• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2002.05b
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• pp.168-172
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• 2002

돈분뇨를 토양에 살포시 경과일에 따른 이온들의 용탈 특성을 살펴보기 위해 질산성 질소 농도가 높고, 양돈사육두수가 많은 서ㆍ북부 지역의 토양에 돈분뇨를 살포, 비살포시 1~32일 경과 후에 일정량의 강수(100mm)시 용탈되는 각종 이온의 용탈 정도를 검토한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 토양에 134kg T-N/ha로 살포시 질사성질소는 1.18mg/L.day의 질산화가 이루어졌고, 37kg $Cl^{-}$/ha로 살포한 염소이온의 용탈율은 1일에서 4일까지는 1.0mg/L.day로 증가하다가, 그 후 0.2mg/L.day로 용탈속도가 1/5로 감소하였다. 그러나 대조구는 질산성 질소, 염소이온 모두 거의 변화가 없었다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.2B
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• pp.187-192
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• 2011

Nitrate nitrogen is common contaminant in groundwater aquifers, its concentration is regulated many countries below 10 mg/L as N (As per WHO standards) in drinking water. An attempt was made to get optimal results for the treatment of nitrate nitrogen in groundwater by conducting various experiments by changing the experimental conditions for ZVI bipolar packed bed electrolytic cell. From the experimental results it is evident that the nitrate nitrogen removal is more effective when the reactor conditions are maintained in acidic range but when the acidic environment changes to alkaline due to the hydroxide formed during the process of ammonia nitrogen there by increasing the pH reducing the hydrogen ions required for reduction which leads to low effectiveness of the system. In the ZVI bipolar packed bed electrolytic cell, the packing ratio of 0.5~1:1 was found to be most effective for the treatment of nitrate nitrogen because ZVI particles are isolated and individual particle act like small electrode with low packing ratio. It is seen that formation of precipitate and acceleration of clogging incrementally for packing ratio more than 2:1, decreasing the nitrate nitrogen removal rate. When the voltage is increased it is seen that kinetics and current also increases but at the same time more electric power is consumed. In this experiment, the optimum voltage was determined to be 50V. At that time, nitrate nitrogen was removed by 94.9%.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.35-48
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• 2021

In this study, the assessment of field applicability of in-situ remediation of nitrate-contaminated groundwater located in Yesan-gun was performed. Zero-valent iron/bio composite media injected PRB (Permeable Reactive Barrier) and monitoring well were installed in the contaminated groundwater site and monitored main remediation indicators during the PRB operation. Nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, Fe ion, TOC, and turbidity were analyzed and the diversity and population of microorganism in the PRB installed site were investigated for the verification of effect of injected PRB. In the study site where is an agricultural area, a river flows from west to east that forms a river boundary and the southern area has an impermeable sector. It was found that nitrate flows into the river, which is similar as groundwater flow. Simulation result for the fate of nitrate in groundwater showed steady state of nitrate arrived after 3~5 years passed. However, it is just to consider current conditions with no additional input of contaminant source, if additional input of contaminant source occurs contamination dispersion and time for steady state are expected to be increased. The monitoring results showed that Fe ion, TOC and turbidity in groundwater were not clearly changed in concentration after PRB installation, which indicates adaptability of the injected PRB for remediation of groundwater with no additional harmful effect to water quality. The concentration of nitrate maintained less than 5mg/L until 42 days after PRB installation and recovered its initial concentration after 84 days passed and showed termination of reactivity of injected zero-valent iron/bio composite media for removal nitrate. Nitrite and ammonia ions found after installation of PRB indicates reductive removal of nitrate. And the outstanding increase of microorganism diversity and population of Betaproteobacteria Class which includes denitrification microorganism explains biologically reductive removal of nitrate in injected PRB.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.686-689
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• 2005

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of ammonium and nitrate nitrogen removal to applied voltage, electrolytic time and activated carbon packing height. Batch bipolar packed bed electrolytic cell reactor was packed with $4{\times}8$ mesh granular activated carbon (GAC). Afterward electrolysis was performed in 20 V for 30 min. As a result, as the filling height adjusted to 80 mm high, the removal efficiency of ammonium nitrogen was 99.9%. and as the electrolytic time varied to 60 min, the removal efficiency of ammonium nitrogen was 97.6%. and in case of continuous electrolytic treatment of ammonium and nitrate nitrogen removal efficiency of total nitrogen was over 80% in bipolar packed bed electrolytic cell reactor for 72 hours as the packing height, sample concentration and input rate of sample adjusted to 280 mm, 30 mg/L, 6.7 mL/min, respectively.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.663-672
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• 2024

Nitrate contamination primarily results from agricultural activities and wastewater inputs, potentially leading to groundwater pollution. This study analyzed the reactive transport of nitrate in surface-groundwater interactions in the Gadeok-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, using integrated SWAT, MODFLOW, and RT3D models. The study used SWAT to simulate hydrological cycles, MODFLOW for groundwater flow analysis, and RT3D to model the reactive transport of nitrate. SWAT was used to estimate daily groundwater recharge and nitrate concentrations, which were then input into MODFLOW and RT3D models. The results showed that groundwater flow and reactive transport of nitrate were effectively simulated, providing insights into improving predictive models for groundwater and surface water interactions.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.147-152
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• 2015

Nitrogen (N) loading from domestic, agricultural and industrial sources can lead to excessive growth of macrophytes or phytoplankton in aquatic environment. Many studies have used nitrogen stable isotope ratios to identify anthropogenic nitrogen in aquatic systems as a useful method for studying nitrogen cycle. In this study to evaluate the precision and accuracy of Kjeldahl processes, two reference materials (IAEA-NO-3, N-1) were analyzed repeatedly. Measured the ${\delta}^{15}N-NO_3$ and ${\delta}^{15}N-NH_4$ values of IAEA-NO-3 and IAEA-N-1 were $4.7{\pm}0.2$‰ and $0.4{\pm}0.3$‰, respectively, which are within recommended values of analytical uncertainties. Also, we investigated spatial patterns of ${\delta}^{15}N-NO_3$ and ${\delta}^{15}N-NH_4$ in effluent plumes from a waste water treatment plant in Han River, Korea. ${\delta}^{15}N-NO_3$ and ${\delta}^{15}N-NH_4$ values are enriched at downstream areas of water treatment plant suggesting that dissolved nitrogen in effluent plumes should be one of the main N sources in those areas. The current study clarifies the reliability of Kjeldahl analytical method and the usefulness of stable isotopic techniques to trace the contamination source of dissolved nitrogen such as nitrate and ammonia.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.561-564
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• 2003

강변여과수 개발 예정지역인 함안군 칠서지역의 수질특성을 알아보기 위해 2003년 4월과 2003년 8월 2회에 걸쳐 강변여과수 양수정, 관측정, 주변지역 지하수 및 낙동강 원수 등 총 38개의 물시료를 채수하여 분석하였다. 용존 이온 분석 결과 연구 지역 지하수의 경우는 Ca-HCO$_3$ 유형 또는 Ca-Cl 유형에 속하며, 조사 지점에 따라 충적층 및 암반 지하수의 특징이 확연히 구분되었다. 조사된 지하수의 경우, 질산성질소와 철, 망간의 농도가 다른 성분에 비해 상대적으로 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 그 외의 중금속의 오염은 미미한 것으로 나타난다. 낙동강 원수의 경우 질산성 질소, 철, 망간은 지하수에 비해 낮은 것으로 나타났으나, 조류의 영향으로 매우 높은 pH 값을 보여주었다. 채수된 전체 시료의 분석 결과, 질산성질소(39.1%), 철(13%), 망간(39.1%)이 주로 먹는 물 수질기준을 초과하는 항목으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.73-78
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• 1997

Ion exchange performence to remove nitrate in water studied using commercially available strong vase anin exchange resin of $Cl^{-}$ type in the batch reactors. Anion exchange resin was more effective than activated carbon or zeolite. With large resin amount or high temperature or low initial concentration, nitrate removal characteristics for a typical gel-type resin was increased. The curves showed the generally accepted selectivity sequence as ${SO_4}^{2-}>{No_3}^->NO_{2-}>{HCO_3}^-$.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.782-793
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• 1997

To study the physiological adaptation (shift-up) of phytoplankton under the simulated upwelling conditions, nitrate uptake capacity of Dunaliella tertiolecta batch culture was measured in the laboratory using the stable isotope $^{15}N-KNO_3$. Contrary to the expected, there was no significant relationship between the maximum $V_{NO3}$ (nitrogen specific nitrate uptake rate) and the initial nitrate concentration. However, there was a strong relationship between the maximum $\rho_{NO3}$ (nitrate transport rate) and the initial nitrate concentration of $<25\;{\mu}M$, which was also influenced by the physiological status of the culture. The increase in $V_{NO3}$ was mainly due to the increase in PON (particulate organic nitrogen) concentration and partly due to the increase in $V_{NO3}$. When the phytoplankton population was severely shifted-down, the physiological adaptation of nitrate uptake was significantly inhibited at high initial nitrate concentrations. The timing of the maximum $V_{NO3}$ or $\rho_{NO3}$ was related to the initial nitrate concentration. At higher initial nitrate concentrations, maxima in $V_{NO3}$ and $\rho_{NO3}$ occurred 1 or 2 days later than at lower nitrate concentrations. This relationship was the opposite to the prediction from the shift-up model of Zimmerman et al. (1987), The shift-up process is apparently controlled by an internal time sequence and the initial nitrate concentration, but the magnitude of $V_{NO3}$ was affected little by changes in nitrate concentration.

• Clean Technology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2017

At high nitrate concentrations, water must be treated to meet regulated concentrations because it results in threat to human health and eutrophication of natural water. However, it is almost impossible to remove nitrate by conventional water treatment methods such as coagulation, filtration and precipitation, due to its high water solubility. Therefore, other technologies including adsorption, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, denitrification, and electrodialysis are required to effectively remove nitrate. Each of these technologies has their own strengths and drawbacks and their feasibility is weighted against factors such as cost, water quality improvement, residuals handling, and pre-treatment requirements. An adsorption technique is the most popular and common process because of its cost effectiveness, ease of operation, and simplicity of design. Surface modifications of adsorbents have been enhanced their adsorption of nitrate. The nitrate-selective membrane process of electrodialysis reversal and reverse osmosis have proven over time and at many locations to be highly effective in removing nitrate contaminating problems in aqueous solutions. Both electrodiaysis and reverse osmosis methods generate highly concentrated wastes and need careful consideration with respect to disposal.