• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.191-202
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• 2019

In this study, performance (particle removal efficiency and breathing resistance) of several commercially available face masks (electrostatic filter masks (KF80 certified), a nanofiber filter mask (KF80 certified), and an uncertified mask) with their filter structure and composition were evaluated. Also, effects of relative humidity (RH) of incoming air, water and alcohol exposure, and reusability on performance of face masks were examined. Monodisperse and polydisperse sodium chloride particles were used as test aerosols. Except the uncertified mask filter, PM_2.5 removal efficiency was found to be higher than 90%, and the nanofiber filter mask had the highest quality factor due to the low pressure drop and high removal efficiency (nanofibers were arranged in a densely packed pore structure and contained a significant amount of fluorine in addition to carbon and oxygen). In the case of the KF80 certified mask, the removal efficiency was little affected when the RH of incoming air increased. When the mask filters were soaked in water, the removal efficiency of mask filters was degraded. In particular, the uncertified mask filter showed the highest removal efficiency degradation (26%). When the mask was soaked in alcohol, the removal efficiency also decreased with the greater degree than the water soaking case. The nanofiber mask filter showed the strongest resistance to alcohol exposure among tested mask filters. During evaluation of reusability of masks in real life, the removal efficiency of certified mask filter was less than 4% for 5 consecutive days (2 hours per day), while the removal efficiency of uncertified mask filter significantly decreased by 30% after 5 days.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.423-431
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• 2001

Animals are one of the important memberships of the food chain. The low-efficiency rule of nutrient transfer from one member to the next in the food chain determines the low efficiency of animal agriculture for human food. On the average, about 20% feed proteins and 15% feed energy can be converted into edible nutrients for humans. The rest proportion of feed nutrients is exposed to the environment. Environmental pollution, therefore, is inevitable as animal agriculture grows intensively and extensively. The over-loading of the environment by nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus from animal manure results in soil and water spoilage. The emission of gases like $CH_2$, $CO_2$, $SO_2$, NO, $NO_2$ by animals are one of the contributors for the acidification of the environment and global warming. The inefficient utilization of natural resources and the probable unsafety of animal products to human health are also a critical environmental issue. Improving the conversion efficiency of nutrients in the food chain is the fundamental strategy for solving environmental issues. Specifically in animal agriculture, the strategy includes the improvements of animal genotypes, nutritional and feeding management, animal health, housing systems and waste disposal programs. Animal nutrition science plays a unique and irreplaceable role in the control of nutrient input and output in either products or wastes. Several nutritional methods are proved to be effective in alleviating environmental pollution. A lot of nutritional issues, however, remain to be further researched for the science of animal nutrition to be a strong helper for sustainability of animal agriculture.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.268-280
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• 2009

Oncheon basin which are located in Busan is divided into 43 basin on the basis of main pipe, constructed with Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). Occurrence situation for Outflow and pollutant loads by long-term continuous rainfall is examined for treatment district and river analysis point of Oncheon basin and a reduction vs effectiveness table for effective CSOs managements is made for each of treatment districts according to each of managements. In case that treatment equipment is located at the discharge point of CSO, treatment efficiency is analysed. It is supposed that treatment equipment have an efficiency on the basis of a concentration and runoff discharge over a critical flow is discharged with it untreated and treating runoff discharge with treatment equipment at each of runoff discharge points and treating it gathered at sewage treatment plant (STP) through trunk sewer is compared for a relative treatment efficiency.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.451-460
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• 2013

NOx from the thermal power plants are NO and $NO_2$. This work investigated the chemical/physical characteristics and SCR efficiency of newly prepared catalysts including tungsten ($WO_3$), molybdenum ($MoO_3$) and antimony ($SbO_3$) based on vanadia($V_2O_5$) over titania($TiO_2$). As a result of the examination, the surface area of the catalysts promoted with additional metals was larger and the de-NOx efficiency also was enhanced with temperature. The most efficient catalytst was $V_2O_5/TiO_2-WO_3$(10%) at $200^{\circ}C$. Such a high efficiency could contribute to reduce the ammonia slip.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2009

Nitrogen removal and methane production from piggery wastewater were investigated in two-phase anaerobic digestion (TPAD) coupled with biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process at $35^{\circ}C$. Methane production rate was about $0.7L/L{\cdot}day$ at organic loading rate (OLR) of $1.2g{\cdot}TCOD/L{\cdot}day$ in methanogenic UASB. Conversion efficiency of the removed TCOD into methane in UASB was as high as 72% and overall TCOD removal efficiency in this system was over 97%. Ammonia nitrogen were stably removed in BNR system and overall efficiency were 98%. With recirculation of the nitrified final effluent to TPAD, nitrogen oxides were completely removed by anaerobic denitrification in the acidogenic reactor, which did not inhibit the acidogenic activities. Overall TN removal efficiency in the TPAD-BNR system was as high as 94%.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.588-596
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• 2020

This study was carried out to increase the treatment efficiency through the improvement of the conventional biological process, and to propose the optimal treatment direction. The optimal treatment conditions were derived based on the results of the spike damage tests in each single process. The removal efficiency of micropharmaceuticals was further increased when an ozone treatment process was added to the biological process compared to the single process. The soil and activated carbon adsorption process was introduced in the post-treatment to remove the micropharmaceutical residues, and the removal efficiency of the pharmaceduticals in the final effluent was more than 85% in spike damage experiment. In particular, the continuous process of biological treatment-ozone-adsorption could ensure the stable treatment of micropharmaceuticals, which had not been efficiently removed in the single process, as it showed more than 80% removal efficiency. Therefore, it is expected that the addition of the ozone oxidation and activated carbon adsorption process to the existing sewage treatment facilities can contribute to the efficient removal of micropharmaceuticals.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.297-301
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• 2017

Wastewater treatment using ferrate (VI) solution is becoming a promising technology for several years, because it is high efficient and harmless technology. In this study, the ferrate (VI) solution was tested to treatment of desulfurization wastewater. The effluent from desulfurization wastewater treatment process of power plant was used as raw water, and the COD and T-N removal efficiency of ferrate(VI) solution were investigated. In the test, as the injection rate increased from 0.1 to 1.0%, the removal efficiency of COD also slightly increased, about 80% of COD were removed in 1.0% of injection rate. In the case of T-N, about 50% of T-N was removed in the condition of 1.0% of injection rate. The removal efficiency of COD and T-N also affected by reaction time, maximum removal efficiency was shown in 30 min of treatment. From these results, the wastewater treatment with ferrate(VI) solution can be great solutions for treatment of non-biodegradable pollutants in wastewater, especially for the 3rd treatment of wastewater.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2022

In this study, electrochemical treatment of urban wastewater with electrical conductivity of 1000 μS cm^-1 and chemical oxygen demand of 250 mg L^-1 was investigated using the variables of initial pH value, current density and flow rate. Electrocoagulation was used, in which aluminum and stainless steel were selected, as the electrochemical treatment process. The electrocoagulation process was operated in continuous mode. The data obtained in experimental studies show that the best COD removal efficiency occurred in experiments where the initial pH value was 6. The increase in current density from 5 A to 15 A decreased the removal efficiency from 79 to 67%. The increase in flow rate under constant current density also reduced the efficiency of removal as expected. In experiments in which current density and flow rate were examined together, the increase in flow rate allowed the application of higher current densities. This situation led to considerable reductions in energy consumption values, even if the COD removal efficiency did not significantly increase. The high COD removal obtained with the use of high flow rate and high current density indicates that the electrocoagulation process can be used for high flow rate municipal wastewater treatment.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.464-471
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 LCA 기법으로 태양광 시스템 생산 시 소비되는 원료, 부원료, 에너지 등의 물질수지 자료를 분석하여 금속자원의 자원효율성 산정 및 필요금속자원량을 예측하였다. 태양광 시스템 생산 시 투입되는 금속자원의 자원효율성 분석결과 철 비철금속은 4가지 기술(SC-Si, MC-Si, CI(G)S, CdTe)에 대해 동일하게 납, 주석 순으로, 희유금속은 결정질 실리콘 시스템의 경우 갈륨, 레늄 순으로, 박막형 시스템의 경우 레늄, 로듐 순으로, 희토류는 4가지 기술에 대해 동일하게 가돌리늄, 사마리움 순으로 자원효율성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 2030년까지 우리나라의 태양광 시스템의 증설에 필요한 금속자원량을 예측한 결과 자원순환에 의한 자체 수급량을 제외하고 알루미늄 2,545,670 ton, 구리 22,044 ton, 니켈 31 ton, 주석 1,695 ton 및 아연 92,069 ton이 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• 지역과문화
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.77-104
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• 2019

본 연구는 지역 문화 생태계의 전제가 되는 지역문화자원에 대한 지방자치단체의 활용 효율성을 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 자료포락분석(DEA)을 통해 전국 17개 광역시·도의 상대적인 효율성을 측정하였다. 이와 더불어 지역문화자원 환경 관련 산출 변수를 포함하여 '전체 효율성'을 도출하고, 앞서 도출한 '활용 효율성'과 비교하여 지역문화자원 '환경 효율성'이 지자체의 효율성 순위 변동에 미치는 영향을 추정하였다. 분석 결과, 17개 광역시·도 중 5곳의 기초자치단체들이 효율적으로 지역문화자원을 활용한 것으로 평가되었으며, 비효율적인 광역시·도의 기초자치단체들은 순기술효율성 보다 규모의 비효율이 상대적으로 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. '환경 효율성' 추정 결과, 17개 광역시·도의 '활용 효율성'과 '전체 효율성' 순위가 동일한 곳은 없었으며, '전체 효율성'의 순위 증감을 통해 '환경 효율성'의 영향을 확인하였다. 지방자치단체의 효율성 차이는 투입 변수에 전제된 인구밀도가 큰 영향을 미치기 때문에, 향후 효율성을 개선하기 위해서는 지역문화자원 활용의 주요 수요자인 지역주민 인구 추계에 따라 투입의 적정 수준을 조절해야 할 필요가 있다. 더불어 현재 지방자치단체에서 개최하고 있는 지역축제, 마을축제의 점검을 통해 비효율적인 부분을 제거하여 산출량을 질적으로 개선해야 한다. 또한 지방자치단체의 지역문화자원 효율성을 분석하고자 할 때, 환경적 산출 요인의 고려가 함께 충분히 이루어져야 한다.