• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2019

In this research, applicability of electrochemical technology in removing nitrogenous compounds from solid waste landfill leachate was examined. Novel cathode material was developed at laboratory by introducing a Cu layer on Al substrate (Cu/Al). Al and mild steel (MS) anodes were investigated for the efficiency in removing nitrogenous compounds from actual leachate samples collected from two open dump sites. Al anode showed better performances due to the effect of better electrocoagulation at Al surface compared to that at MS anode surface. Efficiency studies were carried out at a current density of $20mA/cm^2$ and at reaction duration of 6 h. Efficiency of removing nitrate-N using Al anode and developed Cu/Al cathode was around 90%. However, for raw leachate, total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency was only around 30%. This is due to low ammonium-N removal as a result of low oxidation ability of Al. In addition to the removal of nitrogenous compounds, reactor showed about 30% removal of total organic carbon. Subsequently, raw leachate was diluted four times, to simulate pre-treated leachate. The diluted leachate was treated and around 88% removal of TN was achieved. Therefore, it can be said that the reactor would be good as a secondary or tertiary treatment step in a leachate treatment plant.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.488-497
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• 2020

The present study investigates the feasibility of nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds (NHCs) (Pyridine-Quinoline) degradation by catalytic wet peroxidation (CWPO) in the presence of nanoscale zerovalent iron supported on granular activated carbon (nFe⁰/GAC) using statistical optimization technique. Response surface methodology (RSM) in combination with Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to optimize the process parameters of CWPO process such as initial pH, catalyst dose, hydrogen peroxide dose, initial concentration of pyridine (Py) and quinolone (Qn) were chosen as the main variables, and total organic carbon (TOC) removal and total Fe leaching were selected as the investigated response. The optimization of process parameters by desirability function showed the ~85% of TOC removal with process condition of initial solution pH 3.5, catalyst dose of 0.55 g/L, hydrogen peroxide concentration of 0.34 mmol, initial concentration of Py 200 mg/L and initial concentration of Qn 200 mg/L. Further, for TOC removal the analysis of variance results of the RSM revealed that all parameter i.e. initial pH, catalyst dose, hydrogen peroxide dose, initial concentration of Py and initial concentration of Qn were highly significant according to the p values (p < 0.05). The quadratic model was found to be the best fit for experimental data. The present study revealed that BBD was reliable and effective for the determination of the optimum conditions for CWPO of NHCs (Py-Qn).

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.184-191
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• 2007

활성탄 공정에서 chloropicrin, DCAN, DBAN 및 TCAN과 같은 질소계 염소 소독부산물의 제거기작은 운전초기에는 흡착이 높은 비중을 차지하나 부착미생물의 활성이 중진되면서 부착미생물에 의한 생분해와 흡착에 의해 제거되었으며, 이들 물질들은 생분해능이 큰 물질들로 조사되었다. 입상활성탄 재질별 chloropicrin, DCAN, TCAN 및 DBAN의 제거 특성은 석탄계와 야자계 재질의 활성탄에서 제거율이 높았고, 목탄계는 상대적으로 낮은 제거능을 보였으며, 안트라사이트 biofilter에서 가장 낮은 제거능을 보였다. 활성탄 재질별 부착 미생물의 생체량과 활성도는 석탄계가 가장 높았고, 야자계, 목탄계, 안트라사이트 순으로 나타났으며, 수온 변화에 따른 chloropicrin, DCAN, TCAN 및 DBAN의 제거 특성은 수온이 $10^{\circ}C$ 이하로 저하될 경우 부착 bacteria의 생체량과 활성도 감소로 제거율이 감소하였다. 안트라사이트를 이용한 생물여과 공정은 수온의 변화에 아주 민감하게 변하는 양상을 나타내었으며, 이는 부착 bacteria에 의한 직접적인 생물분해가 주 제거 메카니즘이기 때문인 것으로 나타났다. Chloropicrin, DCAN, TCAN 및 UBAN과 같은 질소계 염소소독부산물들의 유입농도가 높은 경우 이들의 제거시에는 수온의 영향이 매우 중요하며, 흡착능이 소진된 활성탄이나 흡착능이 없는 여재를 사용한 생물여과 공정에서는 수온이 낮은 동절기에는 이들의 유출 가능성이 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2000

Abstract Spirulina platensis was grown in SWlUe waste to reduce inorganic compowlds and simultaneously produce feed resources. Spirulina platensis prefers nitrogenous compounds in Ibe order: $NH_4^{+}-N>NO_3^{-}-N>simple-N$ such as urea and simple amino acids. It even consumes $NH_4^{+}-N$ first when urea or nitrate are present. Therefore, the content of residual $NH_4^{+}-N$ in Spimlina platensis cultures can be determined by the relative extent of the following processes: (i) algal uptake and assimilation; (ii) ammonia stripping; and (iii) decomposition of urea to NH;-N by urease-positive bacteria. The removal rates of total nitrogen ffild total phosphorus were estimated as an indicator of the treatment effIciency. It was found that Spirulina platensis was able to reduce 70-93% of $P_4^{3-}-P$, 67-93% of inorganic nitrogen, 80-90% of COD, and 37-56% of organic nitrogen in various concentrations of swine waste over 12 days of batch cultivation. The removal of inorganic compounds from swine waste was mainly used for cell growth, however, the organic nitrogen removal was not related to cell growlb. A maximum cell density of 1.52 dry-g/l was maintained with a dilution rate of 0.2l/day in continuous cultivation by adding 30% swine waste. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal rates were correlated to the dilution rates. Based on the amino acid profile, the quality of the proteins in the Spirulina platensis grown in the waste was the same as that in a clean culture.ulture.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.63-68
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• 1996

This study was to discuss limiting factors influenced on the removal efficiencies of nitrogenous compounds investigated using the polypropyrene media which was to attach microorganism in order to apply the fixed-biofilm process. The main limiting factors are the hydraulic retention time (HRT), C/N ratio, $COD/NO_{3}-N$ ratio and temperature. The hydraulic retention time HRT were 6, 8, 10, 12 hrs and the C/N ratio range was 2.5-9.5. The $COD/NO_{3}-N$ ratio range was 3.2-21.9 and the temperature were 15, 20, 25, 30, $35^{\circ}C$, respectively. The results of this study are summerized as follows. 1. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) to obtain removal efficiencies of T-N higher than 85% had to be 10 hrs above. 2. The removal efficiencies of T-N decreased at C/N ratio from 6.2 to 4.8 in this anoxic-contact aeration system. 3. Denitrification rate decreased at $COD/NO$_{3}$-N$ ratio from 8.0 to 5.0 4. As temperature increased, removal efficiencies of T-N increased.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.227-238
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• 2005

The characteristics of nitrogen removal by the free cell and the immobilized cell of R. capsulatus were investigated. Denitrification by R. capsulatus cells resulted in reduction of ORP with the rapid depletion of DO and the increase of pH. Without accumulation of nitrite, the removal efficiencies of ${NO_3}^-$-N for the free cell and the immobilized cell were 99.1 and 99.3%, respectively. During the three-month experiment of goldfish breeding equipped with a water-purification biofilter, the average values of pH and total cell numbers present in an aquarium were not significantly different between water-purification system and the control. The average concentrations of ${NH_4}^+$-N and ${PO_4}^{2-}$-P in water-purification system were relatively low, compared to that in the control. Goldfish died at $11^{th}$, $16^{th}$, $43^{rd}$, and $67^{th}$ days in the control, while goldfish died at $10^{th}$, $20^{th}$, and $39^{th}$ days in the water-purification system. On the days of goldfish's death, the total concentrations of nitrogenous compounds except for ${NO_2}^--N$ were higher than those on the other days of the experiment, especially with the concentrations of ${NH_4}^+$-N ranging from 7.4 to 13.5 mg/L. The water-purification system also showed the less turbidity of water with more active movement of goldfish than the control. PVA gel beads showed almost the full denitrifying ability even after the long-term experiment. As a result, the water-purification system was effective to remove nitrogenous compounds with better survival of goldfish.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2006

순환여과식 양어 생산시스템에 있어 발생되는 폐수의 효율적 처리를 위하여, 유독 질소성분 처리능력이 뛰어난 광합성세균(PSB)을 PVA에 고정화한 beads 또는 CTA에 고정화한 cubes와 $NH{_4}^+$를 잘 이용하는 균(AUB)을 고정화한 beads를 여러 비율로 혼합한 고정화 혼합균에 의한 N 제거 특성을 알아보았다. AUB 최적 배지에서의 반응결과를 보면, 최대 가스 생성율은 PSB:AUB beads의 비율이 10:40 일 때, 0.87ml/h로 가장 높았고, 전체 beads 중 AUB beads의 혼합비율이 높을수록 가스 생성율이 높아짐을 알 수 있었다. PSB:AUB beads의 혼합비율이 50:0, 40:10, 25:25 및 10:40 일 때 pH값은 6.29, 6.01, 5.69 및 5.13으로 나타났다. 이에 반해 미량의 $NH{_4}^+$를 포함하는 PSB 최적배지에서의 반응결과를 보면, 전체 beads 중 AUB가 차지하는 비율이 높을수록 가스 생성양 및 가스 생성율은 현저하게 낮게 나타났다. 이때, pH값은 두 균주의 혼합 비율에 관계없이 약 6.5로 일정하게 나타났다. PSB cubes와 AUB beads를 여러 비율로 섞어 실험한 결과는 PSB beads와 AUB beads를 섞어 반응시킨 결과와 같은 경향을 보였으나 가스의 생성량 및 생성속도가 현저하게 감소하였고, control 반응에서도 가스 생성량이 0.2ml로 매우 적은 양이 발생하였다. 이상의 결과로 보아, $NH{_4}^+$, $NO{_2}^-$ 및 $NO{_3}^-$ 성분이 들어있는 실제 양식폐수의 수질정화에 있어서 PSB:AUB beads를 10:40으로 혼합한 고정화 균주를 이용할 경우 폐수내 N 성분의 동시 제거에 효과적일 것으로 보인다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.15-28
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• 2017

The adsorptive removal properties of synthetic A4 zeolite were investigated against a total of 16 offensive odors consisting of reduced sulfur compounds (RSCs), nitrogenous compounds (NCs), volatile fatty acids (VFAs), and phenols/indoles (PnI). Removal of these odors was measured using a laboratory-scale impinger-based adsorption setup containing 25 g of the zeolite bed (flow rate of $100mL\;min^{-1}$). The high est and lowest breakthrough (%) values were shown for PnIs and RSCs, respectively, and the maximum and minimum adsorption capacity (${\mu}g\;g^{-1}$) of the zeolite was observed for the RSCs (range of 0.77-3.4) and PnIs (0.06-0.104), respectively. As a result of sorptive removal by zeolite, a reduction in odor strength, measured as odor intensity (OI), was recorded from the minimum of approximately 0.7 OI units (indole [from 2.4 to 1.6]), skatole [2.2 to 1.4], and p-cresol [5.1 to 4.4]) to the maximum of approximately 4 OI units (methanethiol [11.4 to 7.5], n-valeric acid [10.4 to 6.5], i-butyric acid [7.9 to 4.4], and propionic acid [7.2 to 3.7]). Likewise, when removal was examined in terms of odor activity value (OAV), the extent of reduction was significant (i.e., 1000-fold) in the increasing order of amy acetate, i-butyric acid, phenol, propionic acid, and ammonia.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 1993

재생기간중 저장 질소와 탄수화물의 이용을 구명하고자 수경재배 조건하에서 재배된 10주령의 알팔파(Medicago sativa L.)의 예취 후 재생 24일 동안 잔여기관내의 질소화합물 및 비구조성 탄수화물을 분석하였다. 재생초기 10일 동안 잔여기관내의 건물량에는 유의적인 변화가 없었으며, 비예취구와 비교할 때 예취는 뿌리성장(특히 주근)의 심각한 억제를 초래하였다. 잔여기관내의 질소함량은 재생초기 6일동안 유의적인 감소를 보였으며, 이 시기의 질소함량 감소는 뿌리조직에서 특히 뚜렷하였다. 예취구의 재생 24일째 각 기관의 질소함량은 예취일의 수준보다 유의적으로 증가하였거나 같은 수준으로 회복하였다. 단백질태 질소가 아미노산태 질소보다 저장 질소화합물로서 양적인 우위를 보였으나, 재생 10일 동안 아미노산태 질소의 감소율이 유의적으로 높았다. 주근은 총 전분 및 총 에탄올-가용성 당 함량의 51.0% 및 33.4%를 각각 함유하였으며, 주근내의 전분함량은 예취일(0일)에 개체당 40.7 mg에서 재생이 진행됨에 따라 지속적으로 감소하여 재생 14일째에 최저수준을 보였다가, 이후 점차 증가하였다. 본 시험 결과는 알팔파의 주근은 저장기관으로서 중요한 역할을 하며 단백질태 질소와 전분이 질소 및 탄수화물의 주요저장 형태이고, 재생초기에 이들 저장물질의 이용이 활발하다는 것을 보여준다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2015

Soil column experiments were evaluated effects of silver nanoparticles (i.e., 0, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/L) on the microbial viability which is strongly associated with the degradation of organic matter, pharmaceutically active compounds(PhACs) and biological oxidation of nitrogenous compounds during river bank filtration. The addition of silver nanoparticles resulted in almost no change in the aqueous matrix. However, the intact cell concentration decreased with addition of silver nanoparticles from 2.5 to 10 mg/L, which accounted for 76% to 82% reduction compared to that of control (silver nanoparticles free surface water). The decrease in adenosine triphosphate was more pronounced; thus, the number and active cells in aqueous phase were concurrently decreased with added silver nanoparticles. Based on the florescence excitation-emission matrix and liquid chromatograph - organic carbon detection analyses, it shows that the removal of protein-like substances was relatively higher than that of humic-like substances, and polysaccharide was substantially reduced. But the extent of those substances removed during soil passage was decreased with the increasing concentration of silver nanoparticles. The attenuation of ionic PhACs ranged from 55% to 80%, depending on the concentration of silver nanoparticles. The attenuation of neutral PhACs ranged between 72% and 77%, which was relatively lower than that observed for the ionic PhACs. The microbial viability was affected by silver nanoparticles, which also resulted in inhibition of nitrifiers.