• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.1B
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• pp.79-84
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• 2012

Nitrate is a common contaminant in groundwater aquifer. The present study investigates the performance of the bipolar zero valent iron (ZVI, $Fe^0$) packed bed electrolytic cell in removing nitrate in different operating conditions. The packing mixture consists of ZVI as electronically conducting material and silica sand as non-conducting material between main cathode and anode electrodes. In the continuous experiments for the simulated wastewater (contaminated groundwater, initial nitrate about 30 mg/L as N and electrical conductivity about 300 ${\mu}S/cm$), over 99% removal of nitrate was achieved in the applied voltage 600 V and at the flow rate of 20 mL/min. The optimum packing ratio (v/v) and flow rate were determined to be 1:1~2:1 (silica sand to ZVI), 30 mL/ min respectively. Effluent pH was proportional to nitrate influx concentration, and ammonia which is the final product of nitrate reduction was about 60% of nitrate influx. Magnetite was observed on the surface of the used ZVI as major oxidation product.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.1172-1182
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• 2002

In the present study a general criterion for local thermal equilibrium is presented in terms of parameters of engineering importance which include the Darcy number, the effective Prandtl number of fluid, and the Reynolds number. For this, an order of magnitude analysis is performed for the case when the effect of convection heat transfer is dominant in a porous structure. The criterion proposed in this study is more general than the previous criterion suggested by Carbonell and Whitaker, because the latter is applicable only when conduction is the dominant heat transfer mode in a porous medium while the former can be applied even when convection heat transfer prevails. In order to check the validity of the proposed criterion for local thermal equilibrium, the forced convection phenomena in a porous medium with a microchanneled structure subject to an impinging jet are studied using a similarity transformation. The proposed criterion is also validated with the existing experimental and numerical results for convection heat transfer in various porous materials that include some of the parameters used in the criterion such as a microchannel heat sink with a parallel flow, a packed bed, a cellular ceramic, and a sintered metal. It is shown that the criterion presented in this work well-predicts the validity of the assumption of local thermal equilibrium in a porous medium.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.34-40
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• 2000

In the tungsten industry, molybdenum wire which used as the center supporter for coil shape tungsten wire was removed. Nitric acid dissolution method which used prevalently up to the present, takes nitric acid as major component and use noxious material such as sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid remove molybdenum wire which used as center supporter by dissolve selectively within the range of no damage on tungsten wire. Mixed acid waste water occurred to the process were difficult to be decomposed by the conventional methords. This mixed acid waste water was treated by ozone, and It was obtained using possible by-product through the treatment waste water. For the three reactors with the same volume ; Blank reactor, Disturbance plate reactor, Packed-bed reactor ; the results were as follows : For the blank reactor COD removal efficiency in the pH = 4 (HRT : 6hr) was 28.5%, COD removal efficiency in the pH = 7 (HRT : 6hr) was 28.6%, and COD removal efficiency in the pH = 10 (HRT : 6hr) was 27.8%. For the disturbance plate reactor COD removal efficiency in the pH = 4 (HRT : 6Min.) was 86.5%, COD removal efficiency in the pH =7 (HRT : 6Min.) was 84.4%, and COD removal efficiency in the pH = 10 (HRT : 60Min.) was 86.8%. For the packed-bed reactor COD removal efficiency in the pH = 4 (HRT : 40Min.) was 76.0%, COD removal efficiency in the pH = 7 (HRT : 40Min.) was 81.3%, and COD removal efficiency in the pH = 10 (HRT : 40Min.) was 84.6%. After O3 treatment using possible by-product(Na2SO4) was 150g/ℓ.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.73-82
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• 2012

A 2-dimensional heterogeneous reactor model was developed and simulated for a tube reactor of packed bed where the steam-$CO_2$ combined reforming reaction of natural gas proceeded to produce synthesis gas. Under the reactor feeding rate, 45 $Nm^3$/h, of the reactant gas stream, the 2-dimensional heterogeneous reactor model showed the similar results to those from the ASPEN simulator although there were some discrepancies between the two in the temperature and the $H_2$/CO ratio of the reformed gas at the reactor exit. The calculated enthalpy difference between the reformed gas at the reactor exit and the reactant gas fed to the reactor was closely correspondent to the total amount of heat transferred to the reactor interior from the furnace. This supports that the 2-dimensional heterogeneous reactor model was reasonably established and the numerical solution was properly obtained.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.174-180
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• 2000

Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTasa) from Thermoanaerobacter sp. was adsorbed on the ion exchange resin Amberlite IRA-900. The optimum conditions for the immobilization of the CGTase were pH6.0 and 600 U CGTase/g resin, and the maximum yield of immobilization was around 63% on the basis of amount ratio of the adsorbed enzyme to intial amount in the solution. Immobilixation of CGTase shifted the optimum temperature for the enzyme to peoduce transglycosylated xylitol from 7$0^{\circ}C$ to 9$0^{\circ}C$ and improved the thermal stability of immobilized CGTase, especially after the addition of soluble starch and calcium ions. Transglycosylated xylitol was continuoncly produced using immobilized CGTase in the column type packed bed reactor, and the operating conditions for maximum yield were 10%(w/v) dextrin (13 of the dextrose equivalent) as the glycosyl donor, 10%(w/v) dextrin (13 of the dextrose equivalent) as the glycosyl donor, 10%(w/v) xylitor as the glycosyl acceptor, 20mL/h of medium fiow rate, and 6$0^{\circ}C$. The maximum yield of transglycosylated xylitol and productivity were 25% and 7.82 g.L-1.h-1, respectively. The half-life of the immobilized CGTase in a column type packed bed reactor was longer than 30 days.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.529-535
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• 1996

Methyl frucloside was purified from the aqueous sugar/methyl fructoside solution by liquid chromatography using Amberlite IRA-900, strong anion-exchange resin. The optimum operating conditions, resolution and productivity of methyl fructoside were discussed to evaluate the practical feasibility of the proposed chromatographic separation process of methyl fructoside which is useful as a new starting material for sugar ester synthesis. The linear chromatography model with HETP was well applied to the chromatographic separation process of methyl fructoside and the theoretical solution successfully predicted the elution chromatogram of methyl fructoside and sucrose at different superficial linear velocity of eluent for rectangular feed with different loading volume of packed bed. The optimum operating conditions were found to be 75% with the loading volume of packed bed at 1.13 cm/min of the superficial linear velocity at $60^{\circ}C$, and gave the productivity of methyl fructoside of 7 mg/g-resin/h with the resolution of 1.1.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.249-257
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• 1979

Using the whole cell immobilized glucose isomerase which was prepared in the previous work (Korean J. Food Sci. & Technol., 11(3), 192 (1979), the specific activity of the immobilized enzyme was 48.1 units in the batch reaction system and 114 units in the continuous reaction system per g of matrix, respectively. In the continuous reactor the voidity was 0.36, which was suitable for the packed bed reactor. This immobilized enzyme showed a good operational stability of 115 days of half life which was sufficient for the continuous operation. The experimental result showed that 55 % of the substrate was converted to the product in the packed bed reactor. The productivity was dependent on the flow rate, column geometry, enzyme loading, and substrate concentration. An intrapaticle diffusion was observed by the effectiveness factor of 0.75 and interparticle diffusion by the decrease of Km' with increasing the superficial velocity.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.31 no.4 s.85
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• pp.309-315
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• 2005

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odor materials are major sources of air pollution in Ulsan city, where much chemical plants are located. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a new reactor which can remove VOCs and odor materials effectively and be equipped at the end of pipe easily. A modified reactor (bioscrubber trickling filter, BSTF), which have both characteristics of biofilter and bioscrubber, was developed and tested on its reactivity with several VOCs using two types of media, fiber and activated carbon 4- ceramic(A/C). It was observed that the removal efficiencies of several types of VOCs such as acetaldehyde, ethylalcohol, butanol, diethylamine and triethylamine were up to $95\%$ when they had about 100 ppm of initial concentration and 80 seconds of residence time. Good attachment of microorganisms to both media, where it is thought the reaction efficiency can be determined according to the amount of microorganisms attachment, observed with scanning electron microscopy(SEM). Initial pressure drops of the packed bed with both media were 229 $mmH_2O/m$ at A/C column and 670 $mmH_2O/m$, respectively. However, maximum pressure drop of fiber column during the operation was over 1,647 $mmH_2O/m$. Therefore, it was thought that the fiber material would not suitable to use in the local plant as a packed bed media.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.88-95
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• 2000

We have produced new-structured oligosaccharides using immoobilized mixed-enzyme reactor of destransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512FMCM and $\alpha$-amylase from Aspergillus oryzae. The reactors of immobilized mixed-exzyme beads were more efficient for the production of oligosaccharides than that of each immobilized enzyme bead in stirred-tank reactior(STR) or in packed-bed reactor(PCR). In continuous flow reactor, the immobilized mixed-enzyme bead in PBR was more stable than in STR, and 52% of initial yield was maintained for 200 hr. New structured-oligosaccharides (NOS) reduced the change of pH in the culture of Streptococcus mutans. It also showed an inhibitory effect on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.67-73
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• 2010

This study was performed to figure out what would be effective to maintain good water quality in the retention pond which was badly polluted before. In order to keep the good water quality of the retention pond it is necessary to prevent outer non-point source pollutants from flowing into the pond. In this study, we proposed to use porous slag as a blockage of the inflow into the pond from external non-point sources. We experimented with porous slag nets to see how the water is effected. With the results of the experiments, we found out there is a close correlation($r^2=0.9765$) between contact time and the removal rate of phosphorus, therefore we can conclude that contact time affects removal rate greatly. Synthetic wastewater, activated sludge effluent, and sewage were passed through a porous slag packed bed, both phosphorus and the suspended solid in water were removed highly. With the results of these tests, we proposed to set up a porous slag packed bed inside of the retention pond and revetment to prevent external non-point source pollutants flowing into the retention pond.