• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.1155-1160
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• 2012

Sulfur-utilizing autotrophic denitrification relies on an inorganic carbon source to reduce the nitrate by producing sulfuric acid as an end product and can be used for the treatment of wastewaters containing high levels of nitrates. In this study, sulfur-denitrifying bacteria were used in anoxic batch tests with sulfur as the electron donor and nitrate as the electron acceptor. Various medium components were tested under different conditions. Sulfur denitrification can drop the medium pH by producing acid, thus stopping the process half way. To control this mechanism, a 2:1 ratio of sulfur to oyster shell powder was used. Oyster shell powder addition to a sulfur-denitrifying reactor completely removed the nitrate. Using 50, 100, and 200 g of sulfur particles, reaction rate constants of 5.33, 6.29, and $7.96mg^{1/2}/l^{1/2}{\cdot}h$ were obtained, respectively; and using 200 g of sulfur particles showed the highest nitrate removal rates. For different sulfur particle sizes ranging from small (0.85-2.0 mm), medium (2.0-4.0 mm), and large (4.0-4.75 mm), reaction rate constants of 31.56, 10.88, and $6.23mg^{1/2}/l^{1/2}{\cdot}h$ were calculated. The fastest nitrate removal rate was observed for the smallest particle size. Addition of chemical oxygen demand (COD), methanol as the external carbon source, with the autotrophic denitrification in sufficiently alkaline conditions, created a balance between heterotrophic denitrification (which raises the pH) and sulfur-utilizing autotrophic denitrification, which lowers the pH.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.784-791
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• 2007

The present work aims to use a biofilter technology(aerated submerged filters) for the aerobic transformation at laboratory-scale of olive washing water(OWW) generated in the first steps of olive oil processing, as well as the genetic profiling and identification to the species level of the bacteria involved in the formation of the biofilm, by means of TGGE. Chemical parameters, such as biological oxygen demand at five days($BOD_5$) and chemical oxygen demand(COD), decreased markedly(up to 90 and 85%, respectively) by the biological treatment, and the efficiency of the process was significantly affected by aeration and inlet flow rates. The total polyphenol content of inlet OWW was only moderately reduced(around 50% decrease of the inlet content) after the biofilter treatment, under the conditions tested. Partial 16S rRNA genes were amplified using total DNA extracted from the biofilm and separated by TGGE. Sequences of isolated bands were mostly affiliated to the $\alpha-subclass$ of Proteobacteria, and often branched in the periphery of bacteria] genera commonly present in soil(Rhizobium, Reichenowia, Agrobacterium, and Sphingomonas). The data obtained by the experimentation at laboratory scale provided results that support the suitability of the submerged filter technology for the treatment of olive washing waters with the purpose of its reutilization.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.153-159
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• 1999

경기도 구리시의 장자연못으로부터 15가지의 균주를 선별하였다. 그 중 폐하수의 COD 제거율이 우수한 두 균주 Pseudomonas sp. BLP2052와 Flauobacterium sp. BLP20515를 분리 및 동정하였으며, 두 균주 모두 생장 최적 조건은 pH $70^{\circ}C$, $30^{\circ}C$ 였으며 넓은 pH 범위에서 생장이 가능하였다. 회분식 반응조를 이용하여 단일균주 및 복합균주를 이용한 폐하수의 분해능을 조사하였다. 분리된 두 균주 Pseµdomonas sp. BLP2052와 Flavobacterium sp BLP20515의 COD 제거율은 각각 66.0%, 65.7%였으며, 타 균주에 비해 폐하수에 COD 제거율이 우수현 균주임을 획인하였다 분리된 단열균주에 비해 복합균주의 경우 약 15%정도 COD 제거율이 우수하였으며, 선별된 균주를 폐하수에 추가 점종시 약 5%정도의 COD 제거율 향상을 확인할 수 있었다. 선별된 균주를 이용하여 84시간 반응조 운전 후 85.6%의 폐하수의 COD 제거율을 확인하였다. 생물폐하수 처리 중 갑작스럽게 유입될 수 있는 저해물질에 대한 실험에서 미생물의 활성에 영향을 미치는 크기는 저해제의 양이 lO0ppm이하의 경우에는 Fe, Zn, Al, phenol, Cr 순으로 줄어드는 경향을 보였으며, 300 ppm이상의 경우에서는 Cr, Fe, Zn, Al, phenol 순으로 줄어드는 경향을 보였다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.959-967
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• 2004

충북 청주시에 위치한 충북대학교에서 강수에 따른 습성강하물 중의 TN, TP 및 COD의 농도와 오염부하를 조사하였다 강수사상에 대한 샘플은 1998년에서 2003년까지 채집되었다. 오염물질의 강수량가중평균 농도는 TN이 0.60mg/L, TP가 0.014mg/L, COD는 4.8mg/L이었는데, 이는 각각의 산술평균보다 26, 18, 14% 작게 나타났다. TN, TP 및 COD의 농도는 강수량이 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 모든 수질항목은 됨에 가장 많이 나타났는데, 이는 풍식 및 황사에 의한 먼지, 꽃가루 등 때문으로 생각된다. 습성강하물의 평균 연간부하는 TN 7.9kg/ha$\cdot$yr, TP 0.19kg/ha$\cdot$yr, COD 53.9ka/ha$\cdot$yr로 나타났는데, 이를 일본에서 보고된 각각의 연간부하와 비교하면 TN과 TP는 비슷했으나, COD는 약간 놀게 나타났다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.917-923
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• 2003

P. aeruginosa EMS1에 의한 수용성 절삭유의 생물학적 처리를 위한 환경요인과 최적조건을 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 절삭유속에 함유된 각종 성분을 이용한 P aeruginosa EMSl의 생육 및 절삭유 분해 가능성을 검토하기 위하여 증류수에 절삭유를 1% 농도로 첨가하여 멸균한 후, P aeruginosa EMSl를 접종하여 균체 생육도 및 COD 제거율을 조사한 결과, 균주의 생육도는 극히 미약하고 약 12%의 COD 제거능을 가지고 있었다. 이것은 균주의 생육과 효율적인 COD제거능을 위하여 절삭유 속에 함유된 성분 외의 다른 일반적인 배지성분이 필요함을 시사한다. P. aeruginosa EMS1에 의한 1% 수용성 절삭유의 COD 제거율과 균주 생육도 향상을 위한 최적 배지조성은 0.3% NH_4NO_3,\; 0.05%\; K_2HPO_4,\; 0.04% KH_2PO_4,\; 0.05%\; MgSO_4.7H_2O,\; 0.03%\; CaCl_2.2H_2O,\; 0.04%\; FeSO_4.7H_2O$이었고, 최적배양 조건은 pH 7,$30^{\circ}C$, 50m$\ell$ / 300m$\ell$flask이었다. 이 조건에서 배양 4일 후, 87%의 COD가 제거되었다. 최적배지에서 COD 제거에 미치는 절삭유 농도의 영향을 조사한 결과, 절삭유 농도가 낮을수록 relative COD(%)가 낮았으며, 균체 생육도가 높음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 하여 현재 폐절삭유의 처리를 위해 시행되고 있는 물리화학적 처리 시스템의 후속 공정으로 생물학적 처리시스템을 구축하고, 표준 균주로서 P. aeruginesa EMS1이 사용될 경우, 잔여 절삭유의 완전 분해가 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.617-622
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• 2011

축산폐수 혐기소화 유출수 중의 생물학적 난분해성 유기물의 분해를 위하여 오존 기반의 고도산화 기술을 적용하였다. 배출수의 COD 및 색도는 각각 9200~9500 mg/L 및 0.384 (400 nm)이고 1/10 희석하여 실험에 사용하였다. 공급 오존은 버블의 크기가 $13{\mu}m$인 마이크로버블 오존과 $105{\mu}m$인 일반 오존버블과의 차이를 고찰하였다. 마이크로버블 오존을 사용함으로써 오존의 용해도와 라디칼 생성량이 증가되었고 일반 오존버블에 비하여 COD 및 색도의 제거효율이 각각 85% 및 26% 향상되었다. 마이크로버블을 포함한 $O_3/UV$, $O_3/H_2O_2$, $O_3/UV/H_2O_2$의 조합을 비교한 결과 오존 단독 처리에 비하여 색도 제거율이 5~10% 정도 증가되었으며, 오존에 비하여 UV나 $H_2O_2$의 색도제거에 대한 기여가 크지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 반면 COD에 대해서는 $O_3/UV/H_2O_2$ 적용시 오존 단독에 비하여 2배 이상 제거율이 증가하였으며 UV보다는 $H_2O_2$의 기여도가 더 컸다. 한편 마이크로 오존의 사용시 증가된 용존오존 및 라디칼 활성으로 인하여 오존 공급을 중단한 후에도 UV 또는 $H_2O_2$를 적용함으로써 추가적인 COD 분해 효과를 지속적으로 유지할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.122-131
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• 1999

This study examined the relationship between the sediment pollution and the occurrence of polychaetes in a heavily polluted saltwater lake, Lake Shihwa on the west coast of Korea, separated from the sea by a dike in 1994. The species composition of polychaete assemblage was compared with that found off the lake in Kyeonggi Bay. Environmental variables investigated both in and off the lake were the grain size distribution, chemical oxygen demand(COD) and metal concentrations (Al, Fe, Mn, V, Co, As, Pb, Cr and Cu) in the sediment. We sampled sediments at 10 stations in the lake and 25 stations in Kyeonggi Bay using a modified van Veen grab. The levels of COD, chromium, and copper in sediments were much higher in Lake Shihwa than in Kyeonggi Bay. Differences in the species composition were found along the pollution gradient. An azoic zone was observed in the most heavily polluted area at the upper reach of the lake and the Polydora ligni zone in the center of the lake. Bottom fauna were diverse in Kyeonggi Bay; however, Heteromastus filiformis predominated in the organically enriched sediment. The density of dominant species differed along the pollution gradient. The highest density or H. filiformis was round at the COD level or around 5.8 mg/g. The COD level in the sediment where P. ligni predominated was tow-fold higher than that where H. filiformis occurred in large numbers. The chromium and copper contents at which P. ligni showed a maximum abundance were 120 mg/kg and 127 mg/kg, respectively. The density of H. filiformis was highest at concentrations of 56 mg/kg chromium and 13 mg/kg copper.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.229-243
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• 2013

Coagulation-flocculation (CF) was tested coupled with an aerobic biofilter to reduce total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPHs) concentration and toxicity from petrochemical wastewater. The efficiency of the process was followed using turbidity and chemical oxygen demand (COD). The biofilter was packed with a basaltic waste (tezontle) and inoculated with a bacterial consortium. Toxicity test were carried out using Lactuca sativa var. capitata seeds. Best results for turbidity removal were obtained using alum. Considerable turbidity removal was obtained when using Opuntia spp. COD removal with alum was 25%, for Opuntia powder it was 36%. The application of the biofilter allowed the removal of 70% of the remaining TPHs after 30 days with a biodegradation rate (BDR) value 47 $mgL^{-1}d^{-1}$. COD removal was slightly higher with BDR value 63 $mgL^{-1}d^{-1}$. TPH kinetics allowed a degradation rate constant equal to $4.05{\times}10^{-2}d^{-1}$. COD removal showed similar trend with $k=4.23{\times}10^{-2}d^{-1}$. Toxicity reduction was also successfully achieved by the combined treatment process.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.90-101
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• 2015

Objective: This study was conducted to develop a chemical oxygen demand (COD) regression model using water quality monitoring data (January, 2014) obtained from the Han River auto-monitoring stations. Methods: Surface water quality data at 198 sampling stations along the six major areas were assembled and analyzed to determine the spatial distribution and clustering of monitoring stations based on 18 WQPs and regression modeling using selected parameters. Statistical techniques, including combined genetic algorithm-multiple linear regression (GA-MLR), cluster analysis (CA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to build a COD model using water quality data. Results: A best GA-MLR model facilitated computing the WQPs for a 5-descriptor COD model with satisfactory statistical results ($r^2=92.64$,$Q{^2}_{LOO}=91.45$,$Q{^2}_{Ext}=88.17$). This approach includes variable selection of the WQPs in order to find the most important factors affecting water quality. Additionally, ordination techniques like PCA and CA were used to classify monitoring stations. The biplot based on the first two principal components (PCs) of the PCA model identified three distinct groups of stations, but also differs with respect to the correlation with WQPs, which enables better interpretation of the water quality characteristics at particular stations as of January 2014. Conclusion: This data analysis procedure appears to provide an efficient means of modelling water quality by interpreting and defining its most essential variables, such as TOC and BOD. The water parameters selected in a COD model as most important in contributing to environmental health and water pollution can be utilized for the application of water quality management strategies. At present, the river is under threat of anthropogenic disturbances during festival periods, especially at upstream areas.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.607-612
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• 2007

In this study, we investigated the variations of the kinetic coefficients and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), N and P mass used for assimilation of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system with the variation of SRTs; SRTs of 7.5, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0 and 20.0 days were tested in one cycle of SBR operation to determine the optimum conditions for the operation of the SBR and estimate its COD, nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiencies. The SBR system was operated under the conditions as follows: an operation time of 6 hours per cycle, a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 12 hours, an influent COD loading of $0.4kg/m^3/day$, and an influent nitrogen loading of $0.068kgT-N/m^3/day$. The yield coefficient (Y) and decay rate coefficient ($k_d$) were estimated to be 0.4198 kgMLVSS/kgCOD and $0.0107day^{-1}$ by calculating the removal rate of substrate according to the variation of SRT. Considering total nitrogen amount removed by sludge waste process, eliminated by denitrification, and in clarified water effluent with reference to 150 mg/cycle of influent nitrogen amount, the percentage of nitrogen mass balance from the ratio of the nitrogen amount in effluent (N output) to that in influent (N input) for Runs 1~5 were 95.5, 97.0, 95.5, 99.5, and 95.5%, respectively, which is well accounted for, with mass balances close to 100%.