• 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.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.103-110
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• 1996

Excessive phosphorus (P as orthophosphate) is one of the major pollutants in natural water that are responsible for algal blooms and eutrophication. P removal by slag is an attractive solution if the P sorption capacity of the slag is significant. To design an efficient land treatment facility, basic information on the behaviour of P in the media-water environment is required. In this study, detailed column experiments were conducted to study the P transport under dynamic condition, and mathematical models were developed to describe this process. The column experiments conducted with dust and cake waste products (slag) from BHP steel industry in Australia as adsorbing media indicated that they had higher sorption capacity of P than that of a sandy loam soil from North Sydney, Australia. P transport in the dust and cake columns exhibited characteristics S-shaped or curvilinear breakthrough curves. The simulated results from a dynamic physical non-equilibrium sorption model (DPNSM) and Freundlich isotherm constants satisfactorily matched the corresponding experimental breakthrough data. The mobility of P is restricted proportionally to the adsorbent's sorption capacity.

• 멤브레인
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.129-134
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• 1992

Poly(n-butyl methacrylate)(PnBMA)에 의한 메탄가스의 용해도를 35atm의 압력까지 측정하였다. 용해도의 측정은 -$10^{\circ}$C 에서 30$^{\circ}$C까지의 온도범위에서 용적법에 의하여 실시하였다. PnBMA에 의한 메탄가스의 용해도는 유리 전이온도 이하에서 측정압력에 대하여 비선형으로 나타났으며, dual-mode sorption model로 만족스럽게 해석할 수 있었다. Langmuri capacity constant는 온도가 증가할수록 감소하였으며 유리전이온도 근처에서 영이 되며, 용해도 등온선은 유리 전이온도 이상에서는 직선으로 나타났다. Dual-mode sorption parameter의 온도 의존성도 고찰하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.3-13
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• 2001

피흡착체에 대하여 곡선형 흡착등온곡선을 가지는 흡착체가 토양내 수용액상에서 이동할 때 직선형 흡착등온곡선을 가지는 흡착체와 다른 유동특성을 보인다는 사실은 널리 알려져 있다. 그러나 실험적으로 이와 같은 특성이 정밀하게 연구된 바는 그리 많지 않으며 특히 NAPLS(Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids)로서 오염된 지역의 NAPLs의 양과 미시적인 분포를 알아내기 위하여 사용되는 수리지질학적 추적자 기법에 대하여는 거의 실험된 바가 없다. 본 연구는 NAPL과 수용액간의 비계면적을 측정하기 위하여 사용되는 양이온계 계면활성제 (계면추적자), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC)가 미세한 유리구슬로 충진된 스테인레스 컬럼내부를 통과하며 보이는 파과특성을 분석하였다. 유리구슬의 평균직경은 110$\mu\textrm{m}$였으며, 구슬의 표면은 n-decane의 얇은 막으로서 도포되어 있다. CPC는 유동하며 n-decane과 수용액의 계면에 흡착하게 되며, 실험결과 전형적인 Langmuir type의 흡착 특성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 앞부분과 뒷부분의 파과곡선은 각기 현저히 다른 양상을 보이며 이는 흡착등온곡선의 비직선적인 성격때문인 것으로 풀이된다. 또한 CPC의 지체상수는 CPC의 농도와 밀접한 함수관계가 있는 것으로 풀이된다. 또한 CPC의 지체상수는 CPC의 농도와 밀접한 함수관계가 있는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 컬럼에 투입되는 CPC가 pulse input일 때의 지체상수는 pulse input의 파과곡선상 나타나는 최대농도를 input농도로서 사용한 step input시의 지체상수와 일치하였다. 이 결과는 수리지질학적 특성치를 알아내기 위하여 최근 들어 활발히 개발되고 있는 추적자 기법을 적용하는데 있어서 일반적으로 통용되는 가정을 실험적으로 증명하였다는 데 그 의의가 있다.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 1998

Biomass of non-living brown seaweed Sargassun fluitans pretreated with NaOH is capable of taking up more than $10\%$ $(q_{max}$ : 3.85 mmol/g for Al and 1.48 mmol/g for Cu) of its dry weight in the Al and Cu at pH of 4.5. However, the maximum Al and Cu uptakes calculated from Langmuir isotherm were 1.58 mmol/g for Al and 1.35 mmol/g for Cu at pH 3.5. Equilibrium batch sorption study was performed using two-metal system containing Al and Cu. The mathematical model of the two-metal sorption system enabled quantitative estimation of one-metal biosorption inhibition due to the influence of a second metal. NaOH-treated S. fluitans contained 2.19 mmol $(43\;wt.\%)$ carboxyl groups per gram of biomass. A modified form of Langmuir, which assumes binding of Cu as $Cu^{2+}$ and Al as $Al(OH)_2^+,$ was used to model the experimental data. This result agrees with the one of mono-valent sorption for Al in single-metal system. The modified Langmuir model gives the following affinity correlated coefficients: 0.196 for Cu and 6.820 for Ah at pH 4.5, and 2.904 for Cu and 3.131 for Al at pH 3.5. The interference of Al in Cu biosorptive uptake was assessed by `cutting' the three dimensional uptake isotherm surfaces at constant second-metal final concentrations. Equimolar final equilibrium concentrations of Cu and Al of 1 mM at pH 4.5 give Cu and hi uptakes reduced by $82.5\%\;and\;5.4\%,$ respectively. However, these values at pH 3.5 were $55\%\;(Cu)\;and\;31\%$ (Al).

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.513-518
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• 2010

멸치분말의 저장안정성을 알아보고자 80 mesh이상, 80-60 mesh, 60-40 mesh로 입자크기에 따라 분급하여 흡습특성을 조사하고 평형수분함량의 예측 모델식을 수립하였다. 평형수분함량은 수분활성도가 높아짐에 따라 빠르게 증가하는 양상이었으며, 높은 온도에서 낮은 함량을 나타내었다. 단분자층 수분함량은 BET식보다 GAB식이 더 높은 유의성을 보였으며 그 함량은 0.022-0.029 g $H_2O/g$ dry solid 였다. 수분활성도가 증가함에 따라 필요로 하는 흡습에너지가 낮아져 흡습엔탈피는 감소하여 흡습이 쉽게 이루어짐을 알 수 있었다. 등온흡습곡선의 적합도는 Kuhn 모델이 $R^2$ 0.94 이상으로 높은 적합도를 나타내었고, Halsey, Caurie, Oswin 모델순으로 적합도를 나타내었다. 흡습 중 평형상대습도 예측 모델을 수립하기 위해 온도와 수분활성도의 경우 일차함수, 시간의 경우 ln 함수가 높은 적합도를 보였으며, 수분활성도 예측모델식은 입자의 크기에 관계없이 상대습도와 시간으로 수립한 모델식의 적합도가 적절한 것으로 나타났다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2016

질산과 염산에 의한 대나무활성탄(bamboo-based activated carbon, BAC)의 개질이 Pb(II)와 Cu(II)의 흡착특성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위해 회분식 흡착실험을 수행하였다. 산 개질에 의해 BAC의 탄소함량은 감소하고 산소함량은 증가하며 pH는 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 염산에 의한 개질은 BAC에 뚜렷한 표면작용기를 첨가시키지 않았으나 질산에 의한 개질은 카르복실기와 OH 작용기를 첨가시키는 것으로 나타났다. BAC와 산으로 개질된 BAC의 중금속 이온 흡착속도는 2차 속도모델에 의해 적절하게 설명될 수 있는 것으로 나타나 흡착반응의 속도가 물리적 흡착보다는 흡착제와 금속이온들 사이의 전자들의 공유나 교환을 포함하는 화학적 흡착에 의해 결정되는 것으로 나타났다. 실험에 사용된 모든 흡착소재의 등온흡착특성은 Langmuir와 Freundlich 모델에 의해 적절하게 설명될 수 있으며 BAC의 염산에 의한 개질은 중금속 이온의 흡착용량에 큰 영향을 미치지 않으나 표면작용기를 첨가시킨 질산에 의한 개질은 Pb(II)와 Cu(II)의 흡착용량을 각각 36.0%와 27.3% 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.185-197
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• 2011

Sorption of chlorinated pesticides such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and atrazine onto natural clays (montmorillonite and zeolite) modified with cationic surfactant, hexadecyltrimethyl-ammonium (HDTMA) and a natural soil was investigated using batch adsorbers. The clays were transformed from hydrophilic to hydrophobic by the cation exchange between clay surface and HDTMA up to 100% of the cation exchange capacity (CEC). Physicochemical characteristics of the sorbents such as pH, PZC (point of zero charge), organic carbon content ($f_{oc}$), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTGA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were analyzed. Sorption isotherm models such as Freundlich and Langmuir were fitted to the experimental data, resulting Langmuir model ($R^2$ > 0.986) was fitted better than Freundlich model ($R^2$ > 0.973). Sorption capacity ($Q^0$) for 2,4-D and atrazine was in the order of HDTMA-montmorillonite > HDTMA-zeolite > natural soil corresponding to the increase in organic carbon content ($f_{oc}$). The sorption of the pesticides was also affected by pH. The sorption of 2,4-D decreased with the increase in pH, whereas that of atrazine was not changed. This indicated that the sorption capacity ($Q^0$) of 2,4-D and atrazine was not affected by the solution pH because they exist as anionic (deprotonated) forms at pH above pKa. The results indicate that organoclay has a promising potential to reduce chlorinated pesticides in the effluent from golf courses.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2010

This study investigated the potential of using bottom ash to be used as an adsorbent for the removal of lead (Pb) from aqueous solutions. The physical and chemical characteristics of bottom ash were determined, with a series of leaching and adsorption experiments performed to evaluate the suitability of bottom ash as an adsorbent material. Trace elements were present, such as silicon and aluminum, indicating that the material had a good adsorption capacity. All heavy metals leached during the Korea standard leaching test (KSLT) passed the regulatory limits for safe disposal, while batch adsorption experiments showed that bottom ash was capable of adsorbing Pb (experimental $q_e$ = 0.05 mg/g), wherein the adsorption rate increased with decreasing particle size. The adsorption data were then fitted to kinetic models, including Lagergren first-order and Pseudo-second order, as well as the Elovich equation, and isotherm models, including the Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms. The results showed that pseudo-second order kinetics was the most suitable model for describing the kinetic adsorption, while the Freundlich isotherm best represented the equilibrium sorption onto bottom ash. The maximum sorption capacity and energy of adsorption of bottom ash were 0.315 mg/g and 7.01 KJ/mol, respectively.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.111-126
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• 1992

pH와 산화환원(酸化還元) 전위(電位)가 토양(土壤)의 규산흡착(珪酸吸着)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 보기위하여 두개의 필리핀토양과 두개의 한국 토양을 사용하여 실내(室內)에서 실험하였다. 규산의 등온흡착(等溫吸着)은 등온흡착(等溫吸着)의 분류체계(分類體系)에 의하면 약(弱)한 L-type(점근선적(漸近線的) 증가(增加))을 지닌 C-type(직선적(直線的) 증가(增加))에 속(屬)하였다. 규산의 등온흡착(等溫吸着)은 Freundlich와 Tempkin 등온흡착식(等溫吸着式)에 잘 맞았으나 Langmuir 등온흡착식(等溫吸着式)에는 잘 맞지 않았다. Molybdenum-blue 법(法)에 의한 규산 발색시(發色時) 환원(還元) 및 낮은 pH 조건(條件)에서 $Fe^{2+}$ 이온에 기인(起因)된 것으로 보이는 발색장해(發色障害)가 나타났다. Freundlich 식(式)의 절편(切片), Tempkin 식(式)의 기울기, "Silica reactivity"와 C-type slope" 등 4개의 지표(指標)를 규산흡착에 미치는 처리효과 판정(判定)을 위한 지표(指標)로서 검토(檢討)하였다. 이들중 "Silica reactivity"와 C-type slope"는 본(本) 실험에서 제안(提案)된 지표(指標)였다. 4개의 지표(指標)중 "C-type slope"가 가장 좋은 지표(指標)로 판명되었다. C-type 등온흡착(等溫吸着)의 직선회귀(直線回歸)는 Freundlich와 Tempkim식(式)과 거의 동일(同一)한 높은 직선회귀(直線回歸) 상관계수(相關係數)를 보였다. 또한 pH와 log(C-type slope)는 고도(高度)의 직선관계(直線關係)를 보였다. C-type slope를 지표로 이용한 처리효과 분석(分析)결과 pH와 토양종류(土壤種類)는 규산의 토양흡착에 크게 영향을 미치는 반면 산화환원(酸化還元) 전위(電位)의 효과는 없었다. 모든 형태(形態)의 Al과 Fe 및 OM이 규산흡착과 고도(高度)의 상관(相關)을 보였으며 그 중 $Fe_d$가 기여도(寄與度)가 가장 큰 성분(成分)으로 나타났다. 산화(酸化)알루미늄의 분별정량법(分別定量法)이 확립(確立)되어 있지 않은 결과(結果) Al의 기여도(寄與度)는 불확실(不確實)하게 나타나는 것으로 보였다.