• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.743-757
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• 2006

Volatile organic compound (VOC) has been well-known to Korea since the end of 1990's however, it has not been well documented until now. In this study, present ambient VOC levels, VOC emission sources, and VOC control technologies were reviewed and discussed. In addition, VOC management strategies to cut down ozone concentrations were suggested based on the present VOC database. For anthropogenic VOC reduction, VOC emitted from painting processes and automobiles should be controlled in the first place in large cities such as Seoul, Daegu, and Incheon. For natural VOC management, low emission trees need to be planted in those cities. It is also very significant to keep updating present and future VOC emission inventories for efficient VOC control strategies. As a conclusion, more systematic VOC control road-map based on BACT (best available control technology) needs to be made up. and more economical and efficient VOC control techniques have to be developed under strong national support in order to lower toxic VOC and photochemical oxidant levels.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2000

VOCs의 촉매산화 공정에서 다성분 VOCs 혼합물의 간섭효과와 독성저감에 고나해 연구를 수행하였다. VOCs로는 benzene, toluene, styrene을 선정하였고, 0.5% $Pt/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$를 촉매로 사용하였다. 각 VOCs의 반응성은 치환기의 종류에 따라 결합력이 다르기 때문에 benzene > toluene > styrene의 순으로 완전산화 반응이 잘 진행되었다. VOCs의 혼합물의 경우 각 VOCs는 서로 억제제로 작용하여 오나전산화 전환율을 감소시켰는데 이는 촉매표면에 각각의 VOCs가 경쟁 흡착하기 때문으로 styrene > toluene > benzene의 순으로 간섭효과가 크게 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이성분계 혼합 VOCs의 경우 혼합비에 따른 완전산화 전환율은 간섭효과가 작은 VOCs의 경우 상대 VOCs의 농도가 작을수록 전환율이 크게 나타났으며, 간섭효과가 큰 VOCs의 경우에는 상대 VOCs의 농도에 관계없이 자신의 부분농도에 반비레하는 현상을 보였다. 따라서 VOCs의 독성저감 기술로 촉매산화공정을 추천할 수 있으며, 실제공정과 같은 혼합물의 경우에도 단일성분의 전환특성과 혼합물의 간섭효과로부터 공정조건을 예측할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.316-325
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• 2012

페인트제조시설에서 다량 발생하는 VOC/HAPs은 물질별 독성, 발암성 등의 특징으로 미량으로도 인체에 유해할 뿐만 아니라, 하절기 오존 생성과 악취 민원의 원인물질로 작용하고 있어 이들 시설에 대한 배출특성과 제어방안에 대한 연구가 시급한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 부산지역에 소재한 페인트제조시설 4개소를 선정하여 VOC/HAPs 주 배출공정 및 주요 오염물질을 도출하고 적절한 제어방안을 제시 하였으며, 천연소재인 Kapok fiber의 흡착 시험을 통하여 상용 흡착제로서의 적용 가능성을 평가하였다. 연구결과, 발생되는 VOC/HAPs의 60% 이상이 방지시설로 유입되지 않고 공장내부로 자연 휘발되어 외기로 확산되는 것으로 조사되었고 주요 물질로는 Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene이 70% 이상의 분포를 나타내었다. 주요 악취 원인물질은 A, B, C사는 Toluene, D사는 m/p-Xylene으로 나타났으며, 악취방지시설인 활성탄 흡착시설의 평균 제거효율은 66.2%로 평가되었다. 이 결과를 토대로 오염물질의 외부확산을 최소화하기 위한 방안으로 중앙제어식 환기장치의 설치 등 다양한 제어방안과 함께 실제 운영시설의 규모를 고려한 흡착시설의 규격, 흡착제량, 교체주기 등을 산출 제시하여 현장에 적용 가능하도록 하였다. 도출된 원인물질을 표준시료로 활용하여 유통 활성탄과 천연소재인 Kapok fiber의 Toluene 흡착시험을 실시한 결과, 활성탄의 제거율은 대부분 99% 이상 우수한 것으로 나타났으나 Kapok fiber는 Space Velocity의 차이에 따라 91.9%, 66.7%의 제거효율을 나타내어 Kapok fiber의 흡착능은 미흡한 것으로 나타났으나, 저렴한 소재 가격, 친환경성 등을 감안한다면 기초 흡착제로서의 적용은 가능한 것으로 판단되었고 향후 상용화에 필요한 추가연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2003

Biological methods are frequently used for treatment of contaminated air, containing volatile organic compounds and odor compounds in low concentrations and high flow rate of air streams. For more than 20 years. biofilter has been recognized as a cost effective technology for the purification of contaminated air. Most commercial applications before 1990 were for control of odors. In the past decades major progress has been accomplished in the development of vapor phase bioreactor. in particular biotrickling filers. Biotrickling filters are more complex than biofilters. but are usually more effective, especially for the treatment of compounds which are difficult to degrade or compounds that generate acidic by-products. While the level of understanding of biotrickling filtration process for VOCs still remains limited. the evidence success of biotreatment of VOC in air resulted in pursuing active research. This paper presents fundamental and practical aspert of VOCs treatment from air in biotrickling filter. Special emphasis is given to the operating parameters and the factors influencing performance for biotrickling filter.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2010

The removal characteristics for aromatic and aliphatic VOCs by electron beam (EB) were discussed in terms of several removal variables such as initial VOC concentration, absorbed dose, background gas, moisture content, reactor material and inlet temperature. It was reviewed that only reactor material was an independent variable among the potential control factors concerned. It was also suggested that main mechanism by EB should be radical reaction for the VOC removal rather than that by primary electrons. It was discussed that the removal efficiency of benzene was lower than that of hexane due to a closed benzene ring. In the case of aromatic VOCs, it was observed that the decomposition of the VOCs with more functional groups attached on the benzene ring was much easier than those with less ones. As for aliphatic VOCs, it was also implied that the longer carbon chain was, the higher the removal efficiency became. An EB-catalyst hybrid system was discussed as an alternative way to remove VOCs more effectively than EB-only system due to much less by-products. This hybrid included supporting materials such as cordierite, Y-zeolite, and $\gamma$-alumina.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.110-124
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• 2007

In this study, the control efficiency of odorous compounds was measured from diverse control process units of 14 individual companies located within the Ban-Wall industrial complex of Ansan city, Korea (January to July 2005), To quantify the control efficiency levels of major odorous compounds, we collected odor samples from both the front and rear side of 17 control process units ($N=17{\times}2=34$). If the control efficiency is compared for each of 32 compounds between different process units, wet scrubber (WS) was found to be the most effective unit in terms of the sum of pollutants showing the positive control signals. Although the WS system shows generally a good control pattern for VOC, it is not the case for most index odorous pollutants; only 3 out of 12 index compounds were found to show positive control efficiencies. The results of the study also indicated that the control efficiency differ greatly between different industrial sectors and/or control process types. In the case of leather industry, carbonyl compounds were found to exhibit the highest control efficiency with its values varying from 19 to 90%. On the other hand, in the case of metal production sector, VOC recorded the maximum control efficiency with values varying from 18 to 79%. According to this study, most air pollution control facilities operated in most companies show fairly poor control efficiencies for most malodor compounds. Hence, to obtain best control efficiency of odorous pollutant emission, acquisition of better information on source characteristics and establishment of effective control technologies are highly demanding.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2013

굴패각과 석고를 대상으로 고형화시킨 후 포름알데히드 및 벤젠으로 대표되는 휘발성 유기화합물(volatile organic compounds, VOCs)를 흡착챔버 내에서 노출시켜 흡착특성을 관찰하였다. VOC를 챔버에 노출 후 굴패각과 같은 친환경재료를 혼입한 모르타르를 각각 개별적으로 주입한 후 180분간 흡착특성을 고찰하였다. 굴 패각분말을 0, 10, 30, 50%로 혼입한 시험체를 대상으로 포름알데히드와 VOC(벤젠, 톨루엔, 자일렌)를 $27.7{\sim}28.5mg/m^3$의 고농도 조건과 $175{\sim}150{\mu}g/m^3$의 저농도 조건에서 각각 노출시켜 흡착성 실험을 수행한 결과, 전반적으로 노출된 조건과 무관하게 굴패각의 혼입 함량이 많을수록 흡착성이 증가함을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 대류-확산-흡착이 고려된 모델을 사용하여 실험과 비교하였다. 확산계수 및 확산 길이(diffusion length)로 대변되는 흡착재의 친화력(affinity)을 고려한 모델을 시험한 결과, 피흡착제의 종류와 흡착재의 친화성에 따른 차이를 잘 표현하였으며 전반적으로 실험데이터와 일치하는 경향을 보였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.857-861
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• 2010

매년 대도시 지역과 그 주변에 오존농도가 환경기준을 초과하는 빈도가 증가하여 오존주의보 발령횟수가 증가하는 추세이다. 따라서 오존의 전구물질인 VOCs에 대한 제어과정이 시급한 실정이다. 국내에서 발생되는 폐기물 중 소각재와 하수슬러지는 발생량이 증가됨에 따라 그 처리 방안이 요구되고 있다. 소각재와 다른 폐기물을 이용하여 건축외장재를 제조하여 소각재 중의 유해중금속을 안정화시키고 제조한 외장재로 대기 중의 VOCs를 흡착, 제거할 수 있다면 환경 부하 저하, 자원 재활용 및 VOCs control이라는 면에서 매우 유용할 것으로 판단된다. 제조한 외장재의 VOC 흡착특성을 알아보기 위해 벤젠 흡착실험과 SEM분석, BET분석을 수행하였고 외장재의 흡착특성을 유지하기 위해 광촉매 코팅을 하여 그 효과를 알아보았다. 실험결과 벤젠 제거 능력은 74~96%로 높게 나타났고 제조한 외장재의 표면에는 다양한 공극이 발달되어 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 외장재의 환경안정성을 알아보기 위해 중금속 용출실험을 수행한 결과 중금속이 안정화 되어 용출양이 현저히 감소한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국양봉학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.315-323
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• 2019

Large amounts of sludge produced by paper mill industries represent one of the most serious environmental problems in the world. Recently, beekeepers living in the neighborhood of the paper mill in Hwasan County, Youngcheon city, GB, Korea, became alarmed that honey bee colonies were dying off suddenly across the neighborhood. A preliminary study was conducted to evaluate the toxicity (oral, fumigation, repellent) of recycled solid paper mill sludge (SPMS) and leachate paper mill sludge (LPMS) to honey bee workers under laboratory conditions, and to analyze the volatile organic compounds(VOC). The SPMS and LPMS were separately subjected to a liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) at three temperatures to extract VOC(highest VOC yields: 1.52% SPMS and 0.34% LPMS). A total of 70 chemicals were detected in the VOC of paper mill sludges, of which 49 and 21 volatile organic compounds from SPMS and LPMS, respectively. The SPMS was dominated by high degree presence of stanols (saturated sterols), such as cholestanol, cholestan-3-ol and also saturated hydrocarbons. However, LPMS was characterized by the absence of sterols. Both SPMS and LPMS showed an influence on the olfactory behavior of honey bee on Y-tube assay, with repulsion rates of 72 and 68%, respectively. Both SPMS and LPMS at concentration of 100mg/mL caused higher honey bee oral mortality than the untreated controls at 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours after treatment(highest oral mortality at 120 hr: 85.74%(SPMS); 93.51 % (LPMS)). A similar pattern was observed when honey bees were tested to fumigant toxicity. Both SPMS and LPMS caused significant higher mortality than the untreated control 24 hour after the exposure (highest fumigation mortality at 120 hr: 69.4% (SPMS); 56.8% (LPMS)). These preliminary results indicated that paper mill sludge could be partly responsible for sudden death and disappearance of honey bees, especially in hot humid summer days. With climate change, the risk of environmental chemical exposure to honey bee would pose greater attention.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.139-152
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• 2017

Excessive amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odorants discharged into the environment are highly dangerous to human health as well as to ecological systems. Biological treatments of waste gas streams, called biofiltration, containing VOCs and odorous compounds has gained much attention because biofilters are more cost effective and environmentally friendly than conventional air pollution control technologies. This review provides an overview of biotrickling filtration, which is a type of biofiltration including continuous trickled-water flow inside filter media, for VOC and odor abatement. The configuration, design, cost effectiveness, removal capacity and environmental impact of this techniques and the future research and development needs in this area are all considered.