• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권1B호
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• pp.137-147
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• 2008

SVE 공법은 휘발성 유기물로 오염된 불포화대의 정화 공법으로 널리 적용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 SVE 적용시 오염물 제거 기작을 관찰하기 위해 모형조 시험을 수행하였으며, 이로부터 SVE의 주요 특징인 tailing 현상, 즉 후반부로 갈수록 제거 속도가 급격히 느려지는 꼬리 효과를 확인하였다. 본 연구에서는 액상 막에서의 확산 제약 현상을 고려할 수 있는 수치 모델을 적용하였으며, 모형조 시험 결과와 구축된 수치 모델링을 통해 SVE의 전형적인 특징이 꼬리 현상을 적절하게 모사할 수 있었다. 또한 4가지 변수에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행하여, 총토양농도의 백분율은 액상확산계수가 클수록, 가스상 확산계수가 클수록, 실제확산경로가 짧을수록, 물포화도가 작을수록 빠르게 감소함을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 지하수내에 존재하는 휘발성 유기물 제거를 위한 탄소계 나노물질인 팽창흑연의 흡착제 가능성을 평가하기 위해 일련의 흡착실험을 수행하였다. 황산처리 후 $600^{\circ}C-1,000^{\circ}C$에서 1분동안 팽창시킨 팽창흑연의 최적 팽창조건은 $800^{\circ}C$였으며, 팽창부피는 195배에 이르렀다. 입상 활성탄과의 흡착능력을 비교한 실험결과, 팽창흑연의 비표면적은 $92.4m^2/g$으로 나타나 활성탄의 1/10에 불과하였으나, 대상 오염물질인 p-Xylene 흡착은 5분 이내에 평형농도에 도달한 반면 입상 활성탄의 경우 평형농도에 이르는 시간이 7일 이내로 나타났다. 이는 팽창흑연의 공극구조가 주로 중간공극 및 거대공극으로 이루어져 물의 혼합에 의한 대류현상으로 흡착이 일어난 반면, 활성탄에 존재하는 공극은 대부분이 미세공극으로 이루어져 확산을 통한 느린 흡착이 진행되었기 때문으로 사료된다. 팽창흑연의 등온흡착 실험결과는 langmuir식과 일치하였으며, 최대 흡착량은 24.0mg/g, 흡착상수는 7.94로 나타났다. 결론적으로 휘발성 유기오염물에 대한 활성탄과의 비교 실험결과, 팽창흑연은 작은 비표면적으로 인해 활성탄에 비해 비흡착량은 작았으나 흡착속도는 1차속도식 기준으로 500여배가 큰 것으로 나타나 빠른 흡착제거가 필요한 공정에서 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.150-158
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• 2020

Objective: This study is designed to measure the concentration of DBPs (disinfection by-products) in pool water and in air and to estimate the carcinogenic potential through the evaluation of inhalation exposure. Methods: The subjects were six indoor swimming pools with many users in Gwangju. Samples of pool water and indoor air were taken every one month from August 2018 to August 2019 and analyzed for eight swimming pool standards. Three-liter air samples were collected and the VOCs were analyzed using GC/MS directly connected to thermal desorption. Results: pH was 6.8-7.5 and the concentration of free residual chlorine in pool water was 0.40-0.96 ?/ℓ. Physicochemical test items such as KMnO₄ consumption and heavy metal items such as Aluminum met existing pool hygiene standards. No VOC materials were detected except for the DBPs. The concentration of THMs in the pool water was 11.05-41.77 ㎍/L and the THMs mainly consist of Chloroform (63-97%) and BDCM (3-31%). The concentration of indoor air THMs is 13.24-32.48 ㎍/㎥ and consists of Chloroform. The results of carcinogenic assessment of chloroform in the indoor swimming pool via inhalation exposure were 2.0 to 6.4 times higher than the 'acceptable risk level' suggested by the US EPA. Conclusions: The concentration of THMs in the pool water is 11.05-41.77 ㎍/L, most of which is chloroform. In addition, the concentration of indoor air THMs is 13.24-32.48 ㎍/㎥. The result of carcinogenic assessment of chloroform was 2.0 to 6.4 times higher than the 'acceptable risk level' suggested by the US EPA.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.466-472
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• 2011

Hazardous chemicals, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals, are known as being harmful to human health were included in oils released by the Herbei Spirit Oil Spill accident in December 2007. To investigate changes of eating habits by the exposure to harmful substances, we conducted 5 focus group interviews for residents at Taean coast areas, who had experienced the oil spill accident. Participants included 46 women (mean age: $57.2{\pm}10.9$) who were mainly responsible for preparing family meals. Focus group discussions were audio-taped, transcribed and categorized by themes. Participants expressed more frequent illness symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, visual loss, and skin diseases after the accident. They mentioned that their worries about economic hardship and worsened health status since the accident induced mental problems, such as depression about their children. Regarding eating habits, participants reported less intakes of fishes and meats and relatively more intakes of vegetables and kimchi due to the lack of household incomes after the accident. Although the participants had been used to collecting or catching fish or shellfish for their consumption previously, they mainly purchased these foods from local markets after the accident. Changes of eating habits induced by the accident included drinking boiled water and having steamed or fried seafood rather than raw seafood. Changes of food intakes occurred less frequently in older adults due to their longterm fixed eating habits, although they felt uncomfortable for having raw fish. The findings of this study clearly present that the exposure of hazardous substances by the oil spill accident had a significant impact on changes in eating habits besides economic, physical, and mental problems among the residents in Taean. Continuous health and nutrition monitoring and support are needed.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

The objectives of this study were to calculate the radius of influence (ROI) of well for an air-sparging (AS)/soil vapor extraction (SVE) system and to evaluate the applicability of the system applied for the remediation of the petroleum contaminated rail site. For air permeability test, three monitoring wells were installed at a location of 1.3 m, 2.3 m, 3.0 m from the extraction well. And the pressure of each monitoring well was measured by extracting air from the extraction well with the pressure and flow of $(-)2,600mmH_2O$ and $1.58m^3/min$. The ROI for an extraction well was calculated as 4.31 m. Air was injected into the injection well with the pressure and flow of $3,500mmH_2O$ and $0.6m^3/min$ to estimate the radius of influence for oxygen transfer. Oxygen concentrations of air from three monitoring wells were measured. The ROI of an injection well for oxygen transfer was calculated as 3.46 m. The 28 extraction wells and 19 injection wells were installed according to the ROI calculated. The AS/SVE system was operated eight hours a day for five months. The rail site was contaminated with the petroleum and concentrations of benzene, toluene, and xylene were over the 'Worrisome Standard' of the 'Soil Environment Conservation Act'. The contaminated area was estimated as $732m^2$ and contaminants were dispersed up to (-)3 m from the ground. During the operation period, soil samples were collected from 5 points and analyzed periodically. With the AS/SVE system operation, concentrations of benzene, toluene, and xylene were decreased from 7.5 mg/kg to 2.0 mg/kg, from 32.0 mg/kg to 23.0 mg/kg, from 35.5 mg/kg to 23.0 mg/kg, respectively. The combined AS/SVE system applied to the rail site contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exhibited a high applicability. But the concentration of contaminants in soil were fluctuated due to the heterogeneous of soil condition. Also the effect of the remediation mechanisms was not clearly identified.

• 분석과학
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.240-250
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• 2004

가스크로마토그래프-질량분석기를 사용한 물 시료 중 15종류의 휘발성 및 반휘발성 유기물질들의 고감도 및 빠른 분석법이 확립되었다. 물 시료는 200 mL를 분액깔대기에 넣고 pH 6.5에서 n-pentane 1 mL를 사용하여 추출하였다. Fluorobenzene과 1,2-dichlorobenzene-d4을 내부표준물질들로 사용하였고 혼합용액은 진탕기에서 5분간 추출하여 더 이상의 농축이나 정제과정 없이 GC-MS (selected ion monitoring)로 정량분석 하였다. 피크모양은 매우 좋았고, 작은 편차로서 75% 이상의 양호한 회수율을 보였고 검출한계는 0.5-10 ng/L의 분포를 보였다. 개발된 분석법으로 GC-MS 1대당 1일 40개의 시료 분석이 가능하고 매우 간단하여 숙련되지 않은 사람들도 쉽게 사용할 수 있어 각 정수장 등 현장에서 사용하기에 적합하다. 개발된 방법을 사용하여 한국의 한 호수와 3개 정수장의 원수 및 처리수에서 휘발성 및 반 휘발성 유기물질들을 모니터링 하였다. 한국의 한 호수와 3개의 정수장에서 시료를 채취하여 정량 분석한 결과 benzene, toluene, xylene, isopropylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, naphthalene과 2,4,6-trichlorophenol은 각각 0.4, 1.9, 1.3, 0.2, 1.8, 13.0, 1.7 그리고 $1.1{\mu}g/L$까지 검출되었으나 chlorobenzene, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, ethylbenzene, n-butylbenzene과 dibromochloropropane의 농도는 같은 기간 동안에 검출한계 이내의 값을 보였다. 이 화합물들의 정수처리과정에서의 제거효율을 조사한 결과 대부분은 정수처리과정에서 제거되는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.259-265
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• 2011

섬유 염색 산업은 공장 주변의 주민들이 악취로 인하여 고통을 받고 있으며 반드시 해결해야할 대기오염 문제이며, 특히 텐타공정에서 발생하는 백연과 악취를 저감하여야 한다. 섬유 염색 산업의 주된 대기 오염물질은 탄화수소로 이루어진 유연제, 가소제, 발수제등을 사용하는 후처리 공정에서 주로 발생한다. 화학 물질이 처리된 섬유를 텐타공정에서 건조하는 동안 섬유에 포함된 오염물질들이 기화하여 대기로 배출된다. 백연은 주로 1 마이크론 미만의 작은 고상 혹은 액상물질로 이루어져 있으며, 텐타공정에서 발생된 오염물질 분자들이, 이들 입자에 붙어서 상당히 먼 거리까지 이동하며 악취를 유발하게 된다. 텐타공정의 악취를 줄이는 가장 효과적인 방법은 이러한 미세한 오일 미스트를 제거하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 700 CMM의 Full-scale EFC (Electric Fume Collector) 운전을 통하여, 악취 및 백연이 효과적으로 제거되었으며 많은 양의 오일을 회수 할 수 있었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2008

A multilayer tower-type photoreactor, in which $TiO_2$-coated glass-tubes were installed, was used to measure the vapor-phase BTEX removal efficiencies by ozone oxidation ($O_3$/UV), photocatalytic oxidation ($TiO_2$/UV) and the combination of ozone and photocatalytic oxidation ($O_3/TiO_2$/UV) process, respectively. The experiments were conducted under various relative humidities, temperatures, ozone concentrations, gas flow rates and BTEX concentrations. As a result, the BTEX removal efficiency and the oxidation rate by $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system were highest, compared to $O_3$/UV and $TiO_2$/UV system. The $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system accelerated the low oxidation rate of low-concentration organic compounds and removed organic compounds to a large extent in a fixed volume of reactor in a short time. Therefore, $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system as a superimposed oxidation technology was developed to efficiently and economically treat refractory VOCs. Also, this study demonstrated feasibility of a technology to scale up a photoreactor from lab-scale to pilot-scale, which uses (i) a separated light-source chamber and a light distribution system, (ii) catalyst fixing to glass-tube media, and (iii) unit connection in series and/or parallel. The experimental results from $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system showed that (i) the highest BTEX removal efficiencies were obtained under relative humidity ranging from 50 to 55% and temperature ranging from 40 to $50^{\circ}C$, and (ii) the removal efficiencies linearly increased with ozone dosage and decreased with gas flow rate. When applying Langmuir-Hinshelwood model to $TiO_2$/UV and $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system, reaction rate constant for $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system was larger than that for $TiO_2$/UV system, however, it was found that adsorption constant for $O_3/TiO_2$/UV system was smaller than that for $TiO_2$/UV system due to competitive adsorption between organics and ozone.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.321-333
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 대산 석유화학 산업단지에서 배출되는 BTEX (benzene toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene)의 농도 및 분포 특성을 조사하여 지역주민에 대한 잠재적 위해성을 파악하였다. 산업단지 인근 지역주민들은 다양한 매체(공기, 물, 토양), 특히 공기를 통해 화학물질에 노출될 수 있다. 이 연구는 결정론적 및 확률론적 위해성 평가 접근 방식을 모두 사용하여 흡입에 의한 인체 건강 위험을 평가하였다. 결정론적 위해성 평가 결과 모든 지점에 대해 비발암 위해도의 유해지수(HI) 1.0보다 훨씬 낮은 결과가 나타났다. 그러나 발암 위해성 평가 결과, 산업단지 내에 위치한 A 지점에서 벤젠에 대한 초과발암위해도는 2.28×10^-6로 기준치인 1.0×10^-6을 약간 상회하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 해당 지점에 대한 확률론적 위해성 평가 결과, 보수적 기준인 1.0×10^-6을 초과하는 Percentile은 45.3%로 나타났으며, 민감도 분석 결과 노출시간(ET)가 결과에 미치는 영향이 가장 크다고 판단되었다. 인체 위해성 평가 결과, 에틸벤젠, 톨루엔, 자일렌에 대해서는 인체에 위해한 영향이 적은 것으로 판단되었으나, 벤젠은 초과발암위해도 기준(1.0×10^-6)을 초과하는 것으로 나타났다. 산업단지에서 공기 중 VOCs에 대한 광범위한 모니터링을 통해 이러한 잠재적 위험을 평가하기 위한 추가적인 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2009

Objectives : To assess the protective effects of wearing protective devices among the residents and volunteers who participated in the cleanup of the Hebei Spirit oil spill. Methods : A total of 288 residents and 724 volunteers were surveyed about symptoms, whether they were wearing protective devices and potential confounding variables. The questionnaires were administered from the second to the sixth week following the accident. Spot urine samples were collected and analyzed for metabolites of 4 volatile organic compounds(VOCs), 2 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs), and 6 heavy metals. The association between the wearing of protective devices and various symptoms was assessed using a multiple logistic regression adjusted for confounding variables. A multiple generalized linear regression model adjusted for the covariates was used to test for a difference in least-square mean concentration of urinary biomarkers between residents who wore protective devices and those who did not. Results : Thirty nine to 98% of the residents and 62-98% of volunteers wore protective devices. Levels of fatigue and fever were higher among residents not wearing masks than among those who did wear masks(odds ratio 4.5; 95% confidence interval 1.23-19.86). Urinary mercury levels were found to be significantly higher among residents not wearing work clothes or boots(p<0.05). Conclusions : Because the survey was not performed during the initial high-exposure period, no significant difference was found in metabolite levels between people who wore protective devices and those who did not, except for mercury, whose biological half-life is more than 6 weeks.