• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.323-336
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• 2010

We evaluated the properties of a fixed-bed column reactor for high-concentration tetrachloroethylene (PCE) removal. The anaerobic bacterium Clostridium bifermentans DPH-1 was able to dechlorinate PCE to cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (cDCE) via trichloroethylene (TCE) at high rates in the monoculture biofilm of an upflow fixed-bed column reactor. The first-order reaction rate of C. bifermentans DPH-1 was relatively high at $0.006\;mg\;protein^{-1}{\cdot}l{\cdot}h^{-1}$, and comparable to rates obtained by others. When we gradually raised the influent PCE concentration from $30\;{\mu}M$ to $905\;{\mu}M$, the degree of PCE dechlorination rose to over 99% during the operation period of 2,000 h. In order to maintain efficiency of transformation of PCE in this reactor system, more than 6 h hydraulic retention time (HRT) is required. The maximum volumetric dechlorination rate of PCE was determined to be $1,100\;{\mu}mol{\cdot}d^{-1}l$ of reactor $volume^{-1}$, which is relatively high compared to rates reported previously. The results of this study indicate that the PCE removal performance of this fixed-bed reactor immobilized mono-culture is comparable to that of a fixed-bed reactor mixture culture system. Furthermore, our system has the major advantage of a rapid (5 days) start-up time for the reactor. The flow characteristics of this reactor are intermediate between those of the plug-flow and complete-mix systems. Biotransformation of PCE into innocuous compounds is desirable; however, unfortunately cDCE, which is itself toxic, was the main product of PCE dechlorination in this reactor system. In order to establish a system for complete detoxification of PCE, co-immobilization of C. bifermentans DPH-1 with other bacteria that degrade cDCE aerobically or anaerobically to ethene or ethane may be effective.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2005

Clostridium bifermentans strain DPH-1 has already been found to dechlorinate perchloroethylene (PCE) to cis-dichloroethylene (cis-DCE) via trichloroethylene (TCE). In this study, our investigation on different culture conditions of this DPH-1 strain was extended to find a more efficient and cost effective growth medium composition for this DPH-1 strain in bioremediation practices. Temperature dependency of strain DPH-1 showed that the growth starting time and PCE degradation at $15^{\circ}C$ was very slow compared to that of $30^{\circ}C$, but complete PCE degradation occurred in both cases. For the proper utilization of strain DPH-1 in more cost effective bioremediation practices, a simpler composition of an effective media was studied. One component of the culture medium, yeast extract, had been substituted by molasses, which served as a good source of electron donor. The DPH-1 strain in the medium containing molasses, in the presence of $K_{2}HPO_4\;and\;KH_{2}PO_4$, showed identical bacterial multiplication (0.135 mg protein $mL^{-1}h^{-1}$) and PCE degradation rates ($0.38\;{\mu}M/h$) to those of the yeast extract containing medium.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1413-1431
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• 2002

For the development of immunodetection method of 4,4'-dichlorodipheny-2,2,2-trichloroethane (p,p'-DDT), a persistent and broad toxic organochlorine insecticide, various DDT derivatives were synthesized and characterized for the use of immunogens and the coating ligands for the antibody evaluation. The appropriate lengths of linkers were introduced to investigate more efficient DDT derivatives. Among these hapten derivatives, 2,2-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)acetic acid (DDA), 5,5-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoic acid (DDHP) and 5,5-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-5-chloropentanoic acid (DDCP) were conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) for the use of immunogen to produce antibodies. 6,6-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (DDHH) and 3-[6,6-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-6-hydroxyhexanoylamino]propanoic acid (DDHHAP) in addition to above hapten derivatives were conjugated to ovualbumin (OVA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) for the use of coating ligands to measure the titration level of antibody and the displacement of free analytes. Three matching pairs of antibodies and coating ligands were selected for the simultaneous detection of p,p'-DDT and its related compounds of DDA and 2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) by investingating the displacement of free analytes in an indirect ELISA. These were PAb #1 and coating ligand DDCP-OVA, PAb #1 and DDHHAP-OVA, and PAb #3 and DDHHAP-OVA. The most useful immunoreaction for DDT analytes were obtained using PAb #3 and coating ligand DDHHAP-OVA showing 3.4 ng/mL of lower limit of detection. These results indicated that titration level and free analytes displacement were greatly influenced by hapten derivatized and carrier proteins conjugated.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2000

DEAE-Toyopearl 650S, Superdex pg-75, Poros HQ, Superdex H200의 각종 칼러크로마토그래피를 이용하여 C.bifermentans DPH-1균주로부터 테트라클로로에틸렌(PCE) 분해 효소를 정제했다. 이 PCE 분해효소 (PCE dehalogenase)는 PCE를 환원적 탈염소화 반응에 의해 시스디클로로에딜렌 (cis-1,2-dichloroethylene)에 전환 가능하여, 이 때의 Vmax 및 Km 치는 각각 73 nmol/h.mg protein, 12$\mu$M이었다. 본 PCE dehalogenase의 겔여과 분자량 Maker Kit를 이용한 분석결과(70kDa)는 SDS-PAGE에 나타난 분자량(35kDa)의 약 2배인 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 효소는 분자량 70kDa의 이량체(Homo dimer)인 것으로 추정되었다. 본 효소의 최적온도 및 pH는 각각 35$^{\circ}C$ 및 8.0 이었다. 또한 본 효소는 PCE외의 트리클로로에틸렌, 디클로로에틸렌 이성체, 1,2-디클로로에템, 1,2-디클로로프로판, 1,1,2-트리클로로에탄에 대하여도 활성을 타나내었다. N-말단 아미노산 분석결과에서도 본 효소는 현재 알려진 PCE dehalogenase와 그 배열이 전혀 다른 것으로 나타나 각종 유기염소 화합물의 분해능을 보유한 신종의 PCE 분해효소인 것이 확인되었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.673-682
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• 2016

In this study, we investigated influent and effluent water pollutants in 53 Public Sewage Treatment Works (PSTWs) where industrial wastewater or landfill leachate is combined four times for two years from 2014 to 2015. Also, we analyzed the characteristics of heavy metals and volatile organic carbons at influent and effluent of these PSTWs caused by sewage treatment combined with industrial wastewater or landfill leachate. As a result, six heavy metals such as barium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel and zinc, and four volatile organic carbons (VOCs) including phenols, di(2-)ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), formaldehyde and toluene were observed above detection limits in most of PSTWs. Also, it was revealed that six heavy metals such as hexavalent chromium, mercury, cadmium, chromium, nickel and selenium, and four VOCs including 1,1-dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, naphthalene, and epichlorohydrin were observed more frequently according to precipitation. As a result of reviewing the monitoring data on "Water Quality Monitoring Networks" in lower watersheds of PSTWs, both heavy metals and VOCs were below detection limits, indicating that the effluent water had little influence on the watershed. Nevertheless for the better management of influent and effluent pollutants in PSTWs, it is necessary to establish the advanced management plans for water pollutants in PSTWs, which include a list of priority substances management, monitoring plans, and guidelines for industrial wastewater and landfill leachate combined in PSTWs.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.139-152
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• 2009

According to the third study on the distribution of chemical substances carried out by the Department of Environment in 2006, there were a total of 900 chemical substances whose respective annual usage amount exceeded 1,000 tons and, among them, 90 substances belonged to the 168 hazardous substances requiring management(53.6%). The work-related illnesses caused by hazardous substances requiring management in Korea between $1992{\sim}2005$ can be classified into four groups depending on the type of the chemical substances. These four groups are 23 organic substances including benzene, 12 metals including lead, 3 acids and bases including hydrogen chloride, and 6 gaseous substances including carbon monoxide. These hazardous substances requiring management were again classified depending on the threshold limit values. The chemicals whose TLV was lower than or equal to 0.005 ppm included 4 organic substances including methylene bisphenyl isocyanate and toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (TDI). The chemicals whose TLV was larger than 51 ppm included 22 organic substances including diethyl ether and 1,2-dichloroethylene. When we classified these hazardous substances requiring management according to the categories of GHS health hazards, we found that isobutyl acetate and magnesium oxide didn't belong to the 13 health hazard categories. Among the substances whose TLV is set and whose annual usage amount is more than 0.1 million ton, we recommended 12 chemical species including 4,4'-Methylenedianiline as new hazardous substances requiring management. All the recommended substances were found to be hazardous when we classified their health hazards.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2022

Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE), critical pollutants to human health and groundwater ecosystems, are managed by groundwater quality standards (GQS) in South Korea. However, there are no GQSs for their by-products, such as cis-dichloroethylene (DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC) produced through the dechlorination process of PCE and TCE. Therefore, in this study, we monitored PCE, TCE, cis-DCE, and VC in 111 national groundwater wells for three years (2016 to 2018) to evaluate their distributions, a biological dechlorination possibility, and human risk assessment. The detection frequency of them was 30.2% for PCE, 45.1% for TCE, 43.9% for cis-DCE and 13.4% for VC. The four chlorinated compounds were commonly detected in 21 out of 111 wells. In the results of statistical analysis with 21 wells data, DO and ORP also had a negative correlation with four organic chlorinated compounds, while EC and sulfate has a positive correlation with the compounds. This indicates that the 21 wells were relatively met with suitable environments for a biological dechlorination reaction compared to the other wells. Finally, cis-DCE had a non-carcinogenic risk of 10^-1 and the carcinogenic risk of VC was 10^-6 or higher. Through this study, the distribution status of the four chlorinated compounds in groundwater in South Korea and the necessity of preparing plans to manage cis-DCE and VC were confirmed.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2024

Recently, enhanced in situ bioremediation using slow substrate release techniques has been actively researched for managing TCE-contaminated groundwater. This study conducted a lab-scale batch reactor experiment to evaluate the feasibility of natural attenuation for TCE dechlorination using microsized corn-oil droplet (MOD) as an activator considering the following three factors: 1) TCE dechlorination in the presence or absence of MOD; 2) TCE dechlorination in the presence or absence of inactivator of native microbial activity; and 3) MOD concentration effects on TCE dechlorination. Batch reactors were constructed using site groundwater and soil in which Dehalococcoides bacteria were present. Without MOD, TCE was decomposed into dichloroethylene (DCE). However, other by-products of TCE dechlorination were not detected. With MOD, DCE, vinyl chloride (VC), and ethylene (ETH) were sequentially observed. This result confirmed that MOD effectively supplied electrons to complete dechlorination of TCE to ETH. However, when an excess of MOD was provided, it formed unfavorable conditions for anaerobic digestion because dechlorination reaction did not proceed while propionic acid was accumulated after DCE was generated. Therefore, if an appropriate amount of MOD is supplied, MOD can be effectively used as a natural reduction activator to promote biodegradation in an aquifer contaminated by TCE.

• 분석과학
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.114-125
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 10 업종 165 개소의 폐수배출사업장을 대상으로 방류수 중 중금속, 휘발성유기화합물, CN, phenol 등 특정수질유해물질 24 종 대하여 배출특성을 조사하였다. 중금속 중 Cu는 0.008~35.420 mg/L 농도 범위를 보였으며 검출율 46.8 % (165개 중 79 개)로 전 업종에서 검출되었다. 그 외 Cd, As, Hg, Pb, Cr⁺⁶의 검출율은 0.6~1.8 %로 낮았다. CN은 1 개, phenol은 5 개 사업장에서 검출되었다. VOCs는 12 종이 검출되었고 chloroform 80.6 % (0.42~81.60 µg/L), benzene 16.4 % (1.49~3.31 µg/L), trichloroethylene 11.5 % (1.78~6.02 /L), 1,1-dichloroethylene 10.3 % (1.23~5.89 µg/L), dichloromethane 8.5 % (0.28~968.86 µg/L) 등의 순으로 검출율이 높게 나타났다. 대부분의 VOCs는 미량 검출되었으나 dichloromethane는 금속제조, 식료품제조, 세차시설 3 개 업종에서 수질배출허용기준을 초과하였다. Chloroform은 모든 업종에서 검출되었으며, 세탁시설 및 수도사업에서 평균 농도가 각각 24.88 µg/L, 53.41 µg/L로 높게 나왔다. 산업 폐수중의 난분해성인 특정수질유해물질 처리를 위해 물리·화학적인 처리방법인 활성탄 흡착, 펜턴산화, 오존처리, 광촉매 및 UV radiation 등 공법 도입이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2005

본 연구는 사염화에틸렌(Perchloroethylene) 또는 트리클로로에틸렌(Trichloroethylene)으로 오염된 국내 지하수 내에 국외에서 보고된 환원성 탈염소화 미생물의 존재 유무와 사염화에틸렌의 생물학적 탈염소화 활성도를 평가하였다. 마이크로코즘 테스트(microcosm tests)는 4개의 오염지역(창원 A, 창원 B, 부천 및 양산) 지하수와 다양한 전자공여체 (sodium lactate, sodium propionate, sodium butyrate, sodium fumarate)를 이용하여 수행하였다. 단일 전자공여체 와 창원 A 혹은 창원 B 지하수를 주입한 전 마이크로코즘에서 사염화에틸렌 완전 탈염소화 분해 시 발생하는 최종 산물인 에틸렌이 배양 90일 후에 검출되었고, 부천 혹은 양산 지역의 지하수를 주입한 마이크로코즘에서는 배양 90 일 후 시스-1,2-디클로로에틸렌(cis-1 ,2-Dichloroethylene)만이 검출되었고, 염화비닐(Vinyl chloride) 과 에틸렌은 검출되지 않았다. 완전 탈염소화 생분해가 확인된 창원 B 지역 지하수와 불완전 탈염소화 생분해가 확인된 양산 지역 지하수 내 미생물 군집을 비교하기 위해 분자생물학적 방법을 이용한 실험을 수행하였다. 창원 B 지역 지하수의 클론 라이브러리(Clone library)에서 사염화에틸렌 완전 탈염소화 미생물, uncultured bacterium clone DCE47과 매우 유사한 염기서열 클론이 확인되었다. 그러나 양산 지역의 클론 라이브러리에서는 기존의 염화에틸렌 탈염소화 미생물과 유사한 염기서열 클론이 확인되지 않았다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 국내 일부 지역의 지하수 내에 사염화에틸렌을 완전 탈염소화하여 무해한 에틸렌으로 분해하는 미생물이 존재함을 확인하였고, 적절한 전자공여체를 공급하는 경우 그 분해 활성도가 증가함을 확인하였다. 이 결과는 사염화에틸렌 혹은 트리클로로에틸렌으로 오염된 국내 지하수를 경제적인 공법인 환원성 탈염소화 생물학적 공정으로 복원할 수 있는 기능성을 보여주는 중요한 지표라고 사료된다.