• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.111.2-111.2
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• 2011

최근 지구온난화로 인해 국제적으로 이산화탄소 저감에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있으며 특히, 이산화탄소의 분리 및 유용물질 전환 등의 다양한 방법에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 이산화탄소를 메탄으로 전환시키는 생물학적 반응은 acetotrophic methanogen, hydrogenotrophic methanogen 등의 미생물이 관여한다. 본 연구에서는 hydrogenotrohpic methanogen을 이용하여 메탄으로 전환하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 이산화탄소와 수소의 체류시간에 대한 연구를 진행하였으며, 선행 연구로 혐기성슬러지의 혼합배양균으로부터 hydrogenotrophic methanogen을 우점종화 하기 위해 고정층 반응기를 이용하여 이산화탄소와 수소 가스를 주입하여 고농도로 배양하였다. 그 결과, 반응기내의 이산화탄소의 메탄전환 균주로써 수소를 환원제로 이용하는 hydrogenotrophic methanogen이 배양되었음을 확인하였다. 이산화탄소와 수소가스의 체류시간에 따른 이산화탄소의 생물학적 메탄 전환 실험 결과, 약 4시간에서 이산화탄소의 저감률이 99%이었으며, 체류시간이 2시간, 1.5시간인 경우 이산화탄소의 저감률은 각각 71%, 68% 이었다.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.71-76
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• 2000

The biological carbon dioxide fixation using microalgae has been known as an effective carbon dioxide reduction technology. With many environmental factors influencing microalgal productivity, the desirable cultivation factors were investigated using a green alga, Euglena gracilis. It has the high protein and vitamin E to be used as fodder. In batch culture with a photobioreactor, initial pH, temperature, carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity in the optimum cultivation condition were 3.5, $27^{\circ}C$,5-10% and $520{\mu}mol/m^2/s$, respectively. After that, the optimum hydraulic retention time (HRT for the continuous cultivation was 4 days at carbon dioxide concentration of 10%. In this condition, the final dry cell weight was 1.2g/l.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.340-345
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• 2003

Feasibility of large-scale photobioreactors for biological CO$_2$ fixation was investigated using Chlorella sp. HA-1. Generally, as the volume of photobioreactor increased, the CO$_2$ fixation rate decreased because of a lower illumination efficiency in large-scale than in small-scale photobioreactors. Though controlling the arrangement and the number of light source, the maximum CO$_2$ fixation rates that could be achieved were 530 and 357 gCO$_2$/㎡day for 40 L and 188 L photobioreactor, respectively, which was higher than the CO$_2$ fixation rate of lab-scale photobioreactor.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.506-507
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• 2003

전 세계적으로 이산화탄소를 저감하기 위한 연구활동이 활발히 진행중이나 현재까지는 산업생산성에 영향을 미치지 않을 정도로 경제적인 이산화탄소 저감법은 개발이 되지 않은 실정이다. 미국, 일본 등 선진국을 중심으로 각국별 사정에 맞는 이산화탄소 저감법을 연구중인데, 대표적인 기술로는 흡수법, 흡착법, 생물학적 고정화, 막분리법, 심냉법, 산소연소법 등이 있다. 각 기술별로 장·단점이 있지만 배출되는 이산화탄소 중 보다 많은 양을 줄이기 위해서는 발전소, 철강업 그리고 시멘트업 등과 같은 대규모 발생원에서 발생되는 배기가스 중 함유된 이산화탄소를 저감하는 것이 효율적이다.(중략)

• KSBB Journal
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.101-107
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• 1998

Carbon dioxide is estimated to be responsible for 60% of the global warming effect, and this percentage is tending upward. Studies on removal and fixation of $CO_2$ in the flue gas are recognized as one of the important roles of the future biotechnology. Photobiological systems have considerably higher photosynthetic efficiency than conventional biomass system. The experiment for the photosynthetic fixation of $CO_2$ and the biomass production was performed with various initial cell concentration in a tubular photobioreactor and a bubble column $CO_2$ contactor with a gas sparger of $CO_2$ -enriched air(0.03~20%). Synechocystis PCC 6803 could grow at 10~20% $CO_2$ content under pH control. The highest specific growth rate, 0.0258 $h^{-1}$ , was obtained at 5% $CO_2$-air mixture. The maximum cell production rate, 0.2784 g/L.day, was obtained when the initial cell concentration was 0.45 g/L at 5% $CO_2$ -air mixture. The maximum cell concentration was 2.03 g/L in the tubular photobioreactor when the light intensity was $45.5{\mu}$ $E/m^2$ . s. This system showed 0.482 g $CO_2$ /L . day of the $CO_2$ fixation.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.501-502
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• 2001

Characteristics of $CO_2$ fixation by Chlorella sp. HA -1 were studied in a high cell culture using semi-continuous mode. As a result, it may be possible to obtain not only high cell concentration but also effective $CO_2$ removal at a moderate dilution ratio, which is' the most significant factor to control the microalgal growth in the semi-continuous mode.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.73-78
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• 2001

The biological carbon dioxide fixation using microalgae and photo-bioreactor has been known as an effective carbon dioxide reduction technology. As algae has many other environmental factor for its growth, the desirable cultivation factors were investigated using a green alga, Euglena gracilis Z. In this study, Euglena gracilis Z showed good $CO_2$ fixation ability in high $CO_2$ concentration of 10-20% and it contained the high protein and vitamin E enough to be used as fodder. For the mass cultivation, the continuous and semi-continuous cultivation methods were employed. The optimum hydraulic retention time (HRT) for the continuous cultivation was 4 days at carbon dioxide concentration of 10%. In this condition, the final cell number was $3.57{\times}10^6/m{\ell}$. The growth of Euglena gracilis Z increased according to the light intensity.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 1998

The catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide has been studied for the fixation of carbon dioxide to mitigate global warming problems, but it needed hydrogen, which the price is still high. Recently, the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide has been drawn attractions because carbon dioxide could be converted to the valuable chemicals such as methane, ethane and alcohols electrochemically in the electrolyte solution using a catalytic electrode. This system is simple because the water electrolysis and hydrogenation take place at the same time using the surplus electricity at midnight. In this work, a continuous electrochemical reduction system was fabricated, which was composed of the reduction electrode (copper or perovskite type, $2{\times}2cm^2$), reference electrode(platinum, $2{\times}6cm^2$), standard electrode(Ag/AgCl), and potassium bicarbonate electrolyte solution saturated with carbon dioxide. The quality and quantity of the products and reduction current were analyzed, according to the electrolyte concentration and electrode type.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.347-354
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• 2013

This study was carried out to examine different mole ratio of $H_2/CO_2$ and EBCT using the continuous system in the lab scale throughout biological methods with accumulated hydrogenotrophic methanogen that can convert $CO_2$ to $CH_4$. The experimental-based results with various gas mixtures of mole ratio of 4:1($H_2/CO_2$) and 5:1($H_2/CO_2$), $H_2$ was converted more than 99% conversion rate. In case of $CO_2$, 4:1($H_2/CO_2$) and 5:1($H_2/CO_2$) were $74.45{\pm}0.33%$, $95.8{\pm}10.7%$, respectively, in addition, the study was confirmed that the amount of $H_2$ was more needed than stoichiometric equations, where approach methods are empirical versus theoretical frameworks, for converting total $CO_2$. As such, we have noticed that $H_2$ was used for energy source of hydrogenotrophic methanogen for maintaining life. Regarding the results of the ratio of treatment by retention time, limitation of treatment capacity showed that $H_2$(99.9%) and $CO_2$(96.23%) at EBCT 3.3 hrs indicated stable conversion ratio, as well as appeared that methane production rate and $CO_2$ fixation rate were investigated $1.15{\pm}0.02m^3{\cdot}m^{-3}{\cdot}day^{-1}$ and $2.01{\pm}0.04kg{\cdot}m^{-3}{\cdot}day^{-1}$, respectively.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.363-369
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• 2018

One of the recent environmental problems is climate change due to the increase of atmospheric $CO_2$, which causes ecological changes and various environmental problems. Therefore, various studies are being carried out to reduce $CO_2$ in the world in order to solve various environmental problems caused by increase of $CO_2$. The $CO_2$ reduction using microalgae is an environmentally friendly method by using photosynthesis reaction of microalgae. However, most studies using single species. There is no study on the $CO_2$ fixing efficiency of microalgae in natural rivers. Therefore, this study was to identify the microalgae in the Sum river and to analyze the growth characteristics of microalgae in the river to obtain optimal culture conditions. And the changes of biomass and chlorophyll-a of microalgae were analyzed according to $CO_2$ concentration and injection rate. The purpose of this study was to investigate the fixing efficiency of carbon dioxide in microalgae in natural rivers. Six kinds of dominant species were observed as a result of the identification of microalgae in Sum river(Ankistrodesmus falcatus, Scenedesmus intermedius, Selenodictyum sp., Xanthidium apiculatum var. laeve, Cosmarium pseudoquinarium, Dictyosphaerium pulchellum). All of these species were green algae. Biomass and chlorophyll-a increased with the increase of $CO_2$ concentration and biomass and chlorophyll-a increased faster flow rate at the same $CO_2$ concentration. Also, the quantity of $CO_2$ fixation on the microalgae tended to be higher when the flow rate of injected gas was faster. This study can be referred as being significant in the micro-algae in river. In addition, the optimal conditions for $CO_2$ fixation of microalgae in rivers and the quantification of the quantity of $CO_2$ fixation from microalgae in rivers can be used as basic data for future policy of $CO_2$ reduction.