• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.455-463
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• 2021

The adsorption process using GAC is one of the most secured methods to remove of phosphate from solution. This study was conducted by impregnating Cu(II) to GAC(GAC-Cu) to enhance phosphate adsorption for GAC. In the preparation of GAC-Cu, increasing the concentration of Cu(II) increased the phosphate uptake, confirming the effect of Cu(II) on phosphate uptake. A pH experiment was conducted at pH 4-8 to investigate the effect of the solution pH. Decrease of phosphate removal efficiency was found with increase of pH for both adsorbents, but the reduction rate of GAC-Cu slowed, indicating electrostatic interaction and coordinating bonding were simultaneously involved in phosphate removal. The adsorption was analyzed by Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm to determine the maximum phosphate uptake(q_m) and adsorption mechanism. According to correlation of determination(R²), Freundlich isotherm model showed a better fit than Langmuir isotherm model. Based on the negative values of q_m, Langmuir adsorption constant(b), and the value of 1/n, phosphate adsorption was shown to be unfavorable and favorable for GAC and GAC-Cu, respectively. The attempt of the linearization of each isotherm obtained very poor R². Batch kinetic tests verified that ~30% and ~90 phosphate adsorptions were completed within 1h and 24 h, respectively. Pseudo second order(PSO) model showed more suitable than pseudo first order(PFO) because of higher R². Regardless of type of kinetic model, GAC-Cu obtained higher constant of reaction(K) than GAC.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.28-38
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• 2004

시안 함유 도금폐수의 재활용이 가능한 전기적 산화법에 의한 수용액상의 시안 성분 분해특성을 규명하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 전해산화에 의한 유리시안 분해실험 결과, 전류효율과 분해속도를 고려할 때 전압 5V, 구리촉매량 Cu/CN 몰비 0.05가 적정조건이었으며, 이때의 전류효율은 26%, 분해속도는 5.6 mM/min 이었으며 적정수준 이상의 전압과 구리첨가는 분해속도를 소폭 상승시키나 전류효율은 증가하지 않았다. 지지전해질의 증가는 전류밀도의 증가로 분해속도를 소폭 증가시키나 전류효율은 크게 감소하였다. 초기 유리시안 농도실험 결과, 과산화수소 산화와 유사한 결과를 나타내어 시안농도 증가시 분해속도 및 전류효율이 동시에 증가하므로 고농도 시안일수록 적절한 공정으로 판단된다. 각 변수가 총괄 반응속도에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위하여 In($C_{CN}$ /$C_{CNo}$ )와 시간과의 관계로부터 계산한 총괄 반응속도 상수는 $1.6∼7.3${\times}$10^{-3}$ $min^{-1}$ 이었으며 시안농도에 대하여 1차 반응식을 만족하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2014

Wastewater containing heavy metals such as copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni) is harmful to humans and the environment due to its high toxicity. Crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) has recently received significant attention for heavy metal removal and recovery. It is necessary to find optimum reaction conditions to enhance crystallization efficacy. In this study, the effects of crystallization reagent and pH were investigated to maximize crystallization efficacy of Cu-S and Ni-S in a FBR. CaS and $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$ were used as crystallization reagent, and pH were varied in the range of 1 to 7. Additionally, each optimum crystallization condition for Cu and Ni were sequentially employed in two FBRs for their selective removal from the mixture of Cu and Ni. As major results, the crystallization of Cu was most effective in the range of pH 1-2 for both CaS and $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$ reagents. At pH 1, Cu was completely removed within five minutes. Ni showed a superior reactivity with S in $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$ compared to that in CaS at pH 7. When applying each optimum crystallization condition sequentially, only Cu was firstly crystallized at pH 1 with CaS, and then, in the second FBR, the residual Ni was completely removed at pH 7 with $Na_2S{\cdot}9H_2O$. Each crystal recovered from two different FBRs was mainly composed of CuxSy and NiS, respectively. Our results revealed that Cu and Ni can be selectively recovered as reusable resources from the mixture by controlling pH and choosing crystallization reagent accordingly.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.124-129
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• 1997

중금속오염폐수처리에 미생물 이용 가능성을 검토하기 위하여 중금속에 강한 내성을 지님과 동시에 균체내 중금속 축적능력이 우수한 중금속 내성균을 분리하여 온도, pH, 및 균체 전배양시간 등과 같은 외부 요인에 따른 균체내 중금속 축적변화를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 중금속화하물 종류에 따른 균체내 중금속 축적량은 $-nitrate(NO_3)$ group을 가진 중금속화합물에서 약간 높았으나 화합물 종류에 따라서 큰 차이는 없었다. 균체 전배양시간에 따른 중금속 축적은 24시간 전배양한 균체에서 높게 나타났으나 전반적으로 전배양시간에 따라서 큰 차이는 없었다. 중금속 내성균의 균체내 중금속 축적은 온도, pH등 외부환경요인에 영향을 받았으며, 중금속 내성균의 중금속 최적축적 온도는 전반적으로 $20{\sim}37^{\circ}C$ 범위였고, 중금속 최적축적 pH는 전반적으로 $6{\sim}8$ 범위였다. 중금속을 처리한 용액중 중금속 내성균의 균체량을 증가시킬수록 균체내 축적된 총 중금속양은 증가되었으나 균체 단위 g당 중금속 축적량은 감소되었으며, 균체량의 증가에 비례해서 중금속 축적량이 증가되지는 않았다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2012

The removal of Cd(II) and Cu(II) from aqueous solution by an agricultural solid waste biomass prepared from Moringa oleifera bark (MOB) was investigated. The biosorbent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Furthermore, the effect of initial pH, contact time, biosorbent dosage, initial metal ion concentration and temperature on the biosorption of Cd(II) and Cu(II) were studied using the batch sorption technique. Kinetic studies indicated that the biosorption process of the metal ions followed the pseudo-second order model. The biosorption data was analyzed by the Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich, and Temkin isotherm models. Based on the Langmuir isotherm, the maximum biosorption capacities for Cd(II) and Cu(II) onto MOB were 39.41 and 36.59 mg/g at 323 K, respectively. The thermodynamic parameters, Gibbs free energy (${\Delta}G^o$), enthalpy (${\Delta}H^o$), and entropy (${\Delta}S^o$) changes, were also calculated, and the values indicated that the biosorption process was endothermic, spontaneous and feasible in the temperature range of 303-323 K. It was concluded that MOB powder can be used as an effective, low cost, and environmentally friendly biosorbent for the removal of Cd(II) and Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.301-306
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• 2020

We investigated the individual biosorption removal of lead, copper, and nickel ions from aqueous solutions using Chara sp. algae powder in a batch mode. The impact of several parameters, such as initial concentration of the metal ions, contacting time, sorbent dose, and pH on the removal efficiency, was investigated. The maximum removal efficiency at optimum conditions was found to be 98% for Pb(II) at pH = 4, 90% for Cu(II) at pH = 5, and 80% for Ni(II) at pH = 5. The isotherm study was done under the optimum conditions for each metal by applying the experimental results onto the well-known Freundlich and Langmuir models. The results show that the Langmuir is better in describing the isotherm adsorption of Pb(II) and Ni(II), while the Freundlich is a better fit in the case of Cu(II). Similarly, a kinetic study was performed by using the pseudo-first and second-order equations. Our results show that the pseudo-second-order is better in representing the kinetic adsorption of the three metal ions.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.646-653
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• 2019

Recovery of valuable metals in the industrial wastewater and sludge has attracted an attention owing to limited metallic resources in the earth. In this study, we firstly fabricated Ti/Ir-Ru electrodes by spin coating technique for effective recovery of Cu in electrowinning process. Two different Ti/Ir-Ru electrodes were fabricated using 100 and 500 mM of precursors (i.e., Ir-Ru). SEM-EDX and AFM revealed that Ir and Ru were homogenously distributed on the surface of Ti plate by the spin coating, in particular the electrode prepared by 500 mM showed distinct boundary line between Ir-Ru layer and Ti substrate. XRD, XPS, and cyclic voltammetry also revealed that characteristics of IrO₂, RuO₂, and TiO₂ and its electrocatalytic property increased as the concentration of coating precursor increased. Finally, we carried out Cu recovery experiments using two Ti/Ir-Ru as anodes in electrowinning process, showing that both anodes showed a complete removal of Cu (1 and 10 g/L) within 6 h reaction, but much higher kinetic rate constant was obtained by the anode prepared by 500 mM. The findings in this study can provide a fundamental knowledge for surface characteristics of Ti/Ir-Ru electrode prepared by spin coating method and its potential feasibility for effective electrowinning process.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.321-335
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• 2022

Copper-based Metal-organic framework (MOF) namely ([Cu (INA)₂]-MOF) is synthesized by ball milling and characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the topography, microstructure, and elemental evidence determination, powdered X-ray diffraction (XRD) for the crystallinity measurement, thermogravimetric (TG) analysis was performed to determine the thermal stability of the material, and Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for functional groups identification. The use of [Cu (INA)₂]-MOF as hazardous removal material of β-agonists as persistent hazardous micro-pollutants in our environmental water is first reported in this study. The removal efficiency of the Cu-MOF is successfully determined to be 97.7% within 40 minutes, and the MOF has established an exceptional removal capacity of 835 mg L^-1 with 95 % percent removal on Clenbuterol (CLB) even after the 5th consecutive cycle. The Langmuir model of the adsorption isotherms was shown to be more favourable, while the pseudo-second-order model was found to be favoured in the kinetics. The reaction was exothermic and spontaneous from a thermodynamic standpoint, and the higher temperatures were unfavourable for the adsorption study of the CLB. As a result, the studied MOF have shown promising properties as possible adsorbents for the removal of CLB in wastewater.

• 환경생물
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.82-92
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• 2020

축산 폐수는 고농도의 영양염류와 중금속을 함유하고 있어, 배출될 때 수질을 악화시킨다. 기존 처리 기술과 비교하여 bioremediation은 축산 폐수 처리에 유능하다. 특히, 미세조류는 오염물질 제거에 잠재력을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Ankistrodesmus bibraianus를 이용하여 축산 폐수 내 영양염류(질소(N), 인(P))와 중금속(구리(Cu), 아연(Zn))의 제거 가능성을 평가하고, A. bibraianus의 최적 배양조건을 확립하였다. 연구결과, 최적 배양조건은 28℃, pH 7, 광주기는 14:10 h로 설정되었다. N과 P의 단일 처리구(500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000mg L^-1)에서 제거효율은 각각 22.9~80.6%와 11.9~50.0%였다. 또한, N과 P의 복합 처리구에서 제거효율은 각각 16.4~58.3%와 7.80~49.8%였다. Cu와 Zn의 단일 처리구(10, 30, 50mg L^-1)에서 제거효율은 각각 15.5~81.5%와 6.28~34.3%였다. 유사하게, Cu와 Zn의 복합 처리구에서 제거효율은 각각 16.7~74.5%와 5.58~27.5%였다. 또한 영양염류(N 및 P)와 중금속(Cu 및 Zn)의 성장 및 제거효율을 축산 폐수에 적용할 수 있음을 나타냈다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면 A. bibraianus는 축산 폐수 내 영양염류와 중금속 제거에 이용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1381-1389
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• 2007

중금속 폐수는 다양한 유독성 화합물과 함께 배출되므로 상수원, 토양, 지하수 등의 환경에 악영향을 야기 시킬 수 있다. 이러한 고농도의 복합중금속과 시안착염을 포함한 도금폐수 처리 시 일반적으로 잘 알려진 알카리염소법에 의한($1^{st}$ Oxidation: pH 10, reaction time 30 min, ORP 350 mV, $2^{nd}$ Oxidation: ORP 650 mV) 시안의 잔류농도에 대한 제거효율은 유입수의 시안농도 374 mg/L에 비해 처리 후 잔류시안농도는 3.74 mg/L로써 그 제거효율이 99%로써 상당히 높았으나 수질환경보전법상 수질배출허용기준(나 지역) 1 mg/L 이하에 만족하기 위해서는 2차, 3차 등의 고도처리가 요구됨을 알 수 있었고, 이에 아연백법 및 공침처리공정(reaction time: 30 min, pH: 8.0, rpm: 240)을 적용하여 용해되어 잔류하는 시안착염을 불용성염으로 침전시켜 처리한 결과 잔류시안농도가 1.0 mg/L 이하의 만족할 만한 결과를 있었다. 크롬의 처리는 6가 크롬을 3가 크롬으로 환원(pH: 2.0 max, ORP: 250 mV)시킨 후, 수산화물로 처리(pH: 9.5)시 무난히 99%의 최대 제거효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 폐수 중 나머지 동(Cu)과 니켈(Ni)처리는 황화물 응집침전법을 적용한 결과 최적 pH는 $9.0\sim10.0$에서 $Na_2S$의 최적주입량이 Cu의 경우 0.5 mol에서 99.1%, Ni의 경우 3.0 mol에서 99.0% 이상 제거할 수 있었다. 즉 중금속 복합폐수 중 시안착염은 알카리 염소산화처리법만으로는 수질환경보전법의 규제치 이하로 처리가 불가능 하였고 아연백법 및 공침공정을 같이 적용한 결과 규제치 이하로 처리가 가능하다는 것을 현장 확인할 수 있었다.