• 한국농공학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.100-108
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• 1998

Compost stability represents the state of microbiological activity and measurements of respiration either through $CO_2$ evolution or $O_2$ uptake should provide the best indication of this state. Hog manure amended with sawdust was composted in a pilot-scale reactor vessels using continuous and intermittent aeration for 3 weeks. In this study we evaluated the $CO_2$ respiration rate effect of aeration method on the reduction of $CO_2$ evolution, and investigated the stability of fresh and finished compost for plant growth. The intermittently aerated composting is a practical proposition for a very stable compost making. The $CO_2$ respiration rate in the fresh and finished compost during intermittently aerated composting was maintained from 0.3 to 1.4 and was good for use in horticulture, while the continuously aerated composting was 7 to 23 and needed more time for compost curing.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2004

In this research, a 2-stage intermittently aerated activated sludge system(IA) and intermittently aerated dynamic flow activated sludge system(DF) were investigated for the removal of nutrients in domestic wastewater. Wastewater was characterized by low C/N( organics/nitrogen) ratio. $COD_{cr}$, $BOD_s$, TKN and TP concentrations of domestic wastewater were 235, 47, 32 and 5.4 mg/L, respectively. Three sets of IA and one set of DF were operated. Three of four systems were added with fermented settled sludge taken from primary settling tank as an external electron donor and the other(IA) for control reactor was operated without addition of electron donor. All systems were operated at same sludge retention time of 20 days and hydraulic retention time of 12hrs. The supplemental electron donor was supplied into the anoxic mode. A higher denitrification rate was observed from the reactors with fermented settled sludge as an electron donor for denitrification compared to that of without addition of organic source. The result of this study indicates that the settled primary sludge, if the fermented at the acid stage, was an excellent electron donor for denitrification. 81 % of TN and 80% of TP were removed from the systems with the supplemental organic source added. However, the control reactor without addition of electron donor showed only 39% of TN and 43% of TP.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2014

침출수 순환형 음식물류 폐기물 혐기성 소화 공법은 기존의 일상 혐기성 소화 공법에 비해 투입되는 유기물 부하량 대비 발생하는 메탄가스 수율이 높다는 장점이 있다. 본 연구는 분리 수거된 교내 기숙사 식당 음식물류 폐기물과 하수처리장 혐기성 소화조의 혐기성 미생물을 이용하여 신재생 에너지인 메탄가스를 더욱 효율적으로 얻기 위해 음식물류 폐기물/혐기성 슬러지 비를 달리하여 실험을 실시하였다. 음식물류 폐기물/혐기성 슬러지 비가 2:8이고 유기물 부하율이 9 gVS/L인 침출수 순환형 음식물류 혐기성 소화 반응조의 바이오 가스 발생이 가장 높았다. 또한 이 혐기성 반응조에서 발생하는 바이오가스 내부의 $H_2S$와 $NH_3$가 지속적으로 감소하였고 바이오 가스의 수율은 평균 $1.395m^3$ Biogas/kg VS added로 나타났다. 이에 비해 나머지 음식물류 폐기물/혐기성 슬러지 비가 3:7, 8:2인 실험의 반응조에서는 바이오 가스 발생이 멈추었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.214-219
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• 2009

This study examined the removal efficiency of the nitrogen and phosphorus in order to compensate for the combined process of ATAD(Autothermal Thermophilic Aaerobic Digestion) and EGSB(Expended Granular Sludge Bed), which are treatment methods for livestock wastewater, by introducing SBR(Sequencing Batch Reactor) as post-treatment process. The analysis on the treatment efficiency of each operation mode showed that, in the case of T-N, the treatment efficiency were 67.1% and 74.2% for Run-1 and Run-2, respectively, and in the case of T-P, the values were 71.2 and 74.1, respectively, which are indicating that the treatment efficacy is higher in the condition of Run-1, in which the time period of Anoxic and Aerobic segments were increased. In addition, the result of analyzing removal characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus by Influx load showed that removal efficiency of nitrogen was better in the case of high influx load than in the case of low influx load. Regardless of Influx load, phosphorus showed constant influx concentration, so that removal efficiency of phosphorus was influenced littler by Influx load than that of nitrogen. This study also fed methanol as an external carbon source and performed experiment to induce denitrification under anoxic condition by using nitrate among nitrogen compounds of SBR reactor, and the results showed that intermittent feeding was more effective in Nitrogen Removal than composite feeding.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.72-78
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• 2020

The dynamics of nitrogen compounds and RNA-based functional genes were characterized in the nitrification-denitrification coupling process. For the removal of residual ammonium, intermittent aeration was introduced in the denitrification reactor. N₂O production was not observed in both reactors. In both reactors, the nitrifying genes (achaeal-amoA, bacterial-amoA and hor) and denitrifying genes (narG, nirK, norB and nosZ) had a copy number of 3.92 × 10²-7.25 × 10⁵ and 2.85 × 10²-3.06 × 10⁴ per ng of DNA, respectively. These results suggest that denitrification and nitrification reactions occur in both the nitrification and denitrification reactors, respectively. Therefore, the coupling process is a promising one for the conversion of ammonium to nitrogen without generating N₂O.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2001

Ammonia emissions during composting of hog manure mixed with sawdust were studied in four runs comprising a total of 22 pilot-scale reactor vessels. These four runs extended previous work and both verified and extended the previous conclusions. The pilot-scale vessels were 205 L insulated stainless steel drums that were aerated either continuously (high/low thermostatically controlled fans) or intermittently (5 min high fan 55 min off). Temperature ammonia emissions air flow rates carbon dioxide production and oxygen utilization moisture and dry matter reduction initial and final chemical compositions were measured. Ammonia emissions from the intermittently aerated vessels were only about 50% as great as those from the continuously aerated ones but this was found to be a result more related to total air flow than to aeration technique. All of the data for total result more related to total air flow were fitted with a linear regression line y=0.139x+29.835 where y is ammonia expressed as g of N and x is air flow in kg with $R^2$=0.6808. this general trend indicates that about 50% reduction in ammonia emissions can be achieved with 75% reduction in air flow. For the aeration techniques used the minimum oxygen level in te exhaust gas from the vessels was 5% and this is probably a resonable lower limit constraining air flow reduction. However within this constraint lower air flow now appears to be a technique that can reduce odorous ammonia emissions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.581-588
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• 2013

This paper deals with the Safety Analysis for $CANDU^{(R)}$ 6 nuclear reactors as affected by main Heat Transport System (HTS) aging. Operational and aging related changes of the HTS throughout its lifetime may lead to restrictions in certain safety system settings and hence some restriction in performance under certain conditions. A step in confirming safe reactor operation is the tracking of relevant data and their corresponding interpretation by the use of appropriate thermal-hydraulic analytic models. Safety analyses ranging from the assessment of safety limits associated with the prevention of intermittent fuel sheath dryout for a slow Loss of Regulation (LOR) analysis and fission gas release after a fuel failure are summarized. Specifically for fission gas release, the thermal-hydraulic analysis for a fresh core and an 11 Effective Full Power Years (EFPY) aged core was summarized, leading to the most severe stagnation break sizes for the inlet feeder break and the channel failure time. Associated coolant conditions provide the input data for fuel analyses. Based on the thermal-hydraulic data, the fission product inventory under normal operating conditions may be calculated for both fresh and aged cores, and the fission gas release may be evaluated during the transient. This analysis plays a major role in determining possible radiation doses to the public after postulated accidents have occurred.

• 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2020

Nuclear power plants in South Korea are operated to cover the baseload demand. Hence they are operated at 100% rated power and do not deploy power tracking control except for startup, shutdown, or during transients. However, as the contribution of renewable energy in the energy mix increases, load follow operation may be needed to cover the imbalance between consumption and production due to the intermittent nature of electricity produced from the conversion of wind or solar energy. Load follow operation may be quite challenging since the operators need to control the axial power distribution and core reactivity while simultaneously conducting the power maneuvering. In this paper, a systems engineering approach for multi-physics load follow simulation of APR1400 is performed. RELAP5/SCDAPSIM/MOD3.4/3DKIN multi-physics package is selected to simulate the Korean Advanced Power Reactor, APR1400, under load follow operation to reflect the impact of feedback signals on the system safety parameters. Furthermore, the systems engineering approach is adopted to identify the requirements, functions, and physical architecture to provide a set of verification and validation activities that guide this project development by linking each requirement to a validation or verification test with predefined success criteria.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.306-312
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• 2006

음식물쓰레기의 효과적인 처리를 위해 발효소멸기를 제작하고 유기물 분해능이 우수한 균주들을 접종하여 음식물쓰레기의 감량과 악취제거능을 조사하였다. 먼저 Bacillus subtilis (cellulase 생성), Bacillus cereus (amylase 생성), Sphingobacterium faecium (protease 생성)를 분리하여 효소의 활성을 조사한 결과 각각 최대 153, 219, 412 unit/ml의 우수한 활성을 나타냈다. 미생물에 의한 음식물쓰레기의 처리효과를 확인하기 위해 먼저 간헐적 통기시의 감량효율을 검토한 결과 15일 후 접종시료가 약 11%, 비접종시료가 3.4%의 분해율을 나타내었다. 간헐전 통기시 pH가 급격히 낮아지면서 처리효율이 낮아지는 문제를 해결하기 위해 지속적으로 통기시키면서 음식물 쓰레기 처리 효율을 측정한 결과 간헐적 통기에서의 처리 효율에 비해 약 10% 정도 분해율이 증가했고, 교반기 내부의 pH가 5$\sim$7 수준에서 유지되었다. 음식물 쓰레기 처리에 가장 적합한 조건을 찾기 위해 pH와 온도를 조절하면서 분해효율을 조사한 결과 pH 7, $30^{\circ}C$에서 15일 후 가장 우수한 35%의 분해효율을 나타냈다. 한편 음식물 쓰레기가 분해되면서 발생하는 악취를 저감시키기 위해 biofilter를 제작, 장착함으로써 제어하고자 하였다. 황 화합물을 산화시키는 홍색비유황세균을 함유한 biofilter를 장착함으로써 5$\sim$6배 정도로 복합악취를 저감시킬 수 있었으며, 악취 원인물질 중 중요한 황 화합물인 methylmercaptan은 213 ${\mu}g/L$에서 158.6 ${\mu}g/L$으로, hydrogen sulfide 또한 2473.8 ${\mu}g/L$에서 1262 ${\mu}g/L$로 크게 감소하였다. 이 연구 결과는 음식물쓰레기의 효율적인 처리 및 악취제거에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 음식물쓰레기 처리에 이용할 수 있는 미생물자원의 확보 측면에서도 큰 의의가 있다고 할 수 있다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.142-148
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 부영양화의 원인이 되는 질소와 인의 제거 효율을 향상시킬 목적으로 광물질을 활용한 여재를 이용하여 호기, 혐기의 흐름조건을 만들어주기 위한 수직 수평 흐름 인공습지를 고안하여 아크릴 반응조로 제작한 후 성능평가를 진행하였다. 수직 수평 흐름형 인공습지의 경우 호기 및 혐기조건을 평가하기 위해서 반응조 내 용존산소(DO) 농도를 측정해본 결과 호기상태에서는 2.7 mg/L, 혐기상태에서는 N.D로 확인되어 목적에 부합된 결과가 확인되었다. 실험결과에서는 SS 저감효과가 140 min, 80 min, 60 min의 운전시간에서 각각 94%, 91%, 61%의 효율을 보였고, T-P의 경우 각각의 운전시간에 따라 84%, 71%, 63%의 저감효율을 보였다. 또한 T-N의 경우 각각의 운전시간에 따라 63%, 49%, 42%의 저감효율을 보여 기존의 습지가 12~24 hr 체류시간을 가지는 것에 비하여 짧은 운전시간에도 높은 처리효율을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 수직 수평 흐름 방식을 복합 적용하여 기존 인공습지의 단점을 보완하기 위해 기술개발을 진행한 것으로 어떠한 기능적 효과를 갖는지 확인하였고, 향후 이에 대한 현장적용을 위한 운영 및 관리적 차원의 메커니즘 연구가 추가로 진행 될 필요가 있다.