• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.317-326
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• 2021

Vanillyl alcohol (VA), which is abundant in Vanilla bean, has strong antioxidant activity. However, the use of VA in the food and cosmetics industries is limited, due to its low solubility in emulsion or organic solvents. Meanwhile, medium chain fatty acids and medium chain monoglycerides have antibacterial activity. We synthesized butyric acid vanillyl ester (BAVE) or caprylic acid vanillyl ester (CAVE) from VA with tributyrin or tricaprylin through transesterification reaction using immobilized lipases. BAVE and CAVE scavenged 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals in organic solvents. In addition, BAVE and CAVE decreased the production rate of conjugated diene and triene in the menhaden oil-in-water emulsion system. While BAVE showed no antibacterial activity, CAVE showed antibacterial activity against food spoilage bacteria, including Bacillus coagulans. In this study, the antibacterial activity of vanillyl ester with medium chain fatty acid was first revealed. Zeta potential measurements confirmed that BAVE and CAVE were inserted into B. coagulans membrane. In addition, the propidium iodide uptake assay and fluorescent microscopy showed that CAVE increased B. coagulans membrane permeability. Therefore, CAVE is expected to play an important role in the food and cosmetics industries as a bi-functional material with both antioxidant and antibacterial activities.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.3535-3541
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• 2014

Bisphenol A is considered as pollutant, because it is toxic and hazardous to living organisms even at very low concentrations. Biological oxidation used for removing this organic from waste water is not suitable and consequently application of catalytic wet oxidation has been considered as one of the best options for treating bisphenol A. We have developed Fe/SBA-15, Ni/SBA-15 and Fe-Ni/SBA-15 as heterogeneous catalysts using the advanced impregnation method for oxidation of bisphenol A in water. The catalysts were characterized with physico-chemical characterization methods such as, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), FT-IR measurements, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm, thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) analysis. This work illustrates activity of the catalysts for heterogeneous catalytic degradation reaction revealed with excellent conversion and recyclability. The degradation products identified were not persistent pollutants. GC-MS analysis identified the products: 2,4-hexadienedioic acid, 2,4-pentadienic acid and isopropanol or acetic acid. The leachability study indicated that the catalysts release very little metals to water. Therefore, the possibility of water contamination through metal leaching was almost negligible.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.365-370
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• 2009

재구성 지방질의 기질로서 사용될 수 있는 중쇄지방산을 함유한 디글리세리드(DG)를 생산하기 위하여 리파제를 사용하여 중쇄지방산과 모노글리세리드(MG)로부터 DG를 생산하는 유기용매를 사용하지 않는 반응 시스템을 고안하였다. 조사된 리파제 중에 Lipozyme RM IM과 Novozym 435만이 중쇄지방산(carpylic acid, caproic acid, capric acid)과 MG로부터 DG를 효과적으로 생산하였다. 고정화 효소인 Lipozyme RM IM을 사용하여 중쇄지방산인 카프릴산과 MG를 반응시킴으로써 DG 생산을 위하여 molecular sieve 첨가에 의한 반응혼합액 중의 수분 제거, 고정화 효소의 수분함량, 반응온도, MG/카프릴산의 몰비율 등의 생산 조건을 최적화하였다. Molecular sieve를 첨가 하였을 때 약 8%의 DG 함량이 증가되었으며 고정화효소(초기 수분함량: 3.8%(w/w))의 수분을 2.8%(w/w) 이상 감소시킴으로써 44%의 DG를 생산할 수 있었다. 최적의 반응 온도는 $60^{\circ}C$로 확인되었으며 $60^{\circ}C$에서 $25^{\circ}C$로의 온도 변화는 FFA의 함량이 증가하여 DG 생산에 적합하지 아니하였다. 조사된 모든 몰비율에서 반응 24시간 후의 DG의 생산량은 40% 전후로 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았으나 화학양론적인 몰비율 1:1(MG/caprylic acid)에서 가장 많은 DG가 생산되었다. 또한 MG와 카프릴산의 몰비율이 0.3에서 1.8로 높아질수록 반응물 중의 FFA의 함량이 34%에서 13%로 감소하였고 MG 함량은 37%에서 50%로 증가하였다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.309-321
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• 2015

We report in this study the synthesis of mixed matrix reverse osmosis membranes by interfacial polymerization (IP) of thin film nanocomposite (TFNC) on porous polysulfone supports (PS). This paper investigates the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) using the sol-gel processing technique and evaluates the performance of mixed matrix membranes reached by these aerogel NPs. Aqueous m-phenyl diamine (MPD) and organic trimesoyl chloride (TMC)-NPs mixture solutions were used in the IP process. The reaction of MPD and TMC at the interface of PS substrates resulted in the formation of the thin film composite (TFC). NPs of ZnO with a size of about 25 nm were used for the fabrication of the TFNC membranes. These membranes were characterized and evaluated in comparison with neat TFC ones. Their performances were evaluated based on the water permeability and salt rejection. Experimental results indicated that the NPs improved membrane performance under optimal concentration of NPs. By changing the content of the filler, better hydrophilicity was obtained; the contact angle was decreased from $74^{\circ}$ to $32^{\circ}$. Also, the permeate water flux was increased from 26 to 49 L/m2.h when the content of NPs is 0.1 (wt.%) with the maintaining of lower salt passage of 1%.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.258-271
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• 2022

Ferrate (VI) [Fe(VI)] has multi-functional features, which include potential oxidant, coagulant, and disinfectant. Because of these distinctive properties, numerous studies on the synthesis of ferrate (VI) and its possible applications in a wide research areas have been investigated. This review highlights the recent development made on different synthesis methods for ferrate including wet chemical, electrochemical, and thermal methods. The recent advancements achieved in ferrate (VI) oxidation and the synergistic effect of the oxidative properties of ferrate (VI) in the presence of various compounds or materials are also included. Moreover, this review discusses the applications of ferrate (VI) for degrading various types of water pollutants and its reaction mechanism. The optimized experimental conditions and interaction mechanisms of ferrate (VI) with micro-pollutants, dyes, and other organic compounds are also elaborated upon to provide greater insight for future studies. Lastly, the limitations and prospects of the ferrate use in the treatment of polluted water are described.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.43-54
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• 1997

Species, doses and routes extrapolation can be sucessfully carried out by using a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) approach. And PBPK approach to assess risk of hazardous chemicals is reasonable whatever the exposure scenarios are happened. Both partitioning coefficients of chemical between tissue and blood and enzymatic metabolic rate constants are key parameters to build up the PBPK model. In this study, we tried to estimate in vitro metabolic rate constants using a special apparatus instead to measure the in vivo constants which are used to PBPK simulation since the in vitro tests are less expensive and more convenient than in vivo tests. For the purpose, we designed and tested the new system to measure continuously the headspace concentration of VOC. The newly designed system is composed with a diffusion chamber which generates gaseous substrate, a reaction vessel with a recirculating pump to establish a closed system, an autbmatic sampler from a gas phase, a gas chromatography to analyze the headspace. In addition, a cold water condenser is attached between the reaction vessel and pump to reduce the content of gaseous moisture which interferes with chemical analysis. To validate the newly developed methodology, in vitro metabolic rate constants of trichloroethylene (TCE) as a prototype VOC were estimated by simulating observed results with an ACSL program. The simulated results are consistent to those estimated by the other research groups. This finding suggests that our newly designed closed system may be a useful apparatus to estimate in vitro metabolic rate constants for VOC.

• 청정기술
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2005

에폭시 수지는 ECH(Epichlorohydrin)와 BPA(Bisphenol-A)를 원료로 가성소다 존재 하에 탈수응축 반응을 통해 생성되며 반응 부산물로 소금물이 폐수로 발생되는데 이를 Brine이라 부르며 글리시돌과 같은 에멀젼 상태의 ECH 유도체와 수지성 폴리머를 함유하는 알카리성 폐수이다. 이러한 폐수는 폐수처리 과정에서 반응기 내부와 배관 내벽에 폴리머 입자가 침적 및 응고되어 plugging을 일으키는 등 전체적으로 후처리 공정에서 fouling 현상이 발생되고 있는데 이는 미생물의 분해 활성도를 급격히 떨어뜨려 폐수처리 효율이 낮아지는 문제점을 야기 시키고 있다. 본 연구에서는 무기 응집제와 유기 고분자 응집제를 이용하여 에폭시 수지 생산 공정에서 발생하는 brine 폐수에 존재하는 ECH 유도체와 수지성 폴리머를 반고상 슬러지 형태로 응집 및 침전시킴으로써 fouling 현상을 일으키는 요인을 제거하고자 최적의 응집반응 조건을 도출하였고 경제성 분석 등 이를 실제 공정에 적용할 수 있는 방안을 제시하고자 하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.104-116
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• 1996

Anaerobic digestion is generally used for the treatment of volatile organic solids such as manure and sludge from waste water treatment plants. However, the reaction rate of anaerobic process is slow, and thus it requires a large reactor volume. To minimize such a disadvantage, physical and chemical pre-treatment is generally considered. Another method to reduce the reactor size is to adopt different reactor system other than CSTR. In this paper, the effects of heat pre-treatment and reactor configurations on the anaerobic treatability of volatile solids was studied. Carrot, kale, primary sludge, and waste activated sludge was chosen as the test materials, and the BMP method was used to evaluate the maximum methane production and first order rate constants from each sample. After the heat treatment at $130^{\circ}C$ for 30min., the measured increase in SCOD per gram VS was up to 394 mg/L for the waste activated sludge. However, the methane production potential per gram VS was increased for only primary and waste activated sludge by 17-23%, remaining the same for carrot and kale. The overall methane production process for the tested solids can be described by first order reactions. The increased in reaction constant after heat pre-treatment was also more significant for the primary and waste activated sludge than that for carrot and kale. therefore, the heat pre-treatment appeared to be effective for the solids with high protein contents rather than for the solids with high carbohydrate contents. Among the four reactor systems studied, CSTR, PFR, CSTR followed by PFR, and PFR with recycle, CSTR followed by PFR appeared to be the best choice considering methane conversion rate and the operational stability.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2020

This study investigated the degradation characteristics and biodegradability of phenol, refractory organic matters, by injecting MgO and CaO-known to be catalyst materials for the ozonation process-into a Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma. MgO and CaO were injected at 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2 g/L, and the pH was not adjusted separately to examine the optimal injection amounts of MgO and CaO. When MgO and CaO were injected, the phenol decomposition rate was increased, and the reaction time was found to decrease by 2.1 to 2.6 times. In addition, during CaO injection, intermediate products combined with Ca²⁺ to cause precipitation, which increased the COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal rate by approximately 2.4 times. The biodegradability of plasma treated water increased with increase in the phenol decomposition rate and increased as the amount of the generated intermediate products increased. The biodegradability was the highest in the plasma reaction with MgO injection as compared to when the DBD plasma pH was adjusted. Thus, it was found that a DBD plasma can degrade non-biodegradable phenols and increase biodegradability.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.520-525
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• 1990

포화지방산 또는 불포화지방산의 분리방법인 요소부 가법이 지닌 가메탄올 분해(methanolysis)와 농축물 회수의 곤란함 등의 문제를 해결하기 위하여 지방산과 요소의 부가화합물 형성의 반응매질로 유기용매를 사용하고 요소의 습윤제로 물을 사용한 새로운 요소부가법을 제시하였다. 어유를 원료로 제조한 지방산을 헵탄, 헥산, 이소옥탄같은 비극성 유기용매에 용해키시고 요소와 요소의 습윤제인 물을 첨가하여 부가화합물 형성을 유도한 후 요소와 부가화합물을 잘 형성하지 않는 불포화지방산 분획을 회수하여 지방산 조성을 분석한 결과 EPA, DHA 및 이들의 전구물질을 포함한 고도불포화지방산이 80%이상인 것으로 나타났다. 이 고도불포화지방산 농축물내에 EPA와 DHA 함량은 사용하는 유기용매으 종류에 따라서 변화되었는데, 헵탄과 에틸 에테르 등을 사용할 경우에는 EPA의 농축에 효과가 높았다. 이러한 특성을 이용하여 우선 펜탄을 사용하여 DHA를 농축하고 다시 헵탄을 사용하여 EPA의 농축을 시도한 바 어유 지방산으로부터 DHA가 50%인 농축물과 EPA가 53%인 분획을 각각 얻을 수 있었다.