• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.9-24
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• 1997

Surfactant-aided in situ soil flushing has been proposed as an alternative for the expensive and time consuming 'pump and treat' technology in remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater Injected surfactants can effectively solubilize contaminants sorbed to the soil matrix or nonaqueous phase liquids(NAPLs) in residual saturation. The contaminants solubilized in groundwater are recovered and treated further. The theoretical background of the technology and the results of the field operations, mostly in the US. were summarized. In addition, the factors crucial to the successful application of the technology were discussed. Cost analyses and technical limitations in current applications were also discussed. In conclusion, it is likely that in situ surfactant flushing become a viable option for soil remediation in limited cases. Currently, further advances with respect to operation cost and to treatment efficiency are required for more extensive application of the technology. However, the current trends in soil remediation, specially the growing emphasis on risk based corrective action and natural attenuation, will increase the competitiveness of the technology. For example, removal of easily washable contaminants by short term soil flushing followed by long term monitoring and natural attenuation can greatly reduce the operation cost and time.

• Water for future
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• v.44 no.11
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• pp.45-49
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• 2011

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.273-277
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• 1994

1990년 7월 이후 #2 베어링에서 발생한 오일 휩 현상을 감지하고서도 그 주원인을 일반적으로 흔히 발생하는 사항에서만 해결방안을 찾으려 노력한 결과 3년 반의 시간이 경과되었고, 뜻하지 않게도 저널 직경의 불균일에 의한 오일 휩 현상임 을 뒤늦게 알게 되었다. 철저한 점검의 필요성을 강조하지 않을 수 없다. 증기터빈 의 Overhaul 작업완료 후 Oil Flusning 절차가 있는데 이 Oil Flusning 방법에 문제 가 있다. 보통은 작업완료후 로터를 정지한 상태에서 베어링 앞에 Oil Strainer(Fine Mesh)를 설치하고 오일 펌프를 기동하여 Flushing을 하는데 이때 Strainer를 통과한 작은 이물질이 베어링내에 축적되었다가 터빈 기동시 이 이물질과 로터가 접촉되어 저널이 손상되게 된다. 인천화력3호기 #2 베어링의 오일 휩을 일으키게 한 저널의 편마모 현상도 이와같은 경우임에 틀림없다. 왜냐하면 '90, O/H시 #2 베어링 저널의 직경은 원통형이었기 때문이다. 따라서 Oil Flusning은 터빈 구조상 불가능한 경우 도 있겠지만 베어링 by-pass Oil Flushing 시스템으로 개조 운영되어야 저널 및 베어링 마멸현상을 제거할 수 있고 이로인한 오일 휩 현상도 예방할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.779-790
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• 1993

A prototype of the feeding-milking robot was developed in the Hungarian Institute of Agricultural Engineering in 1988-89. Before starting with the operation tests the cleaning system had to be elaborated . The cleaning system has two parts. Those are the complete cleaning of the system, producing a practically sterile state, as well as flushing through the milking device between milking of two cows. Separate electronic sensor development was necessary for both system which can connect to the control system of the robot. To clean the system pneumatic air input was applied. As an effect of the local adjustment of the electronic control system optimal flow conditions can be formed what is more favourable comparing to the earlier solutions of cleaning due to the mechanical effect. In the flushing through overpressure air is applied. The air and the cleaning liquid input duration can be adjusted to the local conditions. The electronic control unit can be connected to the electric ircuits of robot.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.212-215
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• 2000

Recombinant bioluminescent bacterial strains that use specific promoters fused to the bioluminescence genes (lux genes) have been applied in environmental monitoring. Advantages of using recombinant bioluminescent bacteria as blosensing cells include rapid responses, low costs, and improved reproducibility. In this study, a recombinant Escherichia coli, GC2, containing a lac::luxCDABE fusion immobilized with solid agar media and glass beads was used to estimate the effect of this soil flushing technique. This bacterium constitutively emits light under normal conditions (no toxic chemicals). When growth and metabolism of these bioluminescent bacteria is inhibited by their exposure to toxic chemicals, the bioluminescence (BL) is reduced. A biosurfactant, rhamnolipids, was used to extract phenanthrene from the soil after flushing.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.342-349
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• 2000

A soil whose texture is silt loam was collected for the study from an area around a nuclear facility in Korea. The equilibrium sorption coefficient between Co$^{2+}$in water and the soil was 1.51/kg, on the other hand, that between Co$^{2+}$ in EDTA and the soil was 0.21/kg. The values calculated by the developed nonequilibrium sorption code corresponded to the experimental values better than those calculated by the existing equilibrium sorption code. When an EDTA solution was used as a solvent to decontaminate Co$^{2+}$ in the soil column, the relative Co$^{2+}$ concentrations of the effluent were higher at 2~10 pore volumes than those of the case using water. The soil in the column was decontaminated by 95.5% of the total amount of Co$^{2+}$ after being flushed with EDTA solution of 20 pore volumes.e volumes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.210-214
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• 2002

In this study, the coupled effect of electrokinetic and ultrasonic remediation technology was investigated for removing of heavy metal and organic matter at the same time. The laboratory tests were conducted using specially designed and fabricated electrokinetic and ultrasonic devices. The electrokinetic technique was applied to remove mainly the heavy metal and the ultrasonic technique was applied to remove mainly organic substance in contaminated soil. Diesel fuel and Cd were used as a surrogate contaminant for this test. A series of laboratory experiments involving electrokinetic and electrokinetic+ultrasonic flushing test were carried out. An increase in permeability and contaminant removal rate was observed in electrokinetic+ultrasonic flushing test.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.306-309
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• 2003

The natural soil containing organic matter and ferrous is used in the Electrokinetic-Flushing Remediation(EFR) tests. A series of tests are carried out through controlling the concentration of acetic acid in the EFR cell. The test results showed that the electrical potential in X/L=0.9 is increased with the increasing of the concentration, and pH in the sample is the similar at all of the region because of the buffer capacity of natural soil. Finally, the efficiency of EFR is enhanced at acetic acid of 1mM. But it may not be not strongly affected by the concentration of acetic acid.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.54-58
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• 2018

Diet composition of amphibians usually reflects the distribution of potential prey within habitats, as well as their diet preference. We identified the diet items of Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) using a stomach flushing method in a rice paddy for the establishment of bio-monitoring systems of landscape changes. During the reproductive period, 71% of calling males had empty stomachs. All prey items in the stomachs belonged to the phylum Arthropoda, from eight orders of Insecta and one order of Arachnida. Among insect prey, the most common items in the stomachs were adults of beetles, flies and bugs, and larvae of butterflies and moths. There was a significant positive correlation between the body mass of Japanese tree frogs and the volume of prey items. Our results can provide a basic framework to guide the monitoring systems using prey identification of Japanese tree frogs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.96-98
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• 2000

Column experiments were peformed to evaluate the efficiency of surfactant flushing for remediation of non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) in the soil under controlled conditions. In column experiment less than 0.1 % of the original mass of tetrachloroethylene (PCE), remained in the column after 15 pore volumes of 1% sorbitan monooleate solution were passed through columns. To determine the influence of soil parameters that may affect the remediation process, column tests were repeated with different values of grain size, application rate, surfactant type, surfactant concentration, and solution viscosity (polymer mixed with surfactant). Experimental works suggest that surfactant flushing has a great potential to rapidly remove mass from NAPL in the soil.