• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.78-82
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• 2003

Development of hematite-coated sand was evaluated for the application of the PRB (permeable reactive barrier) in the arsenic-contaminated subsurface of the metal mining areas. The removal efficiency of As(III) and As(V), the effect of anion competition and the capability of arsenic removal in the flow system were investigated through the experiments of adsorption isotherm, arsenic removal kinetics against anion competition and column removal. Hematite-coated sand followed a linear adsorption isotherm with high adsorption capacity at low level concentrations of arsenic (< 1.0 mg/l). When As(III) and As(V) underwent adsorption reactions in the presence of anions (sulfate, nitrate and bicarbonate), sulfate caused strong inhibition of arsenic removal, and bicarbonate and nitrate caused weak inhibition due to specific and nonspecific adsorption onto hematite, respectively. In the column experiments, high content of hematite-coated sand enhance the arsenic removal, but the amount of the arsenic removal decreased due to the higher affinity of As(V) than As(III) and reduced adsorption kinetics in the flow system, Therefore, the amount of hematite-coated sand, the adsorption affinity of arsenic species and removal kinetics determined the removal efficiency of arsenic in the flow system. arsenic, hematite-coated sand, permeable reactive barrier, anion competition, adsorption.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2004

금속광산 일대의 비소오염 지중 복원기술로써 투수성 반응벽체의 흡착제로 철산화물인 적철석 피복 모래의 적용가능성을 평가했다. 이를 위해서 흡착곡선실험, 비소제거속도실험 및 컬럼내 비소 제거 실험을 통해서 철산화물 피복 모래에 의한 비소 3가와 비소 5가의 제거 효율 및 유동환경에서의 비소 제거능력에 대해 고찰하였다. 적철석 피복 모래는 1.0 mg/L 수준의 낮은 비소 농도에서 높은 흡착력을 보이는 선형 등온 흡착곡선을 보였다. 컬럼실험에서 높은 피복모래의 안은 비소제거효율을 높였으나, 비소 3가가 비소 5가보다 흡착력이 떨어지고 지하수의 유동적인 환경에서 비소의 물리적 확산 현상으로 흡착반응속도의 저하 때문에 제거양이 감소했다. 따라서, 유동적인 환경에서 피복모래의 상대적인 양, 비소화학종의 흡착력, 흡착반응속도가 제거 효율을 좌우했다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2010

The objective of this study was to investigate microbial removal using layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and iron (hydr)oxides (IHs) immobilized onto granular media. Column experiments were performed using calcium alginate beads (CA beads), LDHs entrapped in CA beads (LDH beads), quartz sand (QS), iron hydroxide-coated sand (IHCS) and hematite-coated sand (HCS). Microbial breakthrough curves were obtained by monitoring the effluent, with the percentage of microbial removal and collector efficiency then quantified from these curves. The results showed that the LDH beads were ineffective for the removal of the negatively-charged microbes (27.7% at 1 mM solution), even though the positively-charged LDHs were contained on the beads. The above could be related to the immobilization method, where LDH powders were immobilized inside CA beads with nano-sized pores (about 10 nm); therefore, micro-sized microbes (E. coli = 1.21 ${\mu}m$) could not diffuse through the pores to come into contact with the LDHs in the beads, but adhere only to the exterior surface of the beads via polymeric interaction. IHCS was the most effective in the microbial removal (86.0% at 1 mM solution), which could be attributed to the iron hydroxide coated onto the exterior surface of QS had a positive surface charge and, therefore, effectively attracted the negatively-charged microbes via electrostatic interactions. Meanwhile, HCS was far less effective (35.6% at 1 mM solution) than IHCS because the hematite coated onto the external surface of QS is a crystallized iron oxide with a negative surface charge. This study has helped to improve our knowledge on the potential application of functional granular media for microbial removal.