• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.207-215
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• 2014

Wastewater containing heavy metals such as copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni) is harmful to humans and the environment due to its high toxicity. Crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) has recently received significant attention for heavy metal removal and recovery. It is necessary to find optimum reaction conditions to enhance crystallization efficacy. In this study, the effects of crystallization reagent and pH were investigated to maximize crystallization efficacy of Cu-S and Ni-S in a FBR. CaS and $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$ were used as crystallization reagent, and pH were varied in the range of 1 to 7. Additionally, each optimum crystallization condition for Cu and Ni were sequentially employed in two FBRs for their selective removal from the mixture of Cu and Ni. As major results, the crystallization of Cu was most effective in the range of pH 1-2 for both CaS and $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$ reagents. At pH 1, Cu was completely removed within five minutes. Ni showed a superior reactivity with S in $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$ compared to that in CaS at pH 7. When applying each optimum crystallization condition sequentially, only Cu was firstly crystallized at pH 1 with CaS, and then, in the second FBR, the residual Ni was completely removed at pH 7 with $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$. Each crystal recovered from two different FBRs was mainly composed of CuxSy and NiS, respectively. Our results revealed that Cu and Ni can be selectively recovered as reusable resources from the mixture by controlling pH and choosing crystallization reagent accordingly.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.199-205
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• 1997

Water quality of streams and ground water from areas of different agricultural practices in the small catchments of the Han River basin was investigated. Water samples were collected from upper, middle and lower reaches of the Han River Basin where three types of agricultural management have been practiced : (1) highland agriculture and livestocks in Daegwanryung area, (2) typical upland and paddy farmings in Dunnae (Jucheon River) and Chuncheon (Soyang River) areas, and (3) intensive farming in the plastic film house in Guri area (Wangsuk stream). Water quality was monitored for EC, pH, COD, TSS, N, rations and anions. Concentrations of N, especially nitrate, and phosphorus in both stream and ground water exceeded the standard water quality criteria in many cases, but those of heavy metals were non-detectable or trace in most cases, except for Wangsuk stream where a high level was detected in a specific sampling time. Chemical criteria such as pH, EC and COD of the stream were suitable for irrigation purpose, but nitrate concentrations in ground water used in the intensive plastic film house were high enough to require a special management consideration. A model on the irrigation water quality incorporating EC and nitrate concentrations was suggested in view of fertilizer management and environmental quality.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.200-204
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• 1998

Physical and chemical properties of artificial soil produced by firing process were analyzed and compared with normal dry field soil and soil quality standards. Material used for production was water and wastewater treatment sludge, chabizite, and lime. The mixed material was thermally treated in the firing kiln at about $300^{\circ}C$ and $1,000^{\circ}C$, respectively, as per designed process. General properties of the artificial soil were classified as sand by unified soil classification method and similar to the dry-field soil, and even soil conditioning effect were expected when it is mixed properly with normal soil. The artificial soil is high in pH and permeability compared to the dry-field soil. Heavy metal concentrations of the artificial soil met the soil quality standards for the farmland. Overall, the artificial soil was thought to be an appropriate soil which can be returned safely to the nature without significant adverse effect. The cost for the artificial soil production process needs to be lowered for practical application as a sludge treatment, therefore, commercializing of the artificial soil is under review.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.19-28
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• 2008

Effect of Water Treatment Sludge(WTS) on trace metals content in Sorghum(Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench) was investigated. At this report measuring of nickel(Ni) content of the forage was presented. Four treatments, Control, Compost, Alum+(nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium)(NPK), Compost+NPK, were applied to the sorghum in a mountainous place near the Joongbu University. With the 1, 3, 5 hours conditions, the background value was the least on the 5 hours warming up of the AA-680 spectrophotometer, and on the condition(mean/SD) of absorbances of Ni observed was the most. It is necessary in Ni analysis warming up for longer period around 5 hours for this type of apparatus. And we think that the difference of warming time for Ni analysis in order to carry out better measuring; the reason might be the larger bonding energy of Ni than those of Cu, calcium(Ca), magnesium(Mg) and (potassium)(K).

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.241-248
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• 2009

A farming area located near an abandoned copper mine in GuPo-ri, Choongchung province is heavily contaminated with heavy metals such as As, Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn of which concentrations are higher than the values typically detected in Korean soil environment. In this work, laboratory and field studies were conducted to examine feasibility of using Ca-citrate-phosphate solution in stabilizing heavy metals in the polluted soils. In laboratory batch experiments with field soil, the addition of Ca-citrate-phosphate solution resulted in decrease of aqueous phase concentration of phosphate and improvement of heavy metal stabilization, compared to those for sterilized soil samples. This indicates that microbial uptake of phosphate may have provided positive effects on availability of phosphate toward heavy metal stabilization. According to microbial community analysis for the field experiment, the use of Ca-citrate-phosphate led to increased diversity of microbial populations, and strict anaerobic microorganisms such as Anaerofilum and Treponema became the most dominant populations in the solution-amended field experiments. These findings suggest that, when Ca-citrate-phosphate is used for heavy metal stabilization in soils, microbial processes may have important roles in improving the stabilization of heavy metals by providing reducing conditions to the treatment locations or/and by making phosphate available to heavy metal stabilization.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.359-366
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• 2014

For an efficient and reasonable management scheme for protecting the soil environment, a soil ecological risk assessment (ERA) method should be developed prior to utilization, based on the contemporary uses and situations of each country. The Korean environmental policy focusing on soil protection is currently accelerating the development of the soil ecological risk assessment method. The soil ERA requires toxicological data on various trophic levels in the soil environment, and ultimately uses PNEC (Predicted No Effect Concentration), which is derived from collected toxicological data. Therefore, test species that are used to generate toxicity data are essential for conducting reliable ERA. This study aimed to select domestic test species for potential use in a reliable Korean ERA. Copper (Cu) and Nickel (Ni) were identified as target substances, with toxicity data (Cu, Ni) and standard test methods being collected to determine candidate species. The candidate species were first classified by soil trophic level, and then sorted into final domestic species. Forty out of 166 domestic species were determined as potential standard test species, whereas 17 out of 120 species were determined as potential Cu and Ni test species. Finally, this study presented potential soil test species based on the characteristics of the domestic soil environment, and established a preliminary step toward developing a reliable Korean soil ERA method.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11b
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• pp.677-680
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• 2010

본 연구는 경기도 구리시의 2개 초등학교 5, 6학년 학생을 대상으로 시력 저하 실태 및 그와 관련된 요인들을 알아보고 시력 저하 예방교육의 기초자료로 활용하고자 시도 된 연구이다. 자료의 수집은 2009년 11월 1일부터 12월 10일까지 초등학교 5학년, 6학년 학생 793명(남 417명, 여 376명)이었고 2009학년도의 시력검사자료 분석과 문헌 및 기존의 조사도구를 토대로 개발한 자가 보고식 설문지를 이용하여 조사하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS WIN 12.0(한글판)프로그램을 이용하여 빈도, 백분율, $x^2$-test 및 로지스틱 회귀분석의 통계적 방법으로 분석하였다. 시력저하에 유의한 영향요인으로 좌측시력을 종속변수로 한 경우 중 일반특성에 따른 변수인 부모 및 형제와 자매가 안경 및 렌즈 착용하는 경우, 경제적으로 어려울수록 시력 저하 자가 많았고, 환경특성에 따른 변수인 거실 및 방안밝기가 어두울수록, 컴퓨터 사용 시 실내밝기가 어두울수록, TV의 눈높이 및 컴퓨터 모니터의 눈높이가 높을수록 시력 저하 자가 많았다. 우측시력을 종속변수로 한 경우 중 일반특성에 따른 변수인 부모가 안경 및 렌즈를 착용할수록, 형제 와 자매가 안경 및 렌즈를 착용할수록, 경제적으로 어려울수록 시력 저하 자가 많았고, 환경특성에 따른 변수인 거실 및 방안밝기가 어두울수록, 컴퓨터 사용 시 실내밝기가 어두울수록, TV의 눈높이 및 컴퓨터 모니터의 눈높이가 높을수록 시력 저하 자가 많았다. 안경 및 렌즈를 종속변수로 한 경우 중 일반특성에 따른 변수인 부모 및 형제와 자매가 안경 및 렌즈를 착용할수록, 경제적으로 어려울수록 시력 저하 자가 많았으며, 환경특성에 따른 변수인 거실 및 방안밝기의 실내밝기가 어두울수록, TV의 눈높이 및 컴퓨터 모니터의 눈높이가 높을수록 시력 저하 자가 많았다. 눈 건강상태를 종속변수로 한 경우 중 일반특성에 따른 변수인 경제적으로 어려울수록 시력 저하 자가 많았고, 건강행동특성에 따른 변수인 주관적인 건강상태가 나쁠수록, 눈 피로감이 있을수록 시력 저하 자가 많았으며 환경특성에 따른 변수인 거실 및 방안밝기의 실내 밝기가 어두울수록 시력 저하 자가 많았다. 시력저하관련 요인을 연구한 결과 학생들의 시력 저하 자가 매년 증가하고 있다는 것을 알 수 있었고, 유전적 요인에 의한 시력저하는 개인의 노력에 의하여 사전예방이 어렵지만 환경적 요인에 의한 시력저하는 노력과 관심으로 사전예방이 가능하므로 학생들의 시력건강증진을 위하여 학부모와 학교 및 전문 의료기관이 서로 연계적인 협조 하에 학생들 개개인에 맞는 효율적인 시력증진관리프로그램 개발하는 것이 필요하고, 현행학교시력검사의 정확성을 기하기 위하여 표준화된 시력검사 지침을 개발하여 사용할 필요가 있으며, 지역 및 환경적 배경이 다르다 보니 연구결과가 다르게 나타나는 경우가 있는데 객관적인 결과를 도출하기 위하여 여러 지역의 학생을 대상으로 다양하고 체계적인 연구를 해야 할 필요성이 있다고 생각한다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.275-282
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• 1981

A simple semiquantitative procedure was developed for the determination of sub-ppm level of chromium(VI) in aquatic samples by using an analytical micro-column packed with diphenylcarbazide(DPC) gel beads. DPC gel beads were prepared by swelling XAD-2 resin(115∼150 mesh in dry condition) in ethanol for 10min, packing into a glass column(1.5 mm bore, 65nm length) and adsorbing 1ml of ethanol solution of $2{\times}10^{-3}M$ DPC for 20min at room temperature. When 0.5ml of ethanol solution containing chromium(VI) was passed through the DPC gel column for 40min, the original white color of the reagent gel turned to red-violet from the up-stream of the column. As the length of colored band was proportional to the total amount of chromium(VI) in the sample solution passed through the column, the concentration of chromium(VI) could be determined from the calibration line which had been prepared by using the standard solution. Chromium(VI) ion as small as from 0.1 to 0.8 ppm could be determined with ${\pm}5{\sim}{\pm}15{\%}$ relative errors. Since other interfering cations were few, 100-fold excess of Fe(III), 50-fold excess of Cu(II) could be masked with EDTA. This method was successfully applied to the analysis of chromium(VI) in industrial effluents.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.68-73
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• 1994

For a few people's leisure, the natural environment have being deteriorated ceaseless. The plan of the Chungchongpuk Province and the Yungdong District in Chungchongpuk-do which drive foreword the sport and leasure complex designed to construct ski slopes, golf course, and resort hotel in 6,000,000 $m^2$ of natural ecosystem around the Mulhan Valley at Mulhan-ri Sangchon-myon Yungdong-kun Chung-chcngbuk-do by Dongsin Leisure have concerned decrease on biological diversity serious. This study carried out by census Amphibia and Reptilia fauna in the Mulhan Valley to expect the impact of animal diversity by construction of leasure complex and to call attention to understand that impact. 8 species in 5 Families of 2 Orders in Amphibia and 5 species in 2 Families of 1 Order in Reptilia were observed in the Mulhan Valley during June 24, 1994 to June 25, 1994 which showed to be similar to the Natural Park in Korea. 4 of 8 species in Amphibia(Hynobius leechii, Onychodactylus fischeri, Bufo bufo gargarizans, and Rana dybowskii) and 3 of 5 species in Reptilia(Eluphe rufodorsata, Dinodon rufodonatum rufodonatum, and Agkistrodon saxatilus) were revealed the Special Wild Animal recorded by the Ministry of Environment in 1993. Therefore, the Minjujisan seems to have highly reason to conservation by these animal diversity. Around the Minjujisan province was significant connecting the Taebaek Mountains and the Sobaek Mountains on biogeographically with Dokyusan National Park. The plan of Leasure complex in the Mulhan Valley should be cancel in consideration of destruction around the Dokyusan National Park severely by the Muju Resort, Ski slopes, etc. The Minjujisan must be conserve to the Zone of Natural Environment on Amphibia and Reptilia diversity and animal migration route.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.35-43
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• 2011

Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRB) method is an economical method that does not require any other methods to be operated once it is installed as it controls of groundwater flow in the barrier, which is inserted a reactive material on the way of pollutant. The major dominant element of PRB is a reactive material in the reactive wall, and such factors as purification efficiency and used time based on the chemical and physical features in between the reactant and pollutant. High purification efficiency can be expected when a rational design that is synthetically considered in features of packing density, operation period, and adsorption reactant of pollutant. A column test was conducted for an application test using CFW as its adsorption reactant in order to remove copper($Cu^{2+}$) in the PRB system. The CFW was used for the reactant and selected inflow speed, density and thickness of PRB as its necessary factors for design of PRB. As a result of the experiment, the removal efficiency decreased as operating time of PRB increased and the efficiency linearly increased upon the length. Therefore, it is confirmed that the thickness of reactive materials in PRB system can be designed using the proposed formula considering purification time and density of CFW.