• 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.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.104-109
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• 2011

The removal efficiencies of 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) and geosmin were investigated to reveal removal characteristics of typical organic compounds causing disagreeable taste and odor at the conventional water treatment plant installed with pulsator clarifier patented by the French company $Degr{\acute{e}}mont$. The injection rate of Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) into water was changed step wisely as we conducted jar tests in the laboratory and water treatment in the actual plant. 2-MIB concentration decreased linearly while geosmin did exponentially along with the injection rate of PAC at our jar tests. The removal efficiency of geosmin by PAC injection was considerably higher than that of 2-MIB. In the real pulsator clarifier, 2-MIB concentration started decreasing as the injection rate reached up to 10 mg/L of PAC. On the other hand, the concentration of geosmin in water decreased proportional to the injection rate of PAC. In the sand filtration, removal efficiencies of 2-MIB and geosmin on July were much higher than those on March. It was carefully suggested beforehand and found afterwards that general microorganisms notably existed in the sand filter with no chlorine in filter influent and backwash water and the sand filter biologically activated removed much more odor compounds. It was considered as the reason why the removal efficiency of 2-MIB and geosmin was increased. The microbial activity maybe increased in summer with water temperature rising and low filtration rate possibly increased contact time between odor compounds and general microorganisms.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2015

The degradation of off-flavors which is 2-Methylisoborneol (2-MIB) and geosmin by means of ultrasound (US) and pulsed ultraviolet (PUV) irradiation and its combination with catalyst (wire mesh, wire mesh coated TiO₂, and TiO₂) and additive (H₂O₂) were investigated via water system. A combination treatment of TiO₂ and H₂O₂ heterogeneity with US (24 kHz) and PUV (6000 W) has shown improved results in destroying 2-MIB and geosmin, which may be attributed to chain reactions by the enhanced formation of hydroxyl radicals (·OH) through H₂O₂ dissociation and reactive oxide ions of TiO₂ addition. Rapid degradation of off-flavors occurred within 2 min under PUV process with H₂O₂ 100 mg/L (81.5% for 2- MIB; 79.3% for geosmin) and TiO₂ 100 mg/L (83.7% for 2-MIB; 79.8% for geosmin), while compared with H2O2 100 mg/L (58.4% for 2-MIB; 58.0% for geosmin) and TiO₂ 100 mg/L (59.2% for 2-MIB; 38.5% for geosmin) within 5 min under US process. Surprisingly, the emphasis was given on the comparison with the same injected energies between PUV and US on degradation efficiency. Based on the injected energy comparison, the US provided better degradation performance under equal input power of 200 kJ with H₂O₂ 100 mg/L, while compared with H₂O₂ 100 mg/L under PUV process. Our findings suggest that US can be more effective compared to PUV for the degradation of off-flavors in aspect of energy consumptions.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2012

Problems due to the taste and odor in drinking water are common in treatment facilities around the world. Taste and odor are perceived by the public as the primary indicators of the safely and acceptability of drinking water, and are mainly caused by the presence of two semi-volatile compounds-2-methylisoborneol(2-MIB) and geosmin. Conventional treatment processes in water treatment plants, such as coagulation, sedimentation and chlorination have been found to be ineffective for the removal of 2-MIB and geosmin. Pulse UV system is a new UV irradiation system that is a non-mercury lamp-based alternative to currently used continuous wave systems for water disinfection. This study shows pulse UV system to be effective in treatment of these two compounds. Geosmin removal efficiency of UV process alone achieved approximately 70% at 10sec contact time. 2-MIB removal efficiency of UV only process achieved approximately 60% at 10sec contact time. The addition of $H_{2}O_{2}$ 7mg/L increased geosmin and 2-MIB removal efficiency upto approximately 94% and 91%, respectively.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.445-457
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• 2000

This study was carried out comparing with ozone oxidation and photocatalytic degradation for removal of geosmin. In the change of pH, Ozonation, UV-Germicidal lamp and Halogen lamp irradiation and Halogen $lamp/TiO_2$ Powder was very slowly changing, but UV-Germicidal $lamp/TiO_2$ Powder was rapidly changed from 7.0 to 7.7 until 300min of irradiation time, and varied a little after. Geosmin degradation ratio was as following, UV-Germicidal $lamp/TiO_2$ $Powder(200mg/L){\geq}O_3$ > UV-Germicidal $lamp/TiO_2$ $Pw(100mg/L)$ > UV-Germicidal lamp > Halogen lamp. The result of investigation of generated by-products were 3-Heptanone, two sort of aldehydes and three sort of alcohols by ozonation. But It was not generated by photocatalytic degradation.

• 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.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.307-317
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• 2010

This study was conducted in order to investigate bulk organic matter characteristics and behavior of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) during riverbank filtration, which are general surrogates of taste and odor in drinking water. Column studies were used to simulate bank filtration systems. Most of the aliphatic organic matter was removed effectively after soil passage, and it is believed to be polysaccharides according to LC-OCD and F-EEM analysises. Removal efficiencies of geosmin and 2-MIB within the filtration column reached above 95%. It was found that the removal of total dissolved organic matter has a correlation with that of geosmin and 2-MIB in the near of filtration surface (about 50cm).

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.237-247
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• 2012

This study assessed the removal characteristics of taste and odor causing compounds (2-methylisoborneol and geosmin) and organic matters, using a pilot-scale ozone/granular activated carbon ($O_{3}$/GAC) process treating surface water of Pal-dang reservoir in the Han river over a 3-month period. Experiments were conducted to verify the removal efficiency of $O_{3}$/GAC process which has two different empty bed contact time (EBCT) ($O_{3}$/GAC column 1 : 10 min and 2 : 15.1 min) with 10.86 min contact time of ozonation at 1.0 mg/L $O_{3}$. Spiking test using geosmin and 2-MIB was also conducted systematically to mimic the conditions when the algae appears, specifically at the levels similar to the concentrations experienced (geosmin: 250 ng/L) in the winter of 2011. In single ozonation process, organic materials, disinfection by-products (DBPs) and their precursors were disassembled but not removed completely. Meanwhile, it was verified that organic matters, taste and odor causing compounds, and DBPs were well removed when sequentially passing through the GAC process. The pilot results also showed that GAC column with larger EBCT achieved higher removal efficiency. Specifically, in spiking tests, single $O_{3}$ process showed approximately 89% removal efficiency of geosmin and 2-MIB. $O_{3}$/GAC combined process demonstrated excellent removal of geosmin and 2-MIB, which are higher than 95%.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1323-1330
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• 2006

오존/과산화수소 공정을 이용한 급속 모래여과 처리수 중의 geosmin 제거에서 오존만 20 mg/L 투입한 경우보다 오존 5 mg/L와 과산화수소 0.2 mg/L를 투입하여 처리한 경우가 더 높은 제거율을 보였으며, 오존/과산화수소 공정에 의해 원수 중에 함유된 geosmin의 경우는 급속 모래여과 처리수보다 $12{\sim}27%$ 정도 낮은 제거율을 나타내었다. 급속 모래여과 처리수 중에 함유된 geosmin과 IPMP에 대해 오존 투입농도별로 투입된 과산화수소와 오존의 비($H_2O_2/O_3$)에 따른 제거율을 살펴본 결과, 오존농도가 1 mg/L 이하의 경우에서는 $H_2O_2/O_3$ 비가 적정 비율 이상으로 높아지면 geosmin과 IPMP 제거율이 감소하였으며, 적정 $H_2O_2/O_3$ 비는 실제 정수장에서 사용하고 있는 후오존 투입농도인 $1{\sim}2$ mg/L에서 geosmin의 경우 $0.5{\sim}1$, IPMP의 경우 $0.2{\sim}1$로 나타났으며, 원수 중에 함유된 geosmin 제거를 위한 적정 $H_2O_2/O_3$ 비는 오존 투입농도 $1{\sim}2$ mg/L 범위에서 $1{\sim}3$ 정도로 광범위하게 나타났다. 급속 모래여과 처리수에 함유된 이취미 물질 5종에 대한 오존(0.5, 1.0, 2.0 mg/L) 투입농도별 잔존율을 살펴본 결과, IPMP의 제거율이 60% 이상으로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 오존/과산화수소 공정이 오존 단독공정 보다 제거율이 전반적으로 높게 나타났다. 오존/과산화수소 공정을 이용한 BDOC 생성능을 오존 투입농도 $0.5{\sim}2$ mg/L에서 과산화수소 투입농도별로 조사한 실험에서 오존/과산화수소 공정이 오존 단독공정보다 추가적으로 0.9 정도의 BDOC/DOC 비가 상승하여 0.34까지 증가하였다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.363-373
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• 2017

본 연구는 온도, 광도, 인 등 서로 다른 환경 조건 하에서 Anabaena circinalis의 지오스민 생산 특성을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 실험에 사용한 남조류는 팔당호에서 분리되었다. 남조류 A. circinalis의 성장률과 지오스민 생산은 온도(10, 15, 20, $25^{\circ}C$), 광도(60, 120, $240{\mu}mol\;photons\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$), 인 농도(0.01, 0.05, 0.25, 0.50, $1.00mg\;L^{-1}$) 등 여러 요인들을 통해서 조사하였다. 최고 성장률과 Chl-a 농도는 온도 $25^{\circ}C$, 광도 $60{\mu}mol\;photons\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$ 및 인 농도 $1.00mgP\;L^{-1}$에서 각각 나타났다. 총 지오스민 생산량은 각 환경요인의 최적 성장 조건에서 가장 높았으며, 지오스민 생산 잠재력(Chl-a 농도에 대한 지오스민 생산 비율)은 늦가을 및 초겨울과 같은 저온 기간을 포함한 불리한 성장조건에서 높았다. 본 연구 결과는 A. circinalis의 지오스민 생산이 엽록소 합성과 직접적인 관련이 있고 세포 성장 조건에 따른 다양한 변화 가능성을 나타내었다.