• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.304-310
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• 2016

Removal of arsenic (As) from soil aggregates with particle sizes of > 2.0, 2.0-0.25, 0.25-0.053, < 0.053 mm by soil washing of $KH_2PO_4$ and the kinetics of As releasing from soil aggregates were investigated. Effects of $KH_2PO_4$ concentration, ratio of liquid/soil and washing duration on the removal were fully explored. The results showed that the high As removal was obtained in > 2 mm aggregates (48.56%) and < 0.053 mm aggregates (42.88%) under the optimum condition ($KH_2PO_4$ concentration of 0.1 mol/L, and liquid/soil ratio (10 mL/g) for 360 min). 62.82% of As was extracted from aggregates with size less than 0.25 mm. Only 11.88% was contributed by the large aggregates (> 2.0mm). Using $KH_2PO_4$ washing, it was also found that extracted As is mainly in form of either specifically sorbed As or As associated with oxides of Fe and Al. Elovich model can describe the removal process of As more precisely than Two-constant kinetic models. The optimum washing conditions and removal process is also applied to bulk soil. This technique in this study is reliable, cost-effective and offers a great potential for practical application in soil remediation.

• 생태와환경
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.560-568
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• 2007

The objectives of this study were to analyze ecological effects on effluents from the Sagok Stream (Chonnam province) as an abandoned mine drainage through necropsy-based health assessments and fish exposure tests, and to conduct In situ field pilot tests for restoration of stream water. Also, we analyzed water quality including general parameters and heavy metals. The tests were performed three times on April 2005, April 2006, and April 2007. Also, we constructed a reactor facility in the outflowing point of the abandoned mine for the remediation of AMD wastewater. In lab test, death rates in all three treatments were ${\geq}50%$ in the experiments. Necropsybased fish tissue assessments using the Health Assessment Index (HAI), indicated that the most frequently damaged tissue was liver (average: 20.8). Values of Health Assessment Index were lower in the control than any other treatments of T1, T2, and T3 and three treatments showed a distinct toxicity impacts by the AMD. In situ lethal test, concentration of Fe, Al and Zn decreased particularly by 85%, 99% and 94%, respectively through the disposal facility. Values of pH, ranged from 3.1 to 7.0, increased by 2.3 fold (mean=5.1) along with the reduction of metal contents. All fishes in P1 cage died 100% on 3 days later after the experimental setting, while all fishes in the P6 died 100% on 9 days later. Overall, these results evidently provide a key methodology for pilot test using the disposal facility and also clarify the toxicity of AMD once again, so this approach used in the pilot facilities here may reduce the acidic and toxic effects in the abandoned mining drainage.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.469-477
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• 1994

Many researchers have investigated most representative sequential extraction method using various reagents for determining the chemical forms of metals in soils and sediments. In this paper, a newly modified method for sequential extraction scheme based on Tessier's method by Environmental Geochemistry Research, Centre for Environmental Technology, Imperial College, was introduced and examined. In comparison with Tessier's method, originally designed for sediment analysis by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS), the sequential extraction scheme has been developed for the multi-element analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). The partitioning of particulate trace elements was classified into five fractions: (i) exchangeable, (ii) bound to carbonates or specially adsorbed, (iii) bound to Fe and Mn oxides, (iv) bound to organic matter and sulphides and (v) residuals. The experimental results of the pilot study for in-house reference material (HRM2) and certified international standard reference material (SRM2711) using the modified method showed not only reasonable precision and accuracy but also acceptable overall recovery rates. In addition, mine dump soils sampled in the Dalsung Cu-W mine, Korea were prepared and sequentially extracted using the method. Most of Cu was bound to organic matter/sulphides and residual fractions. The dominant fraction of soil Pb and Zn in the study area was found in the residuals. The fraction of Cd showed a wide variation between samples and could be found bound to the carbonates or specially adsorbed, oxides, organic fraction and residuals. The recovery rates of Cd, however, were poor due to relatively low Cd concentrations in soils. The heavy metals in these mine dumps appear to be in the more inert forms and should not be readily bioavailable. The soils, however, had very low pH values (average 4.1) and had sandy textures; consequently, rapid infiltration of rainfall may increase leaching of Zn and Cd which were found to be around 5 to 10% of the exchangeable fraction. As a result of the investigation of this study, it has been strongly recommended that these mine waste materials should still be considered a significant contaminant source and will need environmental remediation to prevent pollutants from being released into the environment.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2013

최근 들어 토목 구조물에도 친환경성과 경제성이 강조되고 있으며 콘크리트 블록대신 soilbag을 전면벽으로 이용하는 절토사면 보강공법이 활용되고 있다. 그러나 친환경적이고 경제적인 재료라 하더라도 안정성이 보장되지 않으면 구조물로써의 가치를 지닐 수 없다. Soilbag 옹벽의 안전성 검토를 위해 기존의 옹벽 설계프로그램인 MSEW를 사용하여 연결부에서의 인발저항, 파단, 인장응력과 내적, 외적 안전율을 산정하고 블록식 보강토 옹벽의 안전율 산정결과와 비교하였다. 연결부의 안전성을 평가할 수 있는 연결강도 감소계수를 차등 적용시켜 연결강도가 감소함에 따라 옹벽의 안전율을 검토하였고 soilbag 보강토 옹벽에서는 soilbag과 지오그리드 보강재의 연결재가 이동이 가능하기 때문에 전면구배의 변경이 자유로우므로 soilbag의 구배에 따른 안전율 변화도 확인하였다. 해석결과로부터 soilbag을 이용한 보강토 옹벽의 연결부 강도에 대한 안전율 및 내적, 외적안정에 대한 안전율을 비교 검토한 결과 전 영역에서 기준 안전율 이상임을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권10호
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• pp.888-893
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• 2016

In this study, the solution plasma process was utilized with the aim of degrading synthetic dyes in water at atmospheric pressure. The experiments were conducted in a batch-type reactor consisting of a symmetric wire-wire electrode configuration with rhodamine B (RhB) as the target synthetic dye. The effects of the plasma treatment time and initial dye concentration on the RhB degradation were investigated by monitoring the change in absorbance of RhB solutions. The RhB solutions turned lighter in color and finally colorless with prolonged plasma treatment time, indicating the destruction of dye molecules. The RhB solutions were found to have degraded, following the first-order kinetic process. However, for high initial RhB concentrations, another kinetic process or factor seems to play a dominant role at the initial degradation stage. The fitted first-order rate constant decreased as the initial concentration increased. This result suggests that the degradation behavior and kinetic process of the RhB solution strongly depends on its initial concentration. The RhB degradation is considered to be due to a combination of factors, including the formation of chemically oxidative species, as well as the emission of intense UV radiation and high-energy electrons from the plasma. We believe that the solution plasma process may prove to be an effective and environment-friendly method for the degradation or remediation of synthetic dye in wastewater.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.2313-2326
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• 2018

The method of operating a game could determine the psychological distance between the player and the game character, and thus, in the Virtual Reality, players' control methodologies are important to enhance their immersion. This study has the objective of examining the difference in games according to the method of operation based on the player's movements. This study researched the effect of the method of operating movement conforming to the movement of the character and the physical operation of the body on forming game experiences for the player. The result of performing an experiment increased reality for the game player through a controller in the shape of the actual control, to increase focus in the game. As so, game play through movements, including actual movements by the player displayed to enhance game satisfaction. In the part of media remediation field, Game can be defined as media which has their own unique hypermediacy. Especially, in the motion based game, players' movement mediates players and the game, therefore, players' movement could make players' experience augmented or immediate in accordance with the characteristics of movements. Even though sports and dances genres of motion-based games are common, RPG or adventure genres are rare. It can be explained that the characteristics of the action have been explained in the immediacy. In a game of fantasy, which is difficult to experience in real-life situations, the nature of the player's motion can increase the immersion of the game, which can contribute to utilization of players' motion and experience design in the various genres and suggestion of grounds theory. In addition, through this study, it is able to design motion-based games of various genres.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.249-256
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• 2010

A phytoremediation study has been conducted to see if some known aquatic plants can remove the pesticides, endosulfan-${\alpha},\;{\beta}$ and fenitrothion which are frequently used in the crop protection and golf course management, and are likely to exist as residual pollutants in the aquatic ecosystems. Among the five aquatic plants tested in the microcosms, water lily Nymphaea tetragona Georgi showed the highest degradation efficacies (85~95%) for the three pesticides as opposed to the control(13~26%). The efficacies for the other plants were in the range of 46~80% in the order of Pistia stratiotes, Cyperus helferi, Eichhornia crassipes, and Iris pseudoacorus. Fenitrothion, an organo-phosphorus pesticide, was much more vulnerable to the phytoremediation than the organo-chlorine pesticides, endosulfan-${\alpha}$ and endosulfan-${\beta}$. The kinetic rate constants ($min^{-1}$) for removal of the three pesticides were more than 10 times higher than the control (non-planting) in case of Nymphaea tetragona Georgi. This aquatic plant showed kinetic rate constants about 2 times as much as the lower kinetic rate constants shown by Iris pseudoacorus. The reason for the highest degradation efficacy of water lily would be that the plant can live in the sediment and possess roots and broad leaves which could absorb or accumulate and degrade more pollutants in association with microbes. These results indicate that some of the selected aquatic plants planted near the agricultural lands and wetlands could contribute to remediation of pesticides present in these places, and could be applicable to protection of the aquatic ecosystems.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2023

원자력 발전소에서 유출되는 세슘은 인체의 유해성으로 인하여, 이를 안전하게 처리하는 기술이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 수용액에 용해된 세슘을 효율적으로 제거하고자, triethylenediamine (TEDA) 첨착 공정을 활성탄소에 적용하였다. 이 실험에서는 활성탄소 표면을 다양한 TEDA(2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, 12.5%) 농도로 화학적 개질을 하였으며, 세슘 제거효율 평가에 의하여 최적의 TEDA 농도가 5.0%임을 구할 수 있었다. 또한, 5.0% TEDA로 첨착된 활성탄을 사용하여 5.0과 10.0 mg/L의 세슘을 처리하였을 때, 제거효율은 각각 71.5%와 61.1%를 나타내었다. 그리고 온도 변화에 의한 흡착동력학 실험으로부터, 화학적 흡착이 이루어짐을 알 수 있었다. 이 연구를 통하여 얻어진 새로운 복원 기술은 지표수와 지하수에 함유된 세슘을 실용적으로 제거하는데 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2023

Nanoparticles are known for their outstanding properties such as particle size, surface area, optical and electrical properties. These properties have significantly boasted their applications in various surface phenomena. In this work, calcium oxide nanoparticles were synthesized from periwinkle shells as an approach towards waste management through resource recovery. The sol gel method was used for the synthesis. The nanoparticles were characterized using X-Ray diffractometer (XRD), Fourier Transformed Infra-Red Spectrophotometer (FTIR), Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ultra violet visible spectrophotometer (UV-visible). While DLS and SEM underestimate the particle diameter, the BET analysis reveals surface area of 138.998 m²/g, pore volume = 0.167 m³/g and pore diameter of 2.47 nm. The nanoparticles were also employed as an adsorbent for the purification of dye (methyl orange) contaminated water. The adsorbent showed excellent removal efficiency (up to 97 %) for the dye through the mechanism of physical adsorption. The adsorption of the dye fitted the Langmuir and Temkin models. Analysis of FTIR spectrum after adsorption complemented with computational chemistry modelling to reveal the imine nitrogen group as the site for the adsorption of the dye unto the nanomaterials. The synthesized nanomaterials have an average particle size of 24 nm, showed a unique XRD peak and is thermally and mechanically stable within the investigated temperature range (30 to 70 ℃).

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제33권6_1호
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• pp.917-930
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• 2017

본 연구는 2017년부터 "이사부호"를 활용하여 인도양에서 본격적으로 수행되는 관측에 앞서 위성을 활용하여 인도양 쌍극진동(Indian Ocean Dipole, IOD) 변동에 따른 위성에서 추정된 클로로필-a 농도의 시/공간적 변화를 이해하는데 목적이 있다. 특히 단기적인 변화보다는 장기 변화에 초점을 두고 1998년부터 2016년까지 해색위성에서 계산된 월평균 클로로필-a 농도 자료를 이용하여 인도양 전 해역($30^{\circ}E{\sim}120^{\circ}E$, $30^{\circ}S{\sim}30^{\circ}N$)을 대상으로 분석했다. 클로로필-a 농도는 중앙 인도양에서 낮고, 용승해역 및 대륙 주변 해역에서 증가되었다. 계절풍과 해류 시스템의 영향으로 클로로필-a 농도는 봄에 가장 감소하고 여름에 최대를 나타냈다. Empirical Orthogonal Function(EOF) 분석 결과, 첫 번째 모드의 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 엔소(El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$/Southern Oscillation, ENSO)의 변화와 높은 관계를 보이고, 두 번째 모드의 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 엔소에 의한 영향보다는 인도양 쌍극진동의 변화와 상대적으로 높은 관계를 나타냈다. 클로로필-a 농도는 두 개의 모드에서 공통적으로 동 인도양과 서 인도양에서 서로 상반된 변화를 나타냈다. 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 동 인도양, 서 인도양 및 인도 주변 해역에서는 인도양 쌍극진동과 밀접한 관계를 보이고, 열대 중앙 인도양 중에서는 상대적으로 엔소의 변화와 높은 관계를 나타냈다. 그러나 클로로필-a 농도의 시/공간적 변화는 인도양 쌍극진동의 발생 기작에 따라 다른 반응을 나타냈다. 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 첫 번째 타입 인도양 쌍극진동(엔소 발생시기와 동일)은 여름철에 동 인도양과 서 인도양에서 클로로필-a 농도 차이가 생기고, 최대는 가을에 발생했다. 두 번째 타입 인도양 쌍극진동(엔소 발생 후 그 다음 해 또는 소멸되는 시기)은 봄에 동 인도양과 서 인도양 클로로필-a 농도 차이가 생기고, 여름과 가을에 증가되어, 겨울에 감소되었다. 인도양 쌍극진동의 변동에 따른 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 동 인도양과 서 인도양의 클로로필-a 농도 차이를 발생시키는 과정은 유사하지만, 북부 인도양은 쌍극진동 발생 기작에 따라 상반된 클로로필-a 농도 변화를 나타냈다.