• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.55 no.10
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• pp.3665-3676
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• 2023

The use of ion exchange resins to remove ionic impurities from solution is prevalent in industrial process systems, including in the primary heat transport system (PHTS) purification circuit of nuclear power plants. Despite its extensive use in the nuclear industry, our general understanding of ion exchange cannot fully explain the complex chemistry in ion exchange beds, particularly when operated at or near their saturation limit. This work investigates the behaviour of mixed-bed ion exchange resin, saturated with species representative of corrosion products in a CANDU (Canadian Deuterium Uranium) reactor PHTS, particularly with respect to iron chemistry in the resin bed and the removal of lithium ions from solution. Experiments were performed under deaerated conditions, analogous to normal PHTS operation. The results show interesting iron chemistry, suggesting the hydrolysis of cation resin bound ferrous species and the subsequent formation of either a solid hydrolysis product or the soluble, anionic Fe(OH)₃^-.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.505-512
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• 1997

The Interfacial characteristics between various heavy metals and hydrous FeS were investigated. Heavy metals which have lower sulfide solubilities than FeS undergoes the lecttice exchange reaction when these metal tons contact FeS In the aqueous phase. For heavy metals which have higher suede solubilities than FeS, these metal ions adsorb on the surface of FeS. Such characteristic reactions were interpreted by the soled solution formation theory. The presence of ligand such as EDTA reduced largely metal removal efficiency due to formation of metal-ligand complex In the solution. In an attempt to elucidate the Interfacial characteristics, zeta potential of the hydrous FeS In the absence and In the presence of various metal loons were measured and analyzed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.541-548
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• 2009

Iron coated media (activated carbon, sand and starfish) were prepared at pH 4 and applied for the treatment of landfill leachate containing organic compounds and soluble metal ions such as $Zn^{2+},\;Cu^{2+},\;Mn^{2+}$ in batch and column experiment. The amount of iron coated in media was analyzed with EPA 3050B method. The removal efficiency of metal ions and phenol was compared with iron coated media. The amount of iron coated in Fe-AC and ICS(iron coated sand) were 1,612 mg/kg and 1,609 mg/kg, respectively, while it was higher with 1,768 mg/kg in ICSF(iron coated starfish). The result of batch study represent the highest removal efficiency in the treatment of wastewater using iron coated starfish. In column study, the removal efficiency of phenol and metal ions was higher in multi-layered system of ICS, Fe-AC and ICSF compared to single layered system. Breakthrough time in the effluent was relatively enhanced for $Cu^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ in multi-layered system while the removal efficiency of $Mn^{2+}$ were not varied much. Therefore, multi-layered system was identified as the better system for the treatment of wastewater containing of metal ions and organic compound.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.25-32
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• 2009

The main objective of this study was to examine the removal properties of Cu from water by inflated vermiculites. The component of vermiculites was analyzed by XRF and the concentration of Copper ion was measured by UV-VIS. Serial batch Kinetic tests and batch sorption tests were conducted to determine the removal characteristics for Cu in aqueous solutions. The result shows that removal rate, $K_{obs}$, of Cu are 0.73, 1.52, and 1.71 for initial pH 3, pH 4, pH 5, respectively, and are 3.19, 1.90, and 0.73 for the initial concentration of $1mg\;L^{-1}$, $5mg\;L^{-1}$, $10mg\;L^{-1}$, respectively. It leads to the conclusion that the removal rates are inversely proportional to the initial Cu concentration and are increased proportionally to the initial pHs. Finally, Sorption data were correlated with both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. As a result, Langmuir and Freundlich models were well fitted to batch isotherm data with good values of the determination coefficient. but the determination coefficient value for the Freundlich model fit was slightly higher than that of Langmuir model (0.965 for the Freundlich model and 0.936 for the Langmuir model). Using the Langmuir model, the maximum sorption capacity ($Q_{max}$), Freundlich partition coefficient, and the numerical value of n wrer estimated as $1,250mg\;kg^{-1}$, $635.1L\;kg^{-1}$ and 1.69, respectively. These results show that the inflated vermiculites could be used as an excellent adsorbent for copper contained in various types of aqueous solutions.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.544-547
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• 2011

Carbon dioxide concentration of railroad passenger cabin is obliged to be kept lower than guideline values of 'Indoor air quality guideline for public transportations', but actual carbon dioxide concentration frequently exceeds this guideline value. Ventilation is most desirable to lower carbon dioxide concentration but there are some cases when the ventilation is not applicable. In this study, carbon dioxide concentration control method using adsorbents was presented. Base and zeolites, good adsorbents of carbon dioxide, were mixed and palletized. Carbon dioxide adsorption performance of this adsorbents were studied. It was found that base-modified zeolites adsorbed carbon dioxide better than zeolites only.

• 수도
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• v.23 no.6 s.81
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• pp.30-35
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• 1996

조류의 성장에 기인하여 대청호로부터 발생된 이취미와 천연유기물질의 제거를 위해 활성탄 흡착에 관한 파일롯 플랜트연구를 수행하였다. 대청호원수의 용존유기물질 농도는 1.5-3.5mg/1으로 나타났고, 이취미를 유발시킨 주 성분인 Geosmin농도는 가을에 60ng/1 이상이 검출되었다. 이는 8월말부터 발생하기 시작하여 10월말 까지 지속되었다. 이는 8월말부터 발생하기 시작하여 10월말 까지 지속되었다. 한국수자원공사 대청수도내 파일롯 플랜트는 재래식정수처리 시스템에 오존산화공정, 4개의 입상활성탄 흡착탑으로 구성되었다. 공탑체류시간(EBCT) 15분 이상에서, 이취미 발생기간동안 GAC 3지와 4지에서 이취미는 완전히 제거되었다. 활성탄 원료 종류별 DOC제거를 위한 파일롯연구에서 석탄계 활성탄으로 충진한 GAC 3지와 4지는 운전 3개월 후에 파괴되기 시작하였고, 이 후 4개월의 운전동안 약 40-50%의 일정한 제거효율을 보여주었다. 야자계 활성탄으로 충진된 GAC 2지는 2개월의 운전 후에 완전히 파괴되었다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.287-292
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• 2020

The subject of this study is a zeolite generated as a by-product of recycling LAS (lithium-aluminum-silicate) resources, a kind of glass and ceramic produced by induction. The zeolite by-product is modified into Mg-zeolite using Mg as a cation to absorb Pb, a heavy metal generated from water pollution caused by recent industrial wastewater. An ion-exchange method is used to carry out the modification process, from zeolite byproduct to Mg-zeolite, and simultaneously absorb the Pb in the heavy-metal solution (99.032 mg/L). It is found that the sodium zeolite in the raw material residue can be modified to magnesium zeolite by reacting it with a mixture solution at 1 M concentration for 24 h. As a result, it is found that the residual Pb (0.130 mg/L) in the heavy metal solution is shown to be absorbed by 99.86%, with successful formation of a Mg-modified zeolite.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.57-62
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• 1996

The regeneration of wastc piddlng acid from ironmaking industry produces Iron oxides as by products which are used for pigments and raw matcrial of ferrite. Thc impurilies level of iron axides for ferrile arc strictly regalated. Filtrat~on, adsorption medw technique, Fe leaching and ncutralizaiion wcre tried in order to remove silica impurities in the wasb pickling acid solution.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.461-467
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• 2005

Phthalate esters is recently considered as an environmental pollutant. This study investigated removal methods of phthalate esters in water environment. On tap water treatment condition with batch test, removal efficiency of coagulation precipitation of one oxidation were $26.6{\sim}33.8%$ and $10{\sim}15%$, respectively. Phthalate esters was effectively removed by the activated carbon adsorption process on tap water treatment condition. The operation of raw water with EBCT of 10 minutes on continuous process satisfied the standard of drinking water by the WHO and US EPA when the concentration of phthalate esters was $100\;{\mu}g/L$. On pilot plant test, coagulation precipitation process got $32{\sim}44%$ of removal efficiency, sand filtration process $6{\sim}10%$ and ozone oxidation process $8{\sim}10%$, respectively. DEP, DBP, BBP and DEHP were not detected after the raw water was processed with activated carbon. The actual survey of phthalate esters removal by advanced water treatment showed that $29{\sim}76%$, $3{\sim}29%$ and $17{\sim}22%$ of phthalate esters were removed on coagulation precipitation process, sand filtration and ozone oxidation process, respectively. DEP, DBP, BBP and DEHP were not detected after the raw water was processed with activated carbon.

• Clean Technology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.325-331
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• 2021

In this study, bio-carbons were produced by activation process from unused biomass (Grade 3 wood pellet and spent coffee grounds) to determine the removal performance of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The activation experiments were conducted in a fixed bed reactor using CO₂ as an activation agent. The temperature of the activation reactor and input of CO₂ were 900 ℃ and 1 L min^-1 for all the experiments. The maximum BET surface area of about 788 m² g^-1 was obtained for bio-carbon produced from Grade 1 wood pellet, whereas about 544 m² g^-1 was achieved with bio-carbon produced from spent coffee grounds. In all the experiments, the bio-carbons produced were mainly found to have micro-porous nature. A lower ash amount in raw material was favored for the high surface area of bio-carbons. In the removal test of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, the bio-carbon produced from spent coffee grounds showed excellent adsorption performance compared with woody biomass (Grade 1 wood pellet and Grade 3 wood pellet). In addition, the comparative experiment of commercial impregnated activated carbon and bio-carbon produced from spent coffee grounds was conducted. In terms of formaldehyde removal performance, the commercial impregnated bio-carbon was excellent, while bio-carbon produced from spent coffee grounds was excellent in acetaldehyde removal.