• 에너지공학
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2017

Disposal of municipal solid waste has become a major problem in many countries around the world. As landfill space for the disposal of ash from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) becomes scarce, numerous reports and researches address the various environmental issues about the municipal solid waste incineration waste management and other particulate matters with the range of 10 ~ 2.5. Although in many developing and industrialization countries landfill with the disposal of municipal solid waste, open incineration has become a common practice. Large municipal waste incinerators are major industrial facilities and have the potential to be significant sources of environmental pollution. Despite the significant volume reduction from incineration, waste recycling is important to ensuring the future welfare of mankind. The main goal of the present work is the physical and chemical characterization of the local incineration bottom ash towards its eventual re-utilization. In this paper, we reported the studies on physical and chemical characteristics of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash and bottom ash containing particulate matter whose particulate sizes are lower than $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$ and heavy metal were investigated.

• Composite Materials and Engineering
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.167-178
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• 2021

In the present paper, the destructive behavior of distilled water, salty water, sulfuric acid, and heat on glass/vinyl ester composites was investigated by experimental methods. Hetron 922 vinyl ester resin and two types of mat and woven glass fibers as the reinforcements were used to fabricate composite test samples. All samples were immersed in distilled water, salty water, and sulfuric acid with three different concentrations. The tests were performed at 20℃ and 70℃ for the exposure duration of 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Bending tests were performed after aging for all composite samples to check the degradation of the bending modulus and strength. The results show that the effect of distilled water, in comparison with salty water, on the degradation of composite samples was significant. On the other hand, almost non-sensitivity of concentrations of salty water on the weight gain of specimens has been observed. In addition, it was also observed that the degradation of samples at 70℃ temperature is much more than that of at 20℃. Also, it was observed that the flexural modulus of virgin specimens exposed to salty water (2% concentration) has been recovered just after two weeks of immersion. Furthermore, in some cases, composite samples under the sulfuric acid solution have lost almost 80% of their mechanical properties.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.485-494
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 어류에서 16종의 과불화합물을 분석하기 위한 최적 전처리법을 확립하고자 이온쌍 추출법(IPE)과, 액-액 추출법(LLE), 고체상 추출법(SPE), 이온쌍 + 고체상 추출법(IPE + SPE) 각각에 대하여 내부표준물질의 주입 시기를 달리하여 회수율을 비교하였다. 내부표준물질을 추출 전에 주입하는 IPE-before법이 가장 효율적인 전처리법으로 평가되었다. 추가로 RPM 및 pH 테스트를 통해 IPE-before법을 적용한 분석 전처리 효율을 더 개선할 수 있었다. 확립된 전처리법을 이용해 국내 마트에서 구입한 33개의 어류 및 어류의 간과 내장시료에서 과불화합물을 분석하였다. 16종 과불화합물의 검출범위는 ND~1.67 ng/g이었으며, 검출빈도는 100%로 나타났다. 어류의 근육부와 간, 내장을 비교 모니터링 한 결과, 간(17.8 ng/g) > 내장(13.3 ng/g) > 근육부(1.67 ng/g) 순으로 과불화합물이 검출됨을 확인하였다. 국외 선행연구 결과와 비교하였을 때, 본 연구에서의 어류의 농도는 비슷하거나 낮게 검출되었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.743-750
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• 2000

라듐 및 라돈과 같은 환경 방사성 핵종의 분석 방법 중 HPGe 검출기를 이용한 감마선 분광 분석법은 대부분 플라스틱 용기를 많이 이용하고 있다. 그러나 플라스틱 용기는 대기 중 라돈 딸 핵종의 흡착에 의해 백그라운드가 증가할 뿐만 아니라 방사 평형 과정에서 생성된 기체 상의 라돈의 손실에 의하여 완전한 방사 평형에 도달하지 않는다는 것이다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 알루미늄 재질의 측정 용기를 제작하였고, 그 특성을 조사하였다. 알루미늄 용기를 이용하여 방사 평형 과정을 조사한 결과, 고체 및 액체 시료 모두 기체 상태의 라돈 손실 없이 라듐과 그 딸핵종들이 측정 용기 안에서 완전한 방사 평형에 도달하는 것을 알았다. 또한 감마선 분광 분석법을 이용한 고체 및 액체 시료 중의 라듐 및 라돈의 비파괴 분석이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.3755-3759
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• 2010

A on-line SPE (solid phase extraction)-HPLC preconcentration method was developed for the determination of phenolic compounds at trace levels in environmental water sample. XAD-4 and Dowex 1-X8 were used as sorbent in the on-line SPE-HPLC method for the selective enrichment of nine phenolic compounds, which are included in the priority pollutants list of the US EPA. Also alumina prefiltering considerably reduced the amount of interfering peaks due to humic substances that could accumulated due to the preconcentration step and prevent quantification of polar phenolic compounds in environmental water samples. This method was used to determine the phenolic compounds in tap and river water and superiority to the US EPA 625 method in its enrichment factor, pretreatment time, recoveries, and detection limit. The limits of detection were in the range of $0.3-0.9\;{\mu}g/L$ in tap water sample.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.867-876
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• 2012

The concentration of veterinary antibiotics in aqueous and sediment matrices was measured in agricultural irrigation ditches bordering several animal-feeding operations (AFOs) and then compared to its concentration in the watershed. Analytical determination in aqueous samples was based on solid phase extraction (SPE) and appropriate buffer solutions were used to extract residuals in sediment samples. Separation and detection of extracted veterinary antibiotics were performed with high performance liquid chromatograph tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS). In general, higher concentrations of antibiotic were observed in the aqueous phase of irrigation ditches, with the highest concentration of erythromycin hydrochloride (ETM-$H_2O$) of $0.53{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$, than in aqueous watershed samples. In contrast, higher concentrations were measured in river sediment than in irrigation ditch sediment with the highest concentration of oxytetracycline of $110.9{\mu}g\;kg^{-1}$. There was a high calculated correlation ( > 0.95) between precipitation and measured concentration in aqueous samples from the irrigation ditches for five of the ten targeted veterinary antibiotics, indicating that surface runoff could be an important transport mechanism of veterinary antibiotics from field to environment. Further, environmental loading calculation based on measured concentrations in aqueous samples and flow information clearly showed that irrigation ditches were 18 times greater than river. This result suggests the likelihood that veterinary antibiotics can be transported via irrigation ditches to the watershed. The transport via surface runoff and likely environmental loading via irrigation ditches examined in this study helps identify the pathway of veterinary antibiotics residuals in the environment.

• 분석과학
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.228-235
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• 2015

본 연구는 지하수 중 라듐(²²⁶Ra) 분석을 위해 고상추출디스크(solid phase extraction disk)를 이용한 감마선분광분석법(이하 고상추출디스크법)을 제안하고 액체섬광계수기를 이용한 액체섬광계수(liquid scintillation counter, LSC)법 및 마리넬리비커(Marinelli beaker)를 이용한 감마선분광분석기(gamma ray spectrometer)법(이하 마리넬리비커법)과의 회수율 비교를 통해 적용성을 검토하였다. ²²⁶Ra을 회수한 고상추출디스크는 딸핵종의 방출을 방지하기 위해 폴리에틸렌 필름으로 밀봉 후 감마선분광분석기로 분석하였다. 24일 경과 후, ²²⁶Ra과 딸핵종인 ²¹⁴Bi과 ²¹⁴Pb이 방사평형 된 것으로 확인되었다. 라듐 표준물질을 이용하여 고상추출디스크법으로 분석한 딸핵종 ²¹⁴Bi와 ²¹⁴Pb의 회수율은 각각 80% (295.21 Kev)와 104% (351.92 Kev)로 액체섬광계수법보다 높게 나타났다. 바탕시료(blank) 측정시 감마선분광분석기 챔버내 질소를 주입했을 경우는 주입하지 않았을 경우보다 간섭치가 약 10% 이하로 낮아지는 것을 확인하였으며, 5 L 시료를 8만초 동안 측정한 검출한계는 0.17~0.40 pCi/L로 분석되어 미국 EPA 기준치인 1pCi/L를 만족하였다. 고상추출디스크법과 액체섬광계수법을 이용한 7개 지하수 시료 분석 결과, 두 방법의 상관계수(correlation coefficient)는 0.987로 나타나 추가적인 분석을 통해 통계적 유의성을 확보한다면 고상추출디스크법의 적용가능성이 높을 것으로 판단된다. 결과적으로, 고상추출디스크법을 이용한 지하수 중 ²²⁶Ra 농도 분석은 전처리 과정이 비교적 단순하여 분석시간이 절약되고 높은 회수율과 낮은 검출한계치 등의 장점을 가지고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 고상추출디스크법은 액체섬광계수법과 마리넬리비커법에 비해 많은 양의 시료를 전처리하기 쉽기 때문에 저준위 시료 분석에 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2000

So far, investigation of environmental pollution has been achieved in field study. This remains the most exhaustive approach, current dimensions of environmental researches and their inherent complexity require that relatively inexpensive and simple laboratory procedures are developed to make possible the screening of large numbers of sites and samples. At this point. microbioassay has been high-lighted. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the water pollution using microbioassay. Two microbioassay methods were optimized and validated for the sensitive and quantitative determination of total toxic effects in the water. EROD(Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase) microbioassay was focused to detect PARs, PCBs and dioxinlike components in the water and E-screen assay to xenoestrogens. The EROD microbioassay was executed in rat hepatoma cell line, H4IIE and E-screen assay in MCF7-BUS cell line. Kumho river was selected for this study. 5ι of river water was extracted using combined solid-phase extraction in static adsorption mode with soxhlet extraction. Pollutants adsorbed to the XAD-4 resin were recovered by elution with ethyl acetate and methylene chloride (1 : 9). Toxic effects of extracts were determined by EROD-microbioassay and E-screen assay. EROD activities of water samples were 7.24-72.24 ng/ι MEQ. The estrogenic effect of various water samples is quantitatively evaluated by EEQ. The EEQ of samples range from 0.05 to 6.07 ng-EEQ/ι. These results suggested that Kumho river was highly polluted with organic toxic chemicals.

• 환경생물
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.345-351
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• 2018

An efficient, quick and low-cost extraction and clean up method for the determination of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the agricultural water samples was optimized using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). The extraction of the target compounds in water sample was carried out with acetonitrile, followed by partitioning promoted by the addition of salt. As a clean-up procedure, dispersive solid phase extraction was employed to purify the analytes of interest for GC-MS/MS analysis. This method was successfully applied for the quantification of PAHs in real water samples collected for the purpose of monitoring from the waterways located in Chungbuk (15 sites) and Gyeongbuk (6 sites), S. Korea. Phenanthrene (0.54 to $2.53{\mu}gL^{-1}$) was detected in all the water samples collected from both the sites. Fluoranthene was detected in the water samples collected from the two sites in Gyeongbuk province, but other PAHs were not determined in these water sampling sites. Based on these results, the determined PAHs were conducted using an environmental risk assessment. The risk characterization ratios (RCRs) for phenanthrene ranged from 0.37 to 3.21. These RCR values referred to as risk was not controlled because RCR values of some sites were greater than 1. In conclusion, it is proposed that the optimized method in combination with GC-MS/MS could be successfully employed for the determination of PAHs in any environmental samples including water samples.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2016

Biodrying is a pre-treatment method that applies biological and mechanical concepts to drying solid waste. In Malaysia, municipal solid waste (MSW) is unseparated and contains a high level of moisture, making the use of technology such as solid waste burning unsuitable and harmful. MSW containing organic material can be processed naturally until the moisture content of the waste is reduced. This study on MSW biodrying was carried out on a laboratory scale to measure the percent moisture content reduction and to monitor temperature patterns under different ventilation periods. This work was conducted using five biodrying reactors volumes of 50 liters each. Reactors were ventilated for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 min every 3 h, with a 3 bar air supply. The duration of this process was 14 days for all samples. The results showed that the optimum ventilation time was 10 min, with an 81.84% reduction in moisture content, and that it required almost half of the electricity cost required for the 20 and 30 min ventilations.