• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2021

In order to evaluate the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM), as indicators of organic matter in the coastal environments, we measured the concentrations of DOC, FDOM, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in saline groundwater (Woljeong, Pyoseon, and Hwasun beaches) and coastal seawater (Haengwon, Gwideok, Pyoseon, and Yeongnak) in Jeju, Korea. The highest concentrations of DOC and COD in groundwater were found in Woljeong and Pyoseon, and those in coastal water were observed in Haengwon and Pyoseon, indicating that the higher concentrations of DOC and COD seem to be associated with saline groundwater-driven dissolved organic matter (DOM) and/or biogeochemical processes. According to origin and optical properties of DOM using FDOM as a tracer, proportion of humic-like FDOM, more refractory DOM, was relatively greater in the groundwater than in the coastal water. With regard to this result, there was no relationship between DOC and COD in groundwater, while DOC showed a good positive correlation (r² = 0.66) with COD in coastal water. This result indicates that COD as an indicator of assessment of DOM has a limitation in which it is difficult to quantify refractory DOM. Although DOC is a potential alternative to COD in the coastal environments, particulate organic carbon cannot be negligible due to relatively higher concentration compared to the open ocean. Therefore, the use of total organic carbon (TOC) as a replacement of COD in the coastal ocean is important, and the evaluation criterion of the TOC is necessary in order to evaluate of organic matter indicator in the various coastal environments.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.560-567
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• 2009

Treated or untreated wastewater may be a major source of refractory organic matters (R-OM) in drinking water sources. For this study, spectroscopic characteristics of wastewater OM were investigated using the samples from 20 wastewater treatment plants, which are located at the upstream of the lake Paldang, to suggest a estimate index for R-OM in wastewater. R-OM was quantified by measuring total organic carbon (TOC) concentration of the wastewater samples remaining after 28-day dark incubation. Among the traditional OM indices such as chemical oxygen demand (COD) and initial TOC, CODMn showed the lowest correlation coefficients with R-TOC of the samples. The ratios of carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD) to $COD_{Cr}$ had a better correlation with the percent distribution of R-OM than $BOD/COD_{Cr}$ ratios. terrestrial humic-like fluorescence (THLF) exhibited the highest correlation coefficient with R-TOC among the indices obtained from the synchronous fluorescence spectra of the samples. Milori index, one of the humification indices, showed a good correlation with the percent distribution of wastewater. This study demonstrated that fluorescence properties might be a better indices to estimate the concentrations and the distributions of wastewater OM compared to the specific UV absorbance (SUVA) values. Some useful formulas based on OM spectroscopic characteristics were finally suggested to predict R-OM in wastewater.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.411-419
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• 2002

In this study, the series of ultrasonic irradiation for removal of refractory aromatic compounds has been selected as a model reaction in the batch reactor system in order to obtain the reaction kinetics. The products obtained from the ultrasonic irradiation were analysed by GC and GC/MSD. The decomposition of benzene produced toluene, phenol, and C1-C4 compounds, while the intermediates during the ultrasonic irradiation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol(DCP) were phenol, HCl, catechol, hydroquinone, and benzoquinone. It was found that more than 80% of benzene, and 2,4-DCP solutions were removed within 2 hours in all reaction conditions. The reaction order in the degradation of these three compounds was verified as pseudo-zero or first order. From the fore-mentioned results, it can be concluded that the refractory organic compounds could be removed by the ultrasonic irradiation with radicals, such as $H{\cdot}$ and $OH{\cdot}$ radical causing the high increase of pressure and temperature. Finally, it appeared that the technology using ultrasonic irradiation can be applied to the treatment of refractory compounds which are difficult to be decomposed by the conventional methods.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.720-726
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• 2006

Long-term monitoring results of water qualities at major lakes in Korea showed COD (chemical oxygen demand) concentrations have been increasing while BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) concentrations have been decreasing during last decades. This was mainly due to refractory organic matters have been accumulated in the water body. In this study, the possible causes of COD concentration increase were evaluated. From the statistics, it can be understood that potent pollutant sources including fertilizer consumption, population, livestock, and carbon uptake have increased. Leaching tests were carried out with soils and biomasses sampled at agricultural-forestry area. From the leaching experiments, leachate qualities as a ratio of $COD_{Cr}/BOD$ were in the range of 2.5-5.0, implying that NOM (natural organic matters) discharged from the forestry area was mainly responsible for the COD accumulation. It can be understood from this research that diffuse pollutants from forestry areas should be controlled properly to reduce COD accumulation in the lakes.

• 생태와환경
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2012

본 연구는 하수처리장 방류수가 하천 유기물 오염에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 구미시 관내에 위치한 구미 4단지, 구미, 구미 원평하수처리장 방류수와 처리장 상 하류 하천을 조사하였다. TOC 중 DOC가 70% 이상으로 대부분 용존성으로 존재하였고, TOC에 대한 BOD, $COD_{Mn}$의 산화율은 각각 13~43%, 37~73%로 나타났다. 하지만 현재 사용되고 있는 BOD, $COD_{Mn}$이 총 유기탄소에서 차지하는 비율이 약 50% 이하로 나타나, 유기물을 대표하는 데 어려움이 있을 것으로 보이며, 향후 TOC로 지표를 전환하는 방향도 모색해 보아야 할 것으로 판단된다. DOC 분해실험 결과 DOC 중 R-DOC가 70% 이상으로 난분해성 유기물이 대부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 하수처리장 방류수의 유기물이 하천에 미치는 영향을 보면, 낙동강 하류에서 구미 4단지, 구미, 구미 원평하수처리장 방류수의 총 TOC 부하량이 차지하는 비율은 15%로 나타났다. 총 비율은 15%로 비교적 많은 부분을 차지하지는 않았지만 이 중 생분해성 유기물보다 난분해성 유기물이 더 많은 부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타나, 상수 처리 시 소독부산물의 전구물질이 증가하는 원인으로 작용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2005

Natural organic matter(NOM) is defined as the complex matrix of organic material and abundant in natural waters. It affects the performance of unit operations for water purification. Several kinds of analytical indicators such as DOC, specific ultraviolet absorbance(SUVA), apparent molecular weight (AMW), fractionation and high performance size exclusive chromatography(HPSEC) have been used to understand characteristics and variations of NOM. This study aims to evaluate the characteristics of NOM in the Geum River system comprising with stream flows and reservoirs. It was identified that SUVA denoting the portion of humic substance in water ranged within 1.60~3.36. Using resin adsorbents, dissolved organic carbon(DOC) was fractionated into three classes: hydrophobic bases(HOB), hydrophobic acids(HOA) and hydrophilic substances(HI). HI dominates in all samples, collectively accounting for more than 62% of the DOC. HOA was the second dominated fraction and it varied considerably but accounted for about 30% of the DOC. The distribution of high molecular weight(HMW) measured by HPSEC being used to determine the molecular weight distribution of aquatic humic substances was 40.1% and 38.7% in reservoir and stream flow, respectively. The distribution of low molecular weight(LMW) in stream flow was 13.2% higher than that in reservoir. And apparent molecular weight less than 1KDa, which include the molecular weight of hydrophilic organic matter, occupied with 69.2% and 68.2% in stream flow and reservoir, respectively. While the molecular weight of 1 to 100 KDa including humic substances ranged with 18.6% and 21.6% in stream flow and reservoir, respectively. Seasonal variation of refractory dissolved organic carbon was similar to that of SUVA.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.409-422
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to find the characteristics of organic matters based on the distribution and oxidation rates, as noted according to the spatial and temporal variations from 2008 to 2016. Generally speaking, the Han River system is separated into one lower course and two upper courses which are the Namhan River and Bukhan River. The seasonal factor is one of the most important causes of water quality changing in both of the upper courses as a result of a few pollution sources. The concentration of organic matter was measured as higher in the lower course into which great streams with point and non-point sources were identified. According to seasonal variations, however, the change of the organic matter in the lower course is comparatively slighter than that of organic matters in the upper courses. The oxidation rates related to the BOD were 15 %, 17 % and 26 % in the Bukhan River, Namhan River and the lower course, respectively. These results could be explained that more biodegradable organic matter were seen to have existed in the lower courses comparing to the activity in the upper course. The oxidation rates of the BOD were noted as relatively higher in the eutrophicated places with phytoplankton. Therefore the BOD is one of the good index models to find the characteristic of the eutrophicated water. On the other hand BOD would not be enough to estimate concentration of refractory organic matters in the Bukhan and Namhan river. Consequently, both of the TOC and BOD are necessary indices to understand the identified refractory and/or biodegradable characteristics of organic matter.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2004년도 제26회 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.75-75
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• 2004

• 유기물자원화
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.136-147
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• 2005

난분해성 유기물과 암모니아성 질소의 동시제거를 위해 간헐폭기 생물활성탄 유동상법을 이용하여 고농도 유기물함유 침출수에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 간헐폭기시 고려되어야 하는 폭기 시간과 비폭기 시간에 대하여 실험적 검토를 수행하였고 자동컴퓨터제어 가능성에 대하여 고찰하여 보았다. 그 결과 생물활성탄 유동상 반응조에 충전한 활성탄의 물리적 흡착능은 초기의 처리효율에 크게 기여하였으며 간헐폭기 생물활성탄 유동상에 의한 침출수 처리시 정상상태에 도달하는 시간은 40일 정도이었고 TOC와 암모니아성 질소 처리시 양호한 프로세스임을 알 수 있었다. 폭기 및 비폭기시간은 60분 폭기/60분 비폭기의 조건이 30분 폭기/90분 비폭기에 비해 처리효율이 양호하게 나타났고 고농도 유기물함유 침출수 처리실험에서 간헐폭기 생물활성탄 유동상에 의한 처리방법은 높은 TOC제거율, 질산화율 및 탈질율, 난분해성 유기탄소 제거율을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 간헐폭기시 ORP 곡선의 변화에서 나타나는 굴곡점은 무산소상태의 종결점을 나타내는 파라메터로 이용가능하며 이를 간헐폭기 반응조의 최적 운전모드를 설정하는데 응용할 경우 소규모 자동화가 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.61-80
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• 2011

생분해성 물질 지표인 BOD 중심의 환경규제와 환경기초시설의 집중 투자로 인하여 전국적인 BOD 오염도는 지속적으로 개선되었다. 그러나 COD 등의 난분해성 물질은 주요 상수원을 포함하여 전국적으로 정체 또는 증가 추세를 보임에 따라 BOD 관리체계의 한계를 드러냄과 동시에 정체수역 증가와 같은 수체 특성변화의 반영 등 달라진 환경여건을 반영할 수 있는 지표의 필요성이 끊임없이 제기되고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 수체의 변화된 유기물질 오염상태를 적절히 관리할 수 있는 유기물질 관리지표를 선정하였다. 지표전환의 항목으로 $COD_{Cr}$와 TOC를 검토해 본 결과 $COD_{Cr}$보다는 TOC를 향후 유기물질 관리지표로 선정함이 적정한 것으로 나타났다. TOC는 유기물지표로서 대표성,국제적 통용성, 모니터링 프로그램의 용이성, 분석기술의 유무, 정밀도 및 정확도, 분석에 소요되는 시간, 운전의 용이성, 소독부산물의 관리, 기존정책과의 연계성, 외국사례여부, 국내적용사례, 수생태계와의 상관성 등에 대한 평가 결과 타당한 것으로 나타났다.