• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.15-20
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• 2003

During operation process of SIES(Selective ion exchange system) at Kori Unit 2, it was impossible to remove radionuclides such as ion form and Ag-110m, etc., because activated carbon and ion exchange resin of this system are fouled easily by suspended solids and oils in liquid radwaste that was flowed in this system. In this study, an experiment to improve quality of water which was flowed in SIES was performed. and design data of Scale-up pretreatment process were secured. Also, each module design for Microfiltration and Nanofiltration unit of the pretreatment process for SIES was performed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.105-114
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• 2018

Membrane fouling in EC-MBR (Electro-Coagulation aided Membrane Bio-Reactor) processes was evaluated according to the operating parameters, such as current density and contact time. In addition, the fouling mechanism was investigated. Compared to the control (i.e., no electro-coagulation), membrane fouling for filtration of the activated sludge suspension after electro-coagulation was reduced significantly. Membrane fouling was improved further when the contact time was doubled under a low current density of $2.5A/m^2$. On the other hand, membrane fouling was not mitigated further, as expected, even though the contact time was doubled from 12 to 24 hr. at a current density of $10A/m^2$. This indicates that the overall decrease in membrane fouling is a function of the product of the current density and contact time. The particle size of the activated sludge flocs after electro-coagulation was changed slightly, which means that the membrane fouling reduction was not attributed to a larger particle size resulting from electro-coagulation. The experimental confirmed that the dynamic membrane made from aluminum hydroxide, Al(OH)3, and/or aluminum phosphate, Al(PO4), which had been formed during the electro-coagulation, played a key role on the reduction of membrane fouling. The dynamic membrane prevents the particles in the feed solution from deposition to the membrane pores and cake layers. Dynamic membrane formation as a result of electro-coagulation plays a critical role in the mitigation of membrane fouling in EC-MBR.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.35-44
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• 2002

In order to determine the contamination of the aromatic hydrocarbons in soil, a fiber-optic sensing technique with fluorescence detector has been proposed. Previous researches have shown that the optimal condition for detecting benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene (BTEX) was 260 nm /290 nm (excitation/emission wavelength). However, broader fluorescence spectra of BTEX-polluted soil sample ranging from 300 nm to 600 nm were observed. Additionally, the intensity of fluorescence increased with increasing BTEX concentration, which was conspicuous in the fine-particle soil, The overall results indicated that the suggested technique could be useful for in-situ monitoring system for subsurface oil-storage tank.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.414-417
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• 2003

유역의 경사가 비교적 급하고, 소규모 축산농가의 미처리된 축산폐수 및 농경지 배수, 산재된 마을하수 등 비점오염원의 유출이 강우시 집중적으로 이루어지는 중산간 농업용 저수지의 수질개선을 위한 공법으로 부영양화된 충남 아산 마산저수지의 유입부에 조성한 저류지를 이용한 수질개선효과 및 물질분해자로서 미생물학적 특성을 2000년부터 2002년까지 3년간 연구함으로서 향후 유사한 농업용저수지의 수질개선 방안으로 실용화 가능성을 모색하고자 하였다. 그 결과 수질정화효과는 총질소와 총인 등 영양염류의 정화효과가 비교적 우수하게 나타났으며, 유기오염물질로서 BOD, COD, SS 등은 평균 수질정화효과는 (-)의 값을 보여주었으나, 강우기에는 정화효율이 높게 나타났다 또한, 저류지의 물질 침전기능 외 오염물질의 활발한 분해작용을 살펴보고자 세균 분포 특성을 조사한 결과 유입수와 저류지, 저수지 각각의 수체에서 조사된 총세균수 및 총세균수에 대한 진정세균수의 비율이 유입수<저류지<유출수의 순으로 나타나 저류지의 유기물질 분해 활성이 높음을 보여주고 있다. 따라서 저수지 유입부에 조성한 저류지의 수질개선효과는 강우시 입자성 유기물질의 효과적 제거 뿐만아니라 영양염류의 제거효과, 특히 질소의 제거효과가 높은 정화기구로서 설치비용이 적고, 유지관리가 간단한 특성을 살려 유사한 중규모 농업용저수지의 수질개선 기법으로 널리 활용할 가치가 있음으로 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.25-27
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• 1999

1997년 EPA는 현재의 대기환경기준(NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standard)인 $PM_{10}$과 병행하여 $PM_{2.5}$($d_p$＜$2.5\mu\textrm{m}$)에 대한 새로운 기준을 설정하므로서 미세입자의 중요성에 대한 인식이 증대되고 있다. 특히 조대입자의 배출원이 대부분 자연적인 배출원인데 비하여 미세입자(fine particle)의 대부분이 자동차 등의 이동배출원과 화학적 공정등과 같은 고정배출원에서 인위적으로 배출되기 때문에 각종 중금속과 유해 대기오염물질을 포함하고 있으며 금속중에는 미량으로도 인체에 심각한 영향을 나타낼 수 있는 중금속이 다수 포함되어 있다(Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb, Hg, Cd and As).(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.217.1-217.1
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• 2014

반도체 및 디스플레이 산업은 많은 공정들에서 저온 플라즈마 반응을 이용한다. 특히 소자 제작을 위한 실리콘 박막의 증착은 저온 플라즈마 공정의 주요 공정이다. 하지만 실리콘 박막을 합성하는데 있어서 저온 플라즈마에서 형성되는 실리콘 나노 입자는, 오염입자로써 박막의 특성을 악화시켜 소자생산 수율을 악화시키는 주요 원인이 되고 있다. 따라서 플라즈마에서 입자 형성의 원인이 되는 화학반응 및 입자들의 성장 매커니즘에 대한 연구는, 1980년대 플라즈마 공정에서 입자 합성이 보고된 이래 공정의 최적화를 위해 꾸준히 연구되어왔다. 이러한 매커니즘의 연구들은, 플라즈마 화학반응에 의해 실리콘 입자 핵을 만들어 내는 과정과 입자들이 충돌에 의해 성장해가는 과정으로 나눠진다. 플라즈마 화학 반응 과정은 아레니우스 방정식에 의해 정의된 반응계수를 이용하여 플라즈마 내 전자와 이온, 중성 화학종들이 전자 온도와 전자 밀도, 챔버 온도 등에 의해 결정되는 현상을 모사한다. 또한 이 과정에서 실리콘을 포함하는 화학종들의 반응에 의해 핵이 생성 되가는 양상을 모사한다. 생성된 핵은 충돌에 의해 입자가 성장해 가는 과정의 가장 작은 입자로써 이용된다. 입자들이 성장해가는 과정은 입자들이 서로 충돌하면서 다양한 입경의 입자로 분화되어가는 현상을 모사한다. 이 과정에 의해 다양한 입경분포로 분화된 입자들은 플라즈마 내 전자에 의해 하전되며, 이러한 하전 양상은 입경에 따라 다른 분포를 보인다. 본 연구에서는 입자의 하전 분포를 고려하여, 입자들의 성장의 주요 원인인 입자간의 충돌을 대표하는 충돌주파수를 수정하는 방식을 채택하여 보다 정밀한 입자 성장 양상을 모델링하였다. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) 타입의 저온 플라즈마 반응기에서 합성된 입자들을 Particle Beam Mass Spectrometer (PBMS)와 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)를 이용하여 입경분포를 측정한 데이터와 모델링에 의해 계산된 결과를 비교하여 본 모델의 유효성을 검증하였다. 검증을 위해 100~300 mtorr의 챔버 압력 조건과 100~350 W의 입력 전력 조건들을 달리하며 측정한 결과와 계산한 데이터를 조건별로 비교하였다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.16 no.2 s.48
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• pp.153-159
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• 2006

The discharges of time, technology and finance was increased and it was difficult to use water resources effectively by serious water pollutions. Thus the main aim of this work was focused on effectiveness of water treatment process using non-controlled indicators such as UV absorbance($E_{260}$) and particle counts that provided analytical results with simple and rapid. The soluble aluminum was increased by the increase of aluminum doses for turbidity removals It means that the water quality was not controlled by only turbidity monitoring cause maximum turbidity removal did not guarantee minimum residual aluminum in an aluminum-based coagulation. E removal efficiency appeared to be the promising indicator for monitoring the effectiveness of the water quality process such as coagulation and nanofiltration membranes for arsenic(V). On the basis of the particle monitoring, it was also found that the particle counts could be used very useful for changing the coagulants in real water treatments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.22-29
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• 1995

Mobile bacterial particles can act as carriers and enhance the transport of hydrophobic contaminants in ground water by reducing retardation effects. Because of their colloidal size and favorable surface conditions, bacteria can act as efficient contaminant carriers. When such carriers exist in a porous medium, the system can be thought of as three phases: an aqueous phase, a carrier phase, and a stationary solid matrix phase. Contaminant can be present in either or all of these phases. In this study, a mathematical model based on mass balances is developed to describe the transport and fate of biodegradable contaminant in a porous medium. Bacterial mass transfer mechanism between aqueous and solid matrix phases, and contaminant mass transfer between aqueous and bacterial phases are represented by kinetic models. Governing equations are non-dimensionalized and solved to analyze the bacteria facilitated contaminant transport. The numerical results of the facilitation effect match favorably with experimental data reported in the literature. Results show that the contaminant transport can be described by local equilibrium assumption when Damkohler numbers are larger than 10. Significant sensitivities to model parameters, particularly bacterial growth rate and influent bacterial concentration, were discovered.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.608-613
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• 2019

NOx (Nitrogen oxide) in the exhaust gas from vehicle engines is considered one of the most harmful substances in air pollution problems. NOx is made when combustion occurs under high temperature conditions and EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) is normally used to lower the combustion temperature. As the EGR ratio increases, the NOx level becomes low, but a high EGR ratio makes the combustion unstable and causes further air pollution problems, such as CO and unburned hydrocarbon level increase. This study showed that fuel droplets could move more freely by the radiation of sonic wave for the stable combustion. In addition, the engine performance improved with increasing EGR ratio. As a basic study, the effect of sonic wave radiation on the velocity of fuel droplets was studied using CFD software. The results showed that the velocity of small droplets increased more under high frequency sonic wave conditions and the velocity of the large droplets increased at low frequency sonic wave conditions. In addition, an engine analysis model was used to study the effects of the increased combustion stability. These results showed that a 15% increase in EGR ratio in combustion resulted in a 45% decrease in NOx and a 10% increase in thermal efficiency.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.463-469
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• 2016

In this research, a new expectation in enhancing the PES (polyethersulfone) polymer phase inversion membrane performances with nanoparticles is proposed by using ZnO. This paper investigated the synthesis of PES phase inversion membranes including ZnO nanoparticles and evaluates the performance of these mixed matrix membranes. The PES-ZnO mixed matrix membranes were fabricated by phase inversion method using the PES-ZnO-NMP(N-methyl-1-pyrrolidone) casting solutions with low ZnO nanoparticles content of 0.375 wt%. The influence of ZnO nanoparticles on the characteristics of PES-ZnO mixed matrix membranes was investigated with scanning electron microscope observations of membrane cross-sections, contact angle measurements, tensile strength measurements, pure water flux measurements and ultrafiltration experiments of BSA solution. Those results showed that the performance advancements in comparison with the pure PES membrane without ZnO in terms of increasing hydrophilicity as well as reducing membrane fouling by adding ZnO nanoparticles even in low concentration.