• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2023

Magnetic separation technology for small paramagnetic particles has been desired for the volume reduction of contaminated soil from the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and for the separation of scale and crud from nuclear power plants. However, the magnetic separation for paramagnetic particles requires a superconducting high gradient magnetic separation system applied, hence expanding the bore diameter of the magnets is necessary for mass processing and the initial and running costs would be enormous. The use of high magnetic fields makes safe onsite operation difficult, and there is an industrial need to increase the magnetic separation efficiency for paramagnetic particles in as low a magnetic field as possible. Therefore, we have been developing a magnetic separation system combined with a selection tube, which can separate small paramagnetic particles in a low magnetic field. In the previous technique we developed, a certain range of particle size was classified, and the classified particles were captured by magnetic separation. In this new approach, the fluid control method has been improved in order to the selectively classify particles of various diameters by using a multi-stage selection tube. The soil classification using a multi-stage selection tube was studied by calculation and experiment, and good results were obtained. In this paper, we report the effectiveness of the multi-stage selection tube was examined.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.269-277
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• 2022

In recent years, carbon-based catalysts have become a research hotspot in environmental governance applications. Carbon-based catalysts have large surface areas, porous structures, multi-surface functional groups and excellent electron transfer capabilities, and can synergistically exhibit adsorption and catalytic performance. This article reviews the research progress of carbon-based catalysts in environmental governance, mainly including its application in wastewater treatment, exhaust gas purification and soil remediation. In view of the current difficulties in the research of carbon-based catalysts, the development prospects are proposed. We hope that this review will provide convenience for new entrants and researchers intending to employ carbon-based catalysts for the remediation of contaminated environment.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2013

This study aimed at characterizing unsaturated zone at the source zone area contaminated by DNAPL and investigating feasibility of soil vapor extraction (SVE). Five boreholes with three multi-level screens at the depth of 3.0~4.5 m, 5.5~7.0 m, and 8.0~12.0 m were installed at the source zone. Pneumatic tests were performed to determine the permeability of porous medium. Permeability was estimated to be 81.6 to 203.7 darcy, depending on the applied solutions, which was contradicted by grain size analysis of cored soil samples leading to 3.51 darcy. This is due to air flow through gravel pack during the early stage of pneumatic test. Pressure-drawdown curve in the late stage also well showed the leaky aquifer type, indicating air leakage to the ground. Air flow tests were also carried out to investigate air flow connectivity between multi-level wells, indicating that the horizontal air flow was well developed between the lower screens of the wells, not between the upper and middle screens due to the leakage to the surface. For the SVE test, there was no noticeable variation in TCE vapor concentration between three different test runs: 1. 8 hours daily for 5 days, 2. 24 hours together with air blowing at another well (BH1), 3. five consecutive days. Even for five-day consecutive test, total amount of removed TCE was estimated only to be as low as 46.5 g.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.315-319
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• 2000

400ppm의 pentachlorophenol(PCP) 오염토양을 5$m\ell$ scintillation vial의 multi reactor와 1L 크기의 one reactor를 써서 Hydrogen peroxide와 Hemoglobin 촉매반응에 의해 PCP 분해정도를 조사하였다. 대부분 초기에 반응이 빠르게 진행되므로 time scale을 8시간 이내와 한달여기간동안 살펴보았다. 8시간동안의 PCP 분해정도는 일차함수로 동력학 계수가 -0.0233으로 나타났고, 이때 제거효율은 60.8%이고 one reactor의 경우 30일동안 80%의 제거효율을 보였다. PCP 회수율은 multi reactor의 경우 96.5($\pm$6.7)이고 one reactor(fan scale)의 경우 90.1%였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 1999년도 정기총회 및 춘계 공동 학술발표회
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• pp.149-156
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• 1999

In the United States (U.S.), the monitored natural attenuation (MNA) approach has been used as an alternative remedial option for organic and inorganic compounds retained in soil and dissolved in groundwater. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines the MNA as“in-situ naturally-occurring processes include biodegradation, diffusion, dilution, sorption, volatilization, and/or chemical and biochemical stabilization of contaminants and reduce contaminant toxicity, mobility or volume to the levels that are protective of human health and the environment”. The Department of Soil Environment. National Institute Environmental Research (NIER) is in the process for demonstrating the MNA approach as a potential remedial option for the BTEX contaminated site in Uiwang City. The project is charactering the research site in terms of the nature and extend of contamination, biological degradation rate, and geochemical and hydrological properties. The microbial-degradation rate and effectiveness of nutrient and redox supplements will be determined through laboratory batch and column tests. The geochemical process will be monitored for determining the concentration changes of chemical species involved in the electron transfer processes that include methanogenesis, sulfate and iron reduction, denitrification, and aerobic respiration. Through field works, critical soil and hydrogeologic parameters will be acquired to simulate the effects of dispersion, advection, sorption, and biodegradation on the fate and transport of the dissolved-phase BTEX plume using Bioplume III model. The objectives of this multi-years research project are (1) to evaluate the MNA approach using the BTEX contaminated site in Uiwang City, (2) to establish a standard protocol for future application of the approach, (3) to investigate applicability of the passive approach as a secondary treatment remedy after active treatments. In this presentation, the overall picture and philosophy behind the MNA approach will be reviewed. Detailed discussions of the site characterization/monitoring plans and risk-based decision-making processes for the demonstration site will be included.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.157-181
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• 2020

하천, 호소 및 해양항만의 퇴적물은 수계로 배출된 오염물질의 종착점이면서 동시에 지속적으로 오염물질을 수계로 배출하는 오염원(source)으로 작용한다. 지금까지 오염퇴적물은 육상매립 또는 해양투기해왔던 것이 현실이었다. 하지만 육상매립은 고 비용, 해양투기는 런던협약으로 인해 전면 금지되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대상부지인 왕궁축산단지의 오염퇴적토를 대상으로 토양정화방법을 적용하여 연구하였다. 토양정화방법은 해외 적용사례와 국내 처리 가능한 적용기술을 선별하여 전처리, 퇴비화, 토양세척, 동전기, 열탈착을 적용하였다. 오염특성파악을 위한 대상 부지 조사결과 수질은 용존산소(Disolved Oxigen, DO), 부유물질(Suspended Solid, SS), 화학적산소요구량(Chemical Oxygen Demand, COD), 총질소(Total Nitrogen, TN), 총인(Total Phosphorus, TP) 이 방류수 수질기준을 초과하였고 특히 SS, COD, TN, TP는 기준을 수십 배에서 수백 배 초과하였다. 토양은 돼지사료의 성장을 촉진하는 구리, 아연의 농도가 높게 나타났으며, 카드뮴이 토양환경보전법 기준치 1지역을 상회하였다. 전처리기술은 하이드로사이클론을 활용하여 입도분리를 실시하였으며, 미세토양이 80% 이상 분리되어 선별효율이 높게 나타났다. 퇴비화는 유기물 및 석유계 총 탄화수소(Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon, TPH) 오염토양을 대상으로 실시하였으며, TPH는 우려기준 이내로 처리되었고, 유기물의 경우 대장균이 높게 분석되어 70℃에서 퇴비화 최적조건을 적용하여 비료규격을 만족하였으나 비료규격에 비하여는 유기물함량이 낮게 분석되었다. 토양세척은 연속추출시험결과 Cd는 미세토에서 5단계인 잔류성(Residual)물질이 확연하게 존재하였고 Cu 및 Zn은 오염분리가 쉬운 이온교환성(1단계), 탄산염(2단계), 철/망간산화물(3단계)의 함량이 대부분을 차지했다. 산용출과 다단세척을 단계별로 적용결과 염산, 1.0M, 1:3, 200rpm, 60min이 최적 세척인자로 분석되었으며 다단세척실험결과 오염 퇴적토는 대부분 1단에서 토양환경보전법 우려기준을 만족하는 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 본 연구의 적용성 시험결과 중금속오염이 높은 오염토는 전처리 후 토양세척을 적용하여 처리토를 골재로 활용하고, 유기물 및 유류 오염토는 퇴비화를 적용하여 오염물질과 대장균을 사멸한 후 부숙토로 사용하는 것이 효율적임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.247-257
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 기존 바이오차의 제한점인 비소 오염 토양 안정화에 대한 낮은 효율과 비산에 의한 유실 가능성을 개선할 수 있는 철 나노입자가 담지된 바이오차 기반 비드 형태 안정화제인 INPBC/bead (Iron Nano-Particles Impregnated BioChar/bead)를 제조하였다. 폐목재 바이오매스를 Fe(III) 용액과 함께 수열 반응을 진행하고 이후 소성을 거쳐 INPBC를 제조하였다. INPBC/bead는 알지네이트의 cross-linking 반응을 통해 제조 하였다. 제조한 INPBC/bead의 특성을 평가하기 위해 FT-IR, XRD, BET 비표 면적, SEM-EDS 분석을 실시하였다. 특성 평가 결과 입자 크기가 1-4 mm인 INPBC/bead는 여러 산소 함유 관능기를 보유하며 표면의 철 결정성은 Fe3O4인 것으로 확인되었다. INPBC/bead의 성능을 평가하기 위해 폐광산 주변 지역에서 채취한 비소 및 중금속 오염 토양을 이용하여 배양 실험을 실시하였다. 4주 동안의 배양이 종료된 후 처리된 토양을 대상으로 TCLP, SPLP 시험을 실시한 결과 안정화제 적용 비율이 증가함에 따라 안정화 효율은 높아지는 것으로 확인되었다. SPLP 시험 결과, INPBC/bead 5%의 비소 안정화 효율은 81.56%이며 납의 경우에는 농도가 검출한계 미만으로 저감되었다. 상기의 결과를 종합하였을 때 INPBC/bead는 토양 중 비소와 납에 대한 안정화 효과를 동시에 보유하고 토양의 pH 변화를 일으키지 않으며 비드 형태로써 적용 과정에서 비산되는 것이 방지할 수 있는 안정화제이기 때문에 비소 및 중금속 복합 오염 토양 안정화에 적용 가능성이 높은 안정화제 인 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.203-206
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• 2002

토양 오염의 주된 원인인 디젤은 휘발성과 용해도가 낮아 생물학적 처리법이 많이 이용된다. 생물학적 처리에서 Bioavailability 는 생분해의 속도에 영향을 미치며 유효성평가에 있어 중요하다. 디젤로 오염된 토양의 생분해 특성 및 Bioavailability를 평가하기 위하여 생분해 실험과 mass transfer 실험을 수행하였다. 생분해 속도와 mass transfer 속도의 비교를 통해 생분해 초기에는 mass transfer에 의해 그 속도가 부분적으로 제한을 받으나, 일정시간 후에는 mass transfer 속도에 의해 생분해 속도가 결정되어짐을 알 수 있었다. Multi -component 인 디젤 성분에서의 mass transfer 의 영향을 알기 위해 각 성분별에 따라 조사한 결과, linear H.C 성분과 고 휘발성 성분은 생분해 속도가 초기에는 mass transfer 에 의해 부분적으로 제한되고 후에 mass transfer 에 의해 결정되어지나, tracked H.C 성분과 저휘발성 성분은 전체적으로 mass transfer 에 의해 생분해 속도가 제한되고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.325-337
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• 2000

All living organisms depend on soil and water for their sustained growth and development. In recent years, sustenance of life in these growth matrices has been adversely affected by the cumulative increase in environmental pollutants resulting from increasing population, growing economies and resource-use. This review provides a glimpse into the problem of global environmental pollution, the traditional technologies available for remediation and the scope of emerging‘plant-based remediation’technologies. Phytoremediation, the use of plants to effectively remove or stabilize contaminants from the growth substrate, is a low cost and ecologically friendly alternative to the common‘dig and dump’technologies. The field of phytoremediation has been driven by the intrinsic need for identification of ideal candidate plant species. To date, there are only a very few identified plants which satisfy all of the prerequisites for use in phytoremediation. The review focuses on one such plant species, the common horticultural plant scented geranium (Pelargonium sp.), with demonstrated potential to remediate metal / salt contaminated soils / aqueous systems. The characterization of tolerance and metal / salt accumulation potential of Pelargonium sp. and its efficacy in remediating complex contaminated sites are described. The unique ability of scented geraniums to tolerate excessive amounts of multi-metals, hydrocarbon and salt mixtures, and at the same time to accumulate significant amounts of metal and salt ions in the biomass, renders this plant species as one of the ideal candidates for remediation.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.135-147
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• 2015

Remediation of metal(loid)s-contaminated sites is crucial to protect human and ecosystem. Solidification and stabilization of metal(loid)s by the binder amendment is one of the cost-effective technologies. In this study, metal (loid)s in various field-contaminated soils obtained from steel-making, metal refinery and mining tillage were immobilized by the application of single binders such as diammonium phosphate (DAP), lime, and ladle slag. The efficiency of solidification and stabilization was evaluated by Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and the Standard, Measurements and Testing programme of European Union (SM&T) extraction processes. In terms of TCLP extraction, the binder was effective in order of lime > DAP > ladle slag. All binders were highly effective in the immobilization of Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, and Cd. The increased immobilization efficiency is attributed to the increase in the Step III and IV fractions of the SM&T extraction. Lime and ladle slag were highly effective in the immobilization of the metal(loid)s, however, As release increased with DAP due to competition between the phosphate originated from DAP and arsenate. A further study is needed for the better immobilization of multi metal(loid)s using binary binders.