• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2018

Coal seam gas (CSG) water, to be discharged, has been usually treated in reverse osmosis (RO) plants which require extensive and expensive pre-treatment. However, current low gas prices have been a great driver for relevant industries to seek for alternative cost-effective technologies in the aspect of its beneficial use and fit-for-purpose usable water production. In this paper, a combined system with a two-stage pore control fiber (PCF) filtration and a RO system was designed and tested for CSG water treatment. Also, a coagulation reactor was placed in front of the PCF to further enhance suspended solid removal. More than 99% of SS were removed through the PCF filtration while organic, total nitrogen and total phosphorous were mostly removed by the RO system. Especially along with a decrease in conductivity, the total dissolved solid derived from salts was mainly removed in the RO system. Having $OH^-$ undetected, $HCO_3{^-}$ was found to be a dominant compound and its removal efficiency was 97-98% after the RO treatment. And a Fe(III) type of Polytetsu, which was the first to be tested in this paper, was found to be a better option than a Al(III) type of Poly Aluminium Chloride due to its greater coagulation efficiency and applicability at a broader range of pH than the Al(III) type. In addition, there was no noticeable change in oxidation reduction potential, suggesting that an additional process is required to oxidize non-ionic organic carbons (detected as total organic carbon).

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.598-602
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• 2018

석유정제공장에서 사용된 폐촉매의 특성을 조사하여 바나듐 레독스 흐름전지용 소재인 전해액의 제조에 대하여 연구하였다. 석유정제공정에서 사용된 폐촉매의 총공극 부피, 비표면적 및 평균 기공크기는 BET법과 BJH법으로 계산하여 각각 3.96cc/g, 13.81m2/g, 1.15A 구하여 폐촉매에서 바나듐을 회수하여 전해액으로 제조 할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 폐촉매를 TG-DTA분석결과, $25^{\circ}C$부터 $700^{\circ}C$ 범위에서 중량손실이 약 23wt%였다. 폐촉매의 성분을 ICP 장비를 분석하여 황, 바나듐, 니켈, 알루미늄, 망간 철 구리 등의 원소를 확인하였다. 또한 TEM 장비로 측정한 결과 바나듐 외 다른 원소들이 결정성 클러스터가 밝은 점으로 명백하게 드러남을 알 수 있었다. 액액 추출법을 사용하여 폐촉매로 부터 바나듐을 99.25%로 분리하여 추출한 바나듐용액의 전기화학적 특성분석을 위해 CV(cyclic votammetry)측정한 결과, 산화/환원피크가 나타남으로서 전해질 용액으로서의 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 또한 폐촉매로 부터 추출된 바나듐 용액의 순도를 더욱 높여 전해질 용액을 제조하면 기존 상용화된 전해질 성능과 같은 것을 제조 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.428-437
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• 2007

The potential for humic substances to serve as terminal electron acceptors in microbial respiration and the effects of humic substances on microbial azoreduction were investigated. The dissimilatory azoreducing microorganism Shewanella decolorationis S12 was able to conserve energy to support growth from electron transport to humics coupled to the oxidation of various organic substances or $H_2$. Batch experiments suggested that when the concentration of anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQS), a humics analog, was lower than 3 mmol/l, azoreduction of strain S12 was accelerated under anaerobic condition. However, there was obvious inhibition to azoreduction when the concentration of the AQS was higher than 5 mmol/l. Another humics analog, anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQDS), could still prominently accelerate azoreduction, even when the concentration was up to 12 mmol/l, but the rate of acceleration gradually decreased with the increasing concentration of the AQDS. Toxic experiments revealed that AQS can inhibit growth of strain S12 if the concentration past a critical one, but AQDS had no effect on the metabolism and growth of strain S12 although the concentration was up to 20 mmol/l. These results demonstrated that a low concentration of humic substances not only could serve as the terminal electron acceptors for conserving energy for growth, but also act as redox mediator shuttling electrons for the anaerobic azoreduction by S. decolorationis S12. However, a high concentration of humic substances could inhibit the bacterial azoreduction, resulting on the one hand from the toxic effect on cell metabolism and growth, and on the other hand from competion with azo dyes for electrons as electron acceptor.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2015

Remediation of wastewater contaminated with metal(II)-complexed species (Cu(II)-NTA (NTA: nitrilotriacetic acid), Cu(II)-EDTA (EDTA: ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid) and Cd(II)-EDTA is attempted using the potential applicability of ferrate(VI). Kinetics of pollutant degradation is obtained with the removal of ferrate(VI) studied at wide range of pH (8.0-10.0) and the concentration of metal(II)-complexed species (0.3 to 15.0 mmol/L) employing a constant dose of ferrate(VI) i.e., 1.0 mmol/L. Pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order rate constants were obtained in the reduction of ferrate(VI) which was then employed to obtain the overall rate constants of the pollutant degradation. The mineralization of NTA and EDTA was obtained with the change in TOC (total organic carbon) values collected by the ferrate(VI) treated pollutant samples. Decrease in pH and molar pollutant concentrations was greatly favored the percent mineralization of NTA or EDTA by the ferrate(VI) treatment. The treated pollutant samples were filtered and subjected for AAS (atomic absorption spectrophotometric) analysis to assess the simultaneous removal of copper and cadmium from aqueous solutions at the studied pH as well at the elevated pH 12.0. Results show that an enhanced removal of cadmium or copper was achieved at pH 12.0. Overall, ferrate(VI) possesses multifunctional application in wastewater treatment as it oxidizes the degradable impurities and removes metallic impurities by coagulation process.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.2771-2775
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• 2011

Poly-ethylenedioxypyrrole (PEDOP) coated thiolated multiwall carbon nanotubes palladium nanoparticles (MWCNTs-Pd) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) [PEDOP/MWCNTs-Pd/GCE] for the determination of hydroquinone (HQ) and it’s isomer catechol (CA) were synthesized and compared with bare GCE and thiolated multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-SH/GCE). The modification could be made by simple processes on a GCE with MWCNTs-Pd covered by PEDOP in a 0.05 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAP)/MeCN solution system. A well-defined peak potential evaluation of the oxidation of hydroquinone to quinone at 0.05 V (vs. Ag/AgCl), and electrochemical reduction back to hydroquinone were found by cyclic voltammetry (CV) in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) at pH 7.4. Peak current values increased linearly with increasing hydroquinone contents. The peak separation between the anodic and cathodic peaks at the PEDOP/MWCNTs-Pd/GCE was ${\Delta}Ep$ = 40 mV for HQ and ${\Delta}Ep$ = 70 mV for CA, resulting in a higher electron transfer rate. Moreover, good reproducibility, excellent storage stability, a wide linear range (0.1 ${\mu}M$ - 5 mM for HQ and 0.01 ${\mu}M$ - 6 mM for CA), and low detection limits ($2.9{\times}10^{-8}$ M for HQ and $2.6{\times}10^{-8}$ M for CA; S/N = 3) were determined using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and amperometric responses; this makes it a promising candidate as a sensor for determination of HQ and CA.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.112-119
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• 1998

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of bulking agents including cow manure, saw dust and rice straw in the ripening of leather sludge for vermistabilization. The changes of the waste properties for ripening time for 50 days were observed according to the various mixture ratios of leather sludge and bulking agents. The pH values of the mixture wastes were decreased from 7.5-8.0 to 6.4-7.3 with the ripening time for 50 days, and it was indifferent of the mixture ratio and type of the bulking agent. The initial value of oxidation-reduction potential(Eh) of the mixture waste was a negative(-)value indicating an unfavorable condition for earthworm life, but the values of Eh were increased with the ripening time. The increase rate of Eh value was proportional to the mixture ratio of bulking agents, but the increase rate for saw dust was higher than that of the cow manure and the rice straw. The value of alkalinity was also changed into the favorable range for earthworm after 50 days except for 10% of the mixture ratio of the bulking agents. When the mixture ratios of the bulking agents were increased from 10% to 40%, the growth characteristics of earthworms were increased from 31.7% to 95% for the survival rate, 103% to 225% for the liveweight increase rate and 32% to 91% for hatching rate of the cocoons. It can be concluded that the proper content of the bulking agents in the leather sludge to ensure effective vermistabilization was over 30%, when the mixture was ripened during 50 days. The contents of heavy metals in the ripened sludge were lower than the other regulatory standards for compost.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1355-1362
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• 2010

This study was carried out in order to observe how the bay sediment would be changed with microbial treatments and a chemical oxidant like $CaO_2$. The sediment during the treatments was analyzed in terms of pH, ORP, volatile organics content, COD, AVS, T-N, and T-P. With $CaO_2$ treatment, pH was kept over 9.66 and ORP ranged from +4.70~+46.0, which meant an aerobic state meanwhile with the microbial treatment those were worse. In addition the chemical treatment showed better environmental index values than the microbial one: volatile organics content and COD values in the former were 12.9% and 37.9% while those in the latter were 4.5% and 18.7%, respectively. AVS and T-P were 71.1% and 100% versus 56.5% and 85.8%, respectively. However, the microbial treatment was better for T-N(66% higher). On the other hand, both treatment at a time enhanced all the environmental indices but COD meantime pH and ORP values were lower than with the chemical treatment only. Thus additional input of an oxygen generator like $CaO_2$ could improve the environmental state of a bay sediment where the biological treatment is going on.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.1805-1812
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• 2012

찹쌀의 일부를 홍감자로 대체하여 고추장의 발효 중 이화학적 특성을 비교하였다. 고추장의 효모와 호기성 세균수는 발효 4주에 증가하였으며 그 이후에 효모수는 감소하였다. Amylase는 숙성 2~4주에 최고의 활성을 보였고 홍감자 첨가구에서 amylase의 활성이 높았다. 산성 protease 활성은 발효 중에 서서히 저하되었으나 중성 protease는 발효 4~8주에 높았다. 고추장은 물엿의 첨가로 발효 4주에 L값은 급격히 저하되나 a값은 증가되었다. 홍감자 첨가구에서 총당과 총질소 함량은 낮았으나 수분량은 많았다. 수분활성도는 발효중에 저하되나 홍감자 첨가구에서 높았고 산화환원전위는 발효 12주에 급격히 저하되었으며 홍감자 첨가구에서 낮았다. 고추장의 pH는 홍감자 첨가구에서 낮아 적정산도는 증가되었다. 고추장의 환원당과 알코올은 발효 후기에 홍감자 첨가구에서 많았다. 고추장의 아미노산성 질소와 암모니아성 질소는 발효 4~6주까지 증가하였고, 홍감자 첨가로 발효 후기에 아미노산성 질소는 감소하였다. 고추장의 맛은 홍감자 2% 첨가로 대조구에 비하여 양호하였다.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2002

활성오니처리를 한 양돈폐수 방류수의 잔여오염물질을 정화하고 색도 구성물질을 분해하고자 4개의 오존처리조와 폭기조, 침전조 등으로 구성된 처리소 총 처리조용량이 594.5l이고 1일 200l씩 처리가 가능한 20g/hr의 오존발생기가 부착된 오존이용 탈색 시스템을 개발하였으며 그 시험 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 오존처리시 온도는 반응열에 의하여 처리전 31.$0^{\circ}C$에서 처리중에는 41.9$^{\circ}C$까지 증가하였으며 pH도 처리 과정 중에 계속적으로 증가했다. 2. 산화환원전위차는 처리전에 148㎷였으나 처리중에 증가하여 330㎷까지 증가하였으며 처리가 완료된 후 방류조에서는 다시 감소하였다. 3. BOD의 경우 처리전 11mg/l였으나 처리후에 1mg/l로 낮아졌으며 CO $D_{MN}$ 의 경우에도 83mg/l에서 1.0mg/l으로 낮아졌다. 4. 활성오니처리 방류수의 색도는 442도였으나 오존처리후에는 색도가 6도로 98.6%의 높은 색도제거효율을 보였다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.231-241
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• 2020

The current study investigated the effects of timing of NaCl (2%) and sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP, 0.5%) addition and cooking rates on color and pigment properties of ground chicken breasts. Four treatments were tested as follows: treatment 1, no NaCl and STPP added and stored for 7 d; treatment 2, NaCl+STPP added on 0 d and stored for 7 d; treatment 3, NaCl added on 0 d and STPP added on 7 d; and treatment 4, stored for 7 d and NaCl+STPP added. All samples were cooked at a fast (5.67℃/min) or slow cooking rate (2.16℃/min). Regardless of the timing of NaCl and STPP addition, reflectance ratios of nitrosyl hemochrome, cooking yield, pH values, oxidation-reduction potential, and percent myoglobin denaturation were similar (p>0.05) across treatments 2, 3, and 4. The highest CIE a^⁎ values were observed in treatment 4 (p<0.05), while treatment 2 was effective in reducing the redness in cooked chicken products. The fast cooking rate resulted in lower CIE a^⁎ values and higher CIE L^⁎ values and cooking yield in cooked chicken breasts compared to the slow cooking rate. Our results indicate that adding NaCl and STPP to meat, followed by storing and cooking at a fast rate, may result in inhibiting the pink color defect sporadically occurred in cooked ground chicken breasts.