• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.235-250
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• 2014

The impacts of membrane degradation due to chlorine attack on the rejection of inorganic salts and trace organic contaminants by nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes were investigated in this study. The rejection of trace contaminants was examined at environmentally relevant concentrations. Changes in the membrane surface morphology were observed as a result of chlorine exposure. A small increase in rejection was consistently observed with all four membranes selected in this study after being exposed to a low concentration of hypochlorite (100 ppm). In contrast, a higher concentration of hypochlorite (i.e., 2000 ppm) could be detrimental to the membrane separation capacity. Membranes with severe chlorine impact showed a considerable decrease in rejection over filtration time, possibly due to rearrangement of the polyamide chains under the influence of chlorine degradation and filtration pressure. The reported results indicate that loose NF membranes are more sensitive to chlorine exposure than RO membranes. The impact of hypochlorite exposure (both positive and negative) on rejection is dependent on the strength of the hypochlorite solution and is more significant for the neutral carbamazepine compound than the negatively charged sulfamethoxazole.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2002

Trace organic contaminants in deep-sea sediments near Dokdo were analyzed. Total PAMs concentration ranged 14.8-314 ng/g dry weight and high molecular weight PAHs were dominant. The highest PAHs concentration was detected at A19 which located at Ulleung Basin. Most of organochlorines were under detection limit. Among the detected organochlorines, DDT compounds were dominant and followed by HCHs and HCB. Butyltin compounds and most of organophosphorus pesticides were not detected. Vertical distribution of PAHs showed typical sub-surface maximum and decreasing trends depending on depth. The highest PAHs concentration reached 454ng/g. Some organochlorines, DDT, HCH was detected and also showed decreasing trends. Other target organic pollutants were not detected in core sediments. Abnormally high level of PAHs concentration in A19 was discussed and the input sources were inferred to be the transport of sludge derived pollutant dumped at dumping site 'Byung' by deep current.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.345-353
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• 2018

This paper summarizes results of research on the electrochemical (EC) degradation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) and iodine-containing contrast media (ICMs), with the focus on EC reductive dehalogenation. The efficiency of EC dehalogenation of DBPs increases with the number of halogen atoms in an individual DBP species. EC reductive cleavage of bromine from parent DBPs is faster than that of chlorine. EC data and quantum chemical modeling indicate that the EC reduction of iodine-containing DBPs (I-DBPs) is characterized by the formation of active iodine that reacts with the organic substrate. The occurrence of ICMs has attracted attention due to their association with the generation of I-DBPs. Indirect EC oxidation of ICMs using anodes that produce reactive oxygen species can result in a complete degradation of these compounds yet I-DBPs are formed in the process. Reductive EC deiodination of ICMs is rapid and its overall rate is diffusion-controlled yet I-DBPs are also produced in this reaction. Further progress in practically feasible EC methods to remove DBPs, ICMs and other trace-level organic contaminants requires the development of novel electrocatalytic materials, elimination of mass transfer limitations via innovative design of 3D electrodes and EC reactors, and further progress in the understanding of intrinsic mechanisms of EC reactions of DBPs and TrOC at EC interfaces.

• 환경생물
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.328-336
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• 2003

Biological and ecological characteristics of Diporeia spp. are described including size, growth, life cycle, energy storage, temperature effect, bioturbation, feeding depth and sediment ingestion of Diporeia. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of organic contaminants and trace metals were reviewed in addition to an examination of the relationships among various condition indexes (i.e. wet weight, dry weight and body length) of Diporeia.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.161-166
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• 2002

Bioremediation of trace metals in groundwater may require the manipulation of redox conditions via the injection of a carbon source. To simulate the numerous biogeochemical processes that will occur during the bioremediation of trace-metal-contaminated aquifers, a reactive transport model has been developed. The model consists of a set of coupled mass balance equations, accounting for advection, hydrodynamic dispersion, and a kinetic formulation of the biological or chemical transformations affecting an organic substrate, electron acceptors, corresponding reduced species, and trace metal contaminants of interest, uranium in this study. The redox conditions of the domain are characterized by estimating the pE, based on the concentrations of the dominant terminal electron acceptor and its corresponding reduced specie. This pE and the concentrations of relevant species we then used by a modified version of MINTEQA2, which calculates the speciation/sorption and precipitation/dissolution of the species of interest under equilibrium conditions. Kinetics of precipitation/dissolution processes are described as being proportional to the difference between the actual and calculated equilibrium concentration.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1040-1044
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• 1999

A micro porous PTFE membrane desolvator (MMD) was built and evaluated for the on-line removal of organic solvents to facilitate the determination of trace metal contaminants in the solvents by ICP-AES. Three organic solvents, isopropyl alcohol (IPA), methanol, and dimethy sulfoxide (DMSO) were studied. The MMD reduced organic solvent concentration in the sample aerosol stream by 82% to 89%, as indicated by monitoring C(I) emission. Net signal intensity of Fe, Al, and Cu was increasing with higher organic solvent concentration, with the rate of increase being solvent dependent. The signal intensities for Mg and Pb followed the trend with the C(I) signal. Changing the sweep gas flow rate affected the optimum signal intensity. Wine samples were analyzed by the method of standard addition. The concentrations of B, Al, and Mg were determined with a relative precision of less than 2.3%.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.412-422
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• 2000

실리콘 웨퍼 산업계의 청정실에서 사용되는 에어샤워기중 고분자로 제작된 부품들을 $100^{\circ}C$에서 30분간 다이나믹 해드 스페이스에서 가스로 용출한 후 GC-MS로 분석 하였다. 에어샤워기가 가동중인 청정실의 대기를 흡착관 튜브방식으로 채취하였고, 이러한 흡착관 튜브에 흡착된 유기화합물은 쏙시렛 용출법을 이용하여 용출한 후 GC-MS로 분석하였다. 에어샤워기의 제조 부품(electric over current relay, acryl plate. polycarbonate window, filter, fan housing, steel galvanized cold plate and canvas buffer)들로 부터의 분석결과 대부분의 성분들은 제조부품의 고분자 성분들에서 유래되었음을 확인 할 수 있었으며, 에어샤워기가 가동중인 청정실의 대기분석 결과와 비교 분석되었다. 이러한 분석결과의 비교 연구는 청정실내에서의 유기오염물질이 에어샤워기의 고분자 제조부품으로부터 유래 되었는지를 확인하게 해준다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2015

정수처리공정에서 미량유기물질과 맛 냄새물질인 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB)와 geosmin의 제거특성을 파악하기 위하여 오존 및 advanced oxidation process (AOP)와 입상활성탄으로 구성된 biological activated carbon (BAC)공정과 활성탄 단독공정인 granular activated carbon (GAC)공정에 대한 pilot plant를 수행하였다. 운전 결과, 2-MIB 159 ng/L, geosmin 371 ng/L의 고농도에서 오존 1.0 mg/L 주입시 42%, 86%의 제거율을 나타냈으며 $H_2O_2$ 0.5 mg/L를 추가주입한 AOP 공정에서 각각 58%, 90%의 제거율 상승을 나타냈다. 또한 BAC공정에서 99.8%의 제거율을 나타냈으며 GAC 공정에서 2 ng/L이하의 처리성능을 보였다. 따라서 미량유기물질 및 맛 냄새 물질의 지속적인 제거를 위해서는 오존/AOP와 활성탄의 처리효과를 조합한 BAC 공정이 효과적으로 나타났으며, 활성탄지의 흡착능을 지속적으로 유지하기 위해서 유입농도에 따른 오존/AOP 공정의 최적화가 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제29권
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• pp.9.1-9.3
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• 2014

Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) contain elemental carbon, organic compounds including Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, and other trace compounds. Diesel exhaust is complex mixture of thousands of chemicals. Over forty air contaminants are recognized as toxicants, such as carcinogens. Most diesel exhaust particles have aerodynamic diameters falling within a range of 0.1 to $0.25{\mu}m$. DEP was classified as a definite human carcinogen (group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer at 2012 based on recently sufficient epidemiological evidence for lung cancer. Significant decreases in DEP and other diesel exhaust constituents will not be evident immediately, and outworn diesel car having longer mileage still threatens health of people in spite of recent remarkable development in diesel engine technology. Policy change in South Korea, such as introduction of diesel taxi, may raise health risk of air pollution in metropolitan area with these limitations of diesel engine. To protect people against DEP in South Korea, progressive strategies are needed, including disallowance of diesel taxi, more strict regulation of diesel engine emission, obligatory diesel particulate filter attachment in outworn diesel car, and close monitoring about health effects of DEP.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.699-703
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• 2007

가스크로마토그래피와 동위원소질량분석기를 온라인으로 연결하여 이루어지는 성분별동위원소분석기술은 지구과학, 환경과학 및 법의학 분야에서 안정동위원소 분석의 최신 기술이다. 1990년대부터 GC-IRMS는 법의학 분야에서 식품의 진위감별과 환경과학 분야의 유기오염물질의 오염원 추적에 널리 이용되어 왔다. 국내에서는 한국기초과학지원연구원에 2005년 초에 처음으로 GC-IRMS가 설치되었다. 이 연구에서는 한국기초과학지원연구원에서 운영중인 GC-IRMS를 간단히 소개하고 제조사가 다른 BTEX의 성분별탄소동위원소의 예비분석결과를 소개한다.