• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.451-461
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• 2006

Laboratory scale experiments were conducted to study the conversion of sludge from conventional activated sludge to nitrogen-phosphorus removal sludge using two types of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) systems, a conventional SBR and sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR). The nitrogen and phosphorus removal characteristics were similar between SBR and SBBR and the removal efficiencies were very low when the influent TOC concentrations were low. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiencies in SBR were 96% and 77.5%, respectively, which were higher than those in SBBR (88% and 42.5%) at the high influent TOC concentration. In SBBR, the simultaneous nitrification-denitrification was occurred because of the biofilm process. The variations of pH, DO concentration and ORP were changed as the variation of influent TOC concentration both in SBR and SBBR and their periodical characteristics were cleary shown at the high influent TOC concentration. Especially, the pH, DO concentration and ORP inflections, were cleary occurred in SBR compared with SBBR.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2008

A low-temperature solar thermal system assisting a biological nitrogen treatment reservoir was designed and field-tested. A large tank whose temperature was maintained at about $25-30^{\circ}C$ to enhance the performance of a biological nitrogen treatment process was heated by an array of flat plate solar collectors. Test results revealed that the overall collector efficiency was above 50% for the most cases tested. This high efficiency was possible owing to the relatively low collector temperature that can be traced back to the reservoir temperature. A substantial enhancement in nitrogen treatment was observed as a result of maintaining the reservoir temperature higher.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.837-848
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• 2006

This paper presents the test results of biological aerated filtration(BAF) process to replace activated sludge process by enhancing treated effluent quality and reducing the costs. In BAF process both BOD and SS compounds in wastewater are degraded and removed by biological reaction and filtration. Upflow BAF with expanded polypropylene media and downflow BAF with ceramic media were used to investigate the effects of hydraulic and organic loads on effluent quality. As a result, in BAF processes which has different media, upflow BAF reactor shows 5% higher efficiency than downflow BAF and this phenomena caused by backwashing methods and operational conditions. The results of influence factors analyzed by Factor Analysis Method in BOD and SS treatment efficiency are the size of media, hight of media bed and type of media. The quantitative effects of media size are 5.73% in TBOD, 5.78% in SBOD and 7.65% in TSS, so we confirmed the main factor is media size.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.559-562
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• 2006

A low-temperature solar thermal system assisting a biological nitrogen treatment reservoir was designed and field-tested. A large tank whose temperature was maintained at about $25{\sim}30^{\circ}C$ to enhance the performance of a biological nitrogen treatment process was heated by an array of flat plate solar collectors. Test results revealed that the overall collector efficiency was above 50% for the most cases tested. This high efficiency was possible owing to the relatively low collector temperature that can be traced back to the reservoir temperature. A substantial enhancement in nitrogen treatment was observed as a result of maintaining the reservoir temperature higher.

• 공업화학
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.531-537
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 휘발성유기화합물의 일종인 아이소프로필 알코올(IPA) 산화에 촉매-플라즈마 반응 시스템을 이용하였다. ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$로 이루어진 다공성 세라믹에 산화구리를 0.5% (w/w) 담지하여 촉매로 사용하였으며, 촉매상에 직접 플라즈마를 생성시켜 표면이 바로 플라즈마에 노출되도록 하였다. 촉매-플라즈마 공정의 특성을 파악하기 위하여 방전전압 및 온도 변화에 따른 IPA 및 분해부산물의 농도를 측정하였다. 촉매-플라즈마 반응기를 단열시키지 않았을 경우, 전압 17 kV (방전전력 : 28 W)에서 반응기 온도가 $120^{\circ}C$까지 증가하였으며, 유량 $1L\;min^{-1}$ (산소 : 10% (v/v); IPA : 1000 ppm) 조건에서 IPA가 모두 제거되었다. 그러나 $120^{\circ}C$ 이하의 온도에서는 바람직한 생성물인 이산화탄소 이외에도 아세톤, 포름알데하이드, 일산화탄소와 같은 유해 분해 부산물이 생성되었다. 반면 촉매-플라즈마 반응기 외부를 단열했을 때는 같은 조건에서 반응기 내부 온도가 $265^{\circ}C$까지 증가하였으며, IPA가 대부분 이산화탄소로 산화되었다. 다공성 세라믹에 산화구리를 담지하지 않았을 때는 촉매-플라즈마 반응기를 단열해도 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소가 유사한 비율로 생성되었다. 한편, 플라즈마를 생성시키지 않고 촉매만 단독으로 사용했을 때는(반응온도 : $265^{\circ}C$), 분해된 IPA의 70% 이상이 또 다른 휘발성유기화합물인 아세톤으로 전환되었으며, 이를 통해 촉매 단독공정보다 촉매-플라즈마 복합 공정이 IPA 산화에 더 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.989-996
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• 2012

Nitrate contamination of water environments can create serious problems such as eutrophication of rivers. Conventional biological processes for nitrate removal by heterotrophic denitrification often need additional organic substrates as carbon sources and electron donors. We tried to accelerate biological denitrification by using bioelectrochemical reactor (BER) in which electrode works as an electron donor. Denitrification activity of 8 environmental samples from various sediments, soils, groundwaters, and sludges were tested to establish an efficient enrichment culture for BER. The established enrichment culture from a soil sample showed stable denitrification activity without any nitrite accumulation. Microbial community analysis by using PCR-DGGE method revealed that dominant denitrifiers in the enrichment culture were Pantoea sp., Cronobacter sakazakii, and Castellaniella defragrans. Denitrification rate ($0.08kg/m^3{\cdot}day$) of the enrichment culture in BER with electrode poised at -0.5 V (vs Ag/AgCl) was higher than that ($2.1{\times}10^{-2}kg/m^3{\cdot}day$) of BER without any poised potential. This results suggested that biological denitrification would be improved by supplying potential throughout electrode in BER. Further research using BER without any organic substrate addition is needed to apply this system for bioremediation of water and wastewater contaminated by nitrate.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.577-585
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• 2014

A series of experiments using atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasma coupled with transition metal catalysts were performed to remove ethylene from agricultural storage facilities. The non-thermal plasma was created by dielectric barrier discharge, which was in direct contact with the catalyst pellets. The transition metals such as Ag and $V_2O_5$ were supported on ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$. The effect of catalyst type, specific input energy (SIE) and oxygen content on the removal of ethylene was examined to understand the behavior of the hybrid plasma-catalytic reactor system. With the other parameters kept constant, the plasma-catalytic activity for the removal of ethylene was in order of $V_2O_5/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ > $Ag/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ > ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ from high to low. Interestingly, the rate of plasma-catalytic ozone generation was in order of $V_2O_5/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ > ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ > $Ag/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$, implying that the catalyst activation mechanisms by plasma are different for different catalysts. The results obtained by varying the oxygen content indicated that nitrogen-derived reactive species dominated the removal of ethylene under oxygen-lean condition, while ozone and oxygen atoms were mainly involved in the removal under oxygen-rich condition. When the plasma was coupled with $V_2O_5/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$, nearly complete removal of ethylene was achieved at oxygen contents higher than 5% by volume (inlet ethylene: 250 ppm; gas flow rate: $1.0Lmin^{-1}$; SIE: ${\sim}355JL^{-1}$).

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.636-643
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• 2006

연속식 SCWO 반응기를 이용하여 DMMP의 초임계수 산화반응을 반응온도 $440{\sim}540^{\circ}C$, 반응압력 242 bar, 체류시간 10~26 초, 과잉산소량 -40~200％의 조건 하에서 수행하였다. 반응온도 $540^{\circ}C$에서 DMMP 분해율은 99.7% 이상으로 높았으며, DMMP의 농도가 증가함에 따라 DMMP 분해율은 증가하였다. 산화제 농도 변화에 따른 분해율은 양론비 이하에서는 현저하게 영향을 받았으나, 양론비 이상에서는 큰 차이가 없었다. DMMP 분해율이 85% 이상인 30개의 실험결과로부터 DMMP의 초임계수 산화반응 속도식을 도출하였다. Pre-exponential factor는 $(1.10{\pm}0.76){\times}10^6$, 반응 활성화에너지는 $90.66{\pm}3.87kJ/mol$, DMMP와 산소에 대한 반응차수는 각각 $1.02{\pm}0.03$, $0.32{\pm}0.03$로 모델에 의한 예측값과 실험값은 잘 일치하였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.479-484
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 회분식 실험 및 $A_2/O$ 공법의 연속식 실험으로 구리가 생분해, 산소소모율 및 질산화에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 구리 영향 실험 결과 유기물 분해는 회분식 실험의 경우 구리 농도 4.5 mg/L 이상, 연속식은 구리 농도 2.0 mg/L 이상일 때 영향을 미쳤다. 질산화 및 질소 제거의 경우 회분식은 구리 농도 4.5 mg/L 이상에서 질산화에 영향을 미쳤으며, 연속식의 경우 구리 농도 1 mg/L 이상일 때 질소 제거에 영향을 미쳤다. 인 제거의 경우 회분식은 구리 농도 4.5 mg/L, 연속식은 구리 농도 2 mg/L 이상일 때 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 산소소모율의 경우 회분식과 연속식 모두 구리 농도 1.5 mg/L 이상일 경우 미생물 활성에 나쁜 영향을 주어 산소소모율이 낮아졌다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2002

오늘날 섬유 염색공정에서 발생하는 염색폐수로 인해 많은 문제점들을 야기한다. 염색폐수에는 난분해성의 EG, PVA, TPA, 여러 종류의 계면활성제가 포함되어 있어 완전하게 처리하기가 어렵다. 현재 일반적으로 사용하고 있는 물리화학적 처리와 활성오니공정의 처리성을 향상하기 위하여 jet-loop reactor (JLR)와 물리화학적 처리를 결합한 새로운 공정을 개발하였다. JLR의 부피산소전달계수는 air-lift 반응기에 비해 아주 우수하였다. 또한 좀더 효율적인 처리를 위하여 JLR에 활성탄 담체를 적용하여 (JLRAS) 실험하였다. 체류시간이 8시간일 때 BOD, $COD_{Mn}$, $COD_{Cr}$, 색도 제거율은 각각 99, 86, 84, 83%로 우수하였다. JLRAS 성능은 $COD_{Mn}$의 부하 변동에도 아주 빠르게 회복되었다. 2차 물리화학적 응집처리의 최적 응집제로는 폴리황산제2철이며 130 mg/L 투입하였을때 $COD_{Mn}$과 색도의 제거율은 자각 85, 73%였다. 결론적으로 이 공정으로 난분해성의 많은 유기물을 효율적으로 처리할 수 있으며 운전비용도 감소시킬 수 있었다.