• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제29권
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• pp.15.1-15.7
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• 2014

Objectives This paper tried to review a recent research trend for the environmental exposure of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and its removal efficiency in the nanowaste treatment plants. Methods The studies on the predicted environmental concentrations (PEC) of ENMs obtained by exposure modeling and treatment (or removal) efficiency in nanowaste treatment facilities, such as wastewater treatment plant (WTP) and waste incineration plant (WIP) were investigated. The studies on the landfill of nanowastes also were investigated. Results The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology group has led the way in developing methods for estimating ENM production and emissions. The PEC values are available for surface water, wastewater treatment plant effluents, biosolids, sediments, soils, and air. Based on the PEC modeling, the major routes for the environmental exposure of the ENMs were found as WTP effluents/sludge. The ENMs entered in the WTP were 90-99% removed and accumulated in the activated sludge and sludge cake. Additionally, the waste ash released from the WIP contain ENMs. Ultimately, landfills are the likely final destination of the disposed sludge or discarded ENMs products. Conclusions Although the removal efficiency of the ENMs using nanowaste treatment facilities is acceptable, the ENMs were accumulated on the sludge and then finally moved to the landfill. Therefore, the monitoring for the ENMs in the environment where the WTP effluent is discharged or biomass disposed is required to increase our knowledge on the fate and transport of the ENMs and to prevent the unintentional exposure (release) in the environment.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.158-161
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• 2003

중수로형 원전의 감속재 상층기체에 포함되어 원전 주변 대기로 방출되는 방사성이산화탄소$(^14CO_2)$를 효과적으로 흡착하여 분리, 고정할 수 있는 고효율 흡착제를 개발하기 위해, 활성탄 및 활성탄섬유에 금속수산화물(LiOH)을 담지한 몇 가지의 흡착제를 대상으로 XRD, BET, SEM/EDX 분석을 수행하였으며, 이산화탄소 흡착 성능을 시험하였다. 성능 시험 결과, 활성탄과 LiOH를 물리적으로 혼합한 시료가 함침법으로 LiOH를 활성탄에 담지한 시료에 비해 흡착 성능이 우수함을 알 수 있었으며, 활성탄의 표면을 개질한 결과 1N 질산으로 처리하였을 때에도 흡착성능이 향상됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.509-513
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• 2003

중수로 원전에서 환경으로 방출되는 방사성탄소는 비록 소량이지만 반감기(5730년)가 길고 에너지(0.156MeV)가 높은 방사선을 내기 때문에 각별한 관리가 요구되는 핵종으로 다른 방사성 화합물보다 각별한 관리와 감시가 요구된다. C-14은 원자로 구조의 특성상 경수로에 비해 6배정도 많이 발생하며 방출되는 C-14의 약 90%는 감속재 계통이 차지하고 있고 주로 감속재 상층기체의 퍼지 및 배기 방출을 통해 환경으로 빠져나가게 된다. 본 연구는 발전소 계통 운전 및 중수 누설 등으로 인해 방출되는 C-14을 흡착, 제거할 수 있는 장치 개발에 초점을 맞추었으며 시험 운전결과, C-14 제거 성능이 매우 우수한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.197-202
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• 1994

Microalga, Spirulina platensis has been cultivated in a pilot scale photo-bioreactor to treat wastewater and to produce high protein feedstocks from swine waste containing medium. 0.31(1/day) of specific growth rate and 0.170 of bioenergeric yield were obtanined from batch cultivation in 30% waster containing medium, compared to 0.71(1/day) and 0.545 from clean culture. An optimal dilution concentration was decided as 20% of working volume, based upon the cell growth and biomass productivity. The removal rate of nitrates in the wastewater was decreased as the adding concentration of wastewater was increased while the decrease of total phosphates was reversed, showing 0.33(1/day) and 0.30(1/day) of rate constants for nitrate removal in 10% addition and for phosphate removal in 30% addition, respectively. The chemical composition and amino acid profile of the biomass were superior to those of commerically available health food product, Spirulina sp.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.335-342
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• 1995

농산 폐기물인 배추 뿌리에 다량으로 존재하는 peroxidase를 산업적으로 이용하기 위하여 배추 뿌 라를 JUicer로 대량 추출하여 객상효소 부분과 고형 물 부분을 얻었다. Peroxidase는 액상 부분에 약 6 66%, 고형물 부분에 34%가 분포되어 있으므로 두 부분을 모두 이용하여 phenol성 폐수의 효소적 처리를 검토하였다. Batch stirred reactor에서 액상효소(1,800 unit/$\ell$) 를 이용하여 150ppm의 phenol 용액을 처리한 결과 3시간 후에 96% 의 phenol을 중 합시켜 침전으로 제거할 수 있었다. 한편 pulp를 이용한 air lift reactor(600 unit/$\ell$) 에서는 120ppm의 초기 phenol 농도로부터 5ppm까지 제거할 수 있 다. Batch stirred reactor에 비하여 air lift reactor에 첨가된 효소의 양이 1/3임에도 불구하고 거의 비숫한 phenol 제거 효율을 냐타내었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.482-491
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• 2006

The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) from substrates with various $NO_2-N$ and $NH_4-N$ concentationes, which were generated from piggery waste was accomplished by using anaerobic granular sludge as seeding sludge. As the result of operation, when $NO_2-N/NH_4-N$ ratios of ANAMMOX influent were 0.6~1.5, $NO_2-N/NH_4-N$ removal ratios were exhibited 1.19~2.07 (average 1.63). The higher influent $NO_2-N/NH_4-N$ ratios resulted in higher $NO_2-N/NH_4-N$ removal ratios by ANAMMOX. It means that $NO_2-N$ concentration is very important factor in ANAMMOX. Specific ammonium removal rate was constantly as $0.03{\sim}0.04gNH_4-N/g$ VSS-day at $35^{\circ}C$ while it was $0.01gNH_4-N/g$ VSS-day at $20{\sim}30^{\circ}C$. Thus, in order to reduce the effluent N concentration, either an increase of ANAMMOX reactor HRT or more biomass accumulation at the optimal temperature can be considered.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.217-230
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• 2014

The large quantity of green cull bananas has the potential of being used industrially and, thereby, to improve banana economics and eliminate the large environmental problem presented by banana waste. Wastewaters from textile, cosmetics, printing, dying, food colouring, and paper-making industries are polluted by dyes. The adsorption of basic dye by waste banana pith was investigated by varying dye concentrations, adsorbent dose, particle size and agitation rate. The adsorption capacity was found to be maximum value of removal by using 0.1 g of sorbent with particle size 1mm at mixing speed 200 rpm for initial concentration 25 mg/l to reach value of approximate 89%. The Langmuir, Temkin and Freundlich adsorption models were used for mathematical description of the adsorption equilibrium and it was found that experimental data fitted very well to these models except Langmuir model. Adsorption of dye was applied on (pseudo-first and pseudo-second-order kinetics), and the experimental data was more fitted to pseudo second order. The results of this study showed that banana pith could be employed as effective and low-cost materials for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 추계학술논문요약집
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• pp.379-379
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• 2018

MXenes are a new family of 2D transition metal carbide nanosheets analogous to graphene (Lv et al., 2017; Sun et al., 2018). Due to the easy availability, hydrophilic behavior, and tunable chemistry of MXenes, their use in applications for environmental pollution remediation such as heavy metal adsorption has recently been explored (Li et al., 2017). In this study, three-dimensional (3D) MXene ($Ti_3C_2T_x$) films with high adsorption capacity, good mechanical strength, and high selectivity for specific radionuclide from aquose solution were successfully fabricated by a polymeric precursor method using vacuum-assisted filtration. The highest removal efficiency on the films was 99.54%, 95.61%, and 82.79% for $Sr^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$, and $Cs^+$, respectively, using a film dosage of 0.06 g/ L in the initial radionuclide solution (each radionuclide concentration = 1 mg/L and pH = 7.0). Especially, the adsorption process reached an equilibrium within 30 min. The expanded interlayer spacing of $Ti_3C_2T_x$ sheets in MXene films showed excellent radionuclide selectivity ($Cs^+$ and/or $Sr^{2+}/Co^{2+}$) (Simon, 2017). Besides, the MXene films was not only able to be easily retrieved from an aqueous solution by filtration after decontamination processes, but also to selectively separate desired target radionuclides in the solutions. Therefore, the newly developed MXene ($Ti_3C_2T_x$) films has a great potential for radionuclide removal from aqueous solution.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2016

This study investigated natural convection flow behavior in airflow path designed in concrete dry storage cask to remove the decay heat from spent nuclear fuels. Using FLUENT 16.1 code, thermal analysis for natural convection was carried out for three dimensional, 1/4 symmetry model under the normal condition that inlet ducts are 100% open. The maximum temperatures on other components except the fuel regions were satisfied with allowable values suggested in nuclear regulation-1536. From velocity and temperature distributions along the flow direction, the flow behavior in horizontal duct of air inlet and outlet duct, annular flow-path and bent pipe was delineated in detail. Theses results will be used as the theoretical background for the composing of airflow path for the designing of passive heat removal system by understanding the flow phenomena in airflow path.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 음식업소 등에서 발생하는 폐기물의 일종인 폐 소뼈를 고온인$800^{\circ}C\sim850^{\circ}C$에서 3시간 소결시켜 담체로 제조한 후 중금속 제거제로 이용하여 납(Pb), 카드뮴(Cd), 아연(Zn)등의 중금속에 대한 단일 및 다성분계 흡착제거 관계에 대하여 일련의 실험을 수행하였다. 담체의 납과 카드뮴 그리고 아연의 제거능력을 정량화하여 흡착평형데이터를 해석하였다. 흡착평형데이터를 IAST에 적용하여 해석한 결과, Freundlich식과 Sips식이 Langmuir식보다 중금속 흡착 평형식에 잘 부합됨을 알 수 있었다.