• Resources Recycling
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2023

The objective of this article is to summarize the commercial lithium ion battery (LIB) recycling processes in Korea and to suggest new direction for LIB recycling. A representative LIB recycler, SungEel Hitech Co. has successfully operated the LIB recycling process for over 10 years, and new recycling processes were recently proposed or developed by many recycling companies and battery manufacturers. In the new recycling processes, lithium is recovered before nickel and cobalt due to the rapid rise in lithium prices, and metal sulfate solution as final product of recycling process can be supplied to manufacturers. The main problem that the new recycling process will face is impurities, which will mainly come from end-of-life electric vehicles or new additives in LIB, although the conventional processes must be improved for mass processing.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.77-83
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• 2003

본 연구는 폐플라스틱 재활용의 합리적인 방안을 제시하기 위한 기초자료로서 재활용방법(물질재활용, 에너지 회수, 화학적재활용)에 대한 주요 환경인자를 규명하며, 이를 토대로 전과정평가 도구(tool)인 시마프로 5.0을 이용하여 폐플라스틱의 재활용 방법별 환경성을 비교하였다. 폐플라스틱의 재생원료화 전 공정에 투입되는 투입산출물로 인한 환경부하(Original Impact)와 재생원료의 신재 대체를 고려한 환경부하 삭감효과(Avoided Impact)를 합한 최종 영향 평가를 토대로 재활용방법별 환경성을 비교하여 환경영향범주에 대하여 비교 평가하였다. 그 결과 폐플라스틱 재활용방법에 대한 각 영향범주별 주요 영향 요인은 지구온난화로 나타났다. 또한, 지구온난화에 대한 영향은 물질재활용, RDF공정 및 용기형 폐플라스틱 고로원료화공정이 음(-)의 값으로 환경삭감효과가 크게 나타났으며, 오존층 파괴에 대한 영향은 유화 공정이 환경부하가 가장 크게 나타났다. 산성화, 부영양화 및 광화학산화물 생성에 대한 영향은 용기형 고로원료화와 RDF공정이 환경부하삭감효과가 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.24-36
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• 2024

The lithium-ion battery recycling process has been classified into direct recycling, hydrometallurgical process, and pyrometallurgical process. The commercial process based on the hydrometallurgical process produces black mass through pretreatment processes consisting of dismantling, crushing and grinding, heat treatment, and beneficiation, and then each metal is recovered by hydrometallurgical processes. Since all lithium-ion battery recycling processes under development conducts hydrometallurgical processes such as leaching, after the pretreatment process, to produce precursor raw materials, this article suggests a classification method according to the pretreatment method of the recycling process. The processes contain sulfation roasting, carbothermic reduction roasting, and alloy manufacturing, and the economic feasibility of the lithium-ion battery recycling process can be enhanced using unused by-products in the pretreatment process.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.65-71
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• 2018

Paper packs, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastic materials are classified according to packaging material recycling groups that are Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). In the case of waste paper pack, the compressed cartons are dissociated to separate polyethylene films and other foreign substance, and then these are washed, pulverized and dried to produce toilet paper. Glass bottle for recycling is provided to the bottle manufacturers after the process of collecting the waste glass bottle, removing the foreign substance, sorting by color, crushing, raw materializing process. Waste glass recycling technology of Korea is largely manual, except for removal of metal components and low specific gravity materials. Metal can is classified into iron and aluminum cans through an automatic sorting machine, compressed, and reproduced as iron and aluminum through a blast furnace. In the case of composite plastic material, the selected compressed product is crushed and then recycled through melt molding and refined products are produced through solid fuel manufacturing steps through emulsification and compression molding through pyrolysis. In the recycling process of paper packs, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastic materials, the influx of recycled materials and other substances interferes with the recycling process and increases the recycling cost and time. Therefore, the government needs to improve the legal system which is necessary to use materials and structure that are easy to recycle from the design stage of products or packaging materials.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.46-53
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• 2024

The residual heat and high CaO content present in the slag remaining in the ladle after the completion of continuous casting in the electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking process have been utilized to reduce power consumption and lime usage in the ladle furnace (LF) process. However, if the timing of such processes does not align with the LF and continuous casting operations, the recycling rate will decrease. To increase the slag recycling rate, the effect of ladle slag recycling methods, specifically pouring ladle slag into the slag pot in advance for subsequent recycling, on LF operations was analyzed. The slag liquefaction rate was calculated using the thermodynamic program Factsage 8.3 for ladle molten slag recycling methods. By applying each of the 10 heats operations for the ladle slag recycling methods, the desulfurization ability and LF operation performance were compared. It was found that when slag was immediately recycled into the ladle after continuous casting was completed, power consumption decreased by 0.3 MWh, LF operation time was shortened by 1.2 minutes, and the desulfurization rate increased by 5.8%.

• Bulletin of Food Technology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.92-100
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• 2013

배추 절임 공정에서 위해 미생물로부터의 안전성 확보를 위한 위생적 세척 처리기술개발로 효율적인 재활용 시스템을 개발하고자 전기분해수를 활용하여 실험하였다. 전기 분해수의 농도는 100 ppm 으로 염수와 전해수의 비율을 1:9, 2:8, 5:5로 20회 반복 실험을 하였다. 그 결과 기존의 절임수 재활용 횟수인 3~5회를 훨씬 초과하여 10회 이상 반복하여도 총균수가 초기에 비해 2 log CFU/g 이상 감소된 결과를 나타내었다. 또한 재활용 처리된 염수의 pH나 산도 또한 초기에 비해 큰 차이를 보이지 않아 기존의 재활용 방법에 비해 효율적인 결과를 나타내었다. 조사되어진 바에 따르면 절임 공정에서 사용되어진 염수의 회수율은 70~80%에 달했으며, 절임공정에서 본 연구에서와 같이 전해수와 사용된 절임수가 1:9 또는 2:8 비율이 효율적일 것으로 판단된다. 재활용 처리되어진 염수로 절인 배추로 김치를 제조하여 관능평가를 한 결과, 기존의 방법으로 만들어진 김치와 큰 차이를 보이지 않아 본 재활용 시스템 방법은 기존의 시스템의 문제점으로 제기되었던 절인 배추의 성상 변화와 김치의 맛의 변화의 문제점을 해결할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.133-134
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• 1997

1. 서론 : 제지산업은 용수 다소비용 산업으로, 생산하는 제품 톤당 약 40톤으로 폐수가 배출되고 있으며 공정내로 재활용하는 폐수량을 고려한다면 그 사용량은 더욱 클 것이다. 이와 같은 다량의 용수 사용으로 인하여 제지 공장의 폐수를 제조공정에서 재활용하는 방법이나 배출량을 감소시키는 방안들이 법률적이나 경제적인 측면에서 연구되고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 응집, 침전공정을 대신하고 여재를 이용힌 물리적 여과와 활성높은 미생물이 여재 표면에 부착되어 수중 유기물질을 생물학적으로 분해 제거하는 이중의 효과를 거둘 수 있는 호기성 생물막 공정을 도입하고 그 처리수의 유기물 및 용존 무기물을 Membrane 공정으로 제거함으로써 제지공업폐수를 재활용하여 용수기준까지 처리하 System의 개발을 그 목적으로 하였다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.263-289
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• 2024

In this paper, we quantify the socio-economic impacts of recycling from a carbon social benefit perspective based on a life cycle assessment and economic evaluation of the printed circuit board (PCB) recycling process for waste mobile phones. In particular, we compare the metal recovery process through PCB recycling of waste mobile phones with the traditional metal mining and smelting process, and analyze the change in carbon dioxide emissions under two electricity generation mixes in 2018 and 2030. The analysis shows that for both gold and copper, PCB recycling generates 6.86 times and 3.69 times more carbon dioxide than traditional mining and smelting, respectively. However, when the 2030 electricity generation mix is applied, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in the recycling process decreases by 44.72% and 44.65% for copper and gold recovery, respectively. This is due to the nature of the recycling process, which uses electricity as the main energy source. A cost-benefit analysis that includes the social cost of carbon dioxide shows a B/C of 1.95, indicating that recycling is economically feasible. However, this result does not take into account both the problem of securing a sufficient amount of waste PCBs and the social cost of the pollutants emitted by the recycling process. Based on the results of this study, it is expected that cost-benefit analyses reflecting the social cost of carbon and carbon dioxide emissions through life cycle assessment of the recycling process will continue to be actively conducted not only for PCB waste recycling, but also for the circular economy and recycling processes that have recently attracted attention.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 2009

For several decades, many researchers have been involved in developing recycling methods for FRP boats. There are four basic classes of recycling covered in the literature. Despite of environmental problems(safety hazards), mechanical recycling of FRP boats, which involves shredding and grinding of the scrap FRP, is one of the simpler and more technically proven methods than incineration, reclamation or chemical ones. Because FRP is made up of reinforced fiber glass, it is very difficult to break into pieces. It also leads to secondary problem in recycling process, such as air pollution and unacceptable shredding noise level. Another serious problem of mechanical FRP recycling is very limited reusable applications for the residue. This study is to propose a new and efficient method which is more wide range applications and environment friendly waste FRP regenerating system. New system is added with the cyclone sorting machine for airborne pollutions and modified cutting system for several glass fiber chips sizes. It also has shown the FRP chip fiber-reinforced concrete and fiber-reinforced secondary concrete applications with the waste FRP boat to be more eligible than existing recycling method.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.69-71
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• 1994

섬유폐수는 합성유기물인 염료와 발호공정에서의 호제가 다량으로 함유되어 있어 기존의 생물학적 처리법에 의한 처리가 용이하지 않다. 게다가 섬유산업은 여타산업에 비해 다량의 물을 소비하는 산업이다. 그동안의 산업의 고도 발전에 따라 앞으로는 물부족현상이 심해질 전망이며, 환경보전 및 보호에 대한 의식이 고취됨에 따라 이러한 섬유폐수의 처리도 이제까지와는 다른 새로운 방법으로 그 효율을 극대화할 필요성을 느끼게 되었다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 막분리 공정으로서 한외여과, 역삼투 공정을 이용하여 염색$\cdot$제직폐수를 고도처리하여 재활용이 가능토록 하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 염색$\cdot$제직폐수의 고도처리를 통한 재활용 시스템을 설계하였다.