자원환경지질 (Economic and Environmental Geology)

  • 제50권3호
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  • Pages.215-224
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  • 2017
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  • 1225-7281(pISSN)
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  • 2288-7962(eISSN)
대한자원환경지질학회 (The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology)
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침철석과 UVC-Lamp를 이용한 아비산염의 광촉매 산화

Photocatalytic Oxidation of Arsenite Using Goethite and UVC-Lamp

  • 전지훈 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)) ;
  • 김성희 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)) ;
  • 조현구 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)) ;
  • 김순오 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS))
  • Jeon, Ji-Hun (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Hee (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)) ;
  • Cho, Hyen-Goo (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)) ;
  • Kim, Soon-Oh (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU))
  • 투고 : 2017.06.14
  • 심사 : 2017.06.19
  • 발행 : 2017.06.28
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비소는 독성이 매우 큰 물질로 지하수 환경에서 산출빈도가 높다. 지하수 내 비소는 환원환경에서 무기비소인 아비산염의 형태로 존재하며, 산화한경에서 비산염의 형태로 존재한다. 아비산염은 비산염보다 독성이 높으며, 금속(수)산화물의 표면에 흡착이 잘 되지 않아 이동성이 높다. 이러한 이유로 독성이 높은 아비산염을 비산염으로 산화시켜 독성을 저감시키는 공정에 대한 연구가 수행되어져 왔다. 특히 광산화 공정은 운전이 간단하면서 경제적이며 효율이 높다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 광산화공정에서 기존에 광촉매로 주로 사용되어온 $TiO_2$를 대신하여 자연 상에서 산출되는 침철석을 광촉매로 이용하여 지하수 내에서 아비산염을 비산염으로 산화시키는 공정의 효율에 영향을 미치는 다양한 인자들을 평가하였다. 연구결과, 용존 양이온의 종류보다는 총 농도가 아비산염의 광촉매 산화에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였으며, pH가 높은 환경에서 아비산염의 광촉매 산화효율이 더욱 높게 나타나는 것을 확인하였다. 아비산염과 비산염이 공존할 경우, 흡착에 의한 비소의 제거는 아비산염과 비산염의 침철석에 대한 친화도에 따라 약간의 영향을 미치는 것으로 보이나, 아비산염의 광촉매 산화에는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 휴믹산은 아비산염의 광촉매 산화 공정간 수산화라디칼과 슈퍼옥사이드 라디칼과 같은 활성산소종과 반응하여 아비산염의 광촉매 산화 효율을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 아비산염의 광촉매 산화 공정간 전자 수용체로서 산소를 주입할시 가장 높게 효율이 증진되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과를 종합할 때, 공정의 최적화를 통하여 지하수 등의 수환경 내 존재하는 아비산염의 독성은 침철석을 이용한 광촉매 산화에 의하여 저감될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Arsenic (As) is known to be the most toxic element and frequently detected in groundwater environment. Inorganic As exists as arsenite [As(III)] and arsenate [As(V)] in reduced and oxidized environments, respectively. It has been reported that the toxicity of arsenite is much higher than that of arsenate and furthermore arsenite shows relatively higher mobility in aqueous environments. For this reason, there have been numerous researches on the process for oxidation of arsenite to arsenate to reduce the toxicity of arsenic. In particular, photooxidation has been considered to be simple, economical, and efficient to attain such goal. This study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of naturally-occurring goethite as a photocatalyst to substitute for $TiO_2$ which has been mostly used in the photooxidation processes so far. In addition, the effects of several factors on the overall performance of arsenite photocatalytic oxidation process were evaluated. The results show that the efficiency of the process was affected by total concentration of dissolved cations rather than by the kind of those cations and also the relatively higher pH conditions seemed to be more favorable to the process. In the case of coexistence of arsenite and arsenate, the removal tendency by adsorption onto goethite appeared to be different between arsenite and arsenate due to their different affinities with goethite, but any effect on the photocatalytic oxidation of arsenite was not observed. In terms of effect of humic acid on the process, it is likely that the higher concentration of humic acid reduced the overall performance of the arsenite photocatalytic oxidation as a result of competing interaction of activated oxygen species, such as hydroxyl and superoxide radicals, with arsenite and humic acid. In addition, it is revealed that the injection of oxygen gas improved the process because oxygen contributes to arsenite oxidation as an electron acceptor. Based on the results of the study, consequently, the photocatalytic oxidation of aqueous arsenite using goethite seems to be greatly feasible with the optimization of process.

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