• 상하수도학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.12-24
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• 1994

The occurrence of objectionable tastes and odors in drinking water is a common and widespread problem. The most troublesome odors are usually those described as muddy or earthy-musty. Two organic compounds which have been implicated as the cause of earthy-musty odor problems in water are geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol. These earthy-musty organics have been shown to be metabolites of actinomycetes and blue green algae. The purpose of this paper is to describe adsorbability in removing these two oder causing compounds(geosmin and 2-MIB) upon various conditions like pH variation, adding humic acid and different activated carbon. The conclusion of this study are as followings. In batch test, carbon dosage is 10mg/100ml for geosmin and 15mg/100ml for 2-MIB. Both were in equilibrium state after 60 hours. In model simulation, F-P model described experiment data and modelling data appropriately in geosmin but F-S model not. In case of 2-MIB, models didn't describe relation between experiment and modelling data well. Two causative agents of earthy-musty odor compounds, geosmin and 2-MIB, are strongly adsorbed by activated carbon either coconut or brown. There appears to be no effect of pH (3,7,9) on adsorption of these two organics. Activated carbon proved to be more effective for removing geosmin than for removing 2-MIB. When activated carbon is. used in removing these two organics, the removal of these appeared to be adversely affected by back ground organic compounds, such as humic substances, due to competitive adsorption.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2015

During low-pressure membrane treatments of cyanobacterial cells, including microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF), there have reportedly been releases of intracellular compounds including cyanotoxins and compounds with an earthy-musty odor into the water, probably owing to cyanobacterial cell breakage retained on the membrane. However, to our knowledge, no information was reported regarding the effect of growth phase of cyanobacterial cells on the release of the intracellular compounds. In the present study, we used a geosmin-producing cyanobacterium, Anabaena smithii, to investigate the effect of the growth phase of the cyanobacterium on the release of intracellular geosmin during laboratory-scale MF experiments with the cells in either the logarithmic growth or stationary phase. Separate detection of damaged and intact cells revealed that the extent of cell breakage on the MF membrane was almost the same for logarithmic growth and stationary phase cells. However, whereas the geosmin concentration in the MF permeate increased after 3 h of filtration with cells in the logarithmic growth phase, it did not increase during filtration with cells in the stationary phase: the trend in the geosmin concentration in the MF permeate with time was much different between the logarithmic growth and stationary phases. Adsorption of geosmin to algogenic organic matter (AOM) retained on the MF membrane and/or pore blocking with the AOM were greater when the cells were in the stationary phase versus the logarithmic growth phase, the result being a decrease in the apparent release of intracellular geosmin from the stationary phase cells. In actual drinking water treatment plants employing membrane processes, more attention should be paid to the cyanobacterial cells in logarithmic growth phase than in stationary phase from a viewpoint of preventing the leakage of intracellular earthy-musty odor compounds to finished water.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2008

The masking effect of chlorine on algae-related taste and odor(T&O) compounds has long been an important issue for water suppliers. In this study, masking experiments with chlorine were performed on two kinds of treated water and one of raw water. After adding chlorine(0 to 0.8 mg/L) to water samples, odor intensity was evaluated by a newly developed sensory method(2-out-of-5 odor test) for three days along with the measurement of residual chlorine concentration. Even though the relationship between the residual chlorine concentration and odor reported by the sensory analysts was not always coincident, it was proved that residual chlorine more than a certain concentration could completely mask both added geosmin and naturally occurring T&O compounds. For the sand-filtered water spiked with 10 ng/L of geosmin, 0.12-0.18 mg/L of residual chlorine was necessary to achieve complete masking. In the case of GAC-filtered water, 10 ng/L of spiked geosmin was completely masked by 0.15-0.1 mg/L of residual chlorine. Combined ozone and GAC was not enough to treat raw water spiked with 300 ng/L of geosmin. In this experiment, sensory analysts were able to detect earthy or musty odors from the treated water. From a masking experiment with raw water taken from the Daechung Reservoir, it was found that fishy odor was more difficult to mask with chlorine than earthy odor. As the chlorine residual declined, the analysts began to notice the original odor and the fishy odor was noticed earlier than the earthy odor.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.523-529
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• 2008

Algal blooms in a local eutrophic lake often produces the musty and earthy taste & odor problems. Since the odor causing compounds(OCCs) including geosmin and 2-MIB have their own volatility, the OCCs can be removed from water by air stripping methods. Removal of TON(threshold odor number) as an index for OCCs could be fitted well with the first order equations($R^2=0.9$ above), where the air stripping coefficient of TON, k was in the range between 0.0055 and 0.0097 according to the aeration time. k within 30min aeration tests was 0.0097, while it was 0.0055 where the aeration time extended to 150min. With 15 mg/L of PAC, removal of TON was not simulated with 1st order equation within 30min aeration. Within 30min aeration, OCCs rather than geosmin and/or 2-MIB could be removed easily by air stripping or PAC adsorption, while OCCs such as geosmin and/or 2-MIB could be removed slowly by air stripping after 30min aeration. Geosmin and 2-MIB were not readily removed by air stripping(k of them were 0.0018~0.0047 and 0.0018~0.0034, respectively at different air flow rates). Geosmin could be removed by air stripping a little better than 2-MIB.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.350-355
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• 2000

Powdered activated carbon(PAC) is widely used to control 2-MIB와 geosmin causing earthy-musty odor in water supplies. It was known that chlorine is one of the chemicals often come into contact with activated carbon. But activated carbon react with chlorine and surface oxide accumulate on carbon surface. As result, adsorption capacity of activated carbon is reduced. To investigate the effect of chlorine on the PAC's ability to adsorb 2-MIB and Geosmin, a series of experiments was carried out to show (1) the effect of aqueous chlorine doses on the ability of PAC to adsorb 2-MIB and Geosmin from Lake Heodong water. (2) the effect of delaying the chlorine addition after PAC had been added (to simulate the effect of using an alternative point of chlorine addition). As a result of experiment, as chlorine dose increased correspondingly decreased the capacity of activated carbon to adsorb 2-MIB and geosmin. Even though previously adsorbed 2-MIB and geosmin released, as result of the application of delaying the chlorine adding was more beneficial than simultaneous adding chlorine with PAC.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2015

BACKGROUND: Contamination of source water by odorous compounds are one of the problems related to the water quality management, especially in Korea where surface water is used as drinking water. Geosmin (1, 10-trans-dimethyl-trans-9-decalol) and 2-MIB (2-methyl isoborneol : 1,2,7,7-tetramethyl-exo-bicycloheptan-2-ol) are commonly recognized earthy-musty odor compounds produced by algae causing serious problems to the drinking water purification facilities. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, spatial and temporal distribution of the odor compounds, geosmin and 2-MIB were investigated along with the development of phytoplankton in the Daechung reservoir from July 2012 to October 2013. CONCLUSION: Concentrations and frequencys of detection of both compounds increased from April to October which were related to cyanobacterial bloom periods. However, concentrations of odor compounds were not related to the number of cyanobacteria. Concentrations of both cyanobacteria and geosmin showed similar trends with depth. Pearson correlation analyses showed that geosmin concentration exhibited significant correlation with the count of Anabaena macrospora and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. On the other hand, 2-MIB concentration showed a significant correlation with the count of Anabaena smithii.

• 분석과학
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.326-332
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• 2013

Geosmin과 2-methyl isoborneol (2-MIB)는 먹는물에서 불쾌한 맛과 냄새를 일으키는 대표적인 물질이며, 남조류의 대사산물로 흙 냄새나 곰팡이 냄새를 내는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이들 물질의 최소감지 농도는 수 ng/L 수준으로, 먹는물의 질을 관리하기 위해서는 극미량까지 분석할 수 있는 분석방법이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 물시료 중의 geosmin과 2-MIB를 headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SMPE) 법과 기체크로마토그래프/질량분석기 (gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer, GC/MS)를 이용하여 분석하였다. 방법검출한계는 geosmin과 2-MIB에 대하여 각각 1.072 ng/L, 1.021 ng/L 값을 구할 수 있었으며, 정확도와 정밀도에서도 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 최근 낙동강에서는 남조류에 의한 수화현상이 종종 발생하고 있어, 낙동강을 상수원수로 하는 먹는물의 안정성을 확보하기 위하여 geosmin과 2-MIB의 농도를 조사할 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 남조류가 번성한 시기에 낙동강 원수에 대하여 geosmin과 2-MIB의 농도를 조사한 결과, 각각 4~24 ng/L, 6~16 ng/L의 농도로 검출되었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2006

산지가 다른 세 종류의 상황버섯의 휘발성 향기성분을 동시증류추출법에 의해 추출하고 GC 및 GC-MS를 이용하여 분리한 후 분석 동정하였다. 검출된 화합물 중 총 82성분을 동정 또는 추정하였으며, 관능기별로 알코올류, 알데히드류, 케톤류 및 탄호수소류 등이 검출되었다. 식용버섯에서는 보고되지 않았던 2-methylphenol, methoxy benzene, coumaran, azulene, ${\alpha}-cedrene,\;{\alpha}-longipinene,\;{\beta}-selinene,\;{\alpha}-selinene$, camphor, ${\gamma}-ionone,\;{\beta}-ionone$, phytol, borneol등 탄화수소류, 케톤류 및 알코올류의 화합물이 상황버섯에서 처음으로 검출되었다. 부산진성 상황버섯은 클로로필 유래의 Phytol과 곰팡이 냄새의 특징을 갖는 methoxy benzene이, 진주금황 상황버섯은 꽃냄새에 기여하는 phenylacetaldehyde가 많은 양 검출되었다. 반면, 제주귤림 상황버섯은 methoxy benzene 류는 소량 검출되었으나, phenylacetaldehyde는 많은 양이 검출되었다. 함류량이 세 종류의 상황버섯에서 양적인 차이는 있었지만 ${\gamma}-ionone$ 및 ${\beta}-ionone$이 소량 동정되었으며, 이는 carotenoid의 분해물로 생성되는 것으로 상황버섯이 carotenoid계의 색소를 함유하는 것을 시사하고 있다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.2097-2104
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• 2000

자연계에서 발생하는 이취미 문제는 주로 조류나 박테리아와 같은 미생물의 신진대사에 기인한다. 이취미와 관련한 원인물질은 주로 MIB와 Geosmin으로서 이는 9ng/L와 4 ng/L의 아주 저농도에서도 흙과 곰팡이 냄새를 일으킨다. 정수처리공정에서는 분말활성탄을 이용한 이취미 유발물질 제어기술이 잘 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 단일성분과 이성분계에 있어서의 흡착등온실험을 통하여 최적의 PAC 투여량과 반응시간에 대하여 고찰하였으며 또한 원수를 이용하여 수중에 포함된 자연유기물질의 영향을 고찰하였다. 연구결과 자연유기물질의 유무에 관계없이 Geosmin의 흡착능이 우수하였으며, 자연유기물질이 존재할 경우 MIB와 Geosmin 모두 4배 정도의 흡착능 저하를 보였다. 초기농도 100ng/L 정도의 원수의 경우 99%의 제거율을 얻기 위해서는 PAC 투여량 20mg/L, 4시간 이상의 반응시간을 필요로 하였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1123-1128
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• 2005

흙냄새 혹은 곰팡이 냄새 등을 야기시키는 MIB는 남조류나 방선균등에 의해 생성되는 2차 대사산물이다. MIB는 일반적인 정수공정(응집, 침전, 여과)에 의해서는 쉽게 제거가 되지 않을 뿐만 아니라, 수돗물에 수 ng/L정도만 존재하더라도 소비자에게 심미적인 불쾌감을 유발시킬 수 있다. 일반적으로 MIB는 정확한 양의 PAC가 투입될 때 효과적으로 제거될 수 있으나, 대부분 정수장 운전자들은 PAC를 적당히 투입한 다음 처리 후 직접적인 관찰(냄새감지)에 근거하여 투입량을 조절함으로써 과잉투입 혹은 과소투입과 같은 결과를 야기하고 있는 실정이다. 이와 같은 배경을 바탕으로 본 연구에서는 $^{14}C$-radiolabled MIB을 이용한 등온흡착 및 흡착동역학 실험을 수행하여 HSDM에 필요한 물질전달계수와 표면확산계수를 결정하였다. HSDM은 실제 실험을 잘 모의하였으며, 실험 결과 또한 정확히 예측하였다. HSDM 결과에 근거하여 저자들은 Excel spreadsheet을 이용하여 최적 PAC 투입량 예측프로그램을 개발하였다. 개발된 프로그램을 실제 2개의 정수장에 적용한 결과 정수장 운전자의 경험에 의해 구해진 실제 PAC 투입량과 새롭게 개발된 프로그램에 의해 구해진 PAC 투입량 사이에 많은 차이를 보였다. 만약 정수장 운전자가 최적 PAC 투입량 예측프로그램을 이용하여 PAC 투입량을 결정한다면, 이 문제는 충분히 해결될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.