• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.579-586
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• 2006

The purposes of this paper were to monitor the temperature rising courses and spark discharge of the modified granular activated carbon (GAC) by microwave (MW) irradiation and to evaluate absorption of benzene. The GAC coated on $SiO_2$, boron, talc, ferrite was named as the modified GAC. Thermal and spark discharge measurement of virgin GAC and modifed GAC has been carried out using a MW device operating at 2450 MHz under various energy conditions. The results of this paper as follows. First, the modified GAC is more efficient than the virgin GAC in temperature control. Temperature gradient of the modified GAC is more lower than that of virgin GAC. The temperature gradient of GAC was observed in the following order : virgin GAC, Mn-Zn ferrite/GAC, Ni-Zn ferrite,/GAC, $SiO_2/GAC$, Boron/GAC, Talc/GAC. Second, the spark discharge of the modified GAC was diminished, compared with that of virgin GAC. Because of its excellent electrical insulating properties, the coating material prevents the spark discharge. Finally, the benzene adsorption capacity of the modified GAC decreased due to diminishing of adsorption site by the coating material. Considering the temperature gradient and spark discharge of GAC, the GAC coated $SiO_2$ would be appropriate absorbent under irradiation of MW.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.501-508
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• 2009

In this study, the characteristics of granular activated carbon (GAC) supported metal was investigated in an area influenced by flame discharge and temperature variation during irradiating microwave. The modified GAC was formulated by impregnating metal hydroxides of nickel (Ni/GAC), barium (Ba/GAC), copper (Cu/GAC), zinc (Zn/GAC), cobalt (Co/GAC) and lanthanum (La/GAC). Ba/GAC was selected as it showed lack of spark discharge and temperature increasing aspects. Comparison of adsorption and desorption amount of GAC and Ba/GAC showed that adsorption and desorption rate of the GAC were higher than those of Ba/GAC. The results show that the presence of barium can decrease adsorption/desorption rate because of plugging pore of GAC. Toluene regeneration rate of Ba/GAC was better than that of GAC due to barium loading. Finally, GAC with barium can be controled a rapid increasing temperature and spark discharge, increased the regeneration rate of toluene during desorption by irradiating microwave.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2011

Toluene desorption of modified activated carbon for microwave irradiation was evaluated. As a virgin GAC reacted from microwave energy, it created an "arcing" between GAC particles in desorption process. The arcing became more and more vigorous and achieved a red flame of GAC. The silica coated GAC(Si/GAC) was developed to prevent arcing phenomenon and temperature control problem. The result shows virgin GAC with 5wt%, 10wt% and 20wt% silica had no arcing and could control temperature very well. However, the adsorption rate of Si/GAC was decreased by coated silica amount due to decreasing surface area of GAC. The 5wt% Si/GAC adsorption rate was quite similar to virgin GAC adsorption rate. After adsorption, the toluene-loaded GAC and Si/GAC was reactivated by 2450MHz MW irradiation with 300W for 5 min. Quantitative desorption of the toluene was achieved at MW irradiation at 300W with desorption efficiencies as high as 98.59% to 84.65%% after four cycles.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.177-186
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• 2023

Perfluorooctanoic acid(PFOA) was one of widely used per- and poly substances(PFAS) in the industrial field and its concentration in the surface and groundwater was found with relatively high concentration compared to other PFAS. Since various processes have been introduced to remove the PFOA, adsorption using GAC is well known as a useful and effective process in water and wastewater treatment. Surface modification for GAC was carried out using Cu and Fe to enhance the adsorption capacity and four different adsorbents, such as GAC-Cu, GAC-Fe, GAC-Cu(OH)₂, GAC-Fe(OH)₃ were prepared and compared with GAC. According to SEM-EDS, the increase of Cu or Fe was confirmed after surface modification and higher weight was observed for Cu and Fe hydroxide(GAC-Cu(OH)₂ and GAC-Fe(OH)₃, respectively). BET analysis showed that the surface modification reduced specific surface area and total pore volumes. The highest removal efficiency(71.4%) was obtained in GAC-Cu which is improved by 17.9% whereas the use of Fe showed lower removal efficiency compared to GAC. PFOA removal was decreased with increase of solution pH indicating electrostatic interaction governs at low pH and its effect was decreased when the point of zero charges(pzc) was negatively increased with an increase of pH. The enhanced removal of PFOA was clearly observed in solution pH 7, confirming the Cu in the surface of GAC plays a role on the PFOA adsorption. The maximum uptake was calculated as 257 and 345 ㎍/g for GAC and GAC-Cu using Langmuir isotherm. 40% and 80% of removal were accomplished within 1 h and 48 h. According to R², only the linear pseudo-second-order(pso) kinetic model showed 0.98 whereas the others obtained less than 0.870.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 입상활성탄에서 이온강도와 철첨착이 Enterococcus faecalis의 부착에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 것이다. 야자계 입상활성탄(c-GAC), 철첨착된 야자계 입상활성탄(fc-GAC), 산세척된 야자계 입상활성탄(a-GAC), 그리고 철첨착된 산세척 야자계 입상활성탄(fa-GAC)에서 박테리아 부착을 관찰하기 위하여 두 가지 용액조건(NaCl 1, 10 mM)에서 칼럼실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과, c-GAC에서 이온강도가 1에서 10 mM로 증가함에 따라 박테리아의 질량회수율은 77.3에서 61.6%로 감소하였고, a-GAC에서는 질량회수율이 71.6에서 32.3%로 감소하였다. 이는 이온강도가 증가함에 따라 입상활성탄에서 박테리아의 부착이 증진될 수 있음을 나타낸다. 한편, fc-GAC에서 질량회수율은 62.6% (1 mM)과 53.3% (10 mM)이었고, fa-GAC에서는 50.8% (1 mM)과 16.9% (10 mM)이었는데, 이들 질량회수율이 c-GAC와 a-GAC에서의 질량회수율보다 낮았다. 이는 철첨착에 의하여 입상활성탄에서 박테리아의 부착이 증진될 수 있음을 나타낸다. 본 연구는 입상활성탄에서 박테리아의 부착과 관련하여 이온강도와 철수산화물 첨착의 영향에 대한 정보를 제공하고, 나아가 표면이 변형된 입상여재를 이용한 미생물의 제거에 관한 지식을 증진시킬 것이다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2012

The present study investigates treatment methods for removal of arsenic from wastewater. The granular activated carbon (GAC) with the coating of iron chloride ($FeCl_3$) was used for the treatment of a low concentration of arsenic from wastewater. Batch experiments were performed to investigate the synthesis of Fe-GAC (Iron coated granular activated carbon), effects of pH, adsorption kinetics and the Langmuir model. The synthesized Fe-GAC with 0.1 M $FeCl_3$ shows best removal efficiency. Adsorption studies were carried out in the optimum pH range of 4-6 for arsenic removal. The Fe-GAC showed promising results by removing 99.4% of arsenic. In the adsorption isotherm studies, the observed data fitted well with the Langmuir models. In continuous column study showed that As(V) could be removed to below 0.25 mg/L within 1,020 pore volume. Our results suggest that the surface modified granular activated carbon treated with $FeCl_3$ for effective removal of arsenic from wastewater.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2013

Adsorption of melamine was examined using columns packed with granular activated carbon (GAC). Raw GAC was sieved with 20, 40, 60 and 80 mesh to determine the influence of adsorbent particle size on reaction and diffusion. The mass ratio of the adsorption capacity of GAC for melamine ranged from 9.19 to 11.06%, and adsorption rates increased with decreasing particle size within this range. Rate constants between 3.295 ~ 4.799 $min^{-1}$ were obtained using a pseudofirst-order equation that was used to determine adsorption kinetics. A surface diffusion model was adapted to take into account the unsteady-state equation of a spherical adsorbent by converting the surface concentration from a constant to a variable governed by a dispersion equation. The calculated values were fit with the experimental results by using the diffusion coefficients as regression parameters. The modified equation exhibited a more precise agreement with respect to the sum of the absolute error (SAE).

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈B:순수및응용수학
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2001

In this paper we modify two indicators related to the global avalanche criterion (GAC) and discuss their properties. Also, we apply the modified indicators to measure the GAC of S-boxes of DES.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.104-108
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• 2013

The adsorption characteristics of Cd(II) and Pb(II) in aqueous solution using granular activated carbon (GAC), activated carbon fiber (ACF), modified ACF (NaACF), and a mixture of GAC and NaACF (GAC/NaACF) have been studied. The surface properties, such as morphology, surface functional groups, and composition of various adsorbents were determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements. The specific surface area, total pore volume, and pore size distribution were investigated using nitrogen adsorption, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) methods. In this study, NaACF showed a high adsorption capacity and rate for heavy metal ions due to the improvement of its ion-exchange capabilities by additional oxygen functional groups. Moreover, the GAC and NaACF mixture was used as an adsorbent to determine the adsorbent-adsorbate interaction in the presence of two competitive adsorbents.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2005

암반 불연속면의 조사 및 분석 과정에서 거쳐야할 필수적인 단계 중 하나는 방대한 불연속면 자료로부터 군을 판별하는 것이다. 불연속면 군 분류는 암반분류, 키블록 해석. 개별요소해석 및 불연속연결망 생성과 같은 암반공학적 업무에 있어서 필수적이다. 일반적으로 등고선도를 이용한 수작업 군 분류가 적용되었으나 이 방법은 수작업에 의존한 주관적인 결과를 제공한다는 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 유전자알고리즘을 이용한 불연속면 군 분석기법을 도입하였으며 방향성 자료에 적용하기 위해 기본적인 유전자알고리즘을 변경하였다. 최종적으로 이러한 이론을 적용한 FORTRAN 프로그램 GAC를 개발하였으며 두 가지 형태의 불연속면 자료의 군 분석에 적용하였다. 적용 결과 GAC를 적용한 군 분류는 빠르고 효율적인 군 분석방법임을 확인하였으며 최적의 불연속면 군 수를 결정하는 데 있어서 분산에 근거한 적합도 함수가 Davis-Bouldin 지수에 근거한 적합도 함수보다 효율적인 것으로 나타났다.