• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.359-360
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• 2002

A bacterial strain able to degrade terephthalic acid (TPA) was isolated and identified to belong to the Corynebacterium sp. It was named Corynebacterium sp. YT-14. When stirred loop bioreactor was used in a batch type system for removing terephthalic acid from weight loss treatment wastewater and complex dyeing process wastwater, the removal efficiency of terephthalic acid was 85.4% after 7 days of treatment of the weight loss treatment wastewater, while no residual terephthalic acid was detected after 3 days of treatment of the complex dyeing process wastewater

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.118-123
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• 1999

A bacterial strain, designated T116, degrading terephthalic acid (TPA) was isolated from the soil around Taegu industrial area into which dye works wastewater flow. The isolate was identified as pseudomonas sp. based on its morphological and physiological characteristics. Degradation of TPA by the strain T116 was confirmed with UV scanning and HPLC. About 90% and 98% of TPA were degraded after 36 and 60 hours, respectively, during the culture in a liquid medium containing 0.1% TPA. Addition of KH2PO4 at a final concentration of 100ppm enhanced the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate about 50% from dye works wastewater by Pseudomonas sp. T116. Optimum pH and temperature for COD reduction from wastewater were 7.0 and 3$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. The bacterium was applied to the continuous culture for the treatment of dye works wastewater whose TPA concentration and CODMn were 2,200ppm and 1,620ppm, respectively. It was observed that 90-95% of COD was eliminated after 4 days culture in the continuous culture with a retention time of 37 or 47 hours.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.44-48
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• 1995

26 bacterial strains capable of growing on Terephthalic acid (TPA) in minimal medium were isolated from soil and wastewater by selective enrichment culture, and among them, one isolate which was the best in the cell growth and TPA degradation was selected and identified as Pseudomonas sp. T-1 by its characteristics. Cell growth almost revealed a stationary phase at 24 hrs after cultivation. Cell growth dramatically increased in a minimal medium containing 0.1% of TPA as a sole carbon source and TPA was not detected any more at 80 hrs after cultivation. Therefore, it is suggested that Pseudomonas sp. T-1 could be effectively used for the biological treatment of wastewater containing TPA.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.85-90
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• 1997

The objective of this study was to investigate biodegradation of TPA(terephthalic acid) and EG (ethylene glycol), treatment efficiency of polyester weight loss wastewater and microbial characteristics by aerated submerged biolfilm(ASB) p.rocess. In a batch reactor, pH increased from 7.0 to 8. 5 in the biodegradation of TPA. Whereas, in case of EG, decreased from 7.0 to 5.2. COD concentration rapidly decreased within 24hr in the biodegradation of TPA and EG. COD removal velocity constant(k) were 0.065-0.088 hr$^{-1}$. The biodegradation velocity of TPA was 1.4 times faster than that of EG. The ratio of suspended biomass to the total biomass in the reactor was 18.3-33.3%, increased as a high ratio of EG content. Biofilm thickness, biofilm dry density and attached biomass were 346-432 $\mu$m, 41.8-61.9 mg/cm$^3$, 1.45-2.67 mg/cm$^2$, respectively. There values increased as a high ratio of TPA content. In the hydraulic retention time of 36 hr, organic loading rate of 4 kgCOD/m$^3\cdot$ day and packing ratio of 70%, the effluent concentrations of TCOD, SCOD in a continuous flow reator were 1,388 mg/l, 147 mg/l and removal efficiencies were 77%, 97.6%, respectively.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.452-456
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• 2004

Gamma-rays effectively decomposed TPA and EG, thus removal of $1.0{\times}10^{-3}$ M pollutants was near 65 and 95%, respectively, at an absorbed dose of 10 kGy. However, TOC removal in the radiation treatment was less than 5% due to a low transformation of both TPA and EG to $CO_2$. For TPA, gamma-ray treatment largely reduced biodegradability($BOD_5/COD$) by degrading TPA to non-biodegradable organic acids. This implies that the change of biodegradability should be considered when the radiation treatment is combined with conventional biological techniques. A weight-loss wastewater containing TPA and EG was also purified by gamma-ray treatment. Extraordinarily, biodegradability of the wastewater was increased at a low dose of 1 kGy. Though underlying mechanism was not clearly identified, this result stresses the effect of wastewater composition and absorbed dose on the biodegradability change.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.156-163
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• 1993

Strains degrading ethylene glycol(EG) and terephthalic acid(TPA) were isolated from water systems, and identified as Pseudomonas sp. They were named as Pseudomonas sp. EAW for EG and as Pseudomonas sp. TS2 for TPA. The optimal culture conditions of temperature, pH and nitrogen source were found to be $35^{\circ}C$, 7.5 and ammonium sulfate, respectively. The growth of strains and removal efficiency was slightly promoted by trace elements such as niacin and biotin in case of EG, and by trace elements such as $Na_2MoO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$ and thiamin i case of TPA. With increasing inoculation sloe for batch culture, the removal efficiency of EG by the strain EAW was conspicuously increased, while the removal efficiency of TPA by the strain TS2 was not changed as much as that of EG. The growth rate of the strain EAW was much more decreased than that of the strain TS2 in the enrichment medium, as the frequency of repeated-batch culture in the rich-medium increased. in case of real wastewater, growth rate and removal efficiencies of EG and TPA were lower than those in the enrichment medium. $COD_{Mn}\;and\;COD_{Cr}$ removal efficiencies after 48 hrs batch culture in real wastewater were 89% and 93%, respectively. The specific growth rate was inhibited when the initial concentration of EG or TPA was more than 25g/L.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1204-1208
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• 1996

The organic impurities are formed in the p-xylene oxidation process to terephthalic acid(TPA) and they are present in the filtrate(mother liquor) solution or the TPA particles. The organic impurities present in the p-xylene oxidation are formed through side reactions or incomplete reaction. In this study, the main organic impurities, such as benzoic acid, p-toluic acid, p-tolualdehyde, 4-carboxybenzaldehyde, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, trimellitic acid, and 4-hydroxymethyl benzoic acid were identified simultaneously by gas chromatograghy. The above impurities were reacted with bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide in the mixture of internal standard solution and pyridine solution by trimethylsilylation, where the internal standard solution was made by 99% bis (trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide and 1% trimethylchlorosilane. The main organic impurities above mentioned can be analyzed quantitatively within 50 min.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.464-470
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• 1992

The copolyester was prepared by melt polycondensation varying the amount of ethylene glycol(EG) and pentanediol from terephthalic acid(TPA), EG and pentanediol isomers were. used as the third monomer. The chemical structure and the compositions of the copolyester were determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Thermal properties were investigated with the aid of differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analyzer.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.274-281
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• 1997

Methods to determine terbium(III) ion in aqueous solution by measuring the enhanced fluorescence intensity of terbium(III)-terephthalic acid(TPA) complex ion have been studied. The optimum analytical conditions for pH, excitation wavelength and concentration of TPA were found to be 6.0, 260nm and $4.0{\times}10^{-4}M$, respectively. The fluorescence intensity of the terbium(III) complex ion was further increased with addition of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO). In this case Triton X-100 was used to dissolve TOPO in aqueous solution. When TOPO was used, the optimum analytical conditions for pH, excitation wavelength, and concentrations of TPA, TOPO and Triton X-100 were found to be 4.5, 285nm. $4.0{\times}10^{-4}M$, $5.0{\times}10^{-5}M$, and 0.05%, respectively. Under the optimum experimental conditions, calibration curve for Tb(III) was linear over the range from $4.0{\times}10^{-8}M$ to $4.0{\times}10^{-5}M$ and the detection limit was $4.0{\times}10^{-8}M$. When TOPO was used, the concentration range of linear response, and the detection limit were $4.0{\times}10^{-9}M$ to $2.0{\times}10^{-6}M$, and $4.0{\times}10^{-9}M$, respectively. Effects of interferences from various cations for the determination of terbium(III) ion were also investigated.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.593-598
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• 2011

The IPA-co-HDO-co-(TPA/MA) copolymers for all-vanadium redox flow battery were synthesized by melt condensation polymerization using isophthalic acid(IPA), 1,6-hexandiol (HDO), terephthalic acid(TPA) and maleic anhydride(MA). The amination of chloromethylated IPA-co- HDO-co-(TPA/MA)(CIHTM) copolymer was carried out using trimethylamine, and the anion exchange membrane was also prepared by UV crosslinking reaction. The structure and thermal stability of IHTM copolymers were confirmed by FTIR, $^1H$ NMR, and TGA analysis. The anion membrane properties such as water uptake, ion exchange capacity, electric resistance and electrical conductivity, were measured by gravimetry, titration and LCR meter. The efficiency of the all-vanadium redox flow battery was analyzed. The ion exchange capacity, electric resistance and electrical conductivity were 1.10 meq/g, $1.98{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$, and 0.009 S/cm, respectively. The efficiency of charge-discharge, voltage, and energy for the allvanadium redox flow battery were 96.5, 74.6, 70.0%, respectively.