• 상하수도학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.31-39
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• 1997

Between 40,000 and 60,000 liters of light oil were spilled when an underground pipe broke at a newly constructed landfill site in coastal area, Korea. Methods were presented to examine the subsurface distribution of the contaminants in hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. As results, large quantities of oil and grease were found to have migrated horizontally at the site. Oil and grease plume at concentrations of 38-88 mg/kg was formed horizontally through silty sand with gravel fill and the vertical movement of the contaminants was thought to be limited to groundwater level between 2 and 4 m corresponding to sea water level. Right after finding the leakage area, the early action of excavation and pumping out the mixture of groundwater and oil was taken and it was proved to be very effective for preventing further contamination. Two months after the leakage, oil and grease in sea water sample near contaminated area was not detectable.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2007년 가을학술발표회
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• pp.542-557
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• 2007

Contamination of subsurface results in degradation of geomaterials (i.e., soils and rock mass), in the long run. This is mainly due to the presence of chemical and/or radiological materials in undesirable concentrations and at elevated temperatures. However, as contaminant-geomaterial interaction is an extremely slow and complex process, which primarily depends on their physical, chemical and mineralogical properties, it is quite difficult to study this interaction under laboratory or in situ conditions. In such a situation, accelerated physical modeling, using a geotechnical centrifuge, and finite element/difference based numerical modeling techniques are found to be quite useful. This paper presents details of various modeling techniques developed by the researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, for studying heat migration, flow and interaction (fate) of reactive and non-reactive contaminants in the geoenvironment, under saturated and unsaturated conditions. In addition, paper presents details of the technique that can be employed for determining susceptibility of a material to undergo physico-chemico-mineralogical alterations due to its interaction with contaminants.

• 한국GIS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국GIS학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 발표요약문
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• pp.1-4
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• 1999

This study was performed to develop an information processing system for the sound conservation of soil and groundwater resources. The system contains the geographic information system, and the numerical model of groundwater flow and contamination. Numerical models (MODFLOW,MOC3D) and GIS (ArcView) were integrated for the construction of an integrated management system of subsurface environment. The developed system was applied to the management of three mineral water companies located in clean mountain area. The impact of pumping over the overall catchment basin was modeled using the developed system for the decision of future management criteria.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.467-470
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• 2003

Leaking underground storage tanks are a major source of groundwater contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons. Aerobic bioremediation has been highly effective in the remediation of many fuel releases. However, Bioremediation of aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater and sediments is ofen limited by the inability to provide sufficient oxygen to the contaminated zones due to the low water solubility of oxygen. Nitrate can also serve as an electron acceptor and results in anaerobic biodegradation of organic compounds via the processes of nitrate reduction and denitrification. Because nitrate is less expensive and more soluble than oxygen. it may be more economical to restore fuel-contaminated aquifers using nitrate rather than oxygen. And denitrifying bacteria are commonly found in the subsurface and in association with contaminated aquifer materials. These studies have shown that BTEX and MTBE can be degraded by the nitrate-amended microcosms under aerobic and anaerobic conditons. Biodegradation of the toluene and ethylbenzne compounds occurred very quickly under denitrifying conditions. MTBE, benzene and p-xylene were recalcitrant under denitrifying conditions in this study, But finally Biodegradaton was observed for all of the test compounds.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.368-371
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• 2003

Leaking underground storage tanks are a major source of groundwater contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons. Bioremediation of aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater and sediments is often limited by dissolved oxygen. Aerobic bioremediation has been highly effective in the remediation of many fuel releases, but Many aromatic hydrocarbons degrade very slowly under anaerobic conditions. Nitrate is a good alternative electron acceptor to oxygen and denitrifying bacteria are commonly found in the subsurface and in association with contaminated aquifer materials. Because nitrate is less expensive and more soluble than oxygen. it may be more economical to restore fuel-contaminated aquifers using nitrate rather than oxygen. This study show that biodegradation of BTEX and MTBE is enhanced by the nitrate-amended microcosms under aerobic/anaerobic conditons. Although aromatic hydrocarbons degrade very slowly under anaerobic conditions. Biodegradaton was observed for all of the test compounds.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2008

The deep subseafloor rock in oil reservoirs represents a unique environment in which a high oil contamination and a very low biomass can be observed. Sampling this environment has been a challenge owing to the techniques used for drilling and coring. In this study, the facilities developed by the Brazilian oil company PETROBRAS for accessing deep subsurface oil reservoirs were used to obtain rock samples at 2,822-2,828 m below the ocean floor surface from a virgin field located in the Atlantic Ocean, Rio de Janeiro. To address the bacterial diversity of these rock samples, PCR amplicons were obtained using the DNA from four core sections and universal primers for 16S rRNA and for APS reductase (aps) genes. Clone libraries were generated from these PCR fragments and 87 clones were sequenced. The phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rDNA clone libraries showed a wide distribution of types in the domain bacteria in the four core samples, and the majority of the clones were identified as belonging to Betaproteobacteria. The sulfate-reducing bacteria community could only be amplified by PCR in one sample, and all clones were identified as belonging to Gammaproteobacteria. For the first time, the bacterial community was assessed in such a deep subsurface environment.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2001년도 정기총회 및 제3회 특별지포지움
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• pp.57-74
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• 2001

유류오염 토양${\cdot}$지하수의 위해성은 널리 알려져 있다. 따라서 오염부지에 대한 조사 및 복원방법도 많이 개발되어 적용되고 있다. 그러나 유류는 그 종류가 다양하고 지중에 스며들면 그 성분들이 휘발, 흡착, 용해, 생분해 그리고 지하수 유동에 따른 확산 등 다양한 기작에 의해서 거동하게 되므로, 조사와 공법 적용 시에는 이에 대한 충분한 이해가 필요하다. 따라서 부지조사시 조사항목의 선정은 물론이고 오염성분 및 농도조사를 위한 시료 채취과정도 매우 중요하다. 또한 공법 선정과 설계 시에는 오염성분의 종류와 농도 외에도, 지층의 구성과 부지의 입지특성 등을 세밀히 파악하고, 관계법령의 숙지, 그리고 복원공사 실시 후 발생할 수 있는 문제의 검토에 이르기까지 체계적인 관찰이 필요하다. 본 고에서는 부지조사방법과 복원공법 선정과정에 대해서 실제 공사 사례를 인용하여 서술하였다.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2001년도 정기총회 및 제3회 특별지포지움
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• pp.94-103
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• 2001

유기 석유화학 오염 물질인 휘발유가 지하 분포 시, 지하수면 위 토양 매질(vadose zone)내에 존재할 수 있는 기체 상태(vaporphase)와, 지하수면의 상승 또는 하강에 의해 분포 할 수 있는 residual phase의 유류 오염 물질이 GPR에 미치는 반응을 조사하기 위하여 모래와 자갈을 토양 매질로서 채운 탱크를 이용한 모델 실험이 수행되었다. 물만 사용하여 지하수면의 상승과 하강을 유도한 후, 석유 수송을 위하여 지하에 매장된 파이프 혹은 석유저장을 위한 지하 탱크로부터 지하수면으로의 유류 오염을 simulation하기 위하여 모델 탱크바닥을 통하여 휘발유가 주입되었다. 본 연구 결과, 수분 함량에 따른 GPR의 민감성과 지하수면의 변화 관측에의 GPR 효율성이 입증되었다. 또한, 휘발성 유류 오염 물질의 기체상태가 vadose zone에 분포 시 GPR를 이용하여 탐지할 수 있는 가능성과, 지하수면의 상승에 의해 지하수면 밑의 물로 포화된 토양(water saturated zone)에 분포할 수 있는 residual phase의 유류 오염 물질의 탐지 가능성이 모델 실험을 통하여 확립되었다 그리고, residual phase의 유류 오염 물질이 지하수면 아래에 분포하는 오염지역에서 GPR을 이용한 유류 오염물질을 탐지할 수 있는 새로운 탐사전략이 제시되었다.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2016

환경오염부지의 오염원은 대부분 전기비저항이란 고유물성과 상관관계를 보이기 때문에 전기비저항 탐사는 지중 환경오염조사에 매우 효과적인 방법이다. 이 연구에서는 폐기물 매립장 주변에서 전기비저항 탐사를 수행하여 매립장 주변 지역의 하부 지질구조를 규명하는 한편 침출수 존재 여부 및 영향 범위를 파악하였다. 또한, 주변 관측정의 수질분석 결과와 전기비저항 탐사의 연관성에 대해 분석하였다. 그 결과, 전기비저항 탐사는 수질분석 자료와 매우 높은 연관성을 보였으며, 시추조사 결과와도 상당히 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제27권spc호
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• pp.75-91
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• 2022

Differences in subsurface migration of LNAPL/DNAPL contaminants caused by a selection of 3-phase (aqueous, NAPL, and gas) relative permeability function (RPF) models in numerical modeling were investigated. Several types of RPF models developed from both experimental and theoretical backgrounds were introduced prior to conducting numerical modeling. Among the RPF models, two representative models (Stone I and Parker model) were employed to simulate subsurface LNAPLs/DNAPLs migration through numerical calculation. For each model, the spatiotemporal distribution of individual phases and the mole fractions of 6 NAPL components (4 LNAPL and 2 DNAPL components) were calculated through a multi-phase and multi-component numerical simulator. The simulation results indicated that both spilled LNAPLs and DNAPLs in the unsaturated zone migrated faster and reached the groundwater table sooner for Stone I model than Parker model while LNAPLs migrated faster on the groundwater table under Parker model. This results signified the crucial effect of 3-phase relative permeability on the prediction of NAPL contamination and suggested that RPF models should be carefully selected based on adequate verification processes for proper implementation of numerical models.