• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 The 6th International Symposium of East Asian Resources Recycling Technology
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• pp.275-280
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• 2001

Typically, manganese (II) ions are incompletely removed from water as $MnO_2$ on increasing the pH of the water to 10. The water then has to be neutralized before it can be used. We propose a new and effective method for removing Mn (II) from water using a new combination of symbiotic microbes consisting of manganese-oxidizing bacteria and filamentous algae. The microbes rapidly oxidize Mn(II) to Mn (IV) at a neutral pH with no organic matter required as a nutrient and $MnO_2$is precipitated immediately. This differs from the use of heterotrophic manganese-oxidizing bacteria where organic nutrients are required. Our results suggest that this method will be useful in developing new systems for removal of manganese(II) ions from industrial and mining wastewater and drinking water. In addition, there are other possibilities such as recycling of dry batteries which are presently discarded without treatment

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.326-329
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• 2003

When an electrokinetic process is applied to a HOC-contaminated soil, hybrid types combined with soil flushing, chemical oxidation, and bioremediation are generally used. Especially when the electrokinetic process is combined with bioremediation, the hybrid technology can solve several limits of bioremediation such as low microbial mobility, low soil temperature, and shortage of nutrients in subsurface circumstance. Because microbial surface is charged negatively, the microorganism moves from cathode to anode under electrical field. In this study, mixed culture mainly-consisted by Pseudomonas sp. was applied to remediate pentadecane-contaminated kaolinite with particle size less than 300${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. This remediation system was named ‘electrokinetic bioaugmentation’ and consisted of model aquifer, electrode reservoirs, bioreactor, power supply, and pump. The mixed culture above 0.5 of optical density in bioreactor was supplied to two reservoirs and penetrated soil when the electric current was applied. To enhance the removal efficiency, the optimal medium composition, electric current, and voltage were investigated.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2019

The generation of ferrous slag, an industrial by-product from the iron ore industry, results in serious environmental problems. The chemical compositions indicate 30-34% SiO₂, 30-34% CaO, 18-22% Al₂O₃ and 0.5-0.6% Fe₂O₃. The specific gravity, moisture content and pH are in the range of 1.3-1.65, 9.1-10% and 8.5-9.0 respectively. The major part of the slag is composed of sand-size particles. The problems of disposal of slag could be minimized by considering its use in various environmental engineering applications providing additional value to the by-product. This paper mainly focuses on the potential utilization and valorisation of ferrous slag in both water and wastewater treatments. It is effective for the treatment of water and wastewater containing nutrients, heavy metals and polluted river/stormwater.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.110-119
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• 1994

The objective of the this study was to evaluate the effects of heavy metals on the sewage treatment process designed to remove organic material and nutrients using Water- hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ). Batch experiments were carried out using domestic sewage spiked with different level of heavy metal mixtures ( Cd, Pb and Cu ). The specific growth rates of Water- hyacinth ranged from 0.0008 to 0.0015 1/day( operated at water temperatures of 22 ∼30$\circ $c ) and increased as the concentration of heavy metals decreased. The test result showed that the permissible maximum concentrations Cd, Pb and Cu for the growth of Water- hyacinth were 0.5, 1, and 6 mg/ℓ respectively. Under these maximum permissible heavy metal loads, removal rate of organic material, nitrogen and phosphorus were 85%,75% and 75% , respectively, during 40days of the test period.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.629-632
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• 1999

Constructed wetlands are being used for the removal of nutrients from livestock wastewater. However, natural vegetation typically used in constructed wetlands does not have marketable value. As an alternative, agronomic plants grown under flooded or saturated soil conditions that promote denitrification can be used. Studies on constructed wetlands for swine wastewater were conducted in wetland cells that contained either natural wetland plants or a combination of soybeans and rice for two years with the objective of maximum nitrogen reduction to minimize the amount of land required for terminal treatment. Three systems, of two 3.6 by 33.5 m wetland cells connected in series were used; two systems each contained a different combination of emergent wetland vegetation: rush/bulrush (system 1) and bur-reed/cattail (system 2). The third system contained soybean (Glycine max) in saturated-soil-culture (SSC) in the first cell, and flooded rice (Oryza sativa) in the second cell. Nitrogen (N) loading rates of 3 and $10kg\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$ were used in the first and second years, respectively. These loading rates were obtained by mixing swine lagoon liquid with fresh water before it was applied to the wetland. The nutrient removal efficiency was similar in the rush/bulrush, bur-reed/cattails and agronomic plant systems. Mean mass removal of N was 94 % at the loading rate of $3kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$ and decreased to 71% at the higher rate of $10kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$. The two years means for above-ground dry matter production for rush/bulrushes and bur-reed/cattails was l2 and $33Mg\;ha^{-1}$, respectively. Flooded rice yield was $4.5Mg\;ha^{-1}$ and soybean grown in saturation culture yielded $2.8Mg\;ha^{-1}$. Additionally, the performance of seven soybean cultivars using SSC in constructed wetlands with swine wastewater as the water source was evaluated for two years, The cultivar Young had the highest yield with 4.0 and $2.8Mg\;ha^{-1}$ in each year, This indicated that production of acceptable soybean yields in constructed wetlands seems feasible with SSC using swine lagoon liquid. Two microcosms studies were established to further investigate the management of constructed wetlands. In the first microcosm experiment, the effects of swine lagoon liquid on the growth of wetland plants at half (about 175 mg/l ammonia) and full strength (about 350 mg/l ammonia) was investigated. It was concluded that wetland plants can grow well in at least half strength lagoon liquid. In the second microcosm experiment, sequencing nitrification-wetland treatments was studied. When nitrified lagoon liquid was added in batch applications ($48kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$) to wetland microcosms the nitrogen removal rate was four to five times higher than when non-nitrified lagoon liquid was added. Wetland microcosms with plants were more effective than those with bare soil. These results suggest that vegetated wetlands with nitrification pretreatment are viable treatment systems for removal of large quantities of nitrogen from swine lagoon liquid.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.352-357
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• 1998

양액조성의 차이에 따른 토마토의 오존 감수성을 구명하고자 1/2농도의 Hoagland 용액을 표준으로 하여 양액을 조성하였다. N-P-K의 수준을 $N_{100}$ $P_{100}$ $K_{100}$(대조구), $N_{47}$ $P_{100}$ $K_{100}$(질소 감량구), $N_{93}$ $P_0$ $K_{100}$(인산 제거구), $N_{100}$ $P_{100}$ $K_0$(칼륨 제거구), $N_{153}$ $P_{100}$ $K_{100}$(질소 중량구), $N_{107}$ $P_{200}$ $K_{100}$(인산 2배구), $N_{140}$ $P_{100}$ $K_{200}$(칼륨 2배구) 등으로 나누어 수경재배한 후 $0.25{\mu}l/L$의 오존에 접촉시킨 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 지상부 생육은 질소 감량구와 인산 제거구에서 가장 저조하였고, 인산 및 갈륨 제거구에서 인산가 칼륨의 엽중함량이 극히 낮았다. 시비수준의 차이에 따른 가시피해율은 칼륨 제거구에서 가장 심하게 나타났다. 인산 제거구, 질소 감량구 및 중량구 또는 인산과 칼륨 2배구의 피해율은 표준구와 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 2. 오존접촉 후 칼륨 제거구에서 다른 처리구에 비하여 ethylene발생량, 전해질 유출량과 MDA함량이 증가하였으며 엽록소의 함량은 크게 감소였다. 3. 가시피해가 가장 심했던 칼륨 제거구에서 SOD의 활성이 가장 낮았으며 오존접촉 후에도 활성 증가율이 가장 낮게 유지되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.896-902
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• 2015

Milking center wastewater (MCW) has a relatively low ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C/N ratio), which should be separately managed from livestock manure due to the negative impacts of manure nutrients and harmful effects on down-stream in the livestock manure process with respect to the microbial growth. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) is linked to inhibition of the second nitrification and reduces around 40% of the carbonaceous energy available for denitrification. Thus, this study was conducted to find the optimal operational conditions for the treatment of MCW using an attached-growth biofilm reactor; i.e., nitrogen loading rate (NLR) of 0.14, 0.28, 0.43, and $0.58kg\;m^{-3}\;d^{-1}$ and aeration rate of 0.06, 0.12, and $0.24\;m^3\;h^{-1}$ were evaluated and the comparison of air-diffuser position between one-third and bottom of the reactor was conducted. Four sand packed-bed reactors with the effective volume of 2.5 L were prepared and initially an air-diffuser was placed at one third from the bottom of the reactor. After the adaptation period of 2 weeks, SND was observed at all four reactors and the optimal NLR of $0.45kg\;m^{-3}\;d^{-1}$ was found as a threshold value to obtain higher nitrogen removal efficiency. Dissolved oxygen (DO) as one of key operational conditions was measured during the experiment and the reactor with an aeration rate of $0.12\;m^3\;h^{-1}$ showed the best performance of $NH_4-N$ removal and the higher total nitrogen removal efficiency through SND with appropriate DO level of ${\sim}0.5\;mg\;DO\;L^{-1}$. The air-diffuser position at one third from the bottom of the reactor resulted in better nitrogen removal than at the bottom position. Consequently, nitrogen in MCW with a low C/N ratio of 2.15 was successfully removed without the addition of external carbon sources.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.407-412
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• 2013

본 연구는 Low Impact Development (LID) 시설로서 도로에 적용 가능한 수목여과시설을 개발 하고자 수행되었다. 수목여과시설의 적용가능성 및 효과 검증을 위해 Test-bed 규모의 시설을 조성하여 총 17개월(2011년 6월 ~ 2012년 11월)동안 모니터링을 수행하였다. 모니터링 결과, 누적강우량 2 mm 이하의 강우시 발생되는 강우유출량은 시설내 전량 저류 되며 20 mm 이상일 경우 유입유량의 최소 20%가 시설내 저류 되는 것으로 분석되었다. 강우량에 따른 오염물질별 저감효과를 분석한 결과, Total Pb는 70% 이상의 저감효율을 보여 오염물질 중에서 저감효과가 가장 뛰어난 것으로 나타났으며 중금속, 입자상 물질, 영양염류 및 유기물 순으로 저감효과가 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 오염물질별 평균 저감효율은 60~73%의 범위로 나타났으며 소규모 강우(10 mm 미만의 강우)시 10 mm 이상의 강우 일 때 보다 오염물질이 함유된 강우 유출수가 시설 내에서 충분히 저류되기에 오염물질 저감에 효과적인 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구결과를 활용하여 강우량, 오염물질 저감효율과 같은 LID 시설의 설계인자를 도출할 수 있었으며 물순환 효과 및 오염물질의 효율평가를 통하여 향후 본 시설과 유사한 시설의 설계시 활용 가능성이 높은 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.820-825
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• 2007

지렁이 분변토는 낙엽이나 땅 속의 썩은 뿌리 등을 먹고 장 내의 효소에 의해 부숙화시켜 섭취한 먹이의 80% 이상을 그대로 배설한 질소, 인산, 칼륨 등의 함량이 매우 높고 미생물량도 $10^8$ CFU 이상이 되는 천연비료이다. 또한, 분변토의 단립 구조는 통기성 및 투수성이 매우 우수하며, 비표면적이 크고 양이온 교환용량(2.30-4.60 mg/g-soil)이 높아 탈취 능력이 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 분변토의 특성을 유지하고 내구성을 향상시켜주기 위해 폐 polyurethane form을 binder로 하여 담체를 제조한 후, 이를 충전한 바이오필터를 대상으로 악취가스 중 황화수소의 제거 성능을 평가하였다. 본 담체는 별도의 배지를 사용하지 않고 분변토 자체에 포함된 유기, 무기물질을 이용하고, 분변토 자체에 있는 미생물을 이용하여 황화수소를 제거할 수 있었다. 황화수소 주입직후부터 lag phase없이 100%의 제거효율을 보였다. 공간속도 50 $h^{-1}$인 경우 입구농도 450 ppmv까지 출구에서 황화수소가 검출되지 않았으며, 악취가스의 입구 농도가 증가함에 따라 바이오필터의 제거효율이 감소하여 출구의 황화수소 농도가 증가하였다. 이 후 950 ppmv까지 약 93% 이상의 우수한 제거효율은 보였고, 약 61.2 g $S{\cdot}m^{-3}{\cdot}h^{-1}$의 최대제거용량을 얻을 수 있었다. 90% 이상의 제거효율을 갖는 황화수소의 최대제거용량은 SV 50 $h^{-1}$에서 300 $h^{-1}$로 증가함에 따라, 61.2, 65.9, 84.7, 89.4 g $S{\cdot}m^{-3}{\cdot}h^{-1}$로 증가하다가 SV 400 $h^{-1}$ 에서는 약 59.3 g $S{\cdot}m^{-3}{\cdot}h^{-1}$로 감소하였다. 공간속도의 증가에 따른 최대제거속도$(V_m)$와 포화상수$(K_s)$를 Michaelia-Menten식으로부터 구한 결과, 각각 66.04, 88.96, 117.35, 224.15, 227.54 g $S{\cdot}m^{-3}{\cdot}h^{-1}$로 비례적으로 증가하였으며, 반면 포화상수는 79.97, 64.95, 65.37, 127.72, 157.43 ppmv으로 감소한 후 다시 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.437-443
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• 2003

Bioremediation technologies were applied to experimental microcosms, simulating an oil spill in a lower intertidal area. Three treatments (oil only, oil plus nutrients, and oil plus nutrients and microbial inocula) were applied, and each microcosm was repeatedly filled and eluted with seawater every 12 h to simulate tidal cycles. To minimize washing-out of the inoculum by the tidal cycles, microbial cells were primarily immobilized on diatomaceous earth before they were applied to the oiled sand. Oil degradation was monitored by gravimetric measurements, thin layer chromatography/flame ionization detector (TLC/FID) analysis, and gas chromatography (GC) analysis, and the loss of oil content was normalized to sand mass or nor-hopane. When the data were normalized to sand mass, no consistent differences were detected between nutrient-amended and nutrient/inoculum-amended microcosms, although both differed from the oil-only microcosm in respect of oil removal rate by a factor of 4 to 14. However, the data relative to nor-hopane showed a significant treatment difference between the nutrient-amended and nutrient/inoculum-treated microcosms, especially in the early phase of the treatment. The accelerating effect of inoculum treatment has hardly been reported in studies of oil bioremediation in the Tower intertidal area. The inoculum immobilized on diatomaceous earth seemed to be a very effective formulation for retaining microbial cells in association with the sand. Results of this study also suggest that interpretation of the effectiveness of bioremediation could be dependent on the selection of monitoring methods, and consequently the application of various analytical methods in combination could be a solution to overcome the limitations of oil bioremediation monitoring.