• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.699-709
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• 2005

This study aimed at improving the $TiO_2$ photocatalytic degradation of HA. In this study, the Degradation of Humic Acid using Jeju Scoria Coated with $WO_3/TiO_2$ in the presence of UV irradiation was investigated as a function of different experimental condition : photocatalyst dosage, $Ca^{2+}\;and\;HCO_{3}_{-}$ addition and pH of the solution. Photodegradation efficiency increased with increasing photocatalyst dosage, the optimum catalyst dosage is 2.5 g/L and Photodegradation efficiency is maximized to $WO_3/TiO_2=3/7$. This indicates that $WO_3$ retains a much higher Lewis surface acidity than $TiO_2,\;and\;WO_3$ has a higher affinity for chemical species having unpaired electrons. The addtion of cation($Ca^{2+}$) in water increased the photodegradaion efficiency. But the addtion of $HCO_{3}^{-}$ ion in water decreased a photodegradation efficiency. Photodegradation efficiency increased with decreasing pH < pzc, the electrostatic repulsion between the HA and the surface of $TiO_2$ decreased.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2021

In recent years, there has been a substantial theoretical and empirical study on the role that financial market development has significantly played in promoting economic growth and development in the world. The development of an economy requires the financial industry to be developed. In the context of rapid economic development, global warming has become a serious problem with issues such as rising average temperatures, climate change, rising sea level, and increasing carbon dioxide emissions. This study aims to examine the influence of economic growth, financial development, transportation capacity, and environmental degradation. Using time-series data from 1986 to 2019 and environmental degradation being measured by CO2 emissions, the study employs a quantity of ample unit root tests, the structural break unit root tests, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), and cointegration bounds test. The results show that there is a significant long-term cointegration among study variables. Empirical findings also indicate that an increase in per capita GDP and financial development worsens environmental quality whereas transportation capacity and foreign investment can improve environmental quality.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2012

Two typical animal waste management practices, composting and stockpiling, were evaluated for their effect on the degradation of three veterinary antibiotics (VAs), chlortetracycline (CTC), tylosin (TYL), and monensin (MNS). The VAs were applied to horse manure plots subject to composting or stockpiling, and core samples were collected over a period of time. Selected buffer solutions were used to extract the VAs and analysis for concentration was conducted with solid phase extraction (SPE) followed by high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) technique. The VAs demonstrated rapid dissipation within ten days followed by a gradual decrease in concentration until the end of the experimental period (141 days). All three VAs degraded more rapidly in the composting samples than in the stockpiling samples, particularly between 20 and 60 days of the observation period. Degradation of the three VAs generally followed a first-order kinetic model, and a fitted model with a calculated rate constant was determined for each treatment. TYL in composting showed the fastest degradation, with a calculated rate constant of $0.91day^{-1}$; the slowest degradation was exhibited by MNS in stockpiling, with rate constant of $0.17day^{-1}$. Calculated correlation coefficients ranged from 0.89 to 0.96, indicating a strong correlation between measured concentrations and fitted values in this study. Although concentration of TYL in composting treatment showed below detection limit during the test period, this study suggests that composting can reduce animal waste contaminants prior to field application as fertilizer.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.597-603
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• 2012

Non-thermal plasma processing using a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) has been investigated as an alternative method for the degradation of non-biodegradable organic compounds in wastewater. The active species such as OH radical, produced by the electrical discharge may play an important role in degrading organic compound in water. The degradation of N, N-Dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (RNO) was investigated as an indicator of the generation of OH radical. The DBD plasma reactor of this study consisted of a plasma reactor, recycling pump, power supply and reservoir. The effect of diameter of external reactor (15 ~ 40 mm), width of ground electrode (2.5 ~ 30 cm), shape (pipe, spring) and material (copper, stainless steel and titanium) of ground electrode, water circulation rate (3.1 ~ 54.8 cm/s), air flow rate (0.5 ~ 3.0 L/min) and ratio of packing material (0 ~ 100 %) were evaluated. The experimental results showed that shape and materials of ground were not influenced the RNO degradation. Optimum diameter of external reactor, water circulation rate and air flow rate for RNO degradation were 30 mm, 25.4 cm/s and 4 L/min, respectively. Ground electrode length to get the maximum RNO degradation was 30 cm, which was same as reactor length. Filling up of glass beads decreased the RNO degradation. Among the experimented parameters, air flow rate was most important parameters which are influenced the decomposition of RNO.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1143-1152
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB, dye) and N, N-Dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (RNO, indicator of the electro-generation of OH radical) in solution using boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode. The effects of applied current (0.2~1.0 A), electrolyte type (NaCl, KCl, and $Na_2SO_4$) and electrolyte concentration (0.5~3.0 g/L), solution pH (3~11) and air flow rate (0~4 L/min) were evaluated. Experimental results showed that RhB and RNO removal tendencies appeared with the almost similar thing, except of current. Optimum current for RhB degradation was 0.6 A, however, RNO degradations was increased with increase of applied current. The RhB and RNO degradation of Cl type electrolyte were higher than that of the sulfate type. The RhB and RNO degradation were increased with increase of NaCl concentration and optimum NaCl dosage was 2.5 g/L. The RhB and RNO concentrations were not influenced by pH under pH 7. Optimum air flow rate for the oxidants generation and RhB and RNO degradation were 2 L/min. Initial removal rate of electrolysis process was expressed Langmuir - Hinshelwood equation, which is used to express the initial removal rate of UV/$TiO_$2 process.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 1983

담수토양(湛水土壤)에서 carbamate 계살충제(系殺蟲劑) BPMC 및 carbofuran의 분해(分解)에 미치는 몇가지 토양(土壤), 농약(農藥) 및 환경인자(環境因子)들의 영향(影響)을 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1) BPMC와 carbofuran은 담수(湛水) 또는 비담수처리(非湛水處理)로 분해(分解)에 큰 영향(影響)이 없었다. 다만 시험토양(試驗土壤)에서 carbofuran에 비(比)해 BPMC는 현저(顯著)하게 분해(分解)가 빨랐다. 2) 시험토양(試驗土壤)에서 BPMC와 carbofuran의 분해(分解)는 pH에 의존(依存)하며 pH가 클수록 분해(分解)가 촉진(促進)되었으며, pH 효과(效果)는 BPMC보다 carbofuran 에서 명백(明白)히 나타났다. 3) BPMC와 carbofuran은 모두 토양(土壤)의 유기물함량(有機物含量)이 높을수록 분해(分解)가 지연되었다. 4) BPMC와 carbofuran은 고온(高溫), 고처리농도(高處理濃度)에서 분해(分解)가 빨랐다. 5) 토양살균(土壤殺菌)은 양(兩) carbamate 살충제의 분해(分解)를 현저하게 감소시켰다. 6) 담수토양(湛水土壤)에서 BPMC 및 carbofuran은 화학적분해(化學的分解)와 토양미생물(土壤微生物)에 의(依)한 생물학적(生物學的) 분해(分解)가 병행(倂行)되는 것으로 해석되었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.218-225
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• 2011

Objectives: In this paper, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reactor was investigated for degrading the dye Rhodamine B (RhB) in aqueous solutions. Methods: The DBD plasma reactor system in this study consisted of a plasma component [titanium discharge (inner), ground (outer) electrode and quartz dielectric tube], power source, and gas supply. The effects of various parameters such as first voltage (input power), gas flow rate, second voltage (output power), conductivity and pH were investigated. Results: Experimental results showed that a 99% aqueous solution of 20 mg/l Rhodamine B is decolorized following an eleven minute plasma treatment. When comparing the performance of electrolysis and plasma treatment, the RhB degradation of the plasma process was higher that of the electrolysis. The optimum first voltage and air flow rate were 160 V (voltage of trans is 15 kV) and 3 l/min, respectively. With increased second voltage (4 kV to 15 kV), RhB degradation was increased. The higher the pH and the lower conductivity, the more Rhodamine B degradation was observed. Conclusions: OH radical generation of dielectric plasma process was identified by degradation of N, N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (RNO, indicator of OH radical generation). It was observed that the effect of UV light, which was generated as streamer discharge, on Rhodamine B degradation was not high. Rhodamine B removal was influenced by real second voltage regardless of initial first and second voltage. The effects of pH and conductivity were not high on the Rhodamine B degradation.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2009

과열 증기를 이용하여 생활 폐기물내 유기성 성분의 분해를 수행하고 폐기물의 특성 및 반응 시간이 폐기물의 분해율에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 과열 증기를 이용한 분해 후 음식 및 폐지와 같은 생분해성 유기 성분은 쉽게 분해되었고 생분해성 유기 성분중 나무와 석유계 유기성 성분인 플라스틱, 금속과 같은 무기성 성분이 분해되지 않은 상태로 남아 쉽게 분리가 가능한 상태를 형성하였다. 입자의 크기 변화를 살펴본 결과 폐기물 내 생분해성 유기 성분이 적을수록 짧은 반응 시간에도 높은 입자 크기 감소를 보였으며 반응 시간이 60분 이상에서 최대 90% 이상의 입도 감소를 나타내었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.883-892
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 대표적인 이산화탄소 흡수제인 알칸올아민계 흡수제(MEA, AMP, DEA, MDEA)를 사용하여 각 흡수제의 구조에 따른 열화특성을 평가하였다. 흡수제의 열화는 산화성열화(oxidative degradation)와 열적열화(thermal degradation)의 두 가지로 나누어 생각할 수 있다. 산화성열화 실험은 $30^{\circ}C$와 $60^{\circ}C$의 저온 실험장치에서 이산화탄소 ($CO_2$)와 산소($O_2$)에 대한 열화도를 평가하였으며 열적열화는 $130^{\circ}C$와 $150^{\circ}C$의 고온에서 이산화탄소에 대한 열화도를 평가하였다. 실험 결과, 흡수제의 산화성열화는 DEA의 열화가 가장 크게 나타났다. 또한, 흡수제의 열적열화는 $150^{\circ}C$에서 대부분의 흡수제에서 발생하였는데 그 중 MEA와 DEA의 열화가 가장 심하였다. 결론적으로 내열화성 측면에서 1차 아민이지만 3차 탄소에 결합되어 입체장애를 갖는 AMP가 가장 우수한 흡수제인 반면, 2차 아민이며 분자내 OH기를 2개 가지며 아민이 노출된 DEA가 열화도 측면에서 가장 좋지 못한 흡수제로 나타났다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 흡수제의 기본구조에 따른 열화 안정성을 평가하여 이산화탄소 흡수를 위한 알칸올아민 흡수제 개발의 기초 자료를 제시하고자 하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2006

The degradation of atrazine was explored using UV alone, $H_2O_2/UV$, oxalate/UV and oxalate-assisted $H_2O_2/UV$. The addition of oxalate to the $H_2O_2/UV$ (oxalate-assisted $H_2O_2/UV$) process was the most effective method for the degradation of atrazine. The overall kinetic rate constant was split into the direct oxidation due to photolysis and that by the radicals from hydrogen peroxide or oxalate. In semi-empirical terms, the initial concentration of hydrogen peroxide had a greater contribution than that of oxalate for atrazine oxidation.