• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.208-215
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• 1998

제주도 근해에서 다량 채취되고 있는 해양갈조류인 톳의 살아있지 않은 건조한 생물질을 Ca-alginate법(Ca-ALG), Ba-alginate법(Ba-ALG), polyethylene glycol법(PEG), $\kappa$-carrageenan법(CARR) 등으로 고정화시켜 고정화방법에 따른 Cu의 흡착기능을 검토하였다. 생물질의 첨가량이 증가함에 따라서 Cu의 제거율은 증가하였으나 흡착량은 감소하였다. 그러나 초기농도가 증가함에 따라서는 cu의 흡착량이 증가하였다. 고정화법에 따른 Cu의 흡착량은 Ca-ALG>Ba-ALG>PEG>CARR순으로 감소하엿다. 고정화된 생물질에 으한 Cu의 흡착은 Freundlich 흡착 등온식 보다는 Langmuir 흡착 등온식을 잘 따름을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.438-442
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• 2013

현재 1,2세대 바이오매스에 비해 상대적으로 값싸며 대량생산이 가능한 3세대 바이오매스인 해조류를 이용하여 다양한 바이오화합물 생산에 관한 연구들이 주목받고 있다. 이러한 이유는 해조류는 다른 바이오매스에 비해 빨리 자라나고, 큰 장비 없이도 쉽게 수확할 수 있다는 장점뿐만 아니라 다양한 화합물로 전환할 수 있는 당이 풍부하고 공정을 통해 쉽게 전환할 수 있기 때문이다. 이러한 해조류부터 다양한 바이오화합물을 생산하는데 있어서 한 가지로 resins, plasticizers, textiles, animal feed, coatings, antifreeze의 상업화된 공정에 사용할 수 있는 레불린산(levulinic acid)이 있다. 본 연구에서는 해조류로부터 효과적으로 레불린산을 생산하는데 있어서 온도, 시간, 산의 농도의 실험조건과 2단 산 처리 공정(two step acid treatment)을 통해 생산을 최적화 하는 조건을 탐색해 보았다. 첫번째 단계로는 상대적으로 저온에서 침지 공정을 통해 고상으로는 다양한 용도로 사용될 수 있는 셀룰로오스를 회수하고, 액상으로는 갈락토오스를 회수하였다. 2번째 단계로는 고온에서 회분식 공정을 통해 갈락토오스를 레불린산으로 전환하였다. 실험 결과 2단 산 처리 공정을 통해 초기바이오매스 기준 20.6%의 레불린산 수율을 확보하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.768-775
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• 2015

Seasonal variability in the marine seaweed community structure was examined in the intertidal zones at nine study sites in Hallyeohaesang National Park, on the southern coast of Korea from March to October 2014. A total of 145 seaweeds were indentified, comprising 15 green, 41 brown and 89 red algae. Coarsely branched seaweeds were the dominant functional group, comprising 58.95% in species number, whereas filamentous, sheet, thick leathery, crustose and jointed calcareous forms comprised 2.63-17.72% each. The seaweed biomass averaged 358.00 g dry wt/m² and it was maximal at Somaemuldo (847.64 g dry wt/m²) and minimal at Gamam (56.51 g dry wt/m²). Based on biomass, the dominant and subdominant seaweeds were Ulva australis at Gamam, Sargassum thunbergii at Sangju, Ulva australis and S.fulvellum at Neukdo, S.horneri at Dala-Bijindo-Somaemuldo, S. thunbergii at Dapo, and Corallina pilulifera at Songdo. Community indices were as follows: dominance index (DI), 0.43-0.71; richness index (R), 8.26-16.50; evenness index (J'), 0.36-0.54; and diversity index (H'), 1.57-2.19. In conclusion, we found that both biomass and the community structure of seaweeds in Hallyeohaesang National Park were similar to those in other studies of the Southern Sea along the Korean peninsula, and that Hallyeohaesang National Park is a relatively favorable habitat for seaweeds. Future studies should examine the changes in seaweed composition and biomass as they relate to climate change and environmental pollution.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.323-335
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• 2001

Distribution features of foulers attached on 28 ships of 6 main shipping routes (SR) of the Far East Sea Basin were analyzed using various statistical methods. Collections obtained during 1976-1990 in the expeditions by the Institute of Marine Biology were used for the analyses. Samples were taken from the ships during anchorage by SCUBA diving and from dry-docks of Vladivostok ship-repairing yard. In all cases, the distribution patterns of most animals and algal species showed clear contagious patterns. Total biomass of fouling organisms and biomass of attached animals frequently increased along the horizontal direction of ship hulls, from the stem to the sternpost. Animal and algal species were usually located at different sites of the hulls. According to the increasing floating speed, there was, a clear tendency of the displacement in main fouling biomass from the stem to the stem. Any generalizations and deductions concerning the distribution patterns of the foulers from the same SR ships are not always substantiated, but one may see some similarities of the fouler distributions in many cases. Micro-scale turbulence generated by water flow around a ship hull for the distribution of fouling organisms is discussed.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2016

Biomass has been used for energy sources from the prehistoric age. Biomass are converted into solid, liquid or gaseous fuels and are used for heating, electricity generation or for transportation recently. Solid biofuels such as bio-chips or bio-pellet are used for heating or electricity generation. Liquid biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol from sugars or lignocellulosics are well known renewable transportation fuels. biogas produced from organic waste are also used for heating, generation and vehicles. Biomass resources for the production of above mentioned biofuels are classified under following 4 categories, such as forest biomass, agricultural residue biomass, livestock manure and municipal organic wastes. The energy potential of those biomass resources existing in Korea are estimated. The energy potential for dry biomass (forest, agricultural, municipal waste) were estimated from their heating value contained, whereas energy potential of wet biomass (livestock manure, food waste, waste sludge) is calculated from the biological methane potential of them on annual basis. Biomass resources potential of those 4 categories in Korea are estimated to be as follows. Forest biomass 355.602 million TOE, agricultural biomass 4.019 million TOE, livestock manure biomass 1.455 million TOE, and municipal organic waste 1.074 million TOE are available for biofuels production annually.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.655-665
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• 2013

한국 서해안 어청도에서 조간대와 조하대에 생육하는 해조류의 생물량과 군집구조를 조사하기 위하여 2008년 6월부터 2009년 4월까지 계절별로 총 4회 현장 조사를 수행하였다. 조사결과 녹조류 12종, 갈조류 23종, 홍조류 66종이 출현하여 총 101종 채집되어 동정되었다. 이중 19종은 일 년 내내 출현하였다. 총 생물량의 많은 부분을 차지하고 있는 우점종은 작은구슬산호말(Corallina pilulifera), 우뭇가사리(Gelidium elegans), 지충이(Sargassum thunbergii), 톳(Sargassum fusiforme), 다시마(Saccharina japonica) 괭생이모자반(Sargassum honeri), 고사리모자반(Sargassum filicinum)이었다. 연간 평균 건중량은 $237.5gm^{-2}$이었으며, 최대값은 겨울에 $272.1gm^{-2}$, 최소값은 여름에 $204.5gm^{-2}$을 기록하였다. 조하대에서의 출현종과 생물량은 조간대에 비하여 많았다. 어청도에서 출현종수와 생물량은 투명도가 낮은 한국 서해 연안의 일반적 특성과 반대로 높은 투명도와 자연 암반의 발달로 인하여 한국 서해안의 다른 도서에 비하여 높은 것으로 보인다.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to inhibit biofouling on a selectively permeable membrane (SPM) and increase biomass productivity in marine photobioreactors (PBRs) for microalgal cultivation by chemical treatment. Surfaces of a SPM, composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), was sulfonated to decrease hydrophobicity through attaching negatively charged sulfonic groups. Reaction time of sulfonation was varied from 0 min to 60 min. As the reaction time increased, the water contact angle value of SPM surface was decreased from $75.5^{\circ}$ to $44.5^{\circ}$, indicating decrease of surface hydrophobicity. Furthermore, the water permeability of sulfonated SPM was increased from $5.42mL/m^2/s$ to $10.58mL/m^2/s$, which reflects higher nutrients transfer rates through the membranes, due to decreased hydrophobicity. When cultivating Tetraselmis sp. using 100-mL floating PBRs with sulfonated SPMs, biomass productivity was improved by 34% compared with the control group (non-reacted SPMs). In addition, scanning electron microscopic observation of SPMs used for cultivation clearly revealed lower degree of cell attachment on the sulfonated SPMs. These results suggest that sulfornation of a PET SPM could improve microalgal biomass productivity by increasing nutrients transfer rates and inhibiting biofouling by algal cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.432-438
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• 2018

Microalgae hold promise as a renewable energy source for the production of biofuel, as they can convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. However, cost-efficient harvest of microalgae remains a major challenge to commercial-scale algal biofuel production. We first investigated the potential of electrolytic water as a flocculant for harvesting Tetraselmis sp. Alkaline electrolyzed water (AEW) is produced at the cathode through water electrolysis. It contains mineral ions such as $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, and $Mg^{2+}$ that can act as flocculants. The flocculation activity with AEW was evaluated via culture density, AEW concentration, medium pH, settling time, and ionic strength analyses. The flocculation efficiency was 88.7% at 20% AEW (pH 8, 10 min) with a biomass concentration of 2 g/l. The initial biomass concentration and medium pH had significant influences on the flocculation activity of AEW. A viability test of flocculated microalgal cells was conducted using Evans blue stain, and the cells appeared intact. Furthermore, the growth rate of Tetraselmis sp. in recycled flocculation medium was similar to the growth rate in fresh F/2 medium. Our results suggested that AEW flocculation could be a very useful and affordable methodology for fresh biomass harvesting with environmentally friendly easy operation in part of the algal biofuel production process.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2016

It is important to design photobioreactor by cheap material for economical microalgal biomass production. In this study, two types of marine photobioreactors (MPBR), made by either polyvinyl chloride (MPBR-PVC) or high density poly ethylene (MPBR-HDPE), are used and performance of these were compared. Tetraselmis sp. KCTC 12236BP is a green marine alga that isolated from Ganghwa Island, Korea, and the strain was used for marine cultivations using MPBR-PVC and MPBR-HDPE. The cultivations were performed three times in the spring season of 2012 using MPBR-PVC and of 2013 using MPBR-HDPE in the coastal area of Young Heung Island. As the results, MPBR-PVC shows higher biomass productivities than MPBR-HDPE, due to its high light transmittance. In the cultivations using MPBR-PVC, the average sea water temperature was $11.5^{\circ}C$ during the first experiment and $16.5^{\circ}C$ during the second and third experiments. Average light intensities during three times for experiments were 407.5, 268.1 and $273.0{\mu}{\cdot}E{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, respectively. The maximum fresh cell weight and average biomass productivity were $1.2g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ and $0.12g{\cdot}L^{-1}{\cdot}day^{-1}$. These results showed that Tetraselmis sp. KCTC12236BP were adapted well with the environmental conditions from ocean, and grow in the MPBR-PVC and MPBR-HDPE.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2015

Anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) is one of the most important species in the South Sea of South Korea. In order to estimate the biomass of anchovy, acoustic surveys, concurrently with trawling, were conducted in April, July, and September of 2013 and February of 2014 off the coast of Tongyeong and Yeosu. However, anchovies were found only during spring (April) and winter (February) surveys. To display only anchovy species confirmed by trawls on empty spaced echograms, virtual echograms were created. Three target strength (TS) values of anchovy were used: TS_z = 20 log L - (20/3) log (1+z/10) - 67.6 (Zhao et al.), TS_y =20 log L - 72.9 (Yoon et al.), TS_f = 20 log L - 71.9 (Foote). For anchovy schools combined with other species e.g., hairtail, squid, and Korean pomfret, their TS values were used to calculate an average TS. As a result, the anchovy biomass in the winter survey was approximately 75,000 tons (TS_z), 90,000 tons (TS_f), 114,000 tons (TS_y), respectively. The biomass in spring was 9,000 tons (TS_z), 9,200 tons (TS_f), 10,000 tons (TS_y). The sampling variance of spring was 70% and of winter was 30%. In order to manage anchovy resource sustainably, larvae and adult anchovy should be separately surveyed, the optimal area, date, and time for acoustic survey should be investigated, and the biomass survey should be done for relatively long and regular base.