• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.370-374
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• 2000

제약폐수처리장과 판지폐수처리장의 활성슬러지 또는 폭기 조 media로부터 분리한 균들과 type culture들을 첨가할 경우 제약폐수와 판지폐수의 처리에 도움을 주는지를 알아보았다 폐수에 균틀을 배양하였을 때, 제약폐수에서는 charcoal m media로부터 분리한 Bacillus종 (PC-3)이 특이하게 잘 증식하 여 24시간 배양후의 생균수가 $1.1{\times}10^6m/L$를 나타내었으며, 판지폐수의 경우에는 type cultute인 Bacillus subtilis KCTC 1028이 가장 잘 증식하여 24시간 배양후의 생균수가 $1.1{\times}10^7m/L$를 나타내었다. PC-3률 첨가하는 제약폐수의 회분식처 리실험에서 균첨가효과가 확인되었으며8일째의 첨가구의 C COD제거율이 무첨가구의 COD제거율에 비해 18% 더 높았다. Bacillus subtilis KCTC 1028 을 첨가하는 판지폐수의 회 분식처리실험에서도 균첨가효과가 확인되었으며, 24시간후의 첨가구의 COD제거율이 무첨가구의 COD제거율에 비해 14% 더 높았다. Bacillus subtilis KCTC 1028은 전분질원료 주정 폐 액에서 잘 증식하였으므로, 전분질원료 주정폐액을 Bacill따 s subtilis KCTC 1028의 경제적인 생산배지로 이용할 수 있다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2006

본 연구는 다양한 유기물과 난분해성 물질들이 포함되어 있는 제약 폐수 내 미생물의 생화학적 특성을 이해하고자 생물학적 동력학 계수를 측정 하고자하였다. 생물학적 동력학 계수는 최대 비성장율과 수율계수, 그리고 반속도상수를 측정하였는데, 각각 10.49/day (0.437/hr), 0.655 그리고 38.89 mg/L로 나타났다. Monod 식의 비선형회귀분석으로 구한 ${\mu}_{max}$ 값 또한 10.63/day (0.443/hr)로 측정되어 두가지 경우에서 구한 값이 유사함을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 생물학적 동력학 계수를 제약 폐수 처리의 활성슬러지 공정의 산소요구량 및 용존 산소 농도 연구와 병행한다면 제약 폐수의 처리 효율 증진 효과를 기대할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.349-355
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• 2009

돈 도축 식품폐수를 처리하는 생물막 시스템인 RABC (rotating activated Bacillus contactor) 공정의 생물막과 점감식으로 운영되는 포기조의 동일한 시료를 대상으로 Biolog GN2 plate를 이용한 호기/혐기 대사지문 분석으로 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 첫째 대응표본 상관관계 분석과 pairs t-test를 통하여 매일 측정값보다 일별변화량이 전반적인 군집구조의 유사성을 나타내는 것으로 판단되었다. 둘째 생물막이 포기조 시료들에 비해 높은 탄소원 이용도를 보여(p<0.01) 생물막의 높은 유기물 제거 능력을 알 수 있었고 포기조 시료사이는 이용된 탄소원의 상관관계가 높았고(78%) 활성정도도 비슷하였다(p=0.287). 셋째 활발하게 이용된 탄소원의 종류는 시료별로 차이를 보여 활성을 보이는 군집이 각 처리단계 별로 변화하는 것으로 판단되었다. 마지막으로 같은 시료라도 호기/혐기 조건에 따라 대사지문에 차이를 보여 미호기성 및 혐기성 군집구성원에 의한 활성 차이를 확인하였다. 향후 대사지문(metabolic fingerprinting)을 통한 활성군집 비교에 일별변화량과 혐기조건 분석을 병행하면 더욱 풍부한 분석이 가능할 것이다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2013

This study demonstrates the oxidative degradation of pharmaceutical compounds during ozonation of surface waters in Ulsan. Diclofenac, carbamazepine, bezafibrate, and ibuprofen were selected as surrogate pharmaceutical compounds, and ozonation experiments were performed using raw waters collected from the Sayeon Dam and the Hoeya Dam in Ulsan. Diclofenac and carbamazepine which have high reactivity with molecular ozone showed higher removal efficiencies than bezafibrate and ibuprofen during ozonation. The addition of tert-butanol, a hydroxyl radical scavenger, increased the removal efficiencies of diclofenac and carbamazepine by increasing the ozone exposure. However, the oxidation of bezafibrate and ibuprofen was inhibited by the presence of tert-butanol due to the suppression of the exposure to hydroxyl radical. The elimination of the selected pharmaceuticals could be successfully predicted by the kinetic model base on the $R_{ct}$ concept. Depending on the experimental condition, $R_{ct}$ values were determined to be $(1.54{\sim}3.32){\times}10^{-7}$ and $(1.19{\sim}3.04){\times}10^{-7}$ for the Sayeon Dam and the Hoeya Dam waters, respectively. Relatively high $R_{ct}$ values indicate that the conversion of $O_3$ into $^{\cdot}OH$ is more pronounced for surface waters in Ulsan compared to other water sources.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.397-414
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• 2021

The steady growth in population has led to an enhanced water demand and immense pressure on water resources. Pharmaceutical residues (PRs) are unused or non-assimilated medicines found in water supplies that originate from the human and animal consumption of antibiotics, antipyretics, analgesics etc. These have been detected recently in sewage effluents, surface water, ground water and even in drinking water. Due to their toxicity and potential hazard to the environment, humans and aquatic life, PRs are now categorized as the emerging contaminants (ECs). India figures in the top five manufacturers of medicines in the world and every third pill consumed in the world is produced in India. Present day conventional wastewater treatment methods are ineffective and don't eliminate them completely. The use of nanotechnology via advanced oxidation processes (AOP) is one of the most effective methods for the removal of these PRs. Present study is aimed at reviewing the presence of various PRs in water supplies and also to describe the process of AOP to overcome their threat. This study is also very important in view of World Health Organization report confirming more than 30 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide. This will lead to an alleviated use of antibiotics, antipyretics etc. and their subsequent occurrence in water bodies. Need of the hour is to devise a proper treatment strategy and a decision thereof by the policymakers to overcome the possible threat to the environment and health of humans and aquatic life.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.631-636
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• 1991

방향족화합물을 생분해하는 미생물을 분리하여 생물학적 처리에 응용하기 위해 폐수 및 토양에서 150종의 균을 분리하였다. 그 중에서 COD 제거율과 방향족화합물의 이용능이 가장 우수한 HC107균을 선발하여 Pseudomonas sp.로 동정하였다. 활성슬러지 장치에서 Pseudomonas sp. HC107 배양액을 2ml/day씩 처리하면서 화학, 제약 및 도료공장의 폐수를 혼합하여 연속처리한 결과 처리수의 COD, BOD 및 phenol 제거율이 평균 92.5%, 95.53 및 93%.5로 나타났다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.318-327
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• 2017

Background: A typical sewage treatment plant is designed for organic and nutrient removal from municipal sewage water and not targeted to eliminate micropollutants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and nano-sized metals which become a big concern for sustainable human and ecological system and are mainly discharged from sewage treatment plant. Therefore, despite contaminant removal by wastewater treatment processes, there are still remaining environmental risks by untreated pollutants in STP (sewage treatment plant) effluents. This study performed aquatic toxicity tests of raw wastewater and treated effluents in two sewage treatment plants to evaluate toxicity reduction by wastewater treatment process and analyze concentration of contaminants to reveal potential toxic factors in STP effluents. Methods: Water samples were collected from each treatment steps of two STPs, and acute and chronic toxicity tests were conducted following USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) and OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) guidelines. Endpoints were immobility for mortality and reproduction effect for estrogenicity. Results: Acute $EC_{50}s$ (median effective concentration) of influents for Seungki (SK) and Jungnang (JN) STPs are $54.13{\pm}32.64%$ and $30.38{\pm}24.96%$, respectively, and reduced to $96.49{\pm}7.84%$ and 100%. Acute toxicity reduction was clearly correlated with SS (suspended solids) concentration because of filter feeding characteristics of test organisms. Chronic toxicity tests revealed that lethal effect was reduced and low concentration of influents showed higher number of neonates. However, toxicity reduction was not related to nutrient removal. Fecundity effect positively increased in treated wastewater compared to that in raw wastewater, and no significant differences were observed compared to the control group in JN final effluent implying potential effects of estrogenic compounds in the STP effluents. Conclusions: Conventional wastewater treatment process reduced some organics and nutritional compounds from wastewater, and it results in toxicity reduction in lethal effect and positive reproductive effect but not showing correlation. Unknown estrogenic compounds could be a reason causing the increase of brood size. This study suggests that pharmaceutical residues and nanoparticles in STP effluents are one of the major micropollutants and underline as one of estrogenic effect factors.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2014

Fenton reaction with zerovalent iron (ZVI) and $Fe^{2+}$ ions was studied to treat pharmaceutical wastewaters (PhWW) including antibiotics and non-biodegradable organics. Incremental biodegradability was assessed by monitoring biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) changes during Fenton reaction. Original undiluted wastewater samples were used as collected from the pharmaceutical factory. Experiments were carried out to obtain optimal conditions for Fenton reaction under different $H_2O_2$ and ion salts (ZVI and $Fe^{2+}$) concentrations. The optimal ratio and dosage of $H_2O_2$/ZVI were 5 and 25/5 g/L (mass basis), respectively. Also, the optimal ratio and dosage of $H_2O_2/Fe^{2+}$ ions were 5 and 35/7 g/L (mass basis), respectively. Under optimized conditions, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency by ZVI was 23% better than the treatment with $Fe^{2+}$ ion. The reaction time was 45 min for ZVI and shorter than 60 min for $Fe^{2+}$ ion. The COD and total organic carbon (TOC) were decreased, but BOD was increased under the optimal conditions of $H_2O_2$/ZVI = 25/5 g/L, because organic compounds were converted into biodegradable intermediates in the early steps of the reaction. The BOD/TOC ratio was increased, but reverse-wise, the COD/TOC was decreased because of generated intermediates. The biodegradability was increased about 9.8 times (BOD/TOC basis), after treatment with ZVI. The combination of chemical and biological processes seems an interesting combination for treating PhWW.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2020

Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have become an environmental havoc in last few decades with reported cases of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs), lethal effects over aquatic organisms, interference in natural decomposition of organic matter, reduced diversity of microbial communities in different environmental compartments, inhibition of growth of microbes resulting in reduced rate of nutrient cycling, hormonal imbalance in exposed organisms etc. Owing to their potential towards bioaccumulation and persistent nature, these compounds have longer residence time and activity in environment. The conventional technologies of wastewater treatment have got poor efficiency towards removal/degradation of PhACs and therefore, modern techniques with efficient, cost-effective and environment-friendly operation need to be explored. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) like Photocatalysis, Fenton oxidation, Ozonation etc. are some of the promising, viable and sustainable options for degradation of PhACs. Although energy/chemical or both are essentially required for AOPs, these methods target complete degradation/mineralization of persistent pollutants resulting in no residual toxicity. Considering the high efficiency towards degradation, non-toxic nature, universal viability and acceptability, AOPs have become a promising option for effective treatment of chemicals with persistent nature.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.108-117
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• 2005

본 연구는 퇴비의 원료로 지정된 제약업종 공정오니 및 화장품 제조업 폐수처리오니를 시용한 후 고추를 재배하여 생육과 적과수량, 시기별로 토양 및 식물체 중 중금속 함량과 유해 유기화합물을 조사하였고, 시기별 토양에 대해 생물검정을 실시하였다. 토양 중 유기물 및 질소는 시험재료의 성분함량이 높은 처리구에서 높았다. 토양 중금속 전함량의 경우 Zn, Cr, Ni은 생육기간 동안 변화가 거의 없었으며, Cu, Pb, As, Cd은 수확기에 갑자기 함량이 증가하였고, 1 N HCl 가용함량에서는 Cd, As를 제외하고는 생육시기에 따른 함량의 차이는 없었다. 고추의 생육은 초기에는 오니구에서 화학비료구보다 전반적으로 불량하였는데, 이는 유기물 함량이 높고 질소함량이 낮아서 생육 후기까지 회복되지 못하였기 때문인 것으로 보였다. 고추 잎과 줄기의 질소함량은 생육 초기 및 중기에 모든 오니 처리구에서 낮았고, 수확기에 제약오니 1구에서 높았던 것은 이들 시험재료의 유기물 및 질소성분의 함량과 특성에 기인된 것으로 보였다. 식물체 중 중금속 함량에서 잎은 As 성분을 제외하고 다른 성분들은 생육 초기 및 중기에 함량이 높았다가 수확기에 감소하였으며, 줄기는 전 성분이 수확기에 감소하는 경향이었다. 고추의 총 적과수량은 화학비료>제약오니 3>돈분>제약오니 1>제약오니 2구 순으로 낮아졌으며, 화장품오니구는 타 처리구보다 상당히 감소하였다. 화장품오니구의 HEM 함량은 $4.80g\;kg^{-1}$, PAHs 함량은 $2,263.2{\mu}g\;kg^{-1}$으로 다른 처리구보다 월등히 높았고, 생물검정법의 일환인 상추종자 유근신장 조사에서는 화장품 오니구가 무처리구에 비해 20% 이상 낮은 신장율을 보였다.