• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.773-782
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• 1998

The adsorption experiment of phenol(Ph) from aqueous solution on granular activated carbon was studied in order to design the fixed-bed adsorption column. The experimental data were analyzed by unsteady-state, one-dimensional heterogeneous model. Finite element method(FEM) was applied to analyze the sensitivity of parameter and to predict the fixed-bed adsorption column performance on operation variable changes. The prediction model showed similar effect to mass transfer and intraparticle diffusion coefficient changes suggesting that both parameter present mass transfer rate limits for GAC-phenol system. The Freundlich constants had a greater effect than kinetic parameters for the performance of fixed-bed adsorption column. FEM solution facilitated prediction of concentration history in solution and within adsorbent particle.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.524-528
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• 1996

과립활성탄(GAC)상에 고정된 세균에 의한 4chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA)의 분해가 유통 조건하의 컬럼반응조에서 연구되었다. GAC상에 생물막을 형성시키기 위한 접종으로서 M MCPA를 분해하는 세균의 혼합배양이 사용되었다. 접종하기 전에 GAC에 의한 MCPA의 흡착을 조사 하였으며 접종후 GAC상에 형성된 생물막을 주사전자 현미경으로 관찰하였다. MCPA 분해는 생물막이 형성된 GAC를 포함하는 컬럼반응조의 회분 및 연 속운전 조건하에서 조사되었다. 회분배양에서 MC P PA의 완전분해가 이루어졌다. 연속배양상태에서 분적 인 MCPA의 분해가 일어났으나 분해정도는 기질인 MCPA의 결럼반응조내로 유입속도에 의존 었다.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2022

Many commercial air purifiers currently have deployed granular activated carbon (GAC) filters for removing volatile organic compounds in the indoor air. GACs are generally used to remove gaseous contaminants in the air through adsorption by the inner surfaces of pores. In addition, airborne particles can be also filtered by the surface adsorption of the GACs, which can improve the life-time of the particulate filters. In this study, the filtration efficiency of GACs to ultrafine particles through surface adsorption was investigated at different volume flow rates by deploying a continuous particle filtration system. The polydisperse sodium chloride (NaCl) particles were generated by a set of an atomizer and a diffusion dryer, and then mixed with particle-free air at different volume flow rates. The penetration of ultrafine particles and pressure drop for each experimental condition were measured to figure out the effect of the volume flow rate on the surface adsoprtion of the GACs to particles, ~ 2 mm. The particle filtration efficiency of the GACs decreased as the volume flow rate increased from 4 to 14 lpm. However, the 5 times thicker GAC filter layer decreased the penetration of ultraparticles than a preious study. The filtration efficiency of the single granule was also higher than the previous result in the literature with smaller granule filter materials.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.121-134
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• 2022

In this study, the removal efficiency of PFCs(perfluorinated compounds) in the GAC(granule activated carbon) process based on the superheated steam automatic regeneration system was investigated in laboratory scale and pilot-scale reactor. Among PFCs, PFHxS(perfluorohexyl sulfonate) was most effectively removed. The removal efficiency of PFCs was found to be closely related to the EBCT, and the removal efficiencies of PFOA(perfluorooctanoic acid), PFOS(perfluorooctyl sulfonate), and PFHxS were 43.7, 75, and 100%, respectively, under the condition of EBCT of 6 min. Afterward, PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS exhibited the earlier breakthrough time in the order. After that, GAC was regenerated, and the removal efficiency of the PFCs before and after regeneration was compared. As a result, it was shown that the PFCs removal efficiency in the regenerated GAC process were higher, and that of PFOA was improved to 75%. The findings of this study indicate the feasibility of the superheated steam automatic regeneration system for the stable removal of the PFCs, and it was verified that this technology can be applied stably enough even in field conditions.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.339-349
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• 2015

Experiments were carried out using granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption techniques to treat wastewater contaminated with organic compounds caused by diverse human activities. Two techniques were assessed: adsorbent GAC prepared from coconut shell (GACC) and adsorbent GAC from palm shell (GACP). A comparison of these two techniques was undertaken to identify ways to improve the efficiency of the treatment process. Analysis of the processed wastewater showed that with GACC the removal efficiency of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS) was 65, 60, 82, 82 and 8.7%, respectively, while in the case of GACP, the removal efficiency was 55, 60, 81, 91 and 22%, respectively. It can therefore be concluded that GACC is more effective than GACP for BOD removal, while GACP is better than GACC for TSS and TDS removal. It was also found that for COD and turbidity almost the same results were achieved by the two techniques. In addition, it was observed that both GACC and GACP reduced pH value to 7.9 after 24 hrs. Moreover, the optimal time period for removal of BOD and TDS was 1 hr and 3 hrs, respectively, for both techniques.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.401-408
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• 2008

입상활성탄 재질별 신탄에서의 sulfonamide계 항생물질 5종에 대한 파과특성의 경우 석탄계 활성탄이 가장 늦게 파과에 도달하였으며, 다음으로 야자계, 목탄계 순으로 조사되었다. 또한, 물질별 활성탄에서의 파과특성을 살펴보면 sulfachloropyridazine(SCP)의 파과시점이 가장 늦은 것으로 나타났으며, 다음으로 sulfathiazole(STZ), sulfadimethoxine(SDM), sulfamethazine(SMT), sulfamethoxazole(SMX)로 나타났다. 활성탄 g당 sulfonamide계 항생물질 5종에 대한 최대 흡착량(X/M)은 석탄계 활성탄이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 다음으로 야자계와 목탄계 순으로 나타났다. sulfonamide계 항생물질 5종에 대한 석탄계 활성탄의 최대 흡착량(X/M)은 야자계와 목탄계 활성탄에 비해 각각 1.3$\sim$1.5배 및 1.8$\sim$2.1배 정도 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 활성탄에서의 흡착용량을 나타내는 k값의 경우 활성탄 재질별로는 석탄계 활성탄이 가장 크게 나타났으며, 다음으로 야자계, 목탄계 활성탄 순으로 조사되어 석탄계 활성탄이 각각의 sulfonamide계 항생물질들에 대해 가장 큰 흡착용량을 가지는 것으로 조사되었다. 또한, 5종의 sulfonamide계 항생물질별로는 SCP가 전반적으로 다른 sulfonamide계 항생물질 4종에 비해 활성탄 재질별로 가장 큰 k값을 나타내었으며, 다음으로 STZ, SDM, SMT, SMX 순의 경향을 나타내었다. 활성탄 사용율(carbon usage rate, CUR)은 SCP의 경우 석탄계 재질의 활성탄이 3.55 g/일, 야자계나 목탄계 활성탄은 각각 4.29 g/day 및 6.47 g/day의 활성탄을 사용하여야만 제어가 가능한 것으로 조사되어 석탄계 활성탄이 다른 재질의 활성탄들에 비해 적은 양으로도 sulfonamide계 항생물질을 제어할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 나머지 sulfonamide계 항생물질 4종에서도 이와 유사한 결과를 나타내었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권11호
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• pp.747-752
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• 2014

인공방사성핵종 I-131은 물속에서 요오드 이온($^{131}I^-$), 요오드산염 이온($^{131}IO_3{^-}$) 등 대부분 이온상태로 존재했으며 접촉시간이 짧을 경우, 정수약품(PACl)과 분말활성탄(PAC)에 의해 제거되지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 원수 탁도 증가에 따른 I-131의 제거 효과는 없었으나 분말활성탄과 I-131과의 접촉시간 증가에 따른 I-131의 제거율은 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 혼합 주입(PACl + PAC)에 의한 I-131을 40% 이상 제거하기 위해서는 PACl 24 mg/L 이상, PAC 40 mg/L 이상을 주입해야 하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 모래여과에 의한 I-131은 제거되지 않은 것으로 나타났으며, 입상활성탄(GAC)에 의한 제거율은 신탄, 구탄 모두에서 최소검출한계 0.10 Bq/L 미만으로 거의 100% 제거됨을 알 수 있었다. 막에 의한 I-131의 제거율은 정밀여과막에 의해서는 제거되지 않았으며 역삼투막에서는 92%가 제거되었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 석탄계 입상활성탄을 이용하여 수용액으로부터 염기성 염료 Basic Blue 3 (BB3)의 흡착에 대해 조사하였다. 모든 실험은 회분공정에서 수행하였고, 활성탄의 투입량, 접촉시간, 초기농도 및 온도와 같은 흡착변수들에 대해 평가하였다. 활성탄의 투입량이 증가할수록 BB3 제거율도 증가하였으며, 활성탄 0.2 g 이상에서 초기농도 $50mg\;L^{-1}$의 BB3가 100% 제거되었다. 또한, 흡착평형에 도달하는 시간은 염료의 초기농도에 의존적이었다. Langmuir 모델에 따르면, 석탄계 입상활성탄의 최대흡착량은 25, 35, $45^{\circ}C$에서 66.45, 84.97, $87.19mg\;g^{-1}$으로 산출되었다. 그리고 Gibbs 자유에너지 변화량, 엔탈피 변화량, 엔트로피 변화량과 같은 열역학적 변수들에 대해 평가하였다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.517-528
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• 2017

This study evaluates the performance of membrane bioreactor (MBR) coupled with a modified walnut shell granular activated carbon (WSGAC) for tannery wastewater treatment. For this purpose, a pilot with overall volume of 80L and 12 hours hydraulic retention time (HRT) is operated in three scenarios. Here, the chemical oxidation demand (COD) of wastewater is reduced more than 98% in both C:N ratios of 13 (S1) and 6.5 (S2). This performance also remains intact when alkalinity depletes and pH reduces below 6 (S3). The ammonium removal ranges between 99% (S2) and 70% (S3). The reliability of system in different operating conditions is due to high solids retention time and larger flocs formation in MBR. The average breakthrough periods of WSGAC are determined between 15 minutes (S2) and 25 minutes (S1). In this period, the overall nitrate removal of MBR-WSGAC exceeds 95%. It is also realized that adding no chemicals for alkalinity stabilization and consequently pH reduction of MBR effluent (S3) can slightly lengthen the breakthrough from 15 to 20 minutes. Consequently, MBR can successfully remove the organic content of tannery wastewater even in adverse operational conditions and provide proper influent for WSGAC.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.813-822
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• 2006

Soluble manganese removal was analyzed as a function of filter media, filter depth, presence or absence of chlorination, and surface manganese oxide concentration in water treatment processes. Sand, manganese oxide coated sand (MOCS), sand+MOCS, and granular activated carbon(GAC) were used as filter media. Manganese removal, surface manganese oxide concentration, turbidity removal, and regeneration of MOCS in various filter media were investigated. Results indicated that soluble manganese removal in MOCS was rapid and efficient, and most of the removal happened at the top of the filter. When filter influent (residual chlorine 1.0mg/L) with an average manganese concentration of 0.204mg/L was fed through a filter column, the sand+MOCS and MOCS columns can remove 98.9% and 99.2% of manganese respectively on an annual basis. On the other hand, manganese removal in sand and the GAC column was minimal during the initial stage of filtration, but after 8 months of filter run they removed 99% and 35% of manganese, respectively. Sand turned into MOCS after a certain period of filtration, while GAC did not. In MOCS, the manganese adsorption rate on the filter media was inversely proportional to the filter depth, while the density of media was proportional to the filter depth.