• 제목/요약/키워드: Organic Contaminants

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실 규모 물 처리 공정 및 후속 흡착 처리에 의한 오염원 제거 잠재성 평가 (Potential of Contaminant Removal Using a Full-Scale Municipal Water Treatment System with Adsorption as Post-Treatment)

  • 변해일;여건희;응우옌 홍안;김영웅;김동건;이태훈;정설화;최영화;오승대
    • 토지주택연구
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.167-177
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    • 2024
  • 본 연구에서는 하이드로사이클론, 응결/응집, 용존공기부상 단일 공정이 결합한 실 규모 물순환 조합공정(HCFD)의 오염 지표수 처리 성능을 평가하였다. 실 규모 물순환 공정은 수질 변동이 큰 유입 원수를 대상으로 안정적인 수처리 효율을 보였으며, 유입수의 주요 수질 지표가 매우 나쁨(BOD, TP, COD) 혹은 약간 나쁨(SS)이었으나, 방류수는 매우 좋음(BOD, SS, TP) 혹은 좋음(COD) 수준으로 향상되었다. 물순환 시스템 방류수의 후속 고도 처리를 위해 활성탄 기반 흡착 공정의 용존성 유기물 및 미량오염물질(잔류의약물질 APAP 및 산업 화학물질 AO7) 처리 잠재성을 평가하였다. 오염원 흡착 특성은 흡착동역학 및 등온 흡착실험과 관련된 모델링 기법을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 실험 결과, 후처리 활성탄 흡착은 잔류 유기물, APAP, AO7 유기물에 대한 높은 오염원 제거 잠재성이 있음이 확인되었으며, 오염원 흡착속도 및 최대 흡착량 값은 유사 2차 반응속도 모델과 Langmuir 등온흡착 모델에 의해 결정되었다. 본 연구 결과, 활성탄 기반 흡착 공정은 기존의 물순환 조합공정과 연계시 수처리 효율을 상호 보완적으로 높이고, 흡착 공정은 전단의 입자 분리 공정으로 제거가 어려운 용존성 오염원의 후속 처리에 대한 높은 잠재성이 있음을 시사한다.

확산형 포집기와 활성탄관을 이용한 공기중 혼합 유기용제 측정에 관한 연구 (Comparison of Passive Diffusional Organic Vapor Samplers with Charcoal Tubes for the Measurement of Mixed Organic Solvents)

  • 안규동;연유용;이병국
    • 한국산업보건학회지
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.127-136
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    • 1994
  • 활성탄관을 이용한 작업환경 공기중 유기용제의 시료채취는 여러 가지 어려운 점이 있으나 확산형 시료포집기는 이러한 점을 보완하는 새로운 포집기이다. 따라서 본 연구는 확산형 시료포집기가 혼합 유기용제를 사용하는 사업장을 대상으로 확산형 포집기와 활성탄관을 이용, 한 근로자에 대하여 동시에 각 1개씩, 총 181개의 시료를 포집하여 활성탄과 어떠한 차이가 있는 가를 확인하며, 고전적인 활성탄관 시료채취법을 대신할 수 있는 가를 확인하기 위하여 시도한 바 몇가지의 결과를 얻어 보고하는 바이다. 1. 활성탄관 시료포집기에 비하여 확산형의 시료포집기는 톨루엔(toluene), 키시렌(xylene) 등의 방향족 화합물은 다소 높은 농도를 나타내나 전반적으로 통계적인 유의성은 없었다. 2. 엠이케이(methyl ethyl ketone)와 시크로헥사논(c-hexanone)에 대하여 확산형 포집기는 적어도 저농도(허용농도의 1/8 및 1/10 이하농도)에서 활성탄관에 비하여 약 2배 정도 높게 측정되었다(p<0.01). 그러나 공기중 엠이케이와 시크로헥사논의 농도가 증가함에 따라서 확산형의 포집효율은 활성탄관 보다 적은 것으로 나타났다. 3. 활성탄관의 측정치(B)를 1.00으로 하였을 때 확산형 포집기(A)의 측정치 비(A/B)는 톨루엔의 경우 1.11, 키시렌은 1.07, 엠이케이는 1.63, 시크로헥사논은 3.65배 였다. 4. 활성탄관과 확산형 포집기에서의 측정치 비가 0.75-1.25 범위(${\pm}25%$)에 드는 것은 톨루엔 57%, 키시렌 74%였으며, 엠이케이 34%, 시크로헥사논은 약 32%에 불과하였다. 5. 활성탄관과 확산형 포집기에서의 측정치 간의 각 유기용제 별 상관은 톨루엔 0.963, 키시렌 0.957, 엠이케이 0.943, 시크로헥사논은 0.562로서 모두 통계적으로 유의하였다.

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Bioassays of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons using CYP1A1-luciferase Reporter Gene Expression System in Human Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cells

  • Kim, Ja-Y.;Sheen, Yhun-Y.
    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2003
  • Biological activities of PAHs are not known although PAHs are considered as carcinogens. Recent industrial society has human widely exposed to PAHs (polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons) that are comming from the incomplete combustion of organic material as wider spread environmental contaminants. Our laboratory have been studied the effect of PAHs in the human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. In this study, we examined the human breast cancer MCF-7 cells as a new system to evaluate bioactivity of PAHs. We have selected 13 PAHs to examine bioassay using CYP1A1-luciferase reporter gene expression system where CYP1A1 1.6 Kb 5flanking region DNA was cloned in front of luciferase reporter gene and this plasmid was transfected into MCF-7 cells transiently. This cells then used for the study to observe the effect of PAHs. We demonstrated that PAHs induced the CYP1A1 promoter, CYP1A1 mRNA and 7-ethoxyresolufin O-deethylase (EROD) activities in a concentration-dependant manner. None of PAHs that we have tested showed stronger stimulatory effect on CYP1 gene expression than TCDD. Benz(a)anthracene and benzo(b)fluoranthene were weak responders to CYP1A1 promoter activity stimulation, CYP1A1 mRNA and EROD induction in MCF-7 cells and these chemicals seemed to respond less either CYP1A1 mRNA or EROD than CYP1A1 promoter activity. Benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, and dibenzo(a, h)anthracene showed strong response to CYP1A1 promoter activity stimulation, CYP1A1 mRNA increase and also EROD induction in MCF-7 cells. Results of dose response study suggested that two strong responding PAHs, such as benzo(k)fluoranthene and dibenzo(a, h)anthracene might be mediated through Aryl hydrocarbon receptors system in MCF-7 cells.

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Toxicity characteristics of sewage treatment effluents and potential contribution of micropollutant residuals

  • Kim, Younghee;Farnazo, Danvir Mark
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제41권11호
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    • pp.318-327
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    • 2017
  • Background: A typical sewage treatment plant is designed for organic and nutrient removal from municipal sewage water and not targeted to eliminate micropollutants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and nano-sized metals which become a big concern for sustainable human and ecological system and are mainly discharged from sewage treatment plant. Therefore, despite contaminant removal by wastewater treatment processes, there are still remaining environmental risks by untreated pollutants in STP (sewage treatment plant) effluents. This study performed aquatic toxicity tests of raw wastewater and treated effluents in two sewage treatment plants to evaluate toxicity reduction by wastewater treatment process and analyze concentration of contaminants to reveal potential toxic factors in STP effluents. Methods: Water samples were collected from each treatment steps of two STPs, and acute and chronic toxicity tests were conducted following USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) and OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) guidelines. Endpoints were immobility for mortality and reproduction effect for estrogenicity. Results: Acute $EC_{50}s$ (median effective concentration) of influents for Seungki (SK) and Jungnang (JN) STPs are $54.13{\pm}32.64%$ and $30.38{\pm}24.96%$, respectively, and reduced to $96.49{\pm}7.84%$ and 100%. Acute toxicity reduction was clearly correlated with SS (suspended solids) concentration because of filter feeding characteristics of test organisms. Chronic toxicity tests revealed that lethal effect was reduced and low concentration of influents showed higher number of neonates. However, toxicity reduction was not related to nutrient removal. Fecundity effect positively increased in treated wastewater compared to that in raw wastewater, and no significant differences were observed compared to the control group in JN final effluent implying potential effects of estrogenic compounds in the STP effluents. Conclusions: Conventional wastewater treatment process reduced some organics and nutritional compounds from wastewater, and it results in toxicity reduction in lethal effect and positive reproductive effect but not showing correlation. Unknown estrogenic compounds could be a reason causing the increase of brood size. This study suggests that pharmaceutical residues and nanoparticles in STP effluents are one of the major micropollutants and underline as one of estrogenic effect factors.

도시 소하천에서 유속, 비표면적에 따른 사상형 부착조류의 Chlorophyll-a 변화 (Variation of Filamentous Periphyton Chlorophyll-a in accordance with Water Velocity and Specific Surface Area of Media in Small Urban Stream)

  • 안창혁;주진철;이새로미;오주현;안호상;송호면
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.551-558
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    • 2013
  • The feasibility of water supply as in-stream flow for Mangwall stream was analyzed in terms of water quality and cultivation periphyton using two different types of water resources (e.g., surface water and bank filtration from Han River basin) and three different types of media (e.g., tile, concrete and pebble). The concentrations of organic and inorganic contaminants from the bank filtration were lower than those from surface water by 17.5 - 55.0%. Using water samples collected from Mangwall stream, surface water, and bank filtration, chlorophyll-a, phaeopigment, and growth rate of periphyton were investigated. During 30 day incubation for each water sample, it was observed that filamentous cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriaceae, accounted for 98%, and water velocity of 5 cm/s was optimum for the in situ filamentous cyanobacteria growth. Also, it was deducted for water velocity and chl-a to have an inverse correlation. Meanwhile, the greater the specific surface area of media, the higher the concentration of chl-a. From these results, both water velocity and specific surface area of media should be considered as an combined parameter to deter the growth of filamentous cyanobacteria.

Bioassays of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using cyp1a1-Luciferase Reporter Gene Expression System in Mouse Liver Hepa 1 Cells

  • Min, Kyung-N.;Kim, Ja-Y.;Sheen, Yhun-Y.
    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.30-34
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    • 2003
  • Recent industrial society has human widely exposed to PAHs (polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons) that are comming from the incomplete combustion of organic material as wider spread environmental contaminants. Biological activities of PAHs are not known although PAHs are considered as carcinogens. Our laboratory have been studied the effect of PAHs in the mouse liver hepa 1 cells. In this study, we examined the mouse liver hepa-l cells as a new bioassay system to evaluate bioactivity of PAHs. We have selected 13 PAHs to examine bioassay using cyp1a1-luciferase reporter gene expression system where cyp1a1 1.6 Kb 5flanking region DNA was cloned in front of luciferase reporter gene and this plasmid was transfected into hepa 1 cells transiently. This cells then used for the study to observe the effect of PAHs. We demonstrated that PAHs induced the CYP1A1 promoter and 7-ethoxyresolufin O-deethylase (EROD) activities in a concentration-dependant manner. Some of PAHs showed stronger stimulatory effect on CYP1 gene expression than TCDD. Acenaphthene, anthracene, fluorine, naphthalene, pyrene, phenanthrene, carbazole were weak responders to cyp1a1 promoter activity stimulation and EROD induction in hepa 1 cells and these chemicals seemed to respond less to EROD than cyp1a1 promoter activity. Benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, and dibenzo(a,h)anthracene showed strong response to cyp1a1 promoter activity stimulation and also EROD induction in hepa 1cells. Results of dose response study suggested that four strong responding PAHs, such as benzo(a)anthracene benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, and dibenzo(a, h)anthracene might be mediated through arylhydrocarbon receptor system in hepa1 cells.

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다중가스센서를 이용한 화재의 조기검출에 대한 연구 (A Study on the Early Fire Detection by Using Multi-Gas Sensor)

  • 조시형;장향원;전진욱;최석임;김선규;강종위;최삼진;박찬원
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제23권5호
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    • pp.342-348
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    • 2014
  • This paper introduced a novel multi-gas sensor detector with simple signal processing algorithm. This device was evaluated by investigating the characteristics of combustible materials using fire-generated smell and smoke. Plural sensors including TGS821, TGS2442, and TGS260X were equipped to detect carbon monoxide, hydrogen gas, and gaseous air contaminants which exist in cigarette smoke, respectively. Signal processing algorithm based on the difference of response times in fire-generated gases was implemented with early and accurately fire detection from multiple gas sensing signals. All fire experiments were performed in a virtual fire chamber. The cigarette, cotton fiber, hair, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, paper, and bread were used as a combustible material. This analyzing software and sensor controlling algorithm were embedded into 8-bit micro-controller. Also the detected multiple gas sensor signals were simultaneously transferred to the personnel computer. The results showed that the air pollution detecting sensor could be used as an efficient sensor for a fire detector which showed high sensitivity in volatile organic compounds. The proposed detecting algorithm may give more information to us compared to the conventional method for determining a threshold value. A fire detecting device with a multi-sensor is likely to be a practical and commercial technology, which can be used for domestic and office environment as well as has a comparatively low cost and high efficiency compared to the conventional device.

The effect of PAHs on the regualtion of CYP1 gene in ZR-75-1 and MCF7 human breast cancer cells

  • Min, K.N.;Sheen, Yhun Y.;Kim, J.Y.;Cho, M.J.
    • 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국환경독성학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.193-193
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    • 2003
  • Recent industrial society has human widely exposed to PAHs that are coming from the incomplete combustion of organic material as widespread environmental contaminants. Biological activities of PAHs are not known although PAHs are considered as carcinogens. The mechanism of action of PAHs has been studied extensively, however it is not clear how PAHs turn on CYPlAl in human breast cancer, Our laboratory have been studied the effect of PAHs in the human breast cancer cells, MCF-7. In this study, we examined the ZR-75-1, human breast cancer cells, as a new system to evaluate bioactivity of PAHs and to compare the PAHs action with that of MCF-7 cells. ZR-75-1 human breast cancer cell line is responsible to estrogen and progesterone. We have been able to establish long term culture system of this cells then used for the study to the effect of 13 different PAHs and environmental samples. We demonstrate that PAHs induced the CYP1A1 promoter and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in a concentration-dependent manner. RT-PCR analysis indicated that PAHs significantly up-regulate the level of CYP1A1 mRNA. Some of PAHs showed stronger stimulatory effect on CYP1 gene expression than TCDD Apparently, ZR-75-1 cells have Aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhR), therefore it would be a good experimental tool to study the cross-talk between PAHs and steroid actions.

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Economical Ventilation Effectiveness to Reduce Hazardous Chemical Emissions for a Nail-Salon Worker

  • KWON, Woo-Taeg;JUNG, Min-Jae;LEE, Woo-Sik;KWON, Lee-Seung;SO, Young-Jin
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제17권7호
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    • pp.65-76
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    • 2019
  • Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate economical ventilation effectiveness to reduce hazardous materials exposure and damage of workers by analyzing exposure amount of noxious substances under various ventilation conditions of nail salon for indoor environments. Research design, data, and methodology - This study was carried out with cooperation of Nail shop located in SeongNam city to involve an analysis of the environmental impact indoor air quality, pollutant exposure and economical cost-effectiveness in the nail workplace. The hazardous substances were PM-10(Particulate Matter-10㎛), VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds) and Formaldehyde, which are the major materials of nail workplace. Results - PM-10 is reduced by about 60% with air cleaner, forced artificial ventilation by 32%, and natural ventilation by about 12%. TVOCs and Formaldehyde showed similar efficiency (80~100%) after natural ventilation and ventilation after 60 minutes. The removal efficiencies of VOCs and formaldehyde were similar to those of natural ventilation and mechanical ventilation system. However, in case of dust, natural ventilation was reduced by artificial ventilation system due to inflow of external dust during natural ventilation. Conclusions - If the pollution degree of outdoor air is not high, air volume is high, and natural ventilation is performed when the air conditioning and heating system is not operated. Even at the end of the work, it keeps operating for 60 minutes to remove the pollutants generated. Results of this analysis demonstrated that the worker environment can be improved by adopting institutional legislation and guidelines for ventilation.

Effect of Applied Voltage Bias on Electrochemical Migration in Eutectic SnPb Solder Alloy

  • Lee, Shin-Bok;Jung, Ja-Young;Yoo, Young-Ran;Park, Young-Bae;Kim, Young-Sik;Joo, Young-Chang
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제6권6호
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    • pp.282-285
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    • 2007
  • Smaller size and higher integration of electronic systems make narrower interconnect pitch not only in chip-level but also in package-level. Moreover electronic systems are required to operate in harsher conditions, that is, higher current / voltage, elevated temperature / humidity, and complex chemical contaminants. Under these severe circumstances, electronic components respond to applied voltages by electrochemically ionization of metals and conducting filament forms between anode and cathode across a nonmetallic medium. This phenomenon is called as the electrochemical migration. Many kinds of metal (Cu, Ag, SnPb, Sn etc) using in electronic packages are failed by ECM. Eutectic SnPb which is used in various electronic packaging structures, that is, printed circuit boards, plastic-encapsulated packages, organic display panels, and tape chip carriers, chip-on-films etc. And the material for soldering (eutectic SnPb) using in electronic package easily makes insulation failure by ECM. In real PCB system, not only metals but also many chemical species are included. And these chemical species act as resources of contamination. Model test systems were developed to characterize the migration phenomena without contamination effect. The serpentine-shape pattern was developed for analyzing relationship of applied voltage bias and failure lifetime by the temperature / humidity biased(THB) test.