• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2005

In-situ soil remediation mechanism through the vertical drains (VDs) is analyzed with numerical model as the error and complementary error function. Results from in-situ test and analysis indicate that the contaminant concentration ratio as initial one ( C/$C_0$) increases as the radius ratio ( r/R) increases from the injection well, and also increases as the depth ratio ( z/ H) increases from the top of contaminated area. The elapse time needed to attain $50\%$ and $90\%$ clean up level ($ t_{50},\;t_{90}$) increases as the radius ratio ( r/R) and the depth ratio ( z/ H) increase. As above results, the procedure of soil flushing in contaminated area using vertical drains makes progress from the top of injection well to the bottom of extraction well.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.48-56
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• 2017

Although various methods have been investigated for treatment of crude oil contaminated soil, more researches are still required to preserve soil environment. This study investigated the potential utility of subcritical water in remediation of crude oil contaminated soil under various experimental conditions including temperature ($150-300^{\circ}C$), flow rate (1.0-2.0 mL/min) and extraction time (60-120 min). The removal rate of crude oil gradually increased with increasing temperature and time. After treatment at $200^{\circ}C$ and $300^{\circ}C$ for 60 min, the remaining concentration of crude oil met the Kuwait standard clean-up level (10,000 mg/kg) and the Korean standard level (2,000 mg/kg), respectively. The removal efficiency of crude oil increased from 77.8% to 88.4% with increasing extraction time from 60 to 120 min at $250^{\circ}C$. A decreasing rate of oil removal was observed as flow rate increased, possibly due to channeling flow occurred within the soil body at higher flow rate condition. Overall, the results revealed that subcritical water extraction process could be feasible for remediation of crude oil contaminated soil, and the relative effect of parameters on the oil removal was in the order of temperature > time > flow rate.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2017

In typical remediation practices, separate washing systems have to be applied to clean up the soils contaminated with both oil and heavy metals. In this study, we evaluated the efficiency of successive two-stage soil washing in removal of mixed-contaminants from soil matrix. Two-stage soil washing experiments were conducted using different combinations of chemical agent: 1) persulfate oxidation, followed by organic acid washing, and 2) Fenton oxidation, followed by inorganic acid washing. Persulfate oxidation-organic acid washing efficiently removed both organic and inorganic contaminants to meet the regulatory soil quality standard. The average removal rates of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), Cu, Pb, and Zn were 88.9%, 82.2%, 77.5%, and 66.3% respectively, (S/L 1:10, reaction time 1 h, persulfate 0.5 M, persulfate:activator 3:1, citric acid 2 M). Fenton oxidation-inorganic acid washing also gave satisfactory performances to give 89%, 80.9%, 87.1%, and 67.7% removal of TPH, Cu, Pb, and Zn, respectively (S/L 1:10, reaction time 1 hr, hydrogen peroxide 0.3 M, hydrogen peroxide:activator 5:1, inorganic acid 1 M).

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.114-116
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• 2005

Natural attenuation has been actively studied and often selected as final clean-up process in remediation of contaminated ground-water and soil for the last decade. Accordingly, understanding of natural processes affecting the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface becomes important for a success of implementation of the natural remediation strategy, Contaminant advection and diffusion processes in the unsaturated zone are naturally related to environmental changes in the atmosphere. The atmospheric pressure changes affecting the transport of contaminants in the subsurface are investigated in this study. Moisture content, trichloroethylene (TCE) concentration, temperature, and pressure variations in the subsurface were measured for the July, August, November, and December 2001 at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. These data were used for a one-phase flow and one-component transport model in simulating the soil-gas flow and accordingly the TCE transport in the subsurface in accordance with the atmosphere pressure variations at the surface. The soil-gas velocities during the sampling periods varied with a magnitude of $10^{-6}\;to\;10^{-7}\;m\;s^{-1}$ at land surface. The TCE advection fluxes at land surface were several orders of magnitude smaller than the TCE diffusion fluxes. A sensitivy analysis indicated that advection fluxes were more sensitive to changes in geo-environmental conditions compared to diffusion fluxes. Of all the parameters investigated in this study, moisture content has the most significant effect on TCE advection and diffusion fluxes.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권9호
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• pp.659-666
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• 2014

본 연구는 유류오염토양 정화를 위해 널리 사용되는 토양경작법의 표준 설계방안을 제안하고자 하였다. 표준설계방안은 토양특성 파악 및 오염부피 산정, 영양분 및 미생물 투입량 결정, 분해속도 실증실험을 통한 정화기간 산정 등으로 크게 구분하여 진행할 것을 제안한다. 그리고 그동안 설계자간 다양하게 사용되고 있는 오염토양 부피 산정절차, 오염토양 대표 초기농도결정 방법, C : N : P 영양염류 투입량 결정방법 등에 대한 표준화 방안을 제시하였다. 시범지역에 대한 토양특성 및 오염부피를 산정한 결과 유류오염지역의 토성은 사질 식양토와 사양토로 분류되었으며, 총질소 농도는 57.01 mg/kg, 총인은 83.40 mg/kg, 유류분해미생물은 $1.78{\times}10^4$ (CFU/g dry soil), 정화대상 토량은 $4,092m^3$으로 산정되었다. 시범적용지역의 모든 오염토양을 토양경작장(15 m(가로) ${\times}$ 40 m(세로)에서 1 m 높이로 적치하여 정화할 경우 약 9배치로 처리가 가능한 것으로 평가되었다. 오염토양 1배치의 처리기간은 35일이 소요될 것으로 판단되며, 대상 지역의 모든 오염토양은 토양경작법으로 처리하는 경우 총 315일이 소요될 것으로 예상된다. 오염토양의 정화를 위해 필요한 미생물제제의 양은 4,025 L이며, 요소비료는 총 4,642 kg가 소요될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2013

After the law has been enacted for the prevention and recovery of mining damage in 2005, efforts of remediation have been started to recover heavy metal contaminated soils in agricultural land near mining sites. As part of an effort, the upper part of cultivation layer has been treated through covering up with clean soil, but the heavy metal contamination could be still spreaded to the surrounding areas because heavy metals may be remained in the lower part of cultivation layers. In this study, the most frequently occurring arsenic (As) contamination was selected to study in agricultural land nearby an abandoned metal mining site. We applied separation technologies considering the differences in the physical characteristics of soil particles (particle size, density, magnetic properties, hydrophobicity, etc.). Based on physical and chemical properties of arsenic (As) containing particles in agricultural lands nearby mining sites, we applied sieve separation, specific gravity separation, magnetic separation, and flotation separation to remove arsenic (As)-containing particles in the contaminated soil. Results of this study show that the removal efficiency of arsenic (As) were higher in the order of the magnetic separation, flotation separation, specific gravity separation and sieve separation.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2004

Ethanol washing with distillation as a cleanup process of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(PAH)-contaminated soil was investigated in this study. A multistage ethanol washing with distillation process was applied to three different types of soil, i.e., sandy soil, alluvial soil, and clay with the initial concentration of benzo(a)pyrene 10 mg/kg, benz(a)anthracene 250 mg/kg, and pyrene 100 mg/kg soil. Ethanol was selected as washing solvent because of its high PAH removal efficiency, low cost, and non-toxicity comparing to the other solvent such as isopropyl alcohol and sodium dodecyl sulfate. The satisfactory results (i.e. lower than benzo(a)pyrene 1 mg/kg, pyrene 10 mg/kg, benz(a)anthracene 25 mg/kg, which are the Canada or the Netherlands soil standard) for three types of soils were obtained by at most five-six times washing. It was suggested that organic content in soil decreased the removal efficiency by ethanol washing.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.491-500
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• 2015

원유로 심각하게 오염된 쿠웨이트 토양에 대하여 대표적인 비이온계면활성제 용액을 이용한 토양세척법의 적용 가능성을 규명하기 위해, 다양한 세척조건에서 배치실험을 실시하였다. 쿠웨이트 지역의 증발된 원유소호(oil pond) 주변에서 채취한 토양의 평균 TPH농도는 223,754 mg/kg으로, 기존의 토양세정/세척 연구에서는 거의 적용되지 않았던 오염이 매우 심한 쿠웨이트 토양과, 유류나 유기오염물에 대하여 토양세척 효과가 높은 것으로 보고된 비이온계면활성제 9종(Tween 계열 4종, Tergitol 계열 4종, TritonX-100)을 사용하였다. 먼저 각 계면활성제 용액의 농도에 따른 원유의 용해도를 측정하기 위한 배치실험을 실시하였고, 높은 원유 용해도를 나타낸 세 종류의 계면활성제를 이용하여 토양세척 실험을 실시하였다. 사용된 계면활성제 중에서 TritonX-100이 5% 농도에서 67%의 가장 높은 원유 제거율을 나타냈지만, 1회 세척만으로는 정화목표(TPH 농도: 10,000 mg/kg)에 도달하지 않아 연속세척 실험을 실시하였다. 세 종류의 계면활성제에 대하여 2% 계면활성제 용액을 이용한 연속세척 실험 결과, 세척 횟수가 증가할수록 원유의 제거율이 증가하였고, 5회 연속세척 후 96% 이상의 제거율을 나타내며 제거목표에 도달하였다. 연속세척 실험 후 토양에 잔류하는 계면활성제의 탈착능력을 측정하기 위해 앞서 실시한 연속세척 실험과 동일한 방법을 이용하여 실리카 비드와 오염 토양을 TritonX-100 2% 계면활성제 용액으로 5회 세척한 경우, 각각 7.8%와 19.6%의 계면활성제가 흡착되어 비드와 토양 내에 잔류하였다. 계면활성제가 흡착된 비드와 토양을 증류수를 이용해 동일한 세척방법으로 추가 물세척을 실시한 결과, 비드에 잔류하는 계면활성제는 0.2%로, 토양에 잔류하는 계면활성제는 4.3%로 감소하여 흡착된 대부분의 계면활성제가 추가 물세척에 의해 탈착됨을 알 수 있었다. 본 실험의 결과로부터 TritonX-100, Tergitol S-15-7, Tergitol S-15-9 계면활성제를 이용한 토양세척법이 유류 오염이 매우 심한 원유오염 토양(TPH 농도 200,000 mg/kg 이상)을 정화하는데 효과적으로 적용될 수 있음을 입증하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.24-33
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• 2010

This study focused on the groundwater quality, biodegradability and attenuation rate at the petroleum contaminated sites of Kangwon and Gyeonggi Provinces, Korea. For groundwater quality, Kangwon site showed chemical compositions of $Ca-SO_4+Cl$, $Ca-HCO_3$ and $Na+K-HCO_3$ types, while Gyeonggi site showed chemical compositions of $Ca-SO_4$, $Ca-HCO_3$ and $Na-HCO_3$ types. $Na+K-HCO_3$ and $Na-HCO_3$ types were detected only in February. Among many biodegradation processes, the majority was attributed to biodegradation from denitrification in both area. In Kangwon site, biodegradation from denitrification occupied 63.5%, and in Gyeonggi site it was 39.45%. Biodegradation from the most efficient aerobic respiration occupied 7.12% in Kangwon site, while Gyeonggi site in it did 27.29%. Point attenuation rate of BTEX in Gyeonggi site (GW-22) was 0.0182 $day^{-1}$, half life of BTEX was 84 days, and thus 124 days (0.34 year) would be required to clean up this site. Mean of point attenuation rate of TPH in Kangwon site was 0.0088 $day^{-1}$, mean of half life was 257 days, and thus 462 days would be required to clean up the site. Mean of point attenuation rate of TPH in Gyeonggi site was 0.0387 $day^{-1}$, mean of half life was 55 days, and thus remediation time was calculated as 99 days.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2012

Phytoremediation-the use of plants for the in situ treatment of contaminated soil and water-has recently emerged as an inexpensive and user-friendly alternative to traditional methods of environmental clean-up. The present article outlines the characteristics of phytoremediation based on accumulated research evidence, along with discussions on its advantages and disadvantages. It further reviews various mechanisms involved in the phytoremediation processes: phytoextraction, rhizofiltration, phytostabilization, phytovolatilization and phytodegradation. Along the way, the author summarizes examples of its applications to environmental pollution control. These include wastewater treatment, removal of heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, remediation of recalcitrant contaminants, phytoremediation of radionuclides, and application of transgenic plants for enhanced biodegradation and phytoremediation. The remainder of the article briefly concludes with directions for future research.