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Testing the Potential of Sewage Sludge Gasification Solid Residues as a Circulating Resource by Physical Separation (하수슬러지의 가스화 고형 잔재물의 순환자원으로서 물리적 선별에 의한 잠재성 검토)

  • Donghyun Kim;Sunghyun Bae;Seongmin Kim;Seongsoo Han;Yosep Han;Gi Woon Kwon
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.48-56
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    • 2024
  • In this study, physical property evaluation and physical separation of the target product were performed to investigate the possibility of using sewage sludge gasification solid residue (GSRs) as a circulating resource. Firstly, the GSRs used in this study was supplied by Sudokwon Landfill Management Corporation, and generally the GSRs was in the form of porous pellets with a particle size of several millimetres. In addition, the partially black areas were confirmed to be unburned and ungasified carbon, and the average carbon content was 5%. In addition, the content of silica, alumina and phosphorus oxide was more than 70% of the total content. It was confirmed that the metallic components of the wet grinding product were separated into individual elements. As a physical separation of metallic and non-metallic components was required, it was finally found that flotation screening was suitable. Accordingly, cationic and anionic surfactants were selected to separate metallic components in which a relatively large amount of non-metallic components were concentrated, and the separation characteristics were confirmed. As a result, it is expected that the concentration of non-metallic components such as silica, alumina and phosphorus will be easier than the separation of metallic components. Therefore, since it is possible to physically treat the gasified sludge residue, it is judged to have potential as a circular resource according to the proposed recycling method for the separated product.

The Evaluation of Integrated Agricultural Resource Management Policy through Water-Energy-Food Nexus - An Application to Management of Aquifer Recharge Project - (물-에너지-식량 넥서스를 활용한 통합적 농업자원관리정책 평가 - 지하수 함양 사업을 중심으로 -)

  • Sung, Jae-hoon;Lee, Hyun-jung;Cho, Wonjoo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 2019
  • Korean agriculture experienced rapid changes in its production structure to respond fluctuations on external conditions, and these changes have increased the dependence between agricultural resources and negative environmental externalities from agricultural production. As a tool for managing agricultural resources and reducing negative environmental effects from agricultural production, this study employs water-energy-food nexus for integrated resource management. To show the necessity of an integrated approach, this study evaluated three policy scenarios including changes in capital interest, water capacity, and energy cost. The results show that three scenarios have unintended consequences for farmers' incomes and their use of resources. Also the unintended consequences of government policies also affected farms' vulnerability to environmental changes. In particular, the expansion of financing for the establishment of non-circulating water curtain facilities did not have a significant effect on the crop switching of farms. In addition, increasing the amount of available water through the aquifer recharge project leads to the installation of non-circulating water curtain facilities in zucchini farm. It raises dependence on groundwater in agricultural production, thereby increasing farmers' vulnerability to groundwater shortages. These results imply that the agricultural sector needs to consider the interrelationship between agricultural resources when designing or evaluating policies.

Improvements Resulting from Policy Changes in Recycling Food Wastes (음식물류폐기물의 자원화정책 변화에 따른 개선효과)

  • Ahn, Sang-Seon
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.65-73
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    • 2005
  • After the introduction of Volume-based Waste Fee System for municipal wastes, the disposal of food wastes became an issue an issue in society. Concerted efforts among government agencies have been made to manage food wastes separately from municipal wastes. For example, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare established the '5-year('98-'02) Basic Plan for Recycling Food Wastes' in September 1998. Also changes in the waste disposal system has been sought, aiming at the Resource-circulating Society.

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Development of Autoclave Aerated Concrete Using Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Ash (순환유동층 보일러애쉬를 활용한 경량기포 콘크리트 개발)

  • Lee, Chang Joon;Song, Jeong-Hyun;Chung, Chul-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.58-65
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    • 2021
  • In this study, as a method to increase the recycling of circulating fluidized bed combustion ash(CFBCA), CFBCA was utilized to produce autoclave aerated concrete product since CFBCA contains quicklime and calcium sulfate components that are required for the manufacture of autoclave aerated concrete. Successful achievement of such objective will bring cost reduction with high value addition, saving of natural resources, and the reduction of environmental load. Various mixing designs were designed to evaluate the properties of autoclave aerated concrete made of CFBCA. Based on series of experimental program, prototypes mix design for factory manufacturing was obtained. According to the experimental results, it was confirmed that gypsum can be replaced with CFBCA through the method of pre-treating the CFBCA as a slurry. It was possible to produce competitive autoclave aerated concrete products using CFBCA.

Identification of plasma miRNA biomarkers for pregnancy detection in dairy cattle

  • Lim, Hyun-Joo;Kim, Hyun Jong;Lee, Ji Hwan;Lim, Dong Hyun;Son, Jun Kyu;Kim, Eun-Tae;Jang, Gulwon;Kim, Dong-Hyeon
    • Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2021
  • A pregnancy diagnosis is an important standard for control of livestock's reproduction in paricular dairy cattle. High reproductive performance in dairy animals is a essential condition to realize of high life-time production. Pregnancy diagnosis is crucial to shortening the calving interval by enabling the farmer to identify open animals so as to treat or re-breed them at the earliest opportunity. MicroRNAs are short RNA molecules which are critically involved in regulating gene expression during both health and disease. This study is sought to establish the feasible of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers of early pregnancy in cattle. We applied Illumina small-RNA sequencing to profile miRNAs in plasma samples collected from 12 non-pregnant cows ("open" cows: samples were collected before insemination (non-pregnant state) and after pregnancy check at the indicated time points) on weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16. Using small RNA sequencing we identified a total of 115 miRNAs that were differentially expressed weeks 16 relative to non-pregnancy ("open" cows). Weeks 8, 12 and 16 of pregnancy commonly showed a distinct increase in circulating levels of miR-221 and miR-320a. Through genome-wide analyses we have successfully profiled plasma miRNA populations associated with pregnancy in cattle. Their application in the field of reproductive biology has opened up opportunities for research communities to look for pregnancy biomarker molecules in dairy cattle.

A Comparative Study of Skin Frictional Force through a Laboratory Model Test of Pile Filling Materials with Utilizing Circulating Resources (순환자원 활용 말뚝채움재의 실내모형시험을 통한 주면마찰력 비교 연구)

  • Song, Sang-Hwon;Jeong, Young-Soon;Seo, Se-Gwan
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2021
  • Rural multi-purpose buildings needs to ensure their safety against various disasters. Therefore, a pile foundation, which is a foundation type that can transmit the load of the structure to the bedrock layer, has been designed. The pile foundation method is largely divided into driving piles method and pre-bored pile method. Recently, in order to respond to the Noise and Vibration Control Act and related environmental complaints, construction of pile foundation adopts pre-bored pile method. The bearing capacity of the pre-bored pile method is calculated through a load test in situ. However, a disadvantage stems in that it is difficult to measure the ultimate bearing capacity due to field conditions. Therefore, in this study, the skin frictional force of pre-bored pile was measured through a model test in laboratory for each pile filling material. In result, the pile filling material with using circulating resources shows superior skin frictional force than ordinary portland cement. This study also judged that the result can be applied in place of ordinary Portland cement in the field.