• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2018

A sidestream contains the filtrate or concentrate from the belt filter press, filter backwash and supernatant from sludge digesters. The sidestream flow, which heads back into the sewage treatment train, is about 1-3% less than the influent flow. However, the sidestream can increase the nutrient load since it contains high concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen. In this study, the removal of PO4-P with organic matter characteristics and bacteriological changes during the sidestream treatment via ladle furnace (LF) slag was investigated. The sidestream used in this study consisted of 11-14% PO4-P and 3.2-3.6% soluble chemical oxygen demand in influent loading rates. LF slag, which had a relatively high $Ca^{2+}$ release compared to other slags, was used to remove $PO_4-P$ from the sidestream. The phosphate removal rates increased as the slag particle size decreased 19.1% (2.0-4.0 mm, 25.2% (1.0-2.0 mm) and 79.9% (0.5-1.0 mm). The removal rates of dissolved organic carbon, soluble chemical oxygen demand, color and aromatic organic matter ($UV_{254}$) were 17.6, 41.7, 90.2 and 77.3%, respectively. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrices and liquid chromatography-organic carbon detection demonstrated that the sidestream treatment via LF slag was effective in the removal of biopolymers. However, the removal of dissolved organic matter was not significant during the treatment. The intact bacterial biomass decreased from $1.64{\times}10^8cells/mL$ to $1.05{\times}10^8cells/mL$. The use of LF slag was effective for the removal of phosphate and the removal efficiency of phosphate was greater than 80% for up to 100 bed volumes.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2001

Terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol resulting form the weight-reduction process of polyester make trouble in the operation of activated sludge process. Also, polyester weight loss wastewater shows high pH, high organic strength and wide variation of organic loading. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to improve treatment efficiency by activated sludge process with Pseudomonas sp degrading components of polyester weight loss wastewater. The CO $D_{Mn}$ and BO $S_{5}$ of the waste wastewater were 560~3,000 mg/$\ell$ and 8000~3,000 mg/$\ell$, respectively. pH was 11.8~12.3. COD removal efficiency by activated sludge-coagulation process with Pseudomonas sp was 94.1~95.8% for 35 hr of hydraulic retention time. Total organic carbon removal efficiency was 97.1%. Ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid in the wastewater were completely degraded during 32 hr of hydraulic retention time.e.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2013

Optimal preparation guidelines of a cathode catalyst layer by non-precious metal catalysts were evaluated based on electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Experiments for catalyst loading rate revealed that iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) can be a promising alternative, comparable to platinum (Pt) and cobalt tetramethoxyphenylporphyrin (CoTMPP), including effects of substrate concentration. Results showed that using an optimal FePc loading of $1mg/cm^2$ was equivalent to a Pt loading of $0.35mg/cm^2$ on the basis of maximum power density. Given higher loading rates or substrate concentrations, FePc proved to be a better alternative for Pt than CoTMPP. Under the optimal loading rate, it was further revealed that 40 wt% of FePc to carbon support allowed for the best power generation. These results suggest that proper control of the non-precious metal catalyst layer and substrate concentration are highly interrelated, and reveal how those combinations promote the economic power generation of single-chamber MFCs.

• Carbon letters
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2009

Activated carbon (AC) is one of the most effective adsorbents for organic compounds because of their extended surface area, high adsorption capacity, microporous structure and special surface reactivity. The composites of pH-sensitive hydrogel and activated carbon were prepared in order to improve the loading capacity of drug. The pH-sensitive hydrogel matrix swelled well in the basic condition to release the drug loaded in AC. The release of drug was controlled depending on both the pH due to the ionization of the carboxylic acid group and the AC due to the surface properties.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.102-108
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• 2009

연속회분식반응기에서 측정되는 기초상용계측기의 프로파일은 공정 내에서 수행되는 유기오염물질 및 영양염류 제거반응의 진행 정도에 대한 정보를 제공할 수 있다. 특히 호기성 반응구간에 측정되는 pH나 DO, ORP의 변곡점 등의 정보를 이용한 반응 종료 감지는 널리 알려진 응용사례라고 할 수 있다. 그러나 이러한 정보들은 반응의 종료 여부에 대한 정보를 제공할 뿐, 현재 공정에 가해지는 부하에 대한 정보를 제공하지는 못한다. 본 논문에서는 운전자에게 공정 유입수 내의 호기적 반응을 요하는 부하, 즉 암모니아 부하 및 유기물 부하의 고/중/저에 관한 정보를 제공할 수 있는 기초상용계측기의 정보를 활용한 진단 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 본 알고리즘으로 인해, 연속회분식반응기를 운전할 시에 수시로 변화하는 유입수의 부하를 습식분석 없이 자동 계측기 프로파일로부터 얻어낼 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.377-385
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• 2008

최근 수소 저장물질로서 금속-유기 골격체(metal-organic frameworks; MOFs)가 주목을 받고 있으나 상온에서의 수소 저장성능이 낮은 문제점을 가지고 있어 이를 개선하기 위한 노력들이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 MOF-5 및 제올라이트 Y로부터 합성된 마이크로다공성 카본을 합성하여 상온 및 약 80 bar에서 수소 저장성능을 측정하였으며, 그 결과 이들의 수소 저장성능은 각각 0.77 및 0.59 wt%였다. 이에 두 물질의 수소 저장성능을 향상시키기 위하여 5 wt% 백금을 각각의 물질에 담지시켜 백금이 없는 물질에 비하여 1.21 내지 1.25배의 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 한편 수소 spillover 현상을 활용하기 위하여 MOF-5 및 Pt/마이크로다공성 카본을 sucrose와 함께 탄화시킨 결과, 최종 하이브리드 물질이 상온 및 약 82 bar에서 0.93 wt%의 수소 저장성능을 보였으며, 이는 백금에 의하여 흡착된 수소 원자가 MOF-5 및 마이크로다공성 카본으로 이동하여 저장되는 것으로 해석된다.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2000

The electrolyte, $(HO)_2C_6H_2(SO_3Na)_2H_2O $(Tiron), disperses efficiently alumina powder in aqueous media and stable suspensions with 60 vol% solid loading can be prepared. The strong adsorption of this additive is mainly due to the ability of the molecule to form chelate rings with the particle surface but electrostatic interactions between the surface charge and the anionic dispersant strongly influence the amount of Tiron adsorbed. By using a cationic exchange route to substitute the counter ion which neutralizes the sulfonate groups, new molecules of dispersant have been prepared, either with mineral cations as $Li^+,\; Na+^,\; NH_4^\;+$, or with organic cations as counter ion but organic counter ions lead to less to less viscous suspensions than $Na^+$ in particular when the number of carbon atoms of the aliphatic chain increases from 1 to 3.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2007년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.46-52
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• 2007

As flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater contains high concentrations of nitrate and is very low in organic carbon, the feasibility of nitrate removal by autotrophic denitrification using Thiobacillus denitrificans was studied. This autotrophic bacteria oxidizes elemental sulfur to sulfate while reducing nitrate to elemental nitrogen gas, thereby eliminating the need for addition of organic compounds such as methanol. Owing to the unusually high concentrations of dissolved salts $(Ca^{2+},\;Mg^{2+},\;Na^+,\;K^+,\;B^+,\;SO_4^{2-},\;Cl^-,\;F^-,)$ in the FGD wastewater, extensive laboratory-scale and pilot-scale tests were carried out in sulfur-limestone reactors (1) to determine the effect of salinity on autotrophic denitrification, (2) to evaluate the use of limestone for pH control and as source of inorganic carbon for microbial growth, and, (3) to find the optimum environmental and operational conditions for autotrophic denitrification of FGD wastewater. The experimental results demonstrated that (1) autotrophic denitrification is not inhibited up to 1.8 mol total dissolved salt content; (2) inorganic carbon and inorganic phosphorus must be present in sufficiently high concentrations; (3) limestone can supply effective buffering capacity and inorganic carbon; (4) the high calcium concentration may interfere with pH control, phosphorus solubility and limestone dissolution, hence requiring pretreatment of the FGD wastewater; and, 5) under optimum conditions, complete autotrophic denitrification of FGD wastewater was obtained in a sulfur-limestone packed bed reactor with a sulfur:limestone volume ratio of 2:1 for volumetric loading rates up to 400g $NO_{3^-}N/m^3.d$. The interesting interactions between autotrophic denitrification, pH, alkalinity, and the unusually high calcium and boron content of the FGD wastewater are highlighted. The engineering significance of the results is discussed.

• 생태와환경
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• 제36권3호통권104호
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• pp.304-310
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• 2003

수심이 얕고 부영양 호소인 L. Kasumigaura를 대상으로 퇴적층으로부터 유기물 용출특성을 조사하였다. 퇴적물의 함수율은 약 80%이상을 차지하고 있었으며 공극수의 DOC농도는 표층에서 높고 깊어질수록 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 특히 조사기간중 공극수의 DOC농도(104mg C/l)가 크게 증가하여 공극수로부터 수체로 용출 가능성이 높을 것으로 추정되었다. DOC 용출실험결과, 호기조건에서는 Labile-DOC (L-DOC)용출이 거의 관측되지 않았고 Refractory-DOC (R-DOC)만 관측되었으며, 혐기조건에서는 L-DOC와 R-DOC 모두 용출되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 퇴적층의 상부수층에 DO가 충분히 유지되면 L-DOC는 용출되어도 호기성 bacteria에 의해 쉽게 분해되기 매문에 R-DOC만 용출되는 것으로 조사되었으며, 혐기조건하에서는 혐기성 bacteria의 유기물 분해능력의 감소로 L-DOC와 R-DOC모두 용출되는 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 내부생성기원의 유기물중 퇴적층으로부터 R-DOC 용출은 수체의 유기물 농도를 증가시키는 주요 원인으로 나타났으며, 수중 유기물의 대부분을 차지하고 있는 R-DOC는 유기물순환에 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있다는 사실이 확인되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.1010-1016
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• 2000

Effect on the bio-mass and nutrient yield of Lemna perpusilla Torry was studied at two nutrient loading frequencies. Six polythene sinks ($6{\times}2{\times}0.5m^{3}$ area) randomly allocated to two treatments having three sinks in each treatment. Each sink containing $6{\times}2{\times}0.35m^{3}$ water body, was changed either daily with 12.6 kg anaerobically fermented cattle manure (effluent) or with 76 kg efluent at six-day interval. Media Kjeldhal-N (40 vs. 36 mg/L; p>0.05) and $NH_3$-N (9 vs 7 mg/L; p<0.05) concentration were higher in daily charged sinks than those charged at six-day interval. However, temperature ($28.48{^{\circ}C}\;vs.\;28.60{^{\circ}C}$) and pH (6.82 vs. 6.84) were sinilar in both groups of sinks. Biomass (93 vs. $80g/m^{2}/d$) and crude protein (1.24 vs. $1.11g/m^{2}/d$) yield were non-significantly (p>0.05) higher in the daily charged than 6-d interval charged ponds. However, dry matter (4.52 vs. 4.15%), organic matter (83 vs. 84%), crude protein (31.4 va. 29.6%) and organic carbon (47 vs. 47%) content were similar in both daily and 6-d interval charged ponds. There were no apparent relationships between the crude protein content of Lemna and the media Kjeldhal-N or $NH_3$-N concentration apparently due to saturated level of nutrient (N in particular). It was concluded that with the level of effluent used for two treatments, nutrient-loading frequency had no significant effect on the biomass and protein yield of Lemna. Technique described here can be used for year-round duckweed production from fermented cattle manure for feeding poultry/fish in smallholder production system.