• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2003

The rheological behaviour of anatase $TiO_2$ with organic coating has been investigated extensively in this study. The yield stress was measured over a wide range of solids concentration and pH using stress-controlled and speed-controlled rheometers. The organic treatment leads to a shift of the isoelectric point (IEP) from around pH 5.5 to pH 2.4. A maximum yield stress occurs in the vicinity of the isoelectric point determined by electrokinetic measurements. The transition of rheological behaviour between elastic solid and viscous liquid is represented by a stress plateau in a plot of stress against strain. It is hypothesised that the slope of the stress plateau reflects the uniformity of the structure, and hence the distribution of bond strength. Altering the concentration and the surface chemistry can vary the bond strength and its distribution. therefore, resulting in different type of failure: "ductile-type" or "brittle-type". pH and volume fraction dependence of yield stress could be described quantitatively using existing models with reasonable agreement.easonable agreement.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.127-142
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• 2013

In order to investigate the significance of "salting-out" and "pore swelling" effects on the nanofiltration of neutral solutes, rejection properties of two NF ceramic and polymeric membranes were studied with single polyethyleneglycol (PEG) solution and mixed PEG/inorganic electrolyte solutions. For both membranes, the rejection rate of PEG was found to decrease significantly in the presence of ions. In the case of the ceramic membrane (rigid pores), this phenomenon was imputed to the sole partial dehydration of PEG molecules induced by the surrounding ions. This assumption was confirmed by the lowering of the PEG rejection rates which followed the Hofmeister series. Experimental data were used to compute the resulting decrease in the Stokes radius of PEG molecules in the presence of the various salts. Concerning the polymeric membrane, the decrease in the rejection rate was found to be systematically higher than for the ceramic membrane. The additional decrease was then ascribed to the swelling of the pores. The experimental data of rejection rates were then used to compute the variation in the mean pore radius in the presence of the various salts. The pore swelling phenomenon due to accumulation of counterions inside pores was supported by electrokinetic charge density measurements.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.520-524
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• 2004

As a feasibility study for the application of carbon nanotubes to the treatment of environmental pollutants, the adsorption characteristics of humic acid on carbon nanotubes has been investigated. The dispersion features of carbon nanotubes in aquatic environment were investigated by measuring the variation of their electrokinetic potentials with pH, and the effects of some dispersants on their dispersion features were also examined. Under the experimental conditions, humic acid was observed to mostly adsorb on nanotubes within a few minutes and reach the equilibrium state within about one hour. The adsorption features of humic acid on nanotubes were found to follow the Freundlich model better than the Langmuir Model. Humic acid adsorbed on carbon nanotubes endothermically and the change of enthalpy in adsorption reaction was estimated to be ca. 18.37kJ/mol at standard state. The entropic change in adsorption reaction for humic acid was ca. 0.0503kJ/mol at standard state and the activation energy for adsorption was also estimated based on the change of rate constants with temperature. FT-IR investigations showed that the functional groups such as alcohol, ester, and aromatics existing in the chemical structure of humic acid might work as the bridge in its adsorption on nanotubes.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.126-132
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 높은 농도의 염류가 집적된 시설재배지 토양의 제염을 위해 전기동력학적(EK) 기술을 적용한 파일럿 규모($2{\times}3{\times}0.2m^3$, $W{\times}L{\times}D$)의 실증시험을 실시하였다. 실험 전 토양의 전기전도도(EC)는 약 9 dS/m였으며, 토양내 주요 염류는 $Ca^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4^{2-}$ 이온이었다. 2주간의 EK 처리 후 토양의 EC는 실험 전에 비해서 52% 감소하였으며, 이 중 대부분은 초기 1주일 이내에 제거되었다(47%). 이는 주로 $Na^+$와 $Cl^-$의 제거에 의한 것으로 보이며, 주요 염류 이자 토양에 대해 높은 흡착능을 가지는 $Ca^{2+}$와 $SO_4^{2-}$이온은 상대적으로 제거율이 낮았다. EK 실험이 진행되는 동안 토양의 온도는 전류의 세기에 따라 증가하여 최대 $50^{\circ}C$까지 증가하였다. 따라서 작물이 재배 중인 토양의 원위치 EK 적용을 위해서는 토양의 온도 상승을 제한하기 위해 전류를 조절할 필요가 있다. 결론적으로 EK 기술을 이용하여 경작 중이거나 휴경 중인 시설재배지 토양의 원위치 염류 제거가 가능할 것으로 판단되며 효율적인 탈염을 위해서는 적절한 운전 전략이 요구된다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.191-202
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• 2010

The porosity (including the specific surface area and pore volume-diameter distribution) of montmorillonitic soft rock (MSR) was studied experimentally with an electrochemical treatment, based on which the change in porosity was further analyzed from the perspective of its electrokinetic potential (${\zeta}$ potential) and the isoelectric point of the electric double layer on the surface of the soft rock particles. The variation between the ${\zeta}$ potential and porosity was summarized, and used to demonstrate that the properties of softening, degradation in water, swelling, and disintegration of MSR can be modified by electrochemical treatment. The following conclusions were drawn. The specific surface area and total pore volume decreased, whereas the average pore diameter increased after electrochemical modification. The reduction in the specific surface area indicates a reduction in the dispersibility and swelling-shrinking of the clay minerals. After modification, the ${\zeta}$ potential of the soft rock was positive in the anodic zone, there was no isoelectric point, and the rock had lost its properties of softening, degradation in water, swelling, and disintegration. The ${\zeta}$ potential increased in the intermediate and cathodic zones, the isoelectric point was reduced or unchanged, and the rock properties are reduced. When the ${\zeta}$ potential is increased, the specific surface area and the total pore volume were reduced according to the negative exponent law, and the average pore diameter increased according to the exponent law.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.28-39
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• 2011

본 고는 토양세척-폐수처리-처리수재활용의 친환경공정순환시스템에 대한 이론적인 조사와 국내외 실제적용사례를 조사하였다. 광산폐기물에 함유된 이동성과 용해성이 큰 비소 및 독성 중금속들은 주변 토양 및 지하수를 오염시킬 수 있기 때문에 오염토양은 적절하게 처리되어야 한다. 국내외에서 비소와 중금속 오염토양에 시도되었거나 성공한 기술은 반응벽체(reactive barriers) 및 복토(encapsulation), 고형화(solidification)/안정화(stabilization), 토양세척(soil washing), 식물정화기법(phytoremediation) 등이 있는데, 이 중 본고는 용액을 사용하여 토양으로부터 오염물질들을 제거하는 물리화학적인 기술인 토양세척에 대해 다루었다. 토양세척의 한가지 큰 문제점은 처리 후에 폐수가 대량으로 발생한다는 것이고, 이 폐수에는 세척용액의 리간드와 결합한 오염물질들이 함유되어 있기 때문에 추가적인 처리공정이 필요하다. 그 처리기술에는 오염물질과 세척용액의 특성에 따라 다양한 물리, 화학, 생물학적 처리가 있는데, 그 중에서 화학적 처리기술인 침전/공동침전법, 멤브레인막여과법, 흡착처리법, 이온교환처리법, 동전기처리법에 대해서 본문에 자세히 언급하였다. 마지막으로 각각의 처리법에 따라 실제 토양세척폐수처리 및 재활용에 관한 최근 국내외 연구사례 대해 소개하였고, 이러한 기술들을 바탕으로 토양세척폐수발생문제를 해결하고 수자원절감을 통한 공정의 전반적인 비용효과를 높일 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권2C호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 점성토의 강도를 증진시키기 위해, 일련의 동전기 주입 안정화 실내 실험을 수행하였다. 이를 위해 규산나트륨을 주입제로 선정하고 농도를 변화(500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500mM)시켜 동전기 주입 안정화 기법의 적용성을 파악하였고, 처리기간과 전압경사에 따른 영향을 파악하기 위해 2일 간격(2, 4, 6, 8, 10일)으로 처리기간을 설정한 실험과 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0V/cm로 전압경사를 변화시킨 실험을 실시하였다. 또한 염화칼슘과 수산화알루미늄을 2차 주입제로 사용하여 첨가농도에 따른 전단강도 개량 효과를 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 규산나트륨(1000mM)을 5일간 적용한 후 2차 주입제의 농도를 50, 250, 500, 750, 1000mM로 변화시켜 5일간 적용하였다. 규산나트륨의 농도 결정시험결과 1000mM 이상의 농도에서 일정한 값으로 수렴하는 양상을 띠었으며, 이 때 초기 강도보다 약 800% 크게 강도증진효과가 나타났다. 최적전기경사와 처리기간 결정시험결과 전압의 경우 1V/cm, 처리기간의 경우 6일 이상에서 강도증가치가 수렴하는 양상이 나타났다. 염화칼슘과 수산화알루미늄을 2차 주입제로 사용한 경우, 두 경우 모두 250mM 이상의 농도에서 일정한 강도값으로 수렴하는 양상이 나타났으며, 규산나트륨만 사용한 경우보다 약 20~30%의 강도증진효과가 발생했다.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.173-183
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• 2000

This study measured the zeta potential of both latex colloidal particles with carboxylate surface groups and glass beads (collectors) with silanol surface group employing various solution with different chemical characteristics. The results have been compared with the surface chemistry theory. The zeta potential of the particle and collector increased with increasing pH up to 5.0 regardless of the solution chemistry. For a monovalent electrolyte solution(sodium chloride solution) the zeta potential steadily increased until the pH reached 9.5. In contrast, little change in zeta potential was made between 5.0 and 9.5 for a divalent electrolyte solution (sodium chloride solution) the zeta potential steadily increased until the pH reached 9.5. In contrast, little change in zeta potential was made between 5.0 and 9.5 for a divalent electrolyte solution (calcium chloride solution). In other words, the more the pH decreases, the larger the effect of neutral salts, such as NaCl and CaCl$_2$, have on the ζ-potential values. In this study, the PZPC(point of zero proton condition) of the particle and collector occurred below a pH of 3.1, H(sup)+ and OH(sup)- acted as a PDI (potential determining ion), and Na(sup)+ acted as an IDI(indifferent ion). The magnitude of the negative ζ-potential values of the particle and collector monotonically increased as the concentrations of Na(sup)+ or Ca(sup)2+([Na(sup)+] or [Ca(sup)2+]) decreased (the values of pNa or pCa increased). In the case of latex particles, the ζ-potential should aproach zero (isoelectric point; IEP) asymptotically as the pNa approaches zero, while in the case of calcium chloride electrolyte, ζ-potential reversal may be expected to occur around 3.16$\times$10(sup)-2MCaCl$_2$(pCa=1.5). pH, valance and ionic strength can be used in various ways to improve the water treatment efficiency by modifying the charge characteristics of the particle and collector. Predictive capability is far less certain when EDL(electrical double layer) repulsive forces exist between the particle and collector.