• Carbon letters
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2006

The influence of carbon surface area, carbon-oxygen groups associated with the carbon surface and the solution pH on the adsorption of Pb(II) ions from aqueous solutions has been studied using three activated carbons. The adsorption isotherms are Type I of BET classification and the data obeys Langmuir adsorption equation. The BET surface area has little effect on the adsorption while it is strongly influenced by the presence of acidic carbon oxygen surface groups. The amount of these surface groups was enhanced by oxidation of the carbons with different oxidizing agents and reduced by eliminating these groups on degassing at different temperatures. The adsorption of Pb(II) ions increases on each oxidation and decreases on degassing the oxidized carbons. The increase in adsorption on oxidation has been attributed to the formation of acidic carbon-oxygen surface groups and the decrease to the elimination of these acidic surface groups on degassing. The adsorption is also influenced by the pH of the aqueous solution. The adsorption is only small at pH values lower than 3 but is considerably larger at higher pH values. Suitable mechanisms consistent with the adsorption data have been suggested.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2014

Nanotechnology has become one of the fastest developing technologies and recently applied to a variety of industries. Thus, increasing number of nano materials including various nanoparticles would be discharged into wastewater and consequently entering a biological wastewater treatment process. However, the impact of the nano particles on biological wastewater treatment has not been estimated intensively. In this research, we investigated the effect of silica nanoparticle on the oxygen uptake rates (OURs) of activated sludge used in a conventional wastewater treatment process. The inhibition (%) values were estimated from the results of OURs experiments for the silica nanoparticles with various sizes of 10-15, 45-50, and 70-100 nm and concentrations of 50, 250, and 500 ppm. As results, the inhibition value was increased as the size of silica nano particles decreased and the injected concentration increased. The maximum inhibition value was investigated as 37.4 % for the silica nanoparticles with the size of 45-50 nm and concentration of 50 ppm. Additionally, the effect of size and concentration on the inhibition should be considered cautiously in case that the aggregation of particles occurred seriously so that the size of individual particles was increased in aquatic solution.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2009

Activated carbon fiber (ACF) was surface modified by nitric acid to improve the adsorption efficiency of the propylamine. Functional groups and textural properties of modified ACF were investigated. The total surface acidity increased about 7 times to that of as-received ACF by modification with 1 M nitric acid solution, carboxylic and phenolic groups mainly increased. However, the specific surface areas and the total pore volumes of the modified ACFs were decreased by 5-8% due to the increased blocking (or demolition) of micropores in the presence of newly introduced complexes. Despite the decrease of textural properties, it was found that the amount of propylamine adsorbed by the modified ACFs was increased by approximately 17%. The oxygen and nitrogen contents on the modified ACF increased by 1.5 and 3 times compared with the as-received ACF. From the XPS results, it was observed that propylamine reacted with strong or weak acidic groups, such as -COOH or -OH on the ACF surfaces, resulting in the formation of pyrrolic-, pyridonic- or pyridine-like structures.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2000

An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the treatment efficiency of paper-mill wastewater using pure oxygen activated sludge process. Effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading on process performance and kinetics were investigated. The raw paper-mill wastewater(BOD concentration ${\leq}500mg/L$) and the effluent from dissolved air flotation(DAF) treatment(BOD concentration ${\geq}500mg/L$) were used as influent for pure oxygen activated sludge process. Average BOD removal efficiencies were above 89.3% under 6hours or longer of HRT, while under 3hours of HRT they decreased to about 82%. With the effluent from DAF process, the half saturation constants($K_S$) and the maximum specific substrate removal rate($K_{max}$) were 85 mg/L and 2.25 L/day, respectively. However, with the raw paper-mill wastewater, both $K_S$ and $K_{max}$ increased to 156 mg/L and 3.84 L/day, respectively. The microbial yield coefficient(Y) and the decay coefficient($K_d$) were 0.46 gVSS/gBOD and 0.03 L/day, respectively, with effluent from DAF process. While, Y and $K_d$ were 0.24 gVSS/gBOD and 0.035 L/day, respectively, with the raw paper-mill wastewater.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2014

It is debatable whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation is involved in anti-apoptotic or pro-apoptotic signaling. AICAR treatment increases AMPK-${\alpha}1$ phosphorylation, decreases intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and significantly increases Annexin V-positive cells, DNA laddering, and caspase activity in human myeloid cell. AMPK activation is therefore implicated in apoptosis. However, AMPK-${\alpha}1$-knockdown THP-1 cells are more sensitive to apoptosis than control THP-1 cells are, suggesting that the apoptosis is AMPK-independent. Low doses of AICAR induce cell proliferation, whereas high doses of AICAR suppress cell proliferation. Moreover, these effects are significantly correlated with the downregulation of intracellular ROS, strongly suggesting that AICAR-induced apoptosis is critically associated with the inhibition of NADPH oxidase by AICAR. Collectively, our results demonstrate that in AICAR-induced apoptosis, intracellular ROS levels are far more relevant than AMPK activation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.683-686
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• 2002

To achieve optimum operation of a thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) process for waste activated sludge (WAS), TAD experiments using Bacillus stearothermophilus (ATCC 31197) were carried out to investigate the optimum concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO). TAD reactors were operated at DO concentrations of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ppm, and the results showed that the WAS could be successfully degraded by a TAD system operated with a DO concentration of 1 ppm and above. When the TAD system with an optimum additive (2 mM Ca ion), selected from a previous study, and 1 ppm DO concentration were combined with a thermal pretreatment ($121^{\circ}C$, 10 min), the results exhibited upgraded total suspended solids and an enhanced protein degradation.

• 공업화학
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.160-166
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 새집증후군 유발 가스인 초산 가스에 대한 활성탄소섬유의 흡착 성능을 향상시키기 위하여, 산소플라즈마 처리를 통해 활성탄소섬유에 산소작용기를 도입하였다. 산소플라즈마 처리 시 주입되는 산소 가스의 유량이 증가할수록 산소플라즈마 활성종이 더 많이 생성되었다. 이로 인해 물리적 및 화학적인 식각이 더 많이 발생하여 활성탄소섬유의 비표면적이 감소하였다. 특히, 60 sccm의 산소 가스 유량이 주입된 시료(A-O60)의 비표면적의 경우 미처리 시료와 비교하여 약 6.95% 감소된 $1.198m^2/g$까지 감소하였다. 반면, 산소플라즈마 처리 시 주입되는 산소 가스의 유량이 증가할수록 활성탄소섬유 표면에 도입되는 산소 함량이 증가하였으며, 최대 35.87%까지 도입되었음을 확인하였다. 또한, 산소플라즈마 처리된 활성탄소섬유의 초산 가스 흡착 성능은 미처리 활성탄소섬유 대비 최대 43% 향상되었다. 이것은 산소플라즈마 처리에 의해 도입되는 O=C-O와 같은 산소작용기와 초산 분자 사이의 쌍극자 모멘트에 의한 수소결합 형성에 기인한다.

• 공업화학
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2024

세슘은 높은 수용성으로 인하여 인체에 쉽게 침투하여 암 또는 DNA의 변형을 유발하는 잠재적인 독성 오염물질이다. 본 연구에서는 활성탄소의 세슘 흡착 능력을 향상시키고자 오존 처리를 통하여 활성탄소 표면에 산소 작용기를 도입하였다. 오존 처리 시간의 증가에 따라 활성탄소 표면의 산소함량이 증가하였다. 이후 활성탄소와 세슘 사이의 정전기적 상호작용이 더욱 원활하게 이루어져 모든 시료의 세슘 이온 흡착 효율이 향상되었다. 특히 반응기 내부 오존 농도를 50000 ppm으로 하여 7 min 동안 오존 처리한 시료는 약 12%의 높은 산소 작용기 함량을 보이며 97.6%의 가장 높은 세슘 제거 효율을 보였다. 한편, 5 min 동안 처리된 시료는 7 min간 반응한 시료와 비교하여 0.3%의 근소한 세슘 제거율 차이를 보였으며, 이는 오존 기체의 반응 특성으로 인한 두 시료의 표면화학적 유사성에 기인한다. 그러나, 오존 처리된 활성탄소의 세슘 흡착 성능은 활성탄소의 비표면적 및 기공 구조도 중요하지만 표면에 도입된 산소 작용기 양이 주된 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2004년도 KSOT/KEMS Fall Annual Meeting
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• pp.160-160
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• 2004

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제21권E2호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2005

A novel hybrid system composed of a biotrickling filter and an activated sludge reactor was investigated under the conditions of four different SRTs (sludge retention times). The performance of the hybrid reactor was found to be directly comparable among the four different sludge ages. Discernible differences in the removal performance were observed among four different SRTs of 2, 4, 6, and 8 days. High removal efficiency was achieved by continuous circulation of activated sludge over the immobilized mixture culture, which allowed on pH control, addition of nutrients, and removal of paint VOCs (volatile organic compounds). The results also showed that the removal efficiency for a given pollutant depends on the activity of microorganisms based on the SRT. As the SRT increased gradually from 2 to 8 days, the average removal performance decreased. The highest removal rate was achieved at the SRT of 2 days at which the highest OUR (oxygen uptake rate), $6.1mg-O_2/liter-min$ was measured. Biological activity in the recycle microbes decreased to a much lower level, $3.6mg-O_2/liter-min$ at a SRT of 8 days. It is thus believed that young microorganisms were more active and more efficient for the VOCs removal of low concentrations and high flow rates. The apparent correlation of $R^2=0.996$ between the average removal efficiency and the average OUR at each SRTs suggests that VOCs degradation by young cells significantly affected the overall removal efficiency for the tested SRTs.