• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.144-148
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• 2005

The industrial development of large scale deep bed filters has been a very important step in the process of drinking water production and more recently in the tertiary treatment of wastewater. The target of deep bed filtration is the retention is the retention of small particles generally smaller than 30 microns at relatively small concentration, generally less than 30 mg/l from natural water (surface water or aquifers) or secondary treated wastewater. The relation between the retention efficiency and the characteristics of the particles has been extensively studied experimentally and through different models of retention. During the last years the development of new technologies (fiber filter, membrane modules) lead to more intensive processes compared to conventional sand filtration. Fiber filters can combine intensification with a decrease in specific energy needed however they cannot be operated under gravity like sand filters. Membrane filters (UF or MF) are much more intensive and efficient than sand filters. The specific energy needed is not so high (about $0.1Kwh/M^3$) but is higher than sand or fiber filter. A Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) has to be made for a complete comparison between these technologies taking in account that the efficiency of particle retention obtained by membrane filters is unique.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2024

The synthesis of Pt nanoparticles and catalytically active materials using the electrochemical top-down approach involves dispersing Pt electrodes in an electrolyte solution containing alkali metal cations and support material powder using an alternating pulsed current. Platinum is dispersed to form particles with a predominant crystallographic orientation of Pt(100) and a particle size of approximately 7.6±1.0 nm. The dispersed platinum particles have an insignificant content of PtO_x phase (0.25±0.03 wt.%). The average formation rate was 9.7±0.5 mg cm^-2 h^-1. The nature of the support (carbon material, metal oxide, carbon-metal oxide hybrid) had almost no effect on the formation rate of the Pt nanoparticles as well as their crystallographic properties. Depending on the nature of the support material, Pt-containing catalytic materials obtained by the electrochemical top-down approach showed good functional performance in fuel cell technologies (Pt/C), catalytic oxidation of CO (Pt/Al₂O₃) and electrochemical oxidation of methanol (Pt/TiO₂-C) and ethanol (Pt/SnO₂-C).

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.302-311
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• 2010

In this research, the refinement behavior of the coarse magnesium powders fabricated by gas atomization was investigated as a function of milling time using a short duration high-energy ball milling equipment, which produces fine powders by means of an ultra high-energy within a short duration. The microstructure, hardness, and formability of the powders were investigated as a function of milling time using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Vickers micro-hardness tester and magnetic pulsed compaction. The particle morphology of Mg powders changed from spherical particles of feed metals to irregular oval particles, then platetype particles, with increasing milling time. Due to having HCP structure, deformation occurs due to the existence of the easily breakable C-axis perpendicular to the base, resulting in producing plate-type powders. With increasing milling time, the particle size increased until 5 minutes, then decreased gradually reaching a uniform size of about 50 micrometer after 20 minutes. The relative density of the initial power was 98% before milling, and mechanically milled powder was 92~94% with increase milling time (1~5 min) then it increased to 99% after milling for 20 minutes because of the change in particle shapes.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제18권E4호
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• pp.203-213
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• 2002

Receptor modeling is one of statistical methods to achieve reasonable air pollution strategies. In order to maintain and manage ambient air quality, it is necessary to identify sources and to apportion its sources for ambient particulate matters. The main purpose of the study was to survey seasonal trends of inorganic elements in the coarse and fine particles. Second, this study has attempted emission sources qualitatively by a receptor method, the PMF mo-del. After that. both PMF (positive matrix factorization) model and TTFA (target transformation factor analysis) model were applied to compare and to estimate mass contribution of coarse and fine particle sources at the receptor. A total of 138 sets of samples was collected from 1989 to 1996 by a low volume cascade impactor with 9 size fraction stages at Kyung Hee University in Korea. Sixteen chemical species (Si, Ca, Fe, K, Pb, Na, Zn, Mg, Ba, Ni, V, Mn, Cr, Br, Cu. Co) were characterized by XRF. The study result showed that the weighted arithmetic mean of coarse and fine particles were 51.3 and 54.4 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥, respectively. Contribution of both particle fractions were esti-mated using TTFA and PMF models. The number of estimated sources was seven according to TTFA model and 8 according to PMF model. Comparison of TTFA and PMF revealed that both methodologies exhibited similar trends in their contribution pattern. However, large differences between contributions were observed in some sour-ces. The results of this study may help to suggest control strategies in local countries where known source profiles do not exist.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2015

Various types of inorganic and organic colloids are present in natural water including groundwater. Previous studies showed that Fe, Mn and Al are colloid-forming elements and dissolved concentrations can be erroneous for these elements if water samples are not properly filtered. Dissolved concentrations of elements including Ca, Na, Mg, K, Fe, Mn, Si and Al in groundwater from alluvial and bedrock aquifers, and surface water near Nakdong River were determined to evaluate effects of colloids on dissolved concentrations in natural water samples using various pore sizes of filters. Groundwater is mostly anoxic and have elevated concentrations of Fe and Mn, which provides a unique opportunity to observe the effects of colloids on dissolved concentrations of colloid-forming elements. Membrane filters with four kinds of pore sizes of 1000 nm, 450 nm, 100 nm, and 15 nm were used for filtration of water samples. Concentrations of dissolved concentrations in each filtrate did not show significant differences from 1000 nm to 100 nm. However, concentrations of all elements considered were decreased in the filtrates obtained using 15 nm pore size filters by 10 to 15% compared to those using 450 nm except for bedrock groundwater. Al in surface water showed a distinct linear decrease with the decrease of filter pore sizes. These results showed that 100 nm pore size had little effect to remove colloidal particles in alluvial groundwater and surface water in our study. In contrast, significant concentration decreases in 15 nm pore size filtrates indicate that the presence of 15 to 100 nm colloidal particles may affect determination of dissolved concentrations of elements in natural water.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2010

The ultrafine titanium carbonitride ($TiC_xN_y$) particles below 100 nm in mean size, including various carbon and nitrogen contents (x=0.55~0.9, y=0.1~0.5), were successfully synthesized by new Mg-thermal reduction process. Nanostructured sub-stoichiometric titanium carbide ($TiC_x$) particles were initially produced by the magnesium reduction of gaseous $TiCl_4+x/2C_2Cl_4$ at $890^{\circ}C$ and post heat treatments in vacuum were performed for 2 hrs to remove residual magnesium and magnesium chloride mixed with $TiC_x$. Finally, well C/N-controled $TiC_xN_y$ phases were successfully produced by nitrification heat treatment under normal $N_2$ gas atmosphere at $1150^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs. The values of purity, mean particle size and oxygen content of produced particles were about 99.3%, 100 nm and 0.2 wt.%, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.35-38
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• 2014

Herein, we report on the preparation of red fluorescent Si nanoparticles stabilized with styrene. Nano-sized Si particles emit fluorescence under UV excitation, which could be used to open up new applications in the fields of optics and semi-conductor research. Unfortunately, conventional methods for the preparation of red fluorescent Si nanoparticles suffer from the lack of a fully-established standard synthesis protocol. A common initial approach during the preparation of semi-conductors is the etching of crystalline Si wafers in a HF/ethanol/$H_2O$ bath, which provides a uniformly-etched surface of nanopores amenable for further nano-sized modifications via tuning of various parameters. Subsequent sonication of the etched surface crumbles the pores on the wafer, resulting in the dispersion of particles into the solution. In this study, we use styrene to occupy these platforms to stabilize the surface. We determine that the liberated silicon particles in ethanol solution interact with styrene, resulting in the substitution of Si-H bonds with those of Si-C as determined via UV photo-catalysis. The synthesized styrene-coated Si nanoparticles exhibit a stable, bright, red fluorescence under excitation with a 365 nm UV light, and yield approximately 100 mg per wafer with a synthesis time of 2 h. We believe this protocol could be further expanded as a cost-effective and high-throughput standard method in the preparation of red fluorescent Si nanoparticles.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.254-269
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• 2004

Polysilicato-iron coagulant (PSI) is receiving attention in Japan as a substitute for aluminum-based coagulants. In the first part of this article, coagulation, sedimentation and filtration experiments were carried out using kaolin clay particles as the turbidizing material and four types of PSI with various molar ratios of polysilicic acid to ferric chloride (Si/Fe ratio). Results demonstrate that use of a PSI with a high Si/Fe ratio can cause a more dramatic decrease in treated water turbidity but a higher suction time ratio (STR) than when PACl is used. However, optimization by increasing the rapid agitation strength GR is found to greatly improve the STR. In addition, the series of filtration experiments verified that optimization of GR is greatly effective in controlling rapid increases in filter head loss, and also formation of a thin aging layer in the upper part of the filter bed by slow-start filtration is effective in improving filtered water turbidity over the entire filtration process. The second part of this article describes two innovative filtration techniques to increase the particle separation efficiency; (1) coagulant-coated filter medium by enhancing the electrical potential of the surface of the filter medium, and (2) coagulant dosing in influent by controlling the electrical potential of particles entering the filter layer. From the results of the various filtration experiments using a pilot plant, these two techniques were found to be very effective to reduce the effluent water turbidity from the start to the end of a filter run. Moreover, in the filtration experiments using these two methods simultaneously, higher removal efficiency of approximately 3-log (99.7%) was realized, resulting that the finished water turbidity was accordingly reduced to 0.004mg/L.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2005

우리나라 음식물 쓰레기를 자원화하여 사료나 퇴비로 활용되는 과정에서 일어나는 고농도의 염분 문제를 해결하고 자원화 공정에서 배출되는 침출수의 수질 개선을 위하여 음식물 쓰레기에 소량의 물을 첨가하여 희석/탈수방법에 의한 로터리식 저염화 공정설비를 설계 제작하여 음식물 쓰레기에 함유된 염분 저감 실험을 수행하였다. 개발된 로터리식 저염화 공정설비는 시간당 0.5톤의 음식물 쓰레기를 연속적으로 투입할 수 있는 파이롯트 설비이며, 설비 가동시 첨가되는 물의 양은 음식물 쓰레기의 함수율에 따라 산출되는데 음식물 쓰레기 1kg당 약 0.8리터의 수돗물이 일정한 유속으로 로터리형 저염화 반응조에 분사 투입되면서 희석/교반/탈수공정에 의하여 저염화가 진행되는 구조이다. 설비의 성능 평가를 위하여 대학의 구내식당에서 배출되는 음식물 잔반을 수거한 그대로 설비에 투입하여 시험가동을 거친 후 실증 실험을 수행하였는데 염소이온의 침전 적정법, 전극에 의한 salinity측정법으로 염분의 저감도를 평가한 결과 음식물 쓰레기를 1차 탈수한 후 희석/교반/탈수에 의한 운영방법으로 항상 50%이상의 염분 저감효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 설비가동시 배출되는 침출수는 첨가된 물의 양을 포함하여 음식물 쓰레기 1kg당 약 1.1리터가 배출되는데 유기고형물질의 양이 매우 많아서 망에 의한 중력여과와 원심분리에 의한 고액분리에 의하여 유기성 고형 물질을 대부분 회수하여 자원화용으로 반출될 제품에 재투입하여 자원화용으로 반출될 제품의 품질 저하를 감소시킬 수 있었으며, 최종 침전조 상등수의 TS가 최저 $200mg/{\ell}$까지 수질 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.93-100
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• 1994

이 연구는 위스컨신주 도어지역의 지하수계에서의 남성분의 이동과 불규칙한 검출에 대한 메카니즘을 규명하였다. 1991년 봄 충진기간 동안에, 세개씩의 수위정(piezometers)을 내장한 두곳의 관측정과 다섯군데의 가정우물에서 수위와 수질의 변화를 측정하였다. 충진현상에 대한 수위의 변화는 지하수의 충진이 약 4일에서 10일 정도 연체되면서 비교적 빠르게 일어남을 보여주며, 이것은 지하수의 충진이 실루리안 돌로마이트 대수층 내에서 높은 수리전도율(K)을 가진 지대를 통해서 일어나고 있음을 지시해준다. 지하수내의 납성분은 미립자에서만 발견되었고, 용융된 상태로는 검출되지 않았다. 그 농도는 0.2에서 $7.1{\mu}g/mg$인데, 이는 지하수내 총 납성분으로는 0.3에서 $4.7{\mu}g/l$이다. 충진사건부터 최대의 미립자가 가정우물까지 이동하는데 걸리는 연체시간은 약 19일에서 22일 이었다. 지하수내에서 납성분이 미립자와 더불어 있으므로, 가정우물 중에서도 높은 수리전도대와 연결된 우물에서만 납성분이 검출되고, 결과적으로 지역적 불규칙성을 유발한다. 또한 우물에서는, 충진사건에 의한 지하수계로의 미립자의 유입량의 변화, 미립자의 이동에 따른 연체현상, 그리고 이동중의 분산 등으로 인해서 납성분의 농도가 채취하는 시간에 따라서 다르게 나타난다.