• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to evaluate integrated anaerobic hydrogen fermentation and membrane bioreactor (MBR) for on-site domestic wastewater treatment and resource recovery. A synthetic wastewater (COD 17,000 mg/L) was used as artificial brown water which will be discharged from urine diversion toilet and fed into a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) type anaerobic reactor with inclined plate. The effluent of anaerobic reactor mixed with real household grey water (COD 700 mg/L) was further treated by MBR for reuse. An optimum condition maintained in anaerobic reactor was HRT of 8 hrs, pH 5.5, SRT of 5 days and temperature of $37^{\circ}C$. COD removal of 98% was achieved from the overall system. Total gas production rate and hydrogen content was 4.6 L/day and 52.4% respectively. COD mass balance described the COD distribution in the system via reactor byproducts and effluent COD concentration. The results of this study asserts that, anaerobic hydrogen fermentation combined with MBR is a potent system in stabilizing waste strength and clean hydrogen recovery which could be implemented for onsite domestic wastewater treatment and reuse.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 1998

Animal cells in culture typically convert most of the glucose they consume into lactate. The accumulation of lactate, however, is commonly cited as one of the factors that inhibit cell growth and limit the maximum cell concentration that can be achieved in culture. The specific production of lactate and the amount of glucose converted to lactate can be reduced when cells are grown in a fed-batch culture in which the residual glucose concentration is maintained at low levels. Such a fed-batch culture was used to grow and adapt hybridoma cells into a low-lactate-producing state before changing into continuous culture. The cells reached and maintained a high viable cell concentration at steady state. In a similar manner, cells that were initially grown in batch culture and a glucose-rich environment reached a steady state with a cell concentration that is much lower. The feed composition and dilution rates for both cultures were similar, suggesting steady state multiplicity. From a processing perspective the desired steady state among those is the one with the least metabolite production. At such seady state nutrient concentration in the feed can be further increased to increase cell and product concentrations without causing the metabolite inhibitory effect typically seen in a cell culture. Controlling cell metabolism in a continuous culture to reduce or eliminate waste metabolite production may significantly improve the productivity of mammalian cell culture processes.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.160-167
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• 2017

Coating of individual cells with organic or inorganic materials has drawn a great deal of attention, because it provides the cells with physicochemical durability, which would contribute to the development of bioreactors, biosensor, and lab-on-a-chip, as well as to the fundamental studies in single cell-based biology. Although many strategies have been developed for coating of microbial cells, limited methods are available to coat mammalian cells because most mammalian cells do not have a robust membrane or exoskeleton. Instead, they are enclosed in a lipid bilayer, which is fluidic and vulnerable to changes in its environments. It is more difficult to treat mammalian cells in vitro than microbial cells because the surfaces of mammalian cells are not protected or reinforced by a tough coat. In this work, we report a cytocompatible and degradable nanocoat for mammalian cells. Three types of mammalian cells (HeLa cells, NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, and Jurkat T cells) were individually coated within metal-polyphenol. To maintain the viability of the mammalian cells, we performed the whole processes under strictly physiological culture conditions, and carefully selected nontoxic materials.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.78-86
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• 1989

에너지소모를 최소화하고 최대의 당화효과를 얻을 수 있는 고효율 당화장치의 개발을 목표로 impeller교반형 bioattritor를 설계, 제작하여 불용성 섬유소를 기질로 실험하였다. Bioattrotor의 효용성과 효소당화촉진 mechan-ism을 규명하였으며, 최적운전조건을 검토하였다. 분쇄 마찰매체함유 반응기에 일정한 탄성계수를 지닌 spiral spring coil을 내장한 torzue측정장치를 개발, 부하되는 torque, power, 그리고 소요에너지를 측정하여 이를 당화촉진과 비교함으로서 bioattritor의 경제성을 검토하였다. 분쇄마찰매체의 첨가량 및 종류, impeller형태, 교반속도는 중요한 요소로서 작용하였다. 비록 더 연구가 필요하나 분쇄마찰매체의 교반에 소모되는 동력은 당화 촉진효과의 증대에 따른 당화시간의 단축과 섬유소의 고효율 전환에 따른 고농도당의 확보등에 의해 보상되리라 예상된다.

• ALGAE
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2015

Planktivorous fish which limit zooplankton grazing have been predicted to increase algal biodiesel production in wastewater fed open reactors. In addition, tanks with higher algal diversity have been predicted to be more stable, more productive, and to more fully remove nutrients from wastewater. To test these predictions, we conducted a 14-week experiment in Houston, TX using twelve 2,270-L open tanks continuously supplied with wastewater. Tanks received algal composition (monocultures or diverse assemblage) and trophic (fish or no fish) treatments in a full-factorial design. Monocultures produced more algal and fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) mass than diverse tanks. More than 80% of lipids were converted to FAME indicating potentially high production for conversion to biodiesel (up to $0.9T\;ha^{-1}y^{-1}$). Prolific algal growth lowered temperature and levels of total dissolved solids in the tanks and increased pH and dissolved oxygen compared to supply water. Algae in the tanks removed 91% of nitrate-N and 53% of phosphorus from wastewater. Monocultures were not invaded by other algal species. Fish did not affect any variables. Our results indicated that algae can be grown in open tank bioreactors using wastewater as a nutrient source. The stable productivity of monocultures suggests that this may be a viable production method to procure algal biomass for biodiesel production.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.166-174
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• 2004

Purple non-sulfur bacteria, Rhodobacter sphaeroides KD131 grew to reach the maximum cell concentration in 45 hrs of incubation in the synthetic media containing (NH4)2SO4, L-aspartic acid and succinic acid as the carbon and nitrogen sources, respectively, at 30oC under 8 klux irradiance using halogen lamp. The strain produced hydrogen from the middle of the logarithmic growth phase and continued until the cell growth leveled out. The strain grew and produced hydrogen under the irradiance of 3-30 klux, but cell growth was inhibited over 100 klux. In addition, anaerobic/light culture condition was better than the aerobic/dark on the hydrogen production. Among various photo-bioreactors examined, the flat-vertical reactor manufactured using clear acrylic plastic material showed the best hydrogen production rate at the given culture condition.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2002년도 생물공학의 동향 (X)
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• pp.145-148
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• 2002

막 생물반응기를 이용하여 일정한 TMP 와 일정한 플턱스 여과방식에 따른 실험을 수행한 결과, 일정한 TMP 에서보다 일정 한 투과 플럭스에서 여과하는 것이 여과의 초기 단계동안 과도한 오염을 피할 수 있으므로 바람직하다는 것을 확인하였다. 투과 플럭스를 고정시킨 실험에서 속도에 대한 임계 플럭스 증가 간격은 선형적이었으며, supra-critical zone 과 sub-critical zone 의 두 지대로 구분되었다. 막 생물반응기는 화학적 세정 없이 장 기간 운전되어야하므로 TMP를 고정시키는 깃보다 플럭스를 고정시켜 운전하는 것이 효과적이여, 최적운선조건은 sub-critical zone 경계층 위, 임계플렉스 바로 아래상태임을 알 수 있었다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2002

The biological removal of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) was studied in a bench-scale bioreactor using a bacterial culture of strain OK-5 originally Isolated from soil samples contaminated with TNT. The TNT was completely removed within 4 days of incubation in a 2.5 L bench-scale bioreactor containing a newly developed medium. The TNT was catabolized in the presence of different supplemented carbons. Only minimal growth was observed in the killed controls and cultures that only received TNT during the incubation period. This catabolism was affected by the concentration ratio of the substrate to the biomass. The addition of various nitrogen sources produced a delayed effect for the TNT degradation. Tween 80 enhanced the degradation of TNT under these conditions. Two metabolic intermediates were detected and identified as 2-amino-4, 6-dinitrotoluene and 4-amino-2, 6-dinitrotoluene based on HPLC and GC-MS analyses, respectively. Strain OK-5 was characterized using the BIOLOG system and fatty acid profile produced by a microbial identification system equipped with a Hewlett Packard HP 5890 II gas chromatograph. As such, the bacterium was identified as a Stenotrophomonas species and designated as Stenotrophomonas sp. OK-5.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2017

Produced water is the largest wastestream of oil and gas exploration. It consists of various organic and inorganic compounds that hinder its beneficial use. This study compared the treatment of produced water in a batch suspended and biofilm activated sludge process. The biofilm carrier material was made from Gardenia Carinata shell. COD, $NH_4{^+}-N$ and $NO_3-N$ removal was monitored in both the suspended (control) and floating carrier bioreactors. The results show a rapid reduction of produced water constituents in the floating carrier bioreactor. COD, $NH_4{^+}-N$ and $NO_3-N$ removal was in the range of 99%, 98% and 97% for the floating carrier bioreactor whereas it was 88%, 84% and 83% for the control bioreactor. The rapid reduction of COD, $NH_4{^+}-N$ and $NO_3-N$ clearly indicate that the floating carrier materials served as an attached growth medium for microorganisms, improved the breakdown of produced water constituents and reduced inhibition of microbial metabolic activities.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.294-298
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• 1994

$CaCl_2$, glucose, frutose, glutamine, glutamate 그리고 Ii pids와 같은 배지 첨가물들이 회분식 그리고 연속식 2단계 생물반응기 시스템에셔 재조합 ${\beta}$-galactosidase (${\beta}$-gal) 생산을 증진시키는가를 조사하였다. Sf 21 세포에 AcNPV의 감염시 $CaCl_2$, frutose, glutamate, cholesterol 및 tocoph eral과 같은 배지 첨가물을 첨가하였을 때 ${\beta}$-gal 생산이 증진되었다. 30mM $CaCl_2$, 2.2mM frutose, 4.lmM glutamine, 그리고 O.34mM cholesterol이 보강된 감염 배 지를 이용한 재조합${\beta}$-gal 생산은 약 40% 의 증가를 보였다.