• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.353-360
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• 2014

This study targets the pollutant removal of secondary effluent from final clarifiers in wastewater treatment plant using silver nanoparticles on activated carbon. The removal efficiency and treatment characteristics of pollutant are anlayzed by perfoming experiments using granular activated carbon with silver nanoparticles and ordinary granular activated carbon. The specific surface area of granular activated carbon with silver nanoparticles is smaller than that of ordinary granular activated carbon. However, the removal efficiency of $COD_{Mn}$, T-N and T-P in experiments using activated carbon with silver nanoparticles are higher than that in experiment using ordinary granular activated carbon. That means the case of activated carbon with silver nanoparticles is much better at treatment activity. In addition, activated carbon with silver nanoparticles has antimicrobial activity because there is no microbe on the surface of it after experiments.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2009

This study was performed to evaluate the physical and mechanical properties of concrete using waste activated carbon. Materials used were ordinary portlant cement, crushed coarse aggregate, natural fine aggregate, waste activated carbon, and superplasticizer. The substitution ratios of waste activated carbon were 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10%. The unit weight was decreased and water absorption ratio was increased with increasing the waste activated carbon content, respectively. When the substitution ratio of waste activated carbon was 3%, compressive strength, flexural strength and dynamic modulus of elastisity were more higher than that of the ordinary portland cement (OPC), and it was decreased with increasing the waste activated carbon content, respectively. The most effective contents of waste activated carbon was 2% in performance and 4% in practical use Accordingly, waste activated carbon can be used for concrete material.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2023

A series of experiments were performed to evaluate the effects of activated carbon on the compressive strength and air content of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC). Activated carbon/PCC composites were prepared by mixing concrete components with commercial activated carbon granules with weight fractions of 0, 0.5%, 1%, and 2% to cement. All PCC specimens were then tested for compressive strength on 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. The experimental results showed that adding 0.5% of activated carbon increased the compressive strength significantly over the curing periods compared to the normal PCC without activated carbon. For the specimens has 0.5% activated carbon, the 7, 14, 21, and 28-day compressive strengths increased by 28.7%, 22.2%, 26.8%, and 22.9%, respectively. However, adding excessive amounts of more than 1% activated carbon had a minimal effect on the compressive strength or even decreased it, which agrees with other studies. Regarding the air contents of the mixtures, adding activated carbon decreased the air content from 3.6% to around 1.5%. The surface morphologies of fine aggregates and activated carbon particles were compared using a novel image processing technique. The results indicated that the surface of activated carbon significantly differs from that of aggregates.

• Plant Resources
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.225-229
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• 2005

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of activated carbon on leave production of Allium tuberosum. Growth characteristics including plant height and leaf length were the highest when activated carbon was added with 5%, suggesting that optimum amount of activated carbon was ranged from 5 to 10%. Weight of fresh green vegetable in Allium tuberosum was low in control. And fresh weight of Allium tuberosum was higher in 5% treatment of activated carbon. However, when the plants were grown in activated carbon of $5{\sim}10%$, fresh yield of green vegetable of Allium tuberosum can be increased by using Activated Carbon. Activated carbon can be utilized as a soil conditioner in agricultural crop areas.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2007

Oxidized PAN (OXI-PAN) fibers were used for the precursors of activated carbon fiber in study. How drying temperature affected the properties of carbon fibers on activating process of carbon fibers was investigated. The specific surface areas of activated carbon fibers have been determined on a series of chemically activated carbons with KOH and NaOH. The experimental data showed variations in specific surface area, iodine and silver adsorptions by the activated carbon fibers. The amount of iodine adsorption increases with increasing specific surface areas in both activation methods. This was because the ionic radius of iodine was smaller than the interior micropore size of activated carbon fibers. Silver adsorbed well in NaOH activated carbon fibers rather than KOH activated carbon fibers in this study.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.132-141
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• 1995

The objectives of this study was to find the effect of zinc salt treated with coconut activated carbon and the effect of humic substance. The bottle- Point technique was used in determining the Freundlich isotherm equation. The adsorptive capacity of granular activated carbon was reduced when humic substance are present. Coconut activated carbon was coated with 0.0001 N zinc chloride decreased the BET surface area but increased the adsorptive capacity more than coconut activated carbon not coated with zinc chloride. The adsorptive capacity of TCE in coconut activated carbon coated with higher concentration of zinc chloride was reduced but increased in the solution containing humic substance when the coconut activated carbon was coated with 0.01 N- zinc chloride. The zinc salt coated with coconut activated carbon did not Increase the adsorptive velocity of coconut activated carbon.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2001

The effects of addition of activated carbon to diet of broiler on productivity and meat quality of broilers were investigated. 48 broiler raised for six week. The addition level of activated carbon to each group was added 0, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2%, respectively. During the experimental feeding period, weekly gain and feed intake of treatment fed diets contain 0.6 and 0.9 percent activated carbon were higher compared with those fed on control diet, though effects of diets containing graded levels of activated carbon on the feed efficiency were not found. When broilers were fed activated carbon on crude protein level of birds were higher compared with that of control diet. Also, crude fat of broilers fed diet containing activated carbon were shown to decrease compared with those fed of control diet(p<0.05). The pH from activated carbon diets was rather higher than that of control(p<0.05). The content of VBN and TBARS was not significantly different among all treatments. The heating loss has tend to decrease in activated carbon diet groups(p<0.05). The WHC tend to be increase in activated carbon diet groups(p<0.05). Blood cholesterol was no significantly different.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.491-496
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• 2010

This study aimed to obtain equilibrium concentration on adsorption removal of phosphorus by activated carbon, to express the adsorption characteristics following Freundlich isotherm and also, based on the value obtained, to investigate the relationship between physical properties of activated carbon and dynamics of phosphorus removal by obtaining rate constant and effective pore diffusivity. The results summarized from this study are as follows. Phosphorus adsorption equilibrium reaching time of powdered activated carbon was reduced as the dosage of activated carbon increases, while granular activated carbon despite increased dosage did not have influence on adsorption equilibrium reaching times of phosphorus as well, taking more than 10 hours. It was also noted that powdered activated carbon showed better adsorption ability than granular activated carbon. The value of constant (f) of Freundlich isotherm of powered activated carbon on phosphorus was 4.26 which is bigger than those of granular activated carbon. The adsorption rate constant on phosphorus of powered activated carbon with low effective diameter and iodine number was highest as $8.888hr^{-1}$ and the effective pore diffusivity ($D_e$) was lowest as $2.45{\times}10^{-5}cm^2/hr$, and the value of phosphorus adsorption rate constant of granular activated carbon was $0.174{\sim}0.372hr^{-1}$, It was revealed that, with the same amount of dosage, the adsorptive power of activated carbon with lower effective diameter was better and its rate constant was also high.

• 청정기술
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.160-167
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 시화반월산업단지에서 보편적으로 사용하고 있는 일반형 활성탄흡착탑과 활성탄 공동재생시스템 적용을 위해 개발된 카트리지형 활성탄흡착탑으로 개선하여 얻게 되는 환경적 효과분석을 고찰하였다. 일반형 활성탄흡착탑 4개소와 카트리지형 활성탄흡착탑 2개소를 선정하여 사용하고 있는 활성탄의 물성특성을 분석하고 환경오염물질의 저감효율을 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 카트리지형 활성탄 흡착탑에 사용되는 활성탄은 요오드흡착력 800 mg g^-1 이상의 양질의 활성탄으로 확인되었으며 교체주기내에서 양호한 수준으로 활성탄 흡착성능이 유지되는 것으로 확인되었다. 환경오염물질 저검효율 분석결과 카트리지형 활성탄 흡착탑의 경우 THC (Total Hydrocarbon), toluene 및 MEK (Methylethylketone) 성분의 처리효율이 각각 71%, 77% 및 80%로 좋은 처리효율을 보인 것으로 확인되었다. 일반형 활성탄 흡착탑은 처리효율이 매우 낮아 배출오염물질을 처리하는 방지시설로서의 역할을 제대로 하지 못하고 있었다. 일반형 활성탄 흡착탑을 카트리지형 활성탄 흡착탑으로 개선하여 운영 시 배출오염물질을 저감시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2005

Removal of methyl mercaptan was investigated using adsorption on virgin activated carbon (VAC) and modified activated carbons with acidic chemicals in the present work. CAC, NAC, AAC and SAC were represented as activated carbons modified with HCI, HNO$_{3}$, CH$_{3}$COOH and H$_{2}$S0$_{4}$ ,respectively The pore structures were evaluated using nitrogen isotherm. The surface properties of virgin activated carbon and modified activated carbons were characterized by EA, pH of carbon surface and acid value from Boehm titration. The modification of activated carbon with acidic chemicals resulted in a decrease in BET surface area, micropore volume and surface pH, but an increase in acid value. The order of the adsorption capacity of activated carbons was NAC>AAC>SAC>CAC>VAC, and in agreement with that of acid value of activated carbons, whereas in disagreement with that of micropore volume of activated carbons. It appeared that chemical adsorption played an important role in methyl mercaptan on modified activated carbons with acidic chemicals compared to virgin activated carbon. Modifying activated carbon with acidic chemicals enabled to significantly enhance removal of methyl mercaptan.