• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.997-1002
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• 2020

In this study, we investigated the effects of the eco-friendly chemical bio-sulfur, on the citrus melanose-causing pathogen, Diaporthe citri, and on the pest, Panonychus citri. In an open field experiment with a plot-scale application of the chemicals: Mancozeb, lime sulfur, lime sulfur + machine oil, and bio-sulfur, the control group showed 70.6% disease severity compared with 10.3% for the Mancozeb-treated group. Among the eco-friendly treatments, disease severity was the lowest for the group treated with lime sulfur + machine oil (32.2%) and was 53.9%, 58.8%, and 58.1% following treatment with lime sulfur, and bio-sulfur diluted 500 and 1000 times, respectively. The proportion of diseased fruit showed similar results, suggesting that bio-sulfur is an effective alternative to lime sulfur. Three days after treatment acaricidal effects on P. citri showed a 197.6% control survival rate whereas the machine oil, and bio-sulfur diluted 500 and 1000 times treatments showed rates of 2.9%, 5.8%, and 9.0%, respectively. After three days, the control value for bio-sulfur diluted 1000 times was 73.2% compared with the values for the machine oil (96.4%) and bio-sulfur diluted 500 times (94.6%) treatments. Therefore, we suggest that additional research is needed on the combined application of bio-sulfur and oils to enhance the additive control effect on citrus melanose and Panonychus citri.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.308-318
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• 2019

Bio-sulfur can be produced in the process of desulfurization from a landfill and collected by some microorganism such as Thiobacillus sp. as a sulfur element. In order to investigate practical use of bio-sulfur as an agent for controlling plant disease, in vitro antifungal activity of bio-sulfur was tested against Colletotrichum orbiculare known to cause cucumber anthracnose. Efficacy of bio-sulfur for suppressing anthracnose disease was also evaluated in vivo using cucumber leaves. Mycelial growth of C. orbiculare on medium containing bio-sulfur was inhibited. Disease severity of cucumber leaves pre-treated with bio-sulfur was significantly decreased compared to that of untreated ones. To illustrate how bio-sulfur could suppress anthracnose disease, structures of cucumber leaves infected with C. orbiculare were observed under a fluorescent microscope and a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Cucumber leaves pre-treated with bio-sulfur showed a low rate of appressorium formation whereas untreated ones showed abundant appressoria. Shrunk fungal hyphae were mostly observed on bio-sulfur-pretreated leaves by SEM. Similar results were observed on leaves pre-treated with a commercial fungicide Benomyl(R). These results suggest that inhibition of appressorium formation of C. orbiculare by bio-sulfur may contribute to its suppression of cucumber anthracnose.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.417-424
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• 2019

Melanose, caused by Diaporthe citri, is one of severe diseases in citrus, a major economic resource in Jeju island. To reduce the usage amount of organic synthetic fungicide, bio-sulfur was tested as an alternative chemical to control citrus melanose in the present study. Direct antifungal activity of bio-sulfur against D. citri was determined through in vitro experiment using artificial nutrient media. Disease severity of melanose on bio-sulfur pretreated citrus leaves was lower than that on untreated ones. To illustrate the mechanism of disease suppression by bio-sulfur, infection structures were observed with a fluorescent microscope and a scanning electron microscope. In fluorescent microscopic observation, most conidia rarely germinated. In addition, hyphal growth on leaves pretreated with bio-sulfur was inhibited compared to that on untreated ones. In scanning electron microscope images of bio-sulfur pretreated leaves, surfaces of most conidia were shrunk while hyphae were morphologically changed and frequently branched. Such microscopic observations were also found for leaves pretreated with a commercial fungicide Dithianon. These results suggest that bio-sulfur may be used to control citrus melanose as an environment friendly alternative to organic synthetic fungicides

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.223-233
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 친환경 농가에서 사용되고 있는 바이오 황(Bio-S, bio-sulfur)을 이용하여 감귤 더덩이병(Citrus scab)에 대한 발병 억제 효과를 알아보고자 수행되었다. 바이오 황이 감귤 더뎅이병의 발아관 생장 억제 효과는 감귤 더뎅이병균을 PDB와 Agar 배지에서 배양하여 발아관을 관찰한 결과 접종 40시간과 88시간 모두 바이오 황 500배, 1,000배, 2,000배 처리구에서 발아관 형성이 억제되었으며, 4,000배 이상 희석배수가 높아질수록 발아관은 형성되었으나 무처리구에 비해 생장이 억제되었다. 포장에서 감귤 봄순 잎에 대한 더뎅이병의 발병 억제 효과는 무처리구 이병율은 40.3%였으며, 화학농약인 Imibenconazole 수화제 이병율이 5.3%을 보였으며, 친환경 농업에 사용하는 석회보르도액 2-4식과 6-6식은 모두 10.3%, 바이오 황 500배 12.3%, 석회유황합제 15.3%로 비슷한 경향을 나타냈으며, 반면 바이오 황 1,000배에서는 24.0%로 비교적 높은 이병율을 보였다. 감귤 과실에 대한 시험결과 무처리구 이병율은 79.3%였으며, Imibenconazole 수화제 이병율은 4.0%을 보였으며, 석회보르도액 2-4식 33.8%, 6-6식 42.0%, 바이오 황 500배 43.3%, 석회유황합제 44.8%로 비슷한 효과를 나타냈으며, 반면 바이오 황 1,000배에서는 78.0%로 비교적 높은 이병율을 보였다. 따라서 감귤 더뎅이병은 봄순이 전개되는 5월부터 감귤의 잎에 발생하기 때문에 봄순이 전개되기 전인 4월 중하순부터 예방방제를 시작하여 예찰을 통해 방제하면 높은 방제율과 노동력 및 영농비용 등을 절감할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.260-263
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• 2008

KEPCO(Korea Electric Power Corporation) is performing the nation's first biogas-MGT project as an effort to encourage the utilization of wasted biogas which contains useful CH4. The goals of this project are to develop the Pretreatment system of Livestock bio-gas and set up the biogas-MGT co-generation system. The project will not only utilze flared biogas as precious energy but also improve the economics of the plant a lot. The pretreatment system mainly consists of sulfur removal tower, biogas compressor and many filtering systems. A computational fluid dynamics study in the bio gas sulfur removal tower and sulfur absorption filter was carried out. Understanding of the flow in the sulfur removal tower and sulfur adsorption filter obtained by this study can be used to identify the problems in the sulfur removal tower and to improve the sulfur removal efficiency of the sulfur removal tower. Resistance material modeling is used to simulate the sulfur adsorption filter, and the resistance coefficient was adjusted to reflect the experimental pressure loss value. And the pressure loss change with the flowrate is predicted

• 신재생에너지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2020

Operational testing of the THIOPAQ^® facility that removes H₂S from landfill gas was performed for 746 days. The average H₂S removal efficiency was 99.4%, and the input quantities of air, NaOH, and nutrients per sulfur load were 13.1 ㎥/ton, 1.5 ㎥/ton, and 28.7 L/ton, respectively. The purity of the bio-sulfur produced from the facility was 94.8%, with 3.3% impurities, except for moisture. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the compositional contents of amino acids and free amino acids of the bio-sulfur surface were 5,308 and 728 mg/kg, respectively. The mean particle size was 3.41 ㎛, which was much smaller than that of chemical sulfur. Based on these results, a high H₂S removal rate of more than 97% is feasible, and high value-added bio-sulfur, which is used as a fungicide because of its hydrophilic characteristics and small size, can be obtained at this facility.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.509-516
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• 2023

콘크리트의 염해저항성을 향상시키기 위한 방법으로 콘크리트에 황(S)을 사용하는 것이 다양하게 연구되어 왔으나, 유황은 고체로 존재하고 분말화가 어렵기 때문에 시멘트, 콘크리트 등의 혼화제나 혼합물로 활용하기 어려운 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 디시클로펜타디엔 등의 고분자를 사용하여 황을 개질한 바 있으나, 이 역시 개질 후 끈끈한 상태로 존재하여 근본적인 문제를 개선하지 못한다. 이에 새롭게 개질한 바이오 황이 시멘트 수화에 미치는 영향을 검토한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 소석회 개질 바이오 황은 반응 조건에 따라 미반응 황 및 소석회, 칼슘-황(Ca-S) 화합물 및 물을 함유한 슬러리 상태로 존재한다. 소석회 바이오 황을 시멘트 혼합물로 사용하는 경우, 소석회 개질 바이오 황을 첨가한 모르타르의 내염해성은 일반 모르타르에 비해 우수하며, 이는 소석회 개질 바이오 황을 함유한 시멘트 수화물의 구조가 ettringite의 지속적인 존재로 인해 일반 시멘트 수화물의 구조보다 더 치밀하기 때문인 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2020

Carrageenan-based functional films were prepared by adding two different types of sulfur nanoparticles (SNP) synthesized from sodium thiosulfate (SNPSTS) and elemental sulfur (SNPES). The films were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Also, film properties such as UV-visible light transmittance, water contact angle (WCA), water vapor permeability (WVP), mechanical properties, and antibacterial activity were evaluated. SNPs were uniformly dispersed in the carrageenan matrix to form flexible films. The addition of SNP significantly increased the film properties such as water vapor barrier and surface hydrophobicity but did not affect the mechanical properties. The carrageenan/SNP composite film showed some antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogenic bacteria, L. monocytogenes and E. coli.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.578-583
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• 2003

The desulfurization genes (dszABC) were cloned from Gordonia nitida. Nucleotide sequences similarity between the dszABC genes of G. nitida and those of Rhodococcus rhodochrous IGTS8 was 89%. The similarities of deduced amino acids between the two were 86% for DszA, 86% for DszB, and 90% for DszC. The G. nitida dszABC genes were expressed in several different Escherichia coli strains under an inducible trc promoter. Cultivation of these metabolically engineered E. coli strains in the presence of 0.2 mM dibenzothiophene (DBT) allowed the conversion of DBT to 2-hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP), which is the final metabolite of the sulfur-specific desulfurization pathway. The maximum conversion of DBT to 2-HBP was 16% in 60 h. Recombinant E. coli was applied for the deep desulfurization of diesel oil supplemented into the medium at 5% (v/v). Sulfur content in diesel oil was decreased from 250 mg sulfur/1 to 212.5 mg sulfur/1, resulting in the removal of 15% of sulfur in diesel oil in 60 h.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.870-876
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• 2005

It seems very difficult to comply with upcoming stringent emission standards in vehicles. To develop low emission engines, better quality of automotive fuels must be achieved. Since sulfur contents in diesel fuels are transformed to sulfate-laden particulate matters as a catalyst is applied, it is necessary to provide low sulfur fuels before any Pt-based oxidation catalysts are applied. In general, flash point, distillation $90\%$ and cetane index are improved but viscosity can be worse in the process of desulfurization of diesel fuel. Excessive reduction of sulfur may cause to degrade viscosity of fuels and engine performance in fuel injection systems. This research focused on the performance of an 11,000 cc diesel engine and emission characteristics by the introduction of ULSD, bio-diesel and a diesel oxidation catalyst, where the bio-diesel was used to improve viscosity of fuels in fuel injection systems as fuel additives or alternative fuels.