• 환경생물
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.549-556
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 국가 수질 유량 측정망을 통해 생산된 모니터링 자료를 이용하여 서남해로 유출되는 우리나라의 한강, 금강, 영산강, 섬진강, 탐진강을 대상으로 총유기탄소의 연간 유출량을 정량하여 비교하였으며, 이를 황해를 공유하는 중국의 양쯔강과 황하강의 탄소 유출량과 비교하였다. TOC 농도는 환경부 물환경정보시스템에서 제공하는 하구 지점의 주단위 자료를 '월평균 TOC 농도'로 전환했으며, 유량자료는 국가수자원관리종합정보시스템에서 제공하는 장기유출 월유량자료를 활용하여, 월간 TOC flux를 산정한 뒤, 최종적으로 이를 합산하여 강 하구에서 바다로 유출되는 연간 TOC flux를 산출하였다. 월간 TOC flux는 모든 강에서 여름철의 유출량이 높았으며, 겨울철에 낮게 나타났다. 이는 우리나라 강의 유기탄소 유출 특성이 아시아 몬순 기후의 강우패턴의 영향을 크게 받고 있다는 것을 의미한다. 연간 TOC flux 산정결과에 따르면, 한강은 $18.0{\times}10^9gC\;yr^{-1}$로서 가장 높은 유기탄소 유출량을 기록했으며, 금강은 한강의 1/3 수준으로 $5.9{\times}10^9gC\;yr^{-1}$, 영산강과 섬진강은 각각 $2.6{\times}10^9gC\;yr^{-1}$과 $2.0{\times}10^9gC\;yr^{-1}$을 기록했으며, 유역규모가 가장 작은 탐진강은 $0.2{\times}10^9gC\;yr^{-1}$로서 한강의 1/90이었다. 본 연구에서 정량한 우리나라 주요 강의 월별 그리고 연간 총유기탄소 유출량의 결과값들은 황해를 공유하는 중국의 대하천들과 비교할 수 있는 국내 대표 자료를 제공할 수 있다. 국내 최대 유기탄소 유출량을 보이는 한강은 중국 황하강에서 유출되는 유기탄소량의 약 4%에 해당하며, 양쯔강과 비교하면 0.6% 정도의 적은 양이라고 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 서남해안으로 유출되는 국내 주요 강의 유기탄소 유출량에 대한 정량적인 자료를 제시함으로써 향후 국내 다른 유역과의 비교뿐만 아니라 동아시아 규모의 탄소이동과 순환연구를 위한 중요한 정보를 제공할 것이다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.497-507
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• 2015

Real-time and quantitative measurement of the chemical composition in ambient aerosols represents one of the most challenging problems in the field of atmospheric chemistry. In the present study, time resolved application by Aerosol-into-Mist System (AIMS) following by total organic carbon analyzer (TOC) has been developed. The unique aspect of the combination of these two techniques is to provide quantifiable water soluble organic carbon (WSOC) information of particle-phase organic compounds on timescales of minutes. We also demonstrated that the application of the AIMS method is not limited to water-soluble organic carbon but inorganic ion compounds. By correlating the volume concentrations by optical particle sizer (OPS), water soluble organic carbon can be highly related to the secondary organic products. AIMS-TOC method can be potentially applied to probe the formation and evolution mechanism of a variety of SOA behaviors in ambient air.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.625-633
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• 2011

A long-term water quality monitoring in the Han River Basin reveals a consistent increasing trend for the concentration of refractory organic matter (R-OM) in major monitoring sites of the watershed. Because the determination of R-OM concentrations typically requires a long time of microbial incubation, it is essential to present the estimation indices for R-OM for an efficient watershed management. In this study, a number of surface water samples were classified into three groups, each of which were collected from Lake Paldang, rivers at rain and non-rain events, respectively. The corresponding R-OM concentrations were correlated with biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations as well as ultraviolet and fluorescence intensities of the filtered samples. Among the traditional organic matter parameters, TOC exhibited the highest correlation coefficient with the R-OM concentrations regardless of the types of the sample groups. The equations for conversing TOC into R-OM concentrations were finally suggested as $0.43{\times}TOC+1.12$, $0.44{\times}TOC+0.61$, $0.24{\times}TOC+1.28$ for river samples at rain and non-rain events, and lake samples, respectively. TOC-BOD(C), the values of the TOC concentrations subtracted by carbon-converted BOD concentrations, was a good index for estimating the absolute concentrations of R-OM. UV absorbance at 254 nm was well correlated with R-OM concentrations of river samples while fluorescence intensities at 350 nm showed an excellent relationship with R-OM concentration of the lake samples. Our results suggests that simple spectroscopic parameters could be applied for in-situ monitoring tool techniques in watersheds.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2018

In this study, the organic matter of effluents from sewage treatment plants, located in the Nakdong watershed was investigated. Regression equations were computed using treated sewage data to convert the chemical oxygen demand(COD) concentrations, which are mostly available from an open database, into total organic carbon(TOC) concentrations. The average concentration of organic matter in the sewage treatment plant effluents were 2.2~16.8 mg/L for COD and 3.4~14.3 mg/L for TOC. The concentrations of COD were positively correlated with the TOC concentrations. The correlation between COD and TOC was relatively high, at 0.865(p<0.01). Based on these results, regression analysis was conducted. The regression equation for TOC was $1.651{\times}COD_{Mn}-0.084$ ($R^2=0.84$). Furthermore, organic matter-related databases for more sewage treatment plants need to be built in order to establish TOC standards and manage the water quality.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2013

This survey was conducted to obtain basic data about organic matter such as BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon) and TOC (Total Organic Carbon) in agricultural water in Gyeongnam province. BOD and COD are currently used for water quality indices, but adoption of TOC is being suggested. The surface water samples were collected at 39 locations in Gyeongnam province in April, July and October. Average concentrations of BOD, COD, DOC and TOC were 1.6, 3.3, 5.3 and $5.7mg\;L^{-1}$, respectively. In July, average concentrations of BOD and COD were 2.4 and $3.9mg\;L^{-1}$, respectively, showing these values were higher than other months. Average concentrations of TOC in April, July and October were 4.8, 7.4 and $4.8mg\;L^{-1}$, respectively. This suggested that the highest value of TOC was in July. Average decomposition efficiencies for BOD-C/TOC and COD-C/TOC were 11.4 and 23.9%, respectively. Correlation coefficient of TOC and DOC was higher by 0.995, whereas that of TOC and COD was lower by 0.763. Especially, TOC and DOC were highly related than others.

• 센서학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.320-325
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• 2021

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) methods are conventional analytical methods to analyze water quality. Both of these methods are technically indirect measurement methods, require complicated preconditions, and are time-consuming. On the other hand, the total organic carbon (TOC) method is a direct and fast measurement method which is more intuitive and accurate than the BOD and COD methods. However, general TOC analysis methods involve complicated processes and high power consumption owing to the process of phase transition from liquid to gas by a high-temperature heater. Furthermore, periodic consumables are also required for the removal of inorganic carbon (IC). Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is one of the most suitable photocatalysts for simple processes. Its usage involves low power consumption because it only reacts with the organic carbon (OC) without the requirement of any other reagents and extra processes. We investigated a TiO₂ photocatalyst-based TOC analysis for simple and affordable products. TiO₂-coated fiber substrate maintained under carbon included water was exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of wavelength 365 nm. This method is suitable for the real-time monitoring of water pollution because of its fast reaction time. Its linear property is also sufficient to match the real value.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.653-661
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• 2007

The Disinfectants/Disinfection By-products (D/DBP) Rule proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency requires the implementation of enhanced coagulation as a control strategy for natural organic matter (NOM) removal and as a means of limiting the formation of all DBPs, i.e., not just the trihalomethanes and haloacetica acids. To control DBP formation, several best available technologies (BATs) were determined for removal of DBPs and DBP precursors. The enhanced coagulation is one of the BATs for DBP precursors removal. Treatment facilities that achieve a specified percent removal of total organic carbon (TOC) prior to the application of a continuous disinfectant or that achieve a residual TOC concentration < 2mg/L prior to the application of a continuous disinfectant are considered to be in compliance with enhanced coagulation. The enhanced coagulation was applied to raw water in Korea, the Han River. Raw water were examined and effects of different raw water qualities on enhanced coagulation were investigated. Three analyses were used for raw water characteristics, water quality measurement, molecular weight distributions, hydrophobic/hydrophilic fractionation. The Han River had the relatively low alkalinity and low organic carbon concentration. The results of molecular weight distributions showed significant portions of low molecular weight organics, which is very different from most water in USA. The alum doses for the required TOC removal guided from USEPA manual were quite low (i.e. 10~30 mg/L alum) for the water, probably due to the specific water quality of the Han River.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2008년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.2254-2257
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• 2008

홍수와 가뭄, 수질오염 등의 피해에 대한 대책과 보다 효율적인 수자원 관리를 위해서 원자료에 대한 분석이 선행되어야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 나주지점을 대상으로 하여 총유기탄소(Total Organic Carbon: TOC) 자료와 유출량 자료를 수집하였으며, 각 자료에 대하여 상세한 주기성분을 파악하기 위하여 웨이블렛 변환을 적용하였다. 대상지점으로 선정한 나주지점은 전라남도 나주시 나주대교 상류에 위치하고 있으며, 유역면적이 $2,0587.2km^2$이며, 유로 연장은 65.5km이다. 유출량과 수질자료의 주기성 분석을 위해 유기물의 양을 나타내는 수질지표인 TOC와 나주수위관측소에서 관측된 2003년${\sim}$2004년의 시수위자료를 유출량으로 환산한 값을 사용하였으며, 이 자료의 상세한 주기성 파악을 위해 웨이블렛 변환을 사용하였다. 일반적으로 주기성을 파악하기 위하여 푸리에 변환을 사용하지만, 푸리에 변환은 시간정보와 주파수를 동시에 파악할 수 없을 뿐만 아니라, 자료에 불연속성과 고주파수 성분이 포함될 경우 분석이 난이하다. 이러한 푸리에 변환의 단점을 보안한 것이 웨이블렛 변환이며, 푸리에 변환보다 계산속도가 빠르다. 또한 주어진 자료에 대하여 시간과 주파수 영역에서 동시에 파악하는 것이 가능하며, 불규칙한 자료를 평탄하게 함으로서 보다 상세한 주기성을 찾아낼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서 추출한 각 자료의 상세 주기성분들은 향후 수자원 관리를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.661-666
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• 2009

In this study, total organic carbon (TOC) and potassium permanganate ($KMnO_4$) demand were examined for raw and finished tap water and the range of $KMnO_4$ demand in drinking water was investigated. By analyzing the relationship between TOC and $KMnO_4$ demand, the applicability of TOC as a drinking water standard and its regulation level was proposed. The average $KMnO_4$ demand was 1.3 mg/L in 4,638 samples from finished drinking water, tap water and finished water from small facilities. $KMnO_4$ demand of 95% of samples was 2.9 mg/L which was 29% of the drinking water standard (10 mg/L). At 12 major drinking water treatment plants, the average $KMnO_4$ demand in July and August was 8.1 and 2.4 mg/L for raw and finished water, respectively. TOC in July and August was 2.0 and 1.15 mg/L for raw and finished water, respectively. The correlation coefficient between $KMnO_4$ demand and TOC was as high as 0.8 in both raw and finished water and $KMnO_4$ demand was twice of TOC in finished water. Because the correlation coefficient and ratio between $KMnO_4$ demand and TOC varied according to season and the characteristics of raw water, it would be difficult to establish TOC standard just from the ratio of $KMnO_4$ demand to TOC. However, it is possible to set the TOC range based on the accumulated $KMnO_4$ demand data or from the satisfactory correlation results. Then, it would be reasonable to establish TOC standard level as 4 ~ 5 mg/L.

• 생태와환경
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.339-347
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• 2023

본 연구는 TOC/TN-IRMS를 이용하여 총 유기탄소 및 총 질소 안정동위원소 분석법을 연구하였으며, 수환경 중저농도 시료에서도 분석이 가능하게 시스템을 구축하였다. 수생태계로 유입되는 다양한 유기탄소 기원을 파악하기 위하여 형광지표와 δ¹³C-DOC 안정동위원소비를 활용한다면 효율적인 수질 관리를 위한 해석기능을 제공할 것이며, 추후 유역 오염원의 대표값(end member)의 지속적인 조사를 통하여 자료구축이 이루어져야 할 것이다.