• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 1996

Although the Dongjin Au-Ag-Cu mine had been abandoned since about forty years ago, the results of this study on the dispersion patterns and contamination level of heavy metals in the hydrologic system flowing via the waste rump show that the environmental impacts from the mine wastes are still significant. The stream water in the vicinity of the waste rump is severely acidified (pH 3.8 to 4.4) and highly enriched in various dissolved heavy metals. The heavy metal contents of the stream water and stream sediments are systematically attenuated with increasing distance from the mine area. However, it is worth to note that continuous attenuation of heavy metal contents in both media were reenriched in downstream area more than 800 m apart from the mine because it can be acted as a secondary source of heavy metal pollution. The heavy metals, especially Cd, Cu and Zn of polluted downstream sediments mainly occur in Fe-Mn oxides and organic materials, which indicates that these elements are the main pollutants from the waste rump of the Dongjin mine. The heavy metal contents of crops, such as sesame, perilla, red Pepper and brown rice, collected from the polluted farm land in the downstream area are lower than those of land plants from stream sides, but significantly higher in Cd, Cr, Cu and Zn than those from the unpolluted farm land. Especially, almost all of the crops in polluted farm land have been severly contaminated by Cd (>0.4 ppm). On the other hand, the heavy metal contents of the crops collected from refreshed farm land by means of a soil addition method shows significantly lowered level comparing with those of polluted area, which indicates that a soil addition method was effective for the refreshment of polluted farm land by toxic metallic pollutants. Wormwoods from this area showed very high contents in a11 the heavy metals even in unpolluted area (Cd > 1 ppm, Cr > 1 ppm, Cu > 11 ppm, Pb> 4 ppm, Zn > 55 ppm), indicating that a special caution must be payed when one takes ingest them.

• 에너지공학
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2010

근래의 무분별한 화석연료의 사용은 에너지자원의 고갈과 환경오염의 문제를 야기하여 이의 해결을 위한 청정신에너지에 대한 연구가 전 세계적으로 집중되고 있다. 이 중 바이오매스는 화석연료보다 비교적 높은 H/C비를 갖기 때문에 신에너지인 수소 또는 Syngas를 생산하기 위한 가스화 특성이 우수한 특징을 가지고 있으며, 구성성분 내 중금속, 타르 질소를 거의 함유하지 않는 점에서 환경오염 저감과 동시에 대체 신에너지로써 각광을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 목질계 바이오매스인 Wood pellet에 대하여 고정층 반응기를 이용하여 질소 분위기하에서 온도 및 Steam/Biomass Ratio(SBR)조건 변화에 따른 가스화 특성으로 고찰하는데 그 목적을 둔다. 온도의 영향에 대하여, 높은 온도 범위에서 수소 수율이 증가함을 알 수 있었다. SBR에 대한 영향으로서, 상대적 저온 조건에서는 SBR이 1 이상인 조건에서는 수소 수율이 거의 일정한 경향을 보였고, $900^{\circ}C$의 고온에서는 SBR 증가에 따라 증가하는 결과를 얻었다. 또한 $H_2$/CO ratio에 비하여 $H_2/CH_4$ ratio의 변화가 더 큰 결과로부터, 본 실험 조건에서의 반응은 Steam reforming이 Water gas shift reaction 보다 더욱 지배적임을 확인하였다. 최적의 $H_2$ 수율 생산 조건은 열분해의 경우 $800^{\circ}C$이며, 저온 스팀가스화의 경우에는 SBR=1, $900^{\circ}C$의 고온인 경우에는 SBR=3 이었으며, 최대 수소 수율은 $900^{\circ}C$, SBR=3의 조건에서 38.5 vol.%(56.01 L/min kg) 이었다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2008

In this study, a dry single-phase anaerobic digestion process (Dranco system) was investigated to evaluate the optimum operational conditions. Several factors such as injection rate of organic waste, biogas production, $CH_4$ content in the biogas, pH of the sludge, $NH_3$-N and VFA concentration were investigated based on the operation of the digestion process for 2 months (short term) and 8 months (long-term). The operation results showed that a small quantity of food waste should be injected every week and that a 10% increase of the microorganism injection rate should be needed. However, normal operation was conducted after 11 weeks based on the designed quantity. The $CH_4$ content in the biogas was high at the beginning and the end of the food injection. However, it was low during week days. When the biogas production was high, the $CH_4$ concentration was low. The biogas production increased with an increase of the injection rate. $100m^3$/ton of biogas was produced from normal operation of the digestion process based on the designed quantity. The pH values of the digestion tank based on short-term operation ranged from 8 to 8.5. However, the pH values ranged from 7.45 to 8.15 after 4 weeks of long-term operation. The $NH_3$-N concentration of short-term operation ranged from 4,500 to 5,500 ppm and it gradually decreased to 2,000ppm after normal operation was commenced. For long-term operation, it was 5,000ppm initially and 3,800ppm after normal operation was commenced. The VFA concentration of sludge was less than 900ppm and 2,500ppm for short and long-term operations, respectively, after normal operation. Overall, the differences between sludge pH, $NH_3$-N and VFA concentrations may be due to the different types of microorganisms and the digestion ability of the microorganisms which exist in the accumulation of non digested organics. Moreover, it may be also caused by the type of food waste. Further investigation is needed to confirm these relationships.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2020

BACKGROUND: Recently, biomass conversion from agricultural wastes to carbon-rich materials such as biochar has been recognized as a promising option to maintain or increase soil productivity, reduce nutrient losses, and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the agro-ecosystem. This experiment was conducted to select an optimum conditions for enhancing the NH₄-N adsorption capacity of rice hull activated biochar. METHODS AND RESULTS: For deciding the proper molarity of KOH for enhancing its porosity, biochars treated with different molarity of KOH (0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8) were carbonized at 600℃ in the reactor. The maximum adsorption capacity was 1.464 mg g^-1, and an optimum molarity was selected to be 6 M KOH. For the effect of adsorption capacity to different carbonized temperatures, 6 M KOH-treated biochar was carbonized at 600℃ and 800℃ under the pyrolysis system. The result has shown that the maximum adsorption capacity was 1.76 mg g^-1 in the rice hull activated biochar treated with 6 M KOH at 600℃ of pyrolysis temperature, while its non-treated biochar was 1.17 mg g^-1. The adsorption rate in the rice hull activated biochar treated with 6 M KOH at 600℃ was increased at 62.18% compared to that of the control. Adsorption of NH₄-N in the rice hull activated biochar was well suited for the Langmuir model because it was observed that dimensionless constant (R_L) was 0.97 and 0.66 at 600℃ and 800℃ of pyrolysis temperatures, respectively. The maximum adsorption amount (q_m) and the bond strength constants (b) were 0.092 mg g^-1 and 0.001 mg L^-1, respectively, for the rice hull activated biochar treated with 6 M KOH at 600℃ of pyrolysis. CONCLUSION: Optimum condition of rice hull activated biochar was 6M KOH at 600℃ of pyrolysis temperature.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.207-216
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• 1979

Environmental pollution or contaminations caused by various kinds of pollutants have become one of most serious problems of our time. Environ mental pollution is the unfavoralble alteration of our surroundings, through direct or indirect effects of changes in energy patterns, rediation levels, chemical and physical constitution and abundances of organisms. These changes may affect humans directly or through their supplies of water and of agicultural and other biological products, their physical objects or possessions, or their opportunities for recreation and appreciation of nature. Pollutants that meet the criteria of this definition of environmental pollution are numerous: gases (such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) and paniculate matter (such as smoke particles, lead aerosols, and asbestos) in the atmosphere; pesticides and radioactive isotopes in the atmosphee and in waterways; sewage, organic. chemicals, and phosphates in water; solid wastes on land; excessive heating (thermal pollution) of rivers and lakes; and many others. Some of these pollutants are introduced into the environment naturally, others by human actions, and most in both ways. Our major concer is with environmental pollution resulting wholly or largely as a by-product of human activities, because these can be controlled most readily. Environmental pollution cannot be solved by science and technology alone. It should be handled by an interdisciplinary approach with combined methods of science and technology as wen as social science disciplines for the better solution of this critical problem. In this respect, introducing "Environmental Science," a new scientific approach for the solution of environmental problems, which is now widely accepted by most developed countries of the world will be very helpful for systematization of theoretical basis for a new scientific approach to environmental pollution. Environmental science is "the study of all systems of air, land, water, energy, and life that surround Man. It includes all sciences directed to the system-level of understanding of the environment, drawing especially upon such disciplines as meteorology, geophysics, oceanography, and ecology, and utilizing to the fullest knowledge and techniques developed in such fields as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering as well as many social science disciplines, such as economics, such as economics, law, political science and public administration." The components of this discipline are not new, for they are drawn from existing areas of science within biology chemistry, physics, and geoscience. What is really new about environmental science, however, is it siewpoint - its orientation to global problems, its conception of the earth as a set of interlocking, interacting systems, and its interest in Man as a part of these systems.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.143-150
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• 1995

새로운 퇴비화 방법과 메탄 발효잔사에 대한 처리를 모색하기 위해 메탄 발효잔사, 제지슬러지, CMC 슬러지를 $50^{\circ}C$ 고온과 air pump로 공기를 주입하여 고온 호기적 조건하에 퇴비화하였고, 제조된 퇴비로 열무를 대상으로 NPK 시용구, 발효 잔사 퇴비+ NPK(AWC+NPK), 제지 생슬러지 퇴비 + NPK(RSC+NPK), CMC 슬러지 퇴비 + NPK(CSC+NPK)로 처리구를 나누고 비효를 평가한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) $50^{\circ}C$ 고온 및 공기 주입을 통한 고온 호기 발효는 AWC와 CSC는 3일, RSC는 6일에 속성 퇴비화하여 양질의 퇴비를 생산할 수 있었다. 2) 열무의 생육을 통한 비효 평가는 슬러지 퇴비의 시용이 무처리구와 비교해서 열무의 고른 생육을 유도하여 생체중은 3배 이상, 건물중은 5배 이상의 증가를 보였다. 3) 슬러지 시용에 따른 열무의 시기별 3요소 흡수율은 질소와 칼리는 AWC+NPK가 가장 좋았고, 인산은 CSC+NPK가 초기에, RSC+NPK가 후기 흡수율이 가장 높았다. 4) 3요소 흡수 증가폭이 큰 4주차에 질소는 대조구에 비해, 각 시용구 모두 2~2.7배 인산은 1.8~3배 수준이었다. 5) 최종 수확기까지의 3요소 흡수율은 대조구에 비해 슬러지 퇴비 시용구가 질소은 6.7~9.3배였고, 인산은 17~21배였으며, NPK 시용구는 대조구와 비슷한 수준이었다. 그리고, 칼리는 2~3배 수준으로 높았다. 6) 열무 수확 후 토양은 슬러지 퇴비 시용구의 유기물 함량이 1.5~2.3배 증가되었으며, CEC는 4.5~5.3배의 증가를 보였다. 7) 위의 결과로 고온 호기퇴비화는 높은 함수율의 유기물을 단기간내에 퇴비화할 수 있었고, 이들의 시용은 작물의 수량 증대 및 토양의 물리화학성을 개선시켰으며, 화학비료 과다시용에 따른 영양염류 유출을 방지하여 수질오염을 막고, 장기적으로 화학비료의 시용을 줄일 수 있다고 생각된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 유기성폐기물의 최종생분해도를 평가하여 혐기소화조의 정확한 효율평가를 위한 기초자료를 확보하고 유기물의 분해경향을 보다 정확히 평가할 수 있는 다중 분해속도분석(Multiple k analysis)기법을 개발하여 다중 분해속도상수와 각각의 분해속도에 관여하고 있는 기질의 분율을 산정하려는데 목적이 있다. 연구 결과 폐활성슬러지의 최종생분해도는 50%, 농축슬러지는 40%로 평가되어 85%내외의 생분해도를 나타낸 Sorghum이나 Swine Waste에 비해 현저히 낮았다. 활성슬러지의 경우 생분해가능한 기질의 71%가 22일내에 초기분해속도상수 $k_1$인, $0.151\;day^{-1}$로 빠르게 분해되고 그 이후로 남아 있는 29%의 기질이 분해속도상수 $k_2$인, $0.021\;day^{-1}$로 아주 느리게 분해되었다. 반면 농축슬러지의 경우는 기질의 39%만이 $k_1$인, $0.123\;day^{-1}$로 빠르게 분해되었으며 60% 이상이 $k_2$인, $0.001\;day^{-1}$로 매우 느리게 분해되었다. 한편 Sorghum은 초기분해속도상수($k_1$)인 $0.248{\sim}0.358\;day^{-1}$ 범위로 기질의 약 90%($S_1$)가 16일 이내에 빠르게 분해되었으며 축분의 경우 $k_1$인, $0.155{\sim}0.209\;day^{-1}$ 범위로 기질의 $84{\sim}91%(S_1)$가 14일 이내에 빠르게 분해됨을 알 수 있다. 따라서 Multi k Analysis방법을 이용하여 도출된 하수 슬러지의 분해속도상수와 기질의 분율 및 분해패턴을 토대로 혐기성소화시 효율적이고 경제적인 HRT의 산정이 가능하다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.414-422
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• 1984

수영만으로 유입되는 온천천이 해양생물에 미치게 될 영향을 직접적으로 조사하기 위하여 1984년 2월 20일부터 4월 15일까지 4회에 걸쳐 수질분석 및 급성독성시험을 실시한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 수질분석 결과 온천천은 BOD, COD 값이 환경기준을 훨씬 초과하고 있어 가정하수가 주종을 이루는 도시하수의 특성을 지닌 하천임을 알 수 있다. 기준은 설정되어 있지않지만 LAS가 반치사농도 이상으로 오염되어 있어 단독독성물질로 큰 문제가 될 것이 예상되었다. 2. 말똥성게(Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus)의 관족부착에 대한 온천천의 96시간 반영향농도($EC_{50}$)는 희석비율 $40.0{\sim}51.05\%$(v/v)으로 일반적인 강과 하천수에 비해 강한 독성을 보이고 있다. LAS 단독물질로 실험했을 경우 $EC_{50}$은 $3.7{\sim}3.8$ ppm으로 나타났다. 3. Tabata의 오염물질에 따른 5개군의 적용계수에 근거 0.1을 실험결과에 적용하여 온천천에 생물환경에 허용될 수 있는 희석비율 $4.0{\sim}5.1\%$를 산출하였다. 이 결과는 온천천이 가정하수나 유역의 산업폐수로부터 심각하게 오염되어 있으며, 합성세제의 주원료로 사용되는 LAS가 반치사농도 이상으로 오탁되어 있고 그 외 알지 못하는 복잡다양한 물질들이 서로 혼합되어 독성을 야기시키고 있음을 말해준다. 4. 수영만 해수의 수질을 고려하여 유입수가 수영만 생물에 미치는 독성의 범위를 파악한 결과 만내 COD값이 12.2ppm 이상 되는 해역은 해를 입고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 5. 수영천, 동천 및 보수천의 수질분석 결과, 유량과 유입되는 지점의 해수류동에 따라 그 정도의 차이는 있겠으나, 온천천과 유사한 형태의 악영향을 예상할 수 있다.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.363-384
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• 2009

This study aimed at finding directions for Korean agriculture to establish a new paradigm of sustainable development. Various problematic issues and concerns in the environment necessitate the transformation of Korea's development paradigm from unconditional growth to "Green Growth" through new policies on green value and review of various advanced researches. In this research, the environment-friendly agriculture's problems, particularly in agribusiness were analyzed. Drawing from Michael Porter's Value Chain Analysis, this research developed a value chain model in agriculture that reflects the environment and the present situations. Future directions in the agriculture sector were also discussed. Korea realized food self-sufficiency through the green revolution in the early 1970s. However, a lot of problems have also occurred, including ground and water pollution and the destruction of ecosystems as a result of the overuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. In the late 1970s, the growing interest on environment-friendly agriculture led to the introduction of sustainable methods and techniques. Unfortunately however, these were not innovative enough to foster environment-friendly agriculture. Thereafter, the consumers' distrust on agricultural products has worsened and concerns about health have increased. In view of this, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries introduced in December 1993 a system of Quality-Certified Products for organic and pesticide-free agri-foods. Although a fundamental step toward the sustainability of the global environment, this system was not enough to promote environment-friendly agriculture. In 2008, Korea's vision is for "Low Carbon Green Growth" to move forward while also coping with climate change. But primary sectors in a typical value chain do not consider the green value of their operations nor look at production from an environmental perspective. In order to attain sustainable development, there is a need to use less resources and energy than what is presently used in Korean agricultural and value production. The typical value chain should be transformed into a "closed-loop" such that the beginning and the end of the chain are linked together. Such structure allows the flow of materials, products and even wastes among participants in the chain in a sustained cycle. This may result in a zero-waste sustainable production without destroying the ecosystem.

• 산학경영연구
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.69-94
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• 2006

매립된 패기물의 분해과정에서 생성되는 부산물로서의 매립가스는 악취와 환경오염을 유발하는 유해한 가스로 여겨져 왔다. 그러나 발열량이 $5,000kcal/m^3$에 달하는 매립가스의 특성은 에너지원으로써의 활용가치가 탁월한데다 지구온난화의 주범으로 떠오르면서 그 회수 필요성이 더욱 강조되고 있어, 재생에너지로서의 매립가스를 대체에너지 자원으로 이용하려는 추세는 매우 고무적인 현상이라 하겠다. 현재 우리나라의 매립가스자원화 사업은 가스엔진을 이용한 전력생산이 대부분을 차지하고 있으며, 부분적으로 중질가스와 고질가스의 활용에도 관심을 보이고 있다. 가스발전기의 가동률과 전력단가의 변동을 고려하여 매립가스의 경제성을 분석해본 결과, 초기 투자비 회수와 지속적인 수익성 확보를 위해서는 최소한 10년 이상의 발전사업 운영 및 전력판매 단가의 현실화가 요구되고 있다.