• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.271-278
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• 1993

Nonylphenol ethoxylates-30을 분해할 수 있는 Pseudomonas sp.를 분리, 동정하였다. Nonylphenol ethoxylates-30 의 최적분해조건은 탄소원으로 nonylphenol ethoxylates-30 1.0 g/ι, 질소원으로 ammonium nitrate 0.02 g/ι, pH 7.5, 30였다. 최적분해 조건에서 nonylphenol ethoxylates-30은 배양 30시간 후 89%가 분해되었다. 최적분해조건에서 nonylphenol ethoxylates-30의 초기농도가 각각 100 ppm, 500 ppm, 1000 ppm, 5000 ppm일 때 시간에 따른 분해율을 수식으로 설명할 수 있는 가장 적합한 분해 kinetics는 각각 first order model, Monod no growth model, Monod with growth model로 나타났다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.680-688
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• 2004

A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was operated to investigate the degradation and removal of non-ionic surfactant, nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs) in wastewater using lab scale experimental apparatus. About 5mg/L of NPEO was introduced and only < 0.1mg/L of NPEOs and nonylphenol(NP) in total was detected in treated effluent. In the effluent, long chain ethoxylates (NPEO12-15) were not detected, but short chain ethoxylates (NPEO1,2) were in relatively high concentration. NPEOs in the mixed liquor disappeared more rapidly in anaerobic condition than in aerobic condition.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.74-80
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• 2019

Nonylphenol is an endocrine-disrupting chemical that is the degradation product of the nonionic surfactants nonylphenol ethoxylates. To understand the contamination and behavioral characteristics of nonylphenol, we measured the nonylphenol concentrations in surface water in the lower reaches of the Suyeong River, Korea. The results were used to estimate the material balance. The target area was divided into three regions to estimate the material balance of nonylphenol. In region 1, in flux of the dissolved nonylphenol was 282.3 g/day and the nonylphenol influx in particulate suspended solids was 1,582.8 g/day. The dissolved nonylphenol outflow discharged toward region 2 was 192.5 g/day, while the adsorption to particulate suspended solids was 89.8 g/day. Within the particulate suspended solids, the outflow to region 2 was 1,250.0 g/day, while the estimated amount settling in the sediments was 422.7 g/day. The adsorption of dissolved nonylphenol to the particulate suspended solids in regions 1 and 2 was 31.8% and 54.9%, respectively. In region 3, the desorption rate was 8.8%.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2005

The estrogenic phenolic compounds, nonylphenol (NP), octylphenol(OP), bisphenol A (BPA) and nonylphenol mono- and diethoxylate ($NP_{1-2}EO$) were analyzed in 24 surface water samples from six rivers flowing into Masan Bay. All of the phenolic compounds were detected in all six rivers in high concentrations. The most abundant compound was $NP_{1-2}EO$ (86.0%), followed by NP ($10.1 \%$), BPA ($3.6\%$) and OP ($0.3\%$). The levels of phenolic compounds were 1.42-22.70 ${\mu}g$/L for $NP_{1-2}EO$, 0.15-1.68 ${\mu}g$/L for NP, 0.024-0.610 ${\mu}g$/L for BPA and 0.003-0.067 ${\mu}g$/L for OP. Especially, high concentrations were recorded in the rivers that pass through industrial complexes. The concentrations of phenolic compounds observed in these river waters were 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than the reported acute toxicity levels (hundreds of micrograms per liter). However, they were only slightly lower than the chronic toxicity levels. Most of the water samples also exceeded the Canadian nonylphenolic compounds water quality guideline, 1 ${\mu}g$/L, for the protection of aquatic life and the maximum permissible concentrations (MPC), 0.33 ${\mu}g$/L for NP and 0.12 ${\mu}g$/L for $NP_{1-2}EO$.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2007

Surface water and sediment samples collected from the Mokpo coast of Korea were analyzed for molecular markers of organic municipal wastewaters, i.e., 11 fecal sterols including coprostanol (Cop) and nonylphenolic compounds (NPs), to characterize the main routes of these wastewaters to the coast and to assess contamination levels. Concentrations of Cop ranged from 94 to 7,568 ng/L in surface water and from 43 to 38,108 ng/g dry weight in sediments. Concentrations of NPs [nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol mono- and di-ethoxylates ($NP_{1-2}EOs$)] ranged from 123 to 4,729 ng/L in surface water and from 4 to 2,119 ng/ng dry weight in sediments. The levels of these compounds were much higher at stations near the rivers that pass through the urban center of Mokpo and the outfall of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The spatial distribution of Cop levels was statistically similar to that of NPs (r=0.809 and 0.982 in surface water and sediments, respectively), indicating that these compounds may have similar discharge points, transport, mixing, and deposition in the study area. These results suggest that considerable amounts of organic wastewater compounds are discharged through rivers and WWTP effluent to the Mokpo coast.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.1006-1013
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• 2014

Wastewater organic compounds, that is, nonylphenolic compounds (NPs) and fecal sterols, were measured in surface sediments from Busan Suyeong Estuary, where two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are located, to assess contamination from municipal effluents. The NPs analyzed were nonylphenol, and nonylphenol mono- and di-ethoxylates, all synthetic endocrine disruptors. The fecal sterols analyzed were coprostanol (COP), cholestanol, and epicoprostanol. Concentrations of NPs in the sediments ranged from 146 to 3,723 ng/g, and those of COP ranged from 366 to 13,018 ng/g. Their detection in all of the sediments analyzed indicates widespread pollution by municipal effluents. The highest concentrations of NPs and COP were detected at stations close to outfalls of WWTPs. Their levels in sediments are categorized in the higher range of those previously reported in Korean coastal areas. Moreover, in comparison with screening values of NPs in the Netherlands, Norway, and Canada, more than 50% of the sampling stations exceeded the guidelines. This indicates that the estuary may be adversely influenced by municipal effluents.

• 분석과학
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.263-270
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• 2004

알킬페놀에톡실레이트 (APEO)는 주로 비이온성 계면활성제로 쓰이고 있으며 세제, 액체연료 및 농약에도 이용이 되고 있다. APEO 자체는 독성물질로 분류되어 있지 않지만, 그 대사생성물질인 단사슬 APEO, 알킬페놀 및 카르복실 유도체등은 폐수 또는 음용수를 염소처리하는 동안 mutagenic ring halogenated derivative를 생성한다. 이들 생성물들은 estrogenic effect를 나타내기 때문에 APEO를 제한 또는 규제하고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 APEO의 대사체로서 단사슬 APEO 인 4-nonylphenol-di-ethoxylate (NP2EO), 4-octylphenol-di-ethoxylate (OP2EO)를 분석하기 위해서 p-n-nonylphenol-di-ethoxylate-ring-$^{13}C_6$을 내부표준물질로 사용하여 HPLC/ESI/MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석조건은 이온화 용매인 trifluoroacetic acid가 $10{\mu}M$이 되도록 각각 물과 메탄올에 첨가시켜 사용하였다. 물시료 1 L에 진한 황산을 이용하여 pH를 2이하로 조정한 후, 아세톤, 메탄올 및 물 (pH 2)로 활성화시킨 Sep-Pak $C_{18}$에 loading 시킨 후 아세톤으로 용출하여 시료용액으로 하였다. 이 방법으로 농도범위가 20 ~ 500 ng/L 내에서 검량선의 직선성은 r=0.999 (OP2EO)와 0.990 (NP2EO)였으며, 검출한계는 OP2EO는 20 ng/L, NP2EO는 50 ng/L 이었다. 정확도 및 정밀도는 85.8~122.1% 및 8.2~18.8 %로 좋은 결과를 나타냈다. 이 방법은 환경시료로부터 미량의 APEO를 분석하는데 사용될 수 있고, APEO 오염실태 조사에 응용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.