not effective for the interruption of As and Cr release from marine contaminated sediments.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.195-206
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• 2017

국내에 원위치 피복기술의 적용 사례가 전무한 가운데 본 연구에서는 부산 N항을 대상으로 피복 기술에 대한 시범 사업을 수행하였다. 오염 정화를 위하여 원통관과 클램쉘을 이용한 피복 공법이 적용되었다. 두 공법의 피복형상 변화, 퇴적물 오염도 변화, 공정 소요시간, 소요비용을 산정하고 비교하였다. 원통관 공법과 클램쉘 공법 모두 목표 두께인 50 cm를 평균적으로 만족하였다. 그러나 원통관 공법은 해저지형 변화에 민감하게 반응하지 못하는 단점을 가지고 있어 비균일한 피복형상을 나타내었다. 원통과 공법과 클램쉘 공법 적용 시 유기물 함량은 매우 감소하였지만, pH의 뚜렷한 변화는 없었다. Cd, Ni, Zn의 유기물 및 잔류 형태의 비율이 피복 후 증가하였다. 원통관 공법의 경우 클램쉘 공법에 비해 공정 소요시간이 약 4배 정도 더 소요되었다. 클램쉘 공법의 시공비용은 원통관 공법에 비해 약 40% 절감 되는 것으로 나타났다. 오염 퇴적물 정화 효율에 대한 평가를 위해서는 최소 2년 이상의 장기적인 모니터링이 진행되어야 한다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2020

The effectiveness of in situ sediment capping as a technique for heavy metal risk mitigation in Hyeongsan River estuary, South Korea was studied. Sites in the estuary were found previously to show moderate to high levels of contamination of mercury, methylmercury and other heavy metals. A 400 m x 50 m section of the river was selected for a thin layer capping demonstration, where the total area was divided into 4 sections capped with different combinations of capping materials (zeolite, AC/zeolite, AC/sand, zeolite/sand). Pore water concentrations in the different sites were studied using diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) probes. All capping amendments showed reduction in the pore water concentration of the different heavy metals with top 5 cm showing %reduction greater than 90% for some heavy metals. The relative maxima for the different metals were found to be translated to lower depths with addition of the caps. For two-layered cap with AC, order of placement should be considered since AC can easily be displaced due to its relatively low density. Investigation of methylmercury (MeHg) in the site showed that MeHg and %MeHg in pore water corresponds well with maxima for sulfide, Fe and Mn suggesting mercury methylation as probably coupled with sulfate, Fe and Mn reduction in sediments. Our results showed that thin-layer capping of active sorbents AC and zeolite, in combination with passive sand caps, are potential remediation strategy for sediments contaminated with heavy metals.