• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2010

본 연구는 맥주제조공장에서 발생하는 주정오니의 영양염류 용출특성 및 폐수중 존재하는 카드뮴(Cd)이온에 대한 흡착특성을 알아보고 이를 통하여 생물흡착제의 적용가능성을 알아보기 위하여 수행하였다. 흡착실험에 사용된 흡착제는 회화를 하지 않은 원시료(M-Raw)와 $300^{\circ}C$, $400^{\circ}C$, $500^{\circ}C$로 회화된 시료를 준비하여 증류수를 이용하여 용출실험을 하였으며 그 결과 원시료(M-Raw)의 경우 수중에 용출된 인 질소의 양은 $400^{\circ}C$로 회화시킨 시료(M-400)에 비해 각각 7배, 11배 이상의 용출량을 나타내었으며 이는 회화로 인하여 시료를 구성하고 있는 관능기가 대기중으로 방출되어 수중에 용출되는 양이 감소한 결과로 생각된다. TGA를 이용한 회화 실험결과 $260^{\circ}C\sim380^{\circ}C$범위에서는 급격한 무게감량이 일어 났으며, $380^{\circ}C$ 이후에는 완만한 무게감량이 일어나는 것을 볼 수 있는데 이는 생물흡착제를 구성하고 있는 성분들(cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin)의 서로 다른 분해온도로 인한 결과 로 생각된다. 또한, 회화 전 후의 표면변화를 관찰한 결과 회화를 거치지 않은 시료는 표면이 거칠고 불순물이 존재하는 반면, 회화를 끝낸 시료의 경우 표면의 불순물이 제거되고, 동시에 표면의 갈라짐을 관찰할 수 있었다. 회화 전 후의 생물흡착제 표면변화 및 특성을 알아보기 위하여 미세영상장비와 FT-IR을 사용한 결과, 회화온도가 올라갈수록 흡착제표면의 갈라짐이 관찰되었으며 관능기의 개수는 점차로 줄어드는 결과를 나타내었다. 회화 전 후 시료의 FT-IR 분석결과 회화전 시료의 경우 3300 $cm^{-1}$ 부근에서 hydroxyl group 이 나타났으며 1080~1730 $cm^{-1}$ 범위에서는 여려종류의 관능기를 관찰할 수 있었다. 회화 전 1600~1080 $cm^{-1}$ 부근에서 관찰된 primary amine, secondary amine, aliphatic nitro compounds, aromatic phosphate 등의 작용기는 회화 온도가 증가할수록 spectrum이 점차로 줄어드는 결과를 나타내었다. 중금속 흡착 실험결과 본 실험에서 사용된 생물흡착제의 카드뮴이온 제거율은 농도위 20 mg/L 이하에서 60~91%로 나타났으며, 흡착 평형을 이루는 시간은 3시간이 소요되었다. 실험결과를 Freundlich 및 Langmuir 모델에 적용시킨 결과 Langmuir 모델에 더 잘 부합되는 결과를 나타내었으며, 최대흡착량($Q_{max}$)은 회화를 시키지 않은 시료(M-Raw)의 경우 28.17 mg/g으로 매우 높은 수준을 나타내었다.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표회 프로그램
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• pp.2-4
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• 1998

Proliferation of Nocardia amarae cells in activated sludge has often been associated with the generation of nuisance foams. Despite intense research activities in recent years to examine the causes and control of Nocardia foaming in activated sludge, the foaming continued to persist throughout the activated sludge treatment plants in United States. In addition to causing various operational problems to treatment processes, the presence of Nocardia may have secondary effects on the fate of heavy metals that are not well known. For example, for treatment plants facing more stringent metal removal requirements, potential metal removal by Nocardia cells in foaming activated sludge would be a welcome secondary effect. In contrast, with new viosolid disposal regulations in place (Code o( Federal Regulation No. 503), higher concentration of metals in biosolids from foaming activated sludge could create management problems. The goal of this research was to investigate the metal sorption property of Nocardia amarae cells grown in batch reactors and in chemostat reactors. Specific surface area and metal sorption characteristics of N. amarae cells harvested at various growth stages were compared. Three metals examined in this study were copper, cadmium and nickel. Nocardia amarae strain (SRWTP isolate) used in this study was obtained from the University of California at Berkeley. The pure culture was grown in 4L batch reactor containing mineral salt medium with sodium acetate as the sole carbon source. In order to quantify the sorption of heavy metal ions to N amarae cell surfaces, cells from the batch reactor were harvested, washed, and suspended in 30mL centrifuge tubes. Metal sorption studies were conducted at pH 7.0 and ionlc strength of 10-2M. The sorption Isotherm showed that the cells harvested from the stationary and endogenous growth phase exhibited significantly higher metal sorption capacity than the cells from the exponential phase. The sequence of preferential uptake of metals by N. amarae cells was Cu>Cd>Ni. The specific surFace area of Nocardia cells was determined by a dye adsorption method. N.amarae cells growing at ewponential phase had significantly less specific surface area than that of stationary phase, indicating that the lower metal sorption capacity of Nocardia cells growing at exponential phase may be due to the lower specific surface area. The growth conditions of Nocardia cells in continuous culture affect their cell surface properties, thereby governing the adsorption capacity of heavy metal. The comparison of dye sorption isotherms for Nocardia cells growing at various growth rates revealed that the cell surface area increased with increasing sludge age, indicating that the cell surface area is highly dependent on the steady-state growth rate. The highest specific surface area of 199m21g was obtained from N.amarae cell harvested at 0.33 day-1 of growth rate. This result suggests that growth condition not only alters the structure of Nocardia cell wall but also affects the surface area, thus yielding more binding sites of metal removal. After reaching the steady-state condition at dilution rate, metal adsorption isotherms were used to determine the equilibrium distributions of metals between aqueous and Nocardia cell surfaces. The metal sorption capacity of Nocardia biomass harvested from 0.33 day-1 of growth rate was significantly higher than that of cells harvested from 0.5- and 1-day-1 operation, indicatng that N.amarae cells with a lower growth rate have higher sorpion capacity. This result was in close agreement with the trend observed from the batch study. To evaluate the effect of Nocardia cells on the metal binding capacity of activated sludge, specific surface area and metal sorption capacity of the mixture of Nocardia pure cultures and activated sludge biomass were determined by a series of batch experiments. The higher levels of Nocardia cells in the Nocardia-activated sludge samples resulted in the higher specific surface area, explaining the higher metal sorption sites by the mixed luquor samples containing greater amounts on Nocardia cells. The effect of Nocardia cells on the metal sorption capacity of activated sludge was evaluated by spiking an activated sludge sample with various amounts of pre culture Nocardia cells. The results of the Langmuir isotherm model fitted to the metal sorption by various mixtures of Nocardia and activated sludge indicated that the mixture containing higher Nocardia levels had higher metal adsorption capacity than the mixture containing lower Nocardia levels. At Nocardia levels above 100mg/g VSS, the metal sorption capacity of activate sludge increased proportionally with the amount of Noeardia cells present in the mixed liquor, indicating that the presence of Nocardia may increase the viosorption capacity of activated sludge.