• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.889-896
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• 2013

수중의 미량 유해물질 제거를 위해 AOP 공정에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있다. 낙동강 하류에 위치한 정수장들은 대부분 $O_3/BAC$ 공정을 채택하여 운전 중에 있으며, AOP 공정의 일종인 peroxone 공정의 적용에 많은 관심을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 $O_3/BAC$ 공정을 운전 중인 정수장에서 과산화수소를 투입할 경우에 후단의 BAC 공정에서의 잔류 과산화수소의 제거 특성을 biofiltration 공정과 함께 평가하였다. 유입수의 수온 및 과산화수소 농도변화 실험에서 biofilteration 공정은 낮은 수온에서 유입수 중의 과산화수소 농도가 증가하면 급격히 생물분해능이 저하된 반면, BAC 공정에서는 비교적 안정적인 효율을 유지하였다. 유입수의 수온을 $20^{\circ}C$, 과산화수소 투입농도를 300 mg/L로 고정하여 78시간 동안 연속으로 투입한 실험에서 biofilteration 공정은 EBCT 5~15분의 경우 운전 24~71시간 후에는 유입된 과산화수소가 거의 제거되지 않았으나, BAC 공정에서는 78시간 후의 과산화수소 제거율이 EBCT 5~15분일 때 38%~91%로 나타났다. 또한, 78시간 동안 연속 투입실험 후의 biofilter와 BAC 부착 박테리아들의 생체량과 활성도는 각각 $6.0{\times}10^4CFU/g$과 $0.54mg{\cdot}C/m^3{\cdot}hr$ 및 $0.4{\times}10^8CFU/g$과 $1.42mg{\cdot}C/m^3{\cdot}hr$로 나타나 운전초기에 비해 biofilter에서는 생체량과 활성도가 각각 99%와 72% 감소하였으며, BAC의 경우는 각각 68%와 53%의 감소율을 나타내었다. BAC 공정에서 생물분해 속도상수($k_{bio}$)와 반감기($t_{1/2}$)를 조사한 결과, 수온 $5^{\circ}C$에서 과산화수소 농도가 10 mg/L에서 300 mg/L로 증가할수록 $k_{bio}$는 $1.173min^{-1}$에서 $0.183min^{-1}$으로 감소하였고, $t_{1/2}$은 0.591 min에서 3.787 min으로 증가하였다. 수온 $25^{\circ}C$의 경우 $k_{bio}$와 $t_{1/2}$은 $1.510min^{-1}$에서 $0.498min^{-1}$ 및 0.459 min에서 1.392 min으로 나타나 수온 $5^{\circ}C$에 비해 수온이 $15^{\circ}C$와 $25^{\circ}C$로 상승할 경우 $k_{bio}$는 각각 1.1배~2.1배 및 1,3배~4.4배 정도 증가하였다. $O_3/BAC$ 공정을 운전 중인 정수장에서 peroxone 공정의 적용을 위해 과산화수소 투입을 고려할 경우, 후단의 BAC 공정에서 잔류 과산화수소를 효과적으로 제거 가능하였고, 고농도의 과산화수소 유출사고시에는 BAC 공정의 EBCT를 최대한 증가시켜 운전할 경우 수중의 과산화수소 농도를 최대한 저감시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2016

PFOS sodium salt ($C_8F_{17}SO_3Na$)는 28일 동안 미생물에 의한 분해가 이루어지지 않은 반면 4종의 대체물질($C_{25}F_{17}H_{32}S_3O_{13}Na_3$, $C_{15}F_9H_{21}S_2O_8Na_2$, $C_{23}F_{18}H_{28}S_2O_8Na_2$, $C_{17}F_9H_{25}S_2O_8Na_2$)은 각각 21.6%, 20.5%, 15.8% 그리고 6.4% 분해가 이루어졌다. Daphnia magna를 이용하여 48시간 동안 수행한 물벼룩급성독성시험에서 sodium salt ($C_8F_{17}SO_3Na$)의 반수영향농도($EC_{50}$)는 54.5 mg/L 인 것으로 확인된 반면 4종의 대체물질은 500.0 mg/L에서 아무런 영향이 나타나지 않았다. 500.0 mg/L에서 PFOS sodium salt($C_8F_{17}SO_3Na$)의 표면장력은 46.2 mN/m이었으며 대체물질 4종의 표면장력은 모두 PFOS sodium salt 보다 우수한 것으로 확인되었다. $C_{23}F_{18}H_{28}S_2O_8Na_2$ (20.9 mN/m)는 가장 낮은 표면장력을 갖고 있었다. 그 다음은 $C_{15}F_9H_{21}S_2O_8Na_2$ (23.4 mN/m), $C_{17}F_9H_{25}S_2O_8Na_2$ (27.3 mN/m) 그리고 $C_{25}F_{17}H_{32}S_3O_{13}Na_3$ (28.2 mN/m) 순인 것으로 확인되었다. 미생물분해시험, 물벼룩급성독성시험 그리고 표면장력측정 결과를 종합해 보면 4종의 PFOS 대체물질($C_{25}F_{17}H_{32}S_3O_{13}Na_3$, $C_{15}F_9H_{21}S_2O_8Na_2$, $C_{23}F_{18}H_{28}S_2O_8Na_2$, $C_{17}F_9H_{25}S_2O_8Na_2$)은 모두 PFOS sodium salt ($C_8F_{17}SO_3Na$) 보다 우수한 것으로 확인되었으며 특히 3종의 대체물질($C_{15}F_9H_{21}S_2O_8Na_2$, $C_{23}F_{18}H_{28}S_2O_8Na_2$, $C_{25}F_{17}H_{32}S_3O_{13}Na_3$)은 미생물분해율이 15.8~21.6%로 상대적으로 높고, 물벼룩급성독성과 표면장력측정이 PFOS sodium salt 보다 상당히 우수하다. 그러므로 이들 4종의 대체물질은 PFOS 대체물질로 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1277-1284
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• 2005

낙동강중류에 있어서 APE(Alkylphenol Polyethoxylate) 및 APE의 분해산물인 NPnEO(Nonylphenol polyethoxylates), NPnEC(Nonylphenol carboxylic acid), NP(Nonylphenol)의 농도 분포를 조사하였다. 각 지점에 있어서 APE의 농도분포는 낙동강과 금호강에서는 $0.62{\sim}11.70\;{\mu}g/L$의 범위를 나타내었고, 공장폐수 및 가정하수가 유입되는 3공단천과 달서천에서는 $70.00{\sim}212.50\;{\mu}g/L$로 조사되었다. 하수처리장에서 APE는 생물분해와 흡착 등에 의해 87% 이상의 제거율을 나타내었다. APE의 분해생성물인 NPnEO와 NPnEC는 생물처리에 의해 NP($n=4{\sim}10$)EO 및 NP($n=4{\sim}10$)EC가 NP($n=1{\sim}3$)EO 및 NP($n=1{\sim}3$)EC로 분해 혹은 슬러지 등에 흡착 제거되는 것으로 조사되었으며, 하천에서는 하류지역이 상류지역보다 생물분해가 덜 진행된 NP($n=7{\sim}10$)EO의 분포분율이 높았다. 따라서 하수처리장과 같은 점오염원뿐만 아니라 비점오염원에 대한 지속적인 감시가 요구되어진다. APE의 최종 분생생성물인 NP는 공장폐수 및 가정하수에서 각각 $4.33\;{\mu}g/L$, $1.70\;{\mu}g/L$를 나타내었고, 하수처리장에서 평균 90% 정도의 제거율을 나타내었다. 그리고, 하천에 있어서 NP의 농도는 미국 및 유럽에서 환경유해농도로 규정하는 $1.0\;{\mu}g/L$를 초과하지는 않았지만, $0.1\;{\mu}g/L$ 이상 전 지역에서 검출되어 NP의 지속적인 감시가 요구된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.497-505
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• 2005

Domestic Sewage Treatment Plants are mostly based on biological treatment, in which large amounts of excess sludge are generated and occupy about 40 ~ 60% of the total sewage treatment costs. Several methods for sludge treatment has been so far reported as upgrading biodegradation of sludge; heat treatment, chemical treatment, including thermo-alkali and ozone, mechanical treatment including ultrasonic pulverization. But, it has a limitation in case of reducing the amount of excess sludge which are already producted. In this study, application of excess sludge reduction process using thermophilic aerobic bacteria for activated sludge was examined. The research was carried out two different stage. one for a biological wastewater treatment and the other for a thermophilic aerobic solubilization of the waste sludge. A portion of excess sludge from the wastewater treatment step was into the thermophilic aerobic sludge solubilization reactor, in which the injected sludge was solubilized by thermophilic aerobic bacteria. The solubilized sludge was returned to the aeration tank in the wastewater treatment step for its further degradation. Sludge solubilization reactor was operated at $63{\pm}2^{\circ}C$ with hydraulic retention time(HRT) of 1.5 ~ 1.7 day. Control group was operated with activated sludge process(AS) and experiment group was operated with three conditions(RUN 1, RUN 2, RUN3). RUN 1 was operated with AS without sludge solubilization reactor. RUN 2 were operated with AS with sludge solubilization reactor to examine correlation between sludge circulation ratio and sludge reduction ratio by setting up sludge circulation ratio to 3. RUN 3 was operated with sludge circulation ratio of 3 and MLSS concentration of 1,700~2,000mg/L to examine optimum operation condition. The quantity of excess sludge production was reduced sharply and in operation of RUN 3, sludge The quantity of excess sludge production was reduced sharply and in operation of RUN 3, sludge solubilization ratio and sludge reduction ratio were 53. 7%, 95.2% respectively. After steady state operation, average concentration of TBOD, SBOD, $TCOD_{Cr}$, $SCOD_{Cr}$, TSS, VSS, T-N, T-P of effluent were 4.5, 1.7, 27 .8, 13.8, 8.1, 6.2, 15.1, 1.8mg/L in the control group and were 5.6, 2.0, 28.6, 19.1, 9.7, 7.2, 16.1, 2.0mg/L in the experimental group respectively. They were appropriate to effluent standard of Sewage Treatment Plants.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.302-306
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• 2001

점도(평균 분자량)의 차이가 있는 카토산을 펼름형태로 제조하여 실험통불언 백서의 펴하에 삽입하여 백서에서의 적합성을 관찰하였으며 또한 우수한 적합성올 나타낸 키토산을 화상연고제로 제조하여 인와적 2도 화상을 입힌 백서의 피부에 대한 치료전후의 육안적 관찰과 혈액학적 분석올 실시l하여 천연고분자인 치토산의 생체적용 가능성을 연구하였다 제초한 키토산펼룹의 중량 변화와 혈액학적 결과에서 확인하 였듯이 재료의 생처l척합성은 여러 생체내 인자들에 의한 복 합적인 결과임을 확인할 수 있었으며 실험 결과 저점도 키토 산이 비교적 우수한 분해속도와 혈액학적 결과를 보여주는 생체 적합성을 나타내었다. 화상설험으로 기존 수용성 연고 베이스확 유사한 키토산 연고베이스물 제조하고 대조군으로 논 자연치유군(negative군)과 기존 수용성연고베이스(positive군) 웅의 두 군올 설정하여 백서의 화상 피부에서 6일과 12 열 후익 육안적 관찰 및 혈액학쩍 검사블 실시하였다 육안 적 관찰로서 실험가간 중에 사망한 백서는 없였으며 대조군 을 포함한 모든 실험군에서 화상실험 힐주일 후부터 백서의 화상부위에 가피(crust)가 형성되기 시작하였다. 백서의 혈액학적 결파 중 백혈구늠 실험 6일 후에는 백혈구가 감소하였으나 12일 후에는 대부분의 설험군에서 백혈구가 증가하여 염증발현의 가능성을 나타내었다. 특히, 자연치유군으로 설정 한 n$\xi$gative군에서는 높은 백혈구 수치를 나타내었다.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2001년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.157-163
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• 2001

Mycolic acid-containing gram-positive bacteria, so called nocardioform actinomycetes, have become a great interest to environmental microbiologists due to their metabolic versatility, multidegradative capacity and potential for bioremediation of priority pollutants. For example, Rhodococcus rhodochrous N75 was able to metabolize 4-methy1catechol via a modified $\beta$-ketoadipate pathway whereby 4-methylmuconolactone methyl isomerase catalyzes the conversion of 4-methylmuconolactone to 3-methylmuconolactone in order to circumvent the accumulation of the 'dead-end' metabolite, 4-methylmuconolactone. R. rhodochrous N75 has also shown the ability to transform a range of alkyl-substituted catechols to the corresponding muconolactones. A novel 3-methylmuconolactone-CoAsynthetase was found to be involved in the degradation of 3-methylmuconolactone, which is not mediated in a manner analogous to the classical $\beta$-ketoadipate pathway but activated by the addition of CoA prior to hydrolysis of lactone ring, suggesting that the degradative pathway for methylaromatic compounds by gram-positive bacteria diverges from that of proteobacteria. Mycobacterium sp. Strain PYR-l isolated from oil-contaminated soil was capable of mineralizing various polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, fluoranthrene, 1-nitropyrene, and 6-nitrochrysene. The pathways for degradation of PAHs by this organism have been elucidated through the isolation and characterization of chemical intermediates. 2-D gel electrophoresis of PAH-induced proteins enabled the cloning of the dioxygenase system containing a dehydrogenase, the dioxygenase small ($\beta$)-subunit, and the dioxygenase large ($\alpha$)-subunit. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the large a subunit did not cluster with most of the known sequences except for three newly described a subunits of dioxygenases from Rhodococcus spp. and Nocardioides spp. 2-D gel analysis also showed that catalase-peroxidase, which was induced with pyrene, plays a role in the PAH metabolism. The survival and performance of these bacteria raised the possibility that they can be excellent candidates for bioremediation purposes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2017

Aflatoxins are classified as Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In this study, a total of 134 fungal strains were isolated from 65 meju samples, and two fungal isolates were selected as potential aflatoxin $B_1$ ($AFB_1$)-biodetoxification fungi. These fungi were identified as Aspergillus oryzae MAO103 and A. oryzae MAO104 by sequencing the beta-tubulin gene. The two A. oryzae strains were able to degrade more than 90% of $AFB_1$ (initial concentration: $40{\mu}g/l$) in a culture broth in 14 days. The mutagenic effects of $AFB_1$ treated with A. oryzae MAO103 and MAO104 significantly decreased to 5.7% and 6.4%, respectively, in the frame-shift mutation of Ames tests using Salmonella typhimurium TA98. The base-substituting mutagenicity of $AFB_1$ was also decreased by the two fungi. Moreover, $AFB_1$ production by Aspergillus flavus was significantly decreased by the two A. oryzae strains on soybean-based agar plates. Our data suggest that the two $AFB_1$-detoxifying A. oryzae strains have potential application to control $AFB_1$ in foods and feeds.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2017

The objective of this study is the evaluation of the performance of a large-scale respirometer (LSR) of 17.7 L in the determination of the methane generation rate constant (k) values. To achieve this objective, a comparison between anaerobic (GB21) and LSR tests was conducted. The data were modeled using a linear function, and the resulting correlation coefficient ($R^2$) of the linear regression is 0.91. This result shows that despite the aerobic conditions, the biodegradability values that were obtained from the LSR test produced results that are similar to those from the GB21 test. In this respect, the LSR test can be an indicator of the anaerobic biodegradability for landfill waste. In addition, the results show the high repeatability of the tests with an average coefficient of variance (CV) that is lower than 10%; furthermore, the CV for the LSR is lower than that of the GB21, which indicates that the LSR-test method could provide a better representation of waste samples. Therefore, the LSR method allows for both the prediction of the long-term biodegradation potential in a shorter length of time and the reduction of the sampling errors that are caused by the heterogeneity of waste samples. The k values are $0.156y^{-1}$ and $0.127y^{-1}$ for the cumulative biogas production (GB21) and the cumulative oxygen uptake for the LSR, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3755-3761
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• 2013

This study aims to assess the ecological risk of the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted in the semiconductor manufacturing processes in Korea by using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR, EPA, US, EPI $Suite^{TM}$ 4.1). Owing to the absence of environmental standards of hazardous air pollutants in the semiconductor manufacturing processes in Korea, 18 HAPs in the semiconductor field included in both the US EPA NESHAPs and the hazardous air pollutant list of Ministry of Environment in Korea were selected. As a results 8 chemicals (44.4%) of the selected 18 HAPs were VOCs. Cyanides (cyanides) and ethylene oxides (epoxy resins), and tetrachloro-ethylene (aliphatic compounds, halides) showed long half-lives. Cyanide HAPs especially had the highest half-life with the estimated value of 356.533 days. Nickel compounds (heavy metal compounds) possessed the highest water solubility followed by acetaldehyde (aldehyde compounds), ethylene oxides, and 1,4-dioxanes. The halides, including tetrachloro-ethylenes, carbon tetra-chlorides, benzene (aromatic compounds), and lead (heavy metals), are estimated to take the longest time for biodegradation. Tetrachloroethylene, with the acute toxicity end point of 3.685-7.033 mg/L, was assessed to be the most highly toxic substance among the 18 HAPs. However, considering the absence of the HAPs in the common category of log $K_{ow}{\geq}4$and $BCF{\geq}500$, which indicates the standard of bioconcentration potentials, potentials of the bioconcentration are considered to be low.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.499-505
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• 2006

Bioventing efficiency was compared in a continuous and an intermittent(6hr injection and 6hr rest) air injection mode. Two lab-scale columns which packed with 5 kg of soil artificially contaminated by diesel oil were operated. The columns were maintained at the $25^{\circ}C{\pm}2.5$ in order to minimize the effect of exterior temperature variation. The flow rate of air injection mode were maintained constantly at the flow rate of 10 ml/min. The moisture of the columns was stably maintained at $60{\sim}80%$ of field capacity. The nutrient compounds were added to make C:N:P ratio as 100:10:l. The continuous and intermittent injection modes showed 67.56% and 69.63% reduction of initial TPH concentration during 90 days, respectively. Two venting modes showed similar results in the analysis of the trends of the hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial counts for operating periods. The carbon dioxide production rate of the continuous injection mode was higher than that of intermittent injection mode. The loss of diesel oil by volatilization in the continuous and intermittent injection modes were about 5% and 1%, respectively. The lower volatilization loss in the intermittent injection mode suggested that the biodegradation of TPH in the intermittent injection mode was greater than that of the continuous mode. These results suggested that the intermittent injection mode is more efficient than the continuous venting mode.