• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.217-232
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• 2017

An Eulerian-Lagrangian hybrid modeling system to analyze physical and chemical processes during the transport of air parcels was developed. The Backward-tracking Model Analyzer (BMA) was designed to take advantages of both Eulerian and Lagrangian modeling approaches. Simulated trajectories from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration HYSPLIT model were combined with the US Environmental Protection Agency Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ)-simulated concentrations and additional diagnostic analyses. In this study, we first introduced a generalized methodology to seamlessly match polylines (HYSPLIT) and threedimensional polygons (CMAQ), which enables mass-conservative analyses of physio-chemical processes of transporting air parcels. Two applications of the BMA were conducted: (1) a long-range transport case of pollutant plume across the Yellow Sea using CMAQ Integrated Process Rate analyses, and (2) a domestic circulation of pollutants within (and near) the South Korea based on the sulfate tracking analyzer. The first episode demonstrated a secondary formation of nitrate and ammonium during the transport over the Yellow Sea while sulfate is mostly transported after being formed over the China, and the second episode demonstrated a dominant impact of boundary condition with active sulfate formation from gas-phase oxidation near the Seoul Metropolitan Area.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.248-254
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• 2016

오늘날 폐수처리는 슬러지의 증가와 환경규제의 이유로 매우 중요해지고 있다. 슬러지처리는 폐수처리플랜트에 있어서 운영비의 50%를 차지하므로 슬러지 분해에 있어서 경제성 있는 방법이 대두되고 있다. 습식산화 반응은 폐수의 유기물을 효과적으로 제거해주고 슬러지 분해 뿐만 아니라 바이오연료의 전구체로 쓰일 수 있는 휘발성 유기산이 부산물로도 나온다. 습식산화 반응은 고온 고압의 높은 조건의 단점이 존재하지만 중력식 반응기를 통한 수두압으로 운영비를 줄일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 상용프로그램인 Aspen Plus를 이용하여 아임계 조건에서 PSRK 상태방정식을 이용하여 공정모사 하였다. 중력식 반응기의 길이, 산화제 종류, 슬러지 유량과 산화제 주입 위치에 따라 사례 연구를 해보았으며 중력식 반응기 1000 m, 유량이 2 ton/h일 때에 유기물의 전환률은 92.02%, 유기산 효율은 0.17 g/g이였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.612-618
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• 2023

현대 사회는 일상생활 중 80% 이상을 실내에서 생활하고, 생활수준의 향상으로 실내오염물질 노출에 대한 유의가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 실내오염물질 중 하나인 포름알데히드(HCHO)를 별도의 빛 또는 열 없이 상온에서 제거할 수 있는 액상환원법 기반 Pt/TiO₂ 촉매의 성능 및 반응 특성을 조사하였다. 활성실험을 통해, 동일한 방법으로 제조된 촉매라도 TiO₂ 종류에 따라 약 40~80%의 서로 다른 활성을 나타냄을 확인하였다. XRD, BET, XPS 분석을 통해 지지체의 입사 사이즈, 결정구조, 비표면적 및 O/Ti molar ratio를 조사하였고, 지지체 자체의 물성과 성능 간 상관성은 미미함을 확인하였다. HCHO 산화 반응 경로를 조사하기 위해 일산화탄소를 활용한 In situ DRIFT 분석과 H₂-TPR을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 촉매의 성능이 활성금속의 산화상태 및 흡착종의 흡탈착 특성에 지배받음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.651-656
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• 2005

톨루엔은 섬유산업 공정에서 발생하는 주요한 유해성 대기 오염원으로 간주된다. 본 연구에서는 ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$를 지지체로 한 전이 금속 산화물 촉매(Cu, Mn, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Ce, Sn, Fe, Sr, Cs, Mo, La, W, Zn)를 제조하여 톨루엔 완전 산화 반응을 조사하였다. XRD, FE-SEM, BET와 TPR 기법을 사용하여 금속 촉매의 특성을 조사하였다. 촉매 가운데 Cu/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매가 가장 우수한 활성을 보여주었다. BET결과 촉매 활성의 증가는 비표면적과는 관련이 적은 것으로 나타났으며, X선 회절 분석에서 대부분의 촉매들이 무정형으로 존재함이 관찰되었다. FE-SEM을 관찰한 결과, 전이금속 산화물 촉매 중 구리산화물 촉매가 지지체 표면에 고르게 분산되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 톨루엔 산화반응에 따른 촉매활성 효과는 ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 지지체 위에 전이금속 산화물 촉매가 고르게 분산된 점과 촉매 표면의 우수한 환원 특성에 기인하는 것으로 설명할 수 있었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.528-533
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• 2014

현재 사람들은 환경오염에 대한 관심이 많으며 각종 오염물질로 오염된 실내의 공기질을 향상시키고자 노력한다. 건강하고 쾌적한 생활환경을 조성하는 것은 매우 중요한 문제다. 본 연구에서는 공기정화분야에서 최초로 녹색기술 인증을 받은 기술을 사용하여 실내공기오염의 주범인 악취물질의 제거 효율을 향상시키고자 하였다. 이 녹색기술은 광촉매를 사용한 기존의 공기정화 시스템에 적외선램프를 사용하여 오염원인 물질들과 OH라디칼의 반응성을 높여 산화반응이 보다 쉽게 일어나도록 한 기술이다. 기존의 공기정화기와 비교하여 적외선램프를 부착한 녹색기술의 효율을 평가하였을 때, 오염원인물질의 초기 농도와 원인물질 종류에 따라 분해 효율의 차이가 나타났다. 저농도의 경우 16.9%의 제거효율 향상이 관찰되었고, 고농도의 경우 13.2%의 제거효율이 향상되었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.330-338
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• 2010

In this study, removal characteristics of nitrogen oxides $(NO_x)$ from road transport by using peat as the packing media for biodegradation have been investigated in the long term. Physicochemical and biological treatment of peatmixed media eliminates any requirement to use chemical substances and also facilitates the biodegradable actions of microorganism. Safe biodegradation of pollutants, no need to apply additional microbes owing to their active growth, and no generation of secondary pollutants were found in this experiment. It was concluded that average removal efficiencies of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide $(NO_2)$ were 80% and 97% respectively with respect to the linear velocity 35~40 mm/s and 0.3 ppm ozone concentration in the long period operation. Inflow concentration of nitric oxide over 0.05 ppm was suitable when pretreated with ozone. Non-ozone stage was performed with linear velocity 20~100 mm/s and then the average removal efficiency of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide were 38% and 94% respectively. Other results showed that the apparent static pressure was raised with increases in applied water content and aerial velocity in mixed media during fan operation.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2012

Co-combustion of sludge with coal is proposed as an alternative option for sludge disposal instead of ocean dumping. Because the combustion of sludge can cause emissions of various air pollutants, it is important to understand the characteristics of sludge combustion flue gases. Especially, very few studies are found to investigate mercury emissions from the co-combustion of sludge with coal. In this study, coal and sludge samples were prepared with different mixing ratios. These samples were combusted in a bench-scale combustor, and their flue gases were analyzed. Due to higher mercury content in the sludge sample, higher mercury emissions were found with an increase in a ratio of sludge to coal. Compared to the combustion flue gas of the coal sample, higher levels of mercury oxidation were found in the combustion flue gas of the samples including sludge.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.162-165
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• 2016

APhotocatalysis process uses ambient oxygen from air and irradiation, fundamentally UV light, to generate oxidation and reduction which can degrade almost all harmful organic and inorganic compounds to nontoxic substances. This study was focused on enhancement of photocatalytic activity which improves the photocatlytic efficiency with $TiO_2$ particle by mixing of certain amounts of Zn particles. We analyzed degradation of organic pollutant materials such as toluene and phenol with the mixed photocatalysis by using UV-visible spectrophotometer and obtained a result that photocatalytic activity is increased with increasing amount of Zn particle. Especially, in the case of $TiO_2$ (1 mmol) and Zn (0.1 mmol) mixture photocatalyst, we obtained at least 2 times higher photocatalytic activity compared with the commercially available $TiO_2$ photocatalyst (Degussa P-25), indicating that our mixed photocatalyts (Zn-doped $TiO_2$) is very effective of removing both organic dye and pollutants and the conversion rate of toluene is much faster than that of phenol.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2018

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to apply a cost effective ultrasonic odor reduction method that generated micro-bubbles using ejector to the Southeast Asian wastewater market. Research design, data, and methodology - A leather maker located in Ansan-city, Gyunggi-do, South Korea was sampled from the collection tank to select experimental materials. Experimental setup consisted of circulating water tank-air ejector-ultrasonic device, and circulating wastewater. Sample analysis was performed by CODcr, T-N, T-P, and turbidity by the National Environmental Science Institute. Results - Experimental results show that it is most effective in removing odors when the frequency range of ultrasonic wave is 60~80 Khz and the output is 200 W. It showed that the concentration of complex odor dropped from a maximum of 14,422 times to a minimum of 120 times. Also, analysis of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in specific odor substances has shown that they were reduced from 1.5 ppm to 0.4 ppm and from 0.6 ppm to 0.1 ppm, respectively. Conclusions - It is possible to shorten more than 12 hours in the treatment of micro-organisms. It can be seen that the processing time of odor after ultrasonic treatment in the pre-treatment facility is reduced by 25% when compared to the resultant micro-organisms after the chemical treatment, that is, the time of the bio-treatment of micro-organisms. Based on the results, it was confirmed that the pre-treatment method using the ultrasonic and the air ejector device of the experiment shows the effect of reducing the water pollutants and odor more effectively in a relatively short time than the conventional advanced oxidation method.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2006

As traffic in city-centre around the world continues to increase, so levels of atmospheric pollutants continue to rise. High concentrations of NOx can have negative effects on human health, and we must find new ways to reduce their levels in the air we breathe. Nitrogen oxide gas (NOx), consisting of nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide $(NO_2)$ produced using $O_3$ oxidation, at a low concentration corresponding to that on roads as a result of exhaust from automobiles, was carried out to evaluate the removal characteristics of NOx through a laboratory-scale biofilter packed with soil as a packing material. A mixture media (yellow soil (30%): soil (40%): compost (10%): a used briquet (20%)) was applied. After about 1day of operation, the removal efficiency for $NO_2$ in all experiments with a constant condition ($25^{\circ}C$ and water humidity (60%)) was over 98%. The retention times of the section between phase I and phase II for formation and reduction of $NO_3$ NO and $NO_2$ on the initial $NO_3$ concentration was 50min $(O_3:195\;ppb),\;55min\;(O_3:925\;ppb),\;65min\;(O_3:1743\;ppb),\;70min\;(O_3:2616\;ppb),\;75min\;(O_3:3500\;ppb)$, respectively The soil biofilter system is a unique technology that purifies urban air by utilizing the natural processes that take place in the soil. Although some of the processes are quite complex, they can broadly be summarized as adsorption onto soil particles, dissolution into soil pore water, and biochemical.