• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.763-769
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• 1995

As a mean to recover photosynthetic bacterial(PSB) cells and its practical uses in food industrial wastewater treatment, various biodegradable polyelectrolytes were first investigated for flocculation of suspended colloids in the PSB treatment process of soybean curd wastewater. Anionic polyelectrolytes such as sodium alginate and carrageenan were not effective but a cationic polyelectrolyte chitosan isolated from Portunus trituberclatus showed very effective flocculation activity. The concentration of chitosan, pH and temperature of wastewater for maximal flocculation were 40 mg/l, pH 7 and room temperature, respectively. Test using deacetylated chitosan to various degree showed higher flocculating activities in samples deacetylated over 75% and time for maximum flocculation was 40 min by stirring slowly under the above optimal conditions. Chitosan was not only effective to flocculate cells but also removed COD and MLSS of the wastewater. COD of 42% and MLSS of 87% were removed by addition of chitosan to the soybean curd wastewater treated with PSB.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2002

활성슬러지에 의한 생물학적 폐수처리에 있어 주된 관리인자는 유기물의 효율적인 제거와 슬러지의 침강성을 일정치 이하로 유지하는 것이다. 식품폐수의 하나인 고농도의 대두가공폐수를 일반적인 활성슬러지법을 적용한 결과 최적 F/M비(food-to-microorganism ratio)는 0.24(kg-BOD/kg-MLVSS day)였으며 그 이상의 농도인 0.48(kg-BOD/kg-MLVSS day)에서는 슬러지 팽화현상이 발생하여 고농도의 식품폐수처리에는 효율적이지 못하였다. 이를 개선하기 위하여 응집보조제(NaOH)를 활용하여 유입폐수의 pH를 9.0으로 조절한 결과, 2.88(kg-BOD/kg-MLVSS day)의 고농도 폐수를 유입하여도 슬러지의 팽화현상없이 SVI(sludge volume index)를 150 이하로 유지하였다. 이것은 최대 허용부하를 일반적인 활성슬러지법에 비하여 7.2배 높일 수 있는 효율적인 방법으로 평가되었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.556-560
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• 1997

광합성세균을 이용한 고농도 유기폐수인 두부공업폐수의 정화처리와 동시에 두부공업폐수를 생물제초제인 ${\delta}-aminolevulinic$ acid (ALA) 생산용 대체기질로 이용할 목적으로 Rhodobacter capsulatus KK-10을 사용하여 COD 제거율과 ALA 생산능을 검토하였다. 사용된 두부공업폐수의 성상은 pH 4.2, COD/BOD와 BOD/N의 비율은 0.98 및 17.2, BOD : N : P의 함유비율은 10 : 6 : 4, 젖산 함유량 1,080 ppm 등으로 광합성세균의 생육에 적당한 조건이었다. 두부공업폐수에서 본 균주를 4일 동안 배양한 결과 약 94% COD 값의 감소와 1.2 g/l 균체생육을 보였으며 대수기 중기에서 ALA 탈수효소 저해제인 levulinic acid(LA)를 15 mM 첨가한 결과 55 mg/l의 ALA 생산량을 나타내었다. ALA의 전구물질인 succinate 및 glycine과 LA를 각각 15 mM의 농도로 동시 첨가시 최대 114 mg/l의 생산량을 보였다. 상기의 물질들을 각각 15 mM 농도로 연속 첨가한 후 ALA 생성량을 검토한 결과 LA 1회와 glycine과 succinate를 3회에 걸쳐 첨가하였을 때 120 mg/l로 가장 효과적이었으며 COD 제거율은 92%를 나타내었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.770-776
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• 1995

For the purpose of development of non-toxic and biodegradable flocculant, chitosan complex was isolated from Ganoderma lucidum wastes. The isolated complex was identified as the expected chitosan-glucan complex by IR specta. The complex was extracted by treatment of 50% NaOH solution at 120$\circ$C for 5 hrs, namely optimal condition and solubilized with 2% acetic acid for fur-ther use as flocculant. Preliminary experiments showed that the solubilized complex had higher flocculation activity of 1.3 fold than commercial chitosan at 400 mg/l concentration in soybean curd wastewater. Also the solubilized complex removed 83% of MLSS and 60% of COD in the soybean curd wastewater treated by photosynthetic bacteria, 50% of turbidity and 21% of MLSS in sugar industry wastewater, and 90% of turbidity and 89% of MLSS in alcohol fermentation wastewater. Bacterial cell flocculation activities of the solubilized chitosan-glucan complex were 89% in Bacillus subtilis broth, 81% in Streptococcus lactis broth, and more than 90% in Escherichia coli broth after standing for 2 days. The results reveal that chitosan-glucan complex from Ganoderma lucidum wastes can substitute for commercial chitosan as non-toxic and biodegradable flocculant.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.629-632
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• 1999

Constructed wetlands are being used for the removal of nutrients from livestock wastewater. However, natural vegetation typically used in constructed wetlands does not have marketable value. As an alternative, agronomic plants grown under flooded or saturated soil conditions that promote denitrification can be used. Studies on constructed wetlands for swine wastewater were conducted in wetland cells that contained either natural wetland plants or a combination of soybeans and rice for two years with the objective of maximum nitrogen reduction to minimize the amount of land required for terminal treatment. Three systems, of two 3.6 by 33.5 m wetland cells connected in series were used; two systems each contained a different combination of emergent wetland vegetation: rush/bulrush (system 1) and bur-reed/cattail (system 2). The third system contained soybean (Glycine max) in saturated-soil-culture (SSC) in the first cell, and flooded rice (Oryza sativa) in the second cell. Nitrogen (N) loading rates of 3 and $10kg\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$ were used in the first and second years, respectively. These loading rates were obtained by mixing swine lagoon liquid with fresh water before it was applied to the wetland. The nutrient removal efficiency was similar in the rush/bulrush, bur-reed/cattails and agronomic plant systems. Mean mass removal of N was 94 % at the loading rate of $3kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$ and decreased to 71% at the higher rate of $10kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$. The two years means for above-ground dry matter production for rush/bulrushes and bur-reed/cattails was l2 and $33Mg\;ha^{-1}$, respectively. Flooded rice yield was $4.5Mg\;ha^{-1}$ and soybean grown in saturation culture yielded $2.8Mg\;ha^{-1}$. Additionally, the performance of seven soybean cultivars using SSC in constructed wetlands with swine wastewater as the water source was evaluated for two years, The cultivar Young had the highest yield with 4.0 and $2.8Mg\;ha^{-1}$ in each year, This indicated that production of acceptable soybean yields in constructed wetlands seems feasible with SSC using swine lagoon liquid. Two microcosms studies were established to further investigate the management of constructed wetlands. In the first microcosm experiment, the effects of swine lagoon liquid on the growth of wetland plants at half (about 175 mg/l ammonia) and full strength (about 350 mg/l ammonia) was investigated. It was concluded that wetland plants can grow well in at least half strength lagoon liquid. In the second microcosm experiment, sequencing nitrification-wetland treatments was studied. When nitrified lagoon liquid was added in batch applications ($48kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;day^{-1}$) to wetland microcosms the nitrogen removal rate was four to five times higher than when non-nitrified lagoon liquid was added. Wetland microcosms with plants were more effective than those with bare soil. These results suggest that vegetated wetlands with nitrification pretreatment are viable treatment systems for removal of large quantities of nitrogen from swine lagoon liquid.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.643-648
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• 2002

For wastewater treatment and utilization of the biomass, a photosynthetic bacterium was isolated based on its cell growth rate, cell mass, and assimilating ability of organic acids. The isolate was a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium that contained a single polar flagellum and formed a lamellar intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM) system, including bacteriochlorophyll $\alpha$. The major isoprenoid quinone component was identified as ubiquinone Q-10, and the fatty acid composition was characterized as to contain relatively large amount of C-16:0 (18.74%) and C-18:1 (59.23%). Based on its morphology, phototrophic properties, quinone component, and fatty acid composition, the isolate appeared to be closely related to the Rhodopseudomonas subgroup of purple nonsulfur bacteria. A phylogenetic analysis of the isolate using its 16S rRNA gene sequence data also supported the phenotypic findings, and classified the isolate closely related to Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Accordingly, the nomenclature of the isolate was proposed as Rhodopseudomonas palustris KUGB306. A bench-scale photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) reactor using the isolate was designed and operated for the treatment of soybean curd wastewater.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2000

Sludge is generated in the process of water and wastewater treatment, and it has been causing various environmental problems. From this point of view, recycling of sludge appears to be the best way. The firing technology in pottery industry is applied to the sludge treatment , and the final product is called artificial soil. The effect of mixed artificial soil with upland soil was investigated through the crop growth experiment and the physical & chemical characteristics of the mixed soils were analyses. After the growth experiment , mixed soil plots contained more CEC, OM, TN, TP than upland soil plots. This result shows that the artificial soil produced form sludge can be mixed with upland soil, and crop can be increased. From the growth analysis, growth of soybean and corn in the mixed soil plots was better than that in the original upland soil plots. Heavy metals contents in the mixed soil plots were within the quality standard. This is a promising result since in most cases heavy metals are the most concern in the application of sludge product to farmland.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2011

The increasing demand of the crops (soybean and corn) for biofuel production has increased the focus of the animal nutritionists to look for alternative feeds, which are economic and environmental friendly. To identify microalgae as suitable candidate as an alternative feed, growth response of Chlorella vulgaris was studied under varying concentrations of carbon dioxide (0.07, 1.4, 3.0 and 5.0%) and photon densities (39.19, 72.97, 105.41, 116.22, 135.14, $175.68\;{\mu}mol/m^2/s$) by employing a photo-bioreactor. Swine wastewater was also investigated as nutritional source to economize the biomass production. Results showed that the higher biomass production was found to be at 3.0% $CO_2$ compared to other $CO_2$ concentrations. However, no difference in biomass production was found at $105.41\;{\mu}mol/m^2/s$ and above photon densities with 12 h of photoperiodicity. It was observed that C. vulgaris could easily grow in 200 times diluted swine wastewater and growth was found to be similar with that of artificial medium. Provided the conducive conditions for optimal growth, it has also the potentiality of depleting ammonia nitrogen ($NH_4$-N) and orthophosphate ($PO_4^{3-}$-P) completely from the wastewater after 3~4 days of cultivation. Thus, growing C. vulgaris would not only solve the problem of animal feed, but also help in biological $CO_2$ mitigation and wastewater treatment.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.291-296
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• 2016

This study investigated the potential use of soybean stover (SS) (0.1-0.5 g/100 mL)and rice hull (RH) (1.5-3.5 g/100 mL) derived biochars for removing methylene blue (100 mg/L) from wastewater compared to activated carbon (AC) (0.1-0.5 g/100 mL). The adsorption equilibrium data were best represented by Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The calculated maximum adsorption capacity was 71.42 mg/g for AC, 30.30 mg/g for SS, and 4.76 mg/g for RH. The adsorption kinetics was found to follow the pseudo-second order kinetics model. The rate constant was 0.0020-0.0065 g/mg.min for AC, 0.0069-0.5787 g/mg.min for SS, and 0.1370-0.3060 for RH. AC and SS biochars showed considerable potential for adsorption.

• 청정기술
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 석탄화력발전소에서 전량 폐기되고 있는 석탄재의 재활용 방안으로 석탄회의 80%를 차지하고 있는 비산재로 부터 유용성분을 회수하고 이를 산업재로 활용하기 위한 청정부유선별 공정을 개발하였다. 비산재로부터 미연탄소(unburned carbon, UC) 를 회수하기 위해 비이온성 포수제인 등유 대신에 친환경 식물성 오일인 대두유를 사용하여 등유로부터 악취 발생을 예방하였고 부유선별 후 잔류물로부터 CM (ceramic microsphere)과 CA (cleaned ash)를 분리하기 위해 황산용액을 사용하지 않고 hydro-cyclone를 사용함으로써 산성폐수를 발생시키지 않고 미립의 CM를 회수할 수 있었다. 등유를 포수제로 사용하여 UC를 분리할 때 보다 대두유를 포수제로 사용하였을 때, 대두유의 높은 점성으로 인한 UC의 흡착성 증가와 대두유에 포함된 리놀레산에 의해 부유성 향상으로 UC의 회수율이 85.8%로 높게 나타났다. 회수된 UC에 포함된 연소가능성분(combustible component, CC)은 모두 탄소성분으로 대두유를 사용하였을 때 탄소의 함량이 높게 나타났으며, 회수된 UC는 표면이 거칠면서 기공이 많아 분쇄가 쉬워 미립화로 산업용 소재로 활용할 수 있을 것이다. Hydro-cyclone을 이용한 입도선별 청정분리공정에 의해 회수된 CM과 CA는 구형 형상으로 입자들이 서로 뭉치지 않고 뚜렷하게 분리되었으며 입자의 평균직경(D₅₀)은 5 ㎛로 미세하여 공정변경에 의한 CM의 미립화를 구현할 수 있었다.