• Carbon letters
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

The activated carbon "C" was obtained by carbonization followed by activation with steam at 40% of burn-off. Oxidized carbons C-N, C-P and C-H were obtained by oxidizing the activated carbon C with concentrated nitric acid, ammonium peroxysulfate and hydrogen peroxide, respectively. The textural properties of the carbons were determined from nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. The acidic surface functional groups were determined by pH titration, base neutralization capacity and electrophoretic mobility measurements. The cation exchange capacities of un-oxidized and oxidized carbons were determined by the removal of Cu(II) and Ni(II) from their aqueous solutions. The surface area and the total pore volume decreased but the pore radius increased by the treatment of activated carbon with oxidizing agents. These changes were more pronounced in case of oxidation with $HNO_3$. The surface pH of un-oxidized carbon was basic whereas those of the oxidized derivative were acidic. The removal of Cu(II) and Ni(II) was pH dependent and the maximum removal of the both ions was obtained at pH of 5-6. Cu(II) was more adsorbed, a phenomenon which was ascribed to its particular electronic configuration.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.788-794
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• 2009

황화수소 및 메틸머캡탄($CH_3SH$) 또는 DMS($CH_3SCH_3$)와 같은 황화합물들의 악취를 효율적으로 처리하기 위하여 축분으로 오염된 토양으로부터 sodium thiosulfate 또는 유리황과 같은 기질을 이용하여 미생물의 분리 및 동정을 하고 분리된 미생물들의 여러 가지 pH, 배양온도, 산소조건, 기질(황화합물) 농도, 질소원 및 탄소원의 농도 및 배양기 교반속도 등의 배양조건 하에서의 배양특성을 관찰하고 적정배양조건을 구축하였다. KD-1212와 DAH-1056 균주의 최적 pH는 각각 7.0 및 4.0이었으며 최적배양온도는 $30{\sim}35^{\circ}C$ 범위였다. 또한 독립영양미생물인 ED-1138 균주를 다른 오염된 토양에서 분리하였다. 균주를 고정한 바이오필터의 악취처리에 있어서 균주 DAH-1056이 기존 균주 Thiobacillus sp. IW보다 황화수소 제거능이 우수하였다. KD-1212 균주를 이용하여 황화합물의 농도 및 질소원 및 탄소원에 대한 성장특성을 조사한 결과, KD-1212는 sodium thiosulfate의 25 mM 농도에서 성장이 가장 잘되었고, 탄소원으로는 glucose와 maltose를 잘 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 질소원으로는 yeast extract를 잘 이용하였으며 0.5% 농도에서 성장이 가장 잘 되었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.82-89
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• 1984

논토양(土壤)에 볏짚을 시용(施用)하고 투수조건(透水條件)으로 수도(水稻)를 재배(栽培)하면서 경시적(經時的)으로 질소대식(窒素代識)에 관여(關與)하는 미생물(微生物)의 소장(消長)과 토양성분(土壤成分)의 변화(變化)를 조사(調査)하여 얻어진 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 토양중(土壤中) Eh는 경시적(經時的)으로 저하(低下)했으며 볏짚시용구(施用區)의 Eh가 더욱 낮다. pH는 상층(上層)이 하층(下層)보다 약간 높았다. 이가철(二價鐵)은 함량(含量)이 볏짚시용(施用)으로 증가(增加)되었으며 경시적(經時的)으로 증가(增加)하는 경향(傾向)이었다. $NH_4$-N는 생육초기(生育初期)에 볏짚시용구(施用區)가 함량(含量)이 낮고 $NO_3$-N는 거의 검출(檢出)되지 않았다. 탈실균(脫室菌)은 담수초기(湛水初期)에 상층(上層)에서 높았으며 볏짚시용(施用)으로 생육초기(生育初期)에 약간 균수증가(菌數增加)가 있었다. 경시적(經時的)으로 탈질균(脫窒菌)은 감소(減少)하는 경향(傾向)이었으며 질산환원균(窒酸還元菌)은 증가(增加)하였다. 암모니아 산화균(酸化菌)은 상층(上層)의 균수(菌數)가 하층(下層)보다 많았다. 아질산산화균(亞窒酸酸化菌)은 경시적(經時的)으로 감소(減少)하고 볏짚시용(施用)으로 균수(菌數)가 더욱 감소(減少)되었다. 토양중(土壤中) 이가철함량(二價鐵含量)과 탈질균(脫窒菌)과는 부(負)의 상관(相關)이 비교적 높으며 질산환원균(窒酸還元菌)과는 정(正)의 상관(相關)은 있으나 유의성(有意性)은 없었다. 암모니아산화균(酸化菌)과 그 이가철함량(二價鐵含量)과는 일정(一定)한 상관관계(相關關係)를 나타내지 못하고 있으며 $NH_4$-N 함량(含量)과도 뚜렷한 유의상관(有意相關)이 없었다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2008

This study examined effects of the fermented leachate of food waste (FLFW) on nitrogen and phosphorous removal for domestic wastewater containing a low carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio in sequencing batch reactor (SBR). When the FLFW was not supplied in the process, release of phosphorus and excessive intake was not observed at both anaerobic and aerobic stages. On the other hand, when the FLFW was gradually added, active release of phosphorus and intake of phosphorus was noticed at an anaerobic stage and aerobic stage, respectively, resulting in improved phosphorus removal efficiency. The removal efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus was increased from 75% and 37% (R-1, control test) to 97% and 80% (R-4, the highest substrate ratio test), respectively. In addition, although activity of the nitrogen oxidizing microorganisms was reduced when the reaction temperature was decreased to $10^{\circ}C$, the phosphorus removal efficiency was shown to increase with the addition of FLFW, indicating an independence from temperature. Overall, this study suggests that an efficient nutrients removal process can be successfully employed into a SBR when the FLFW is added to a wastewater which has a low C/N ratio.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.195-206
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• 2014

Immobilization of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria has been studied to enhance the biomass retention of the slowly growing bacteria and the process stability. The purpose of this study was to compare the nitrogen removal efficiency of granular and immobilized anammox bacteria with poly vinyl alcohol and alginate. The specific anammox activity of the granular, homoginized and immobilized anammox bacteria were $0.016{\pm}0.0002gN/gVSS/d$, $0.011{\pm}0.001gN/gVSS/d$ and $0.007{\pm}0.0005gN/gVSS/d$, respectively. Although the activity decreased to 43.7 % of the original one due to low pH and $O_2$ exposure during the homogination and the immobilization, it was rapidly recovered within 7 days in the following continuous culture. When synthetic T-N concentrations of 100, 200, 400, 800 mg/L were fed, the immobilized anammox bacteria showed higher nitrogen removal efficiencies at all operational conditions than those of granular anammox bacteria. When the sludge retention time was shorten below 30.7 days and the reject water was fed, the nitrite removal efficiency of the granular anammox bacteria dropped to 8 % of the initial value, while that of the immobilized anammox bacteria was maintained over 95 % of the initial one. The immobilization with poly vinyl alcohol and alginate would be a feasible method to improve the performance and stability of the anammox process.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1999

Poly-${\beta}$-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and enzymes related PHB metabolism have been measured in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis of chickpea and cowpea plants. Bacteroids from chickpea and cowpea contained PHB to 0.8% and 43% of their dry weight, respectively, whereas the free-living cells CC 1192 and I 16 produced $285{\pm}55mg$ and $157{\pm}18mg$ of PHB g (dry weight)$^{-1}$. To further understand why chickpea bacteroids contained little PHB, the enzyme activities of PHB metabolism (3-ketothiolase, acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, PHB depolymerase, and 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase), the TCA cycle (malate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, and isocitrate dehydrogenase), and related reactions (malic enzyme, pyruvate dehydrogenase, and glutamate:2-oxoglutarate transaminase) were compared in extracts from chickpea and cowpea bacteroids and the respective free-living bacteria. Significant differences were observed between chickpea and cowpea bacteroids and between the bacteroid and free-living forms of CC 1192, with respect to the capacity for some of these reactions. It is indicated that a greater potential for oxidizing malate to oxaloacetate in chickpea bacteroids could be a factor that favors the utilization of acetyl-CoA in TCA cycle rather than for PHB synthesis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.377-381
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• 2002

Recently, interests to remove nitrogen in the nitritation process have increased because of its economical advantages, since it could be a short-cut process to save both oxygen for nitrification and carbon for denitrification compared to a typical nitrification. However, the kinetics related with the nitritation process has not yet been fully understood. Furthermore, many useful models which have been successfully used for wastewater treatment processes cannot be used to estimate effluent nitrite concentration for evaluating performance of the nitritation process, since the process rate equations and population of microorganisms for nitrogen removal in these models have been set up only for the condition of full nitrification. Therefore, the present study was conducted to estimate an effluent nitrite concentration in the nitritation process with a concept of enzymatic inhibition kinetics based on long-term laboratory experiments. Using a nonlinear least squares regression method, kinetic parameters were accurately determined. By setting up a process rate equation along with a mass balance equation of the nitrite-oxidizing step, an effluent nitrite concentration in the nitritation process was then successfully estimated.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.260-266
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• 2021

Synthesizing low-dimensional structures of oxide semiconductors is a promising approach to fabricate highly efficient gas sensors by means of possible enhancement in surface-to-volume ratios of their sensing materials. In this work, vertically aligned zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods are successfully synthesized on a transparent glass substrate via seed-mediated hydrothermal synthesis method with the use of a ZnO nanoparticle seed layer, which is formed by thermally oxidizing a sputtered Zn metal film. Structural and optical characterization by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Raman spectroscopy reveals the successful preparation of the ZnO nanorods array of the single hexagonal wurtzite crystalline phase. From gas sensing measurements for the nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) gas, the vertically aligned ZnO nanorod array is observed to have a highly responsive sensitivity to NO₂ gas at relatively low concentrations and operating temperatures, especially showing a high maximum sensitivity to NO₂ at 250 ℃ and a low NO₂ detection limit of 5 ppm in dry air. These results along with a facile fabrication process demonstrate that the ZnO nanorods synthesized on a transparent glass substrate are very promising for low-cost and high-performance NO₂ gas sensors.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2023

Utilizing low-dimensional structures of oxide semiconductors is a promising approach to fabricate relevant gas sensors by means of potential enhancement in surface-to-volume ratios of their sensing materials. In this work, vertically aligned cupric oxide (CuO) nanorods are successfully synthesized on a transparent glass substrate via seed-mediated hydrothermal synthesis method with the use of a CuO nanoparticle seed layer, which is formed by thermally oxidizing a sputtered Cu metal film. Structural and optical characterization by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Raman spectroscopy reveals the successful preparation of the CuO nanorods array of the single monoclinic tenorite crystalline phase. From gas sensing measurements for the nitrogen monoxide (NO) gas, the vertically aligned CuO nanorod array is observed to have a highly responsive sensitivity to NO gas at relatively low concentrations and operating temperatures, especially showing a high maximum sensitivity to NO at 200 ℃ and a low NO detection limit of 2 ppm in dry air. These results along with a facile fabrication process demonstrate that the CuO nanorods synthesized on a transparent glass substrate are very promising for low-cost and high-performance NO gas sensors.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.55-65
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• 1999

AF(anaerobic filter)/BAF(biological aerated filter) system and UASB(upflow anaerobic sludge blanket)/BAF system, of which system effluents were recirculated to the anaerobic reactors in each system, were operated in order to investigate the performance in simultaneous removal of organics and nitrogen in high-strength dairy wastewater. Advanced anaerobic treatment processes of AF and UASB were evaluated on applicability as pre-denitrification reactors, and BAF was also evaluated on the performance in oxidizing the remaining organics and ammonia nitrogen. At system HRTs of 4.0 to 4.5 days and recirculation ratios of one to three, the AF/BAF system could achieve more than 99% of organics removals and 64 to 78% of total nitrogen removals depending upon the recirculation ratio. Although the UASB/BAF system also showed more than 99% of organics removals, total nitrogen removals in the UASB/BAF system were 53 to 66% which are lower than those in the AF/BAF system at the corresponding recirculation ratios. Optimum recirculation ratios considering simultaneous removal of organics and nitrogen and cost-effectiveness, were in the range of two to three. The upflow AF packed with crossflow module media, as a primary treatment of the anaerobic reactor/BAF system, showed better performances in denitrification, SS removals, and gas production than the UASB. Higher loading rate of suspended solids from the UASB increased the backwashing times in the following BAF. Especially, at a recirculation ratio of three in the UASB/BAF system, the increase in head loss due to clogging in the BAF caused frequent backwashing, at least once d day. The BAF showed the high nitrification efficiency of average 99.2% and organics removals more than 90% at organics loading rate less than $1.4KgCOD/m^3/d$ and $COD/NH_3-N$ ratio less than 6.4. It was proved that the simplified anaerobic reactor/BAF system could maximize the organics removal and achieve high nitrogen removal efficiencies through recirculation of system effluents to the anaerobic reactor. The AF/BAF system can, especially, be a cost effective and competitive alternative for the simultaneous removal of organics ana nitrogen from wastewaters.