• Carbon letters
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.64-68
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• 2003

A study on the electrosorption of uranium ions onto a porous activated carbon fiber (ACF) was performed to treat uraniumcontaining lagoon sludge. The result of the continuous flow-through cell electrosorption experiments showed that the applied negative potential increased the adsorption kinetics and capacity in comparison to the open-circuit potential (OCP) adsorption for uranium ions. Effective U(VI) removal is accomplished when a negative potential is applied to the activated carbon fiber (ACF) electrode. For a feed concentration of 100 mg/L, the concentration of U(VI) in the cell effluent is reduced to less than 1 mg/L. The selective removal of uranium ions from electrolyte was possible by the electrosorption process.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.1044-1050
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• 2007

본 연구는 대표적인 유기성 폐기물인 음식물쓰레기와 폐활성슬러지를 처리함과 동시에 수소를 생물학적인 방법으로 생성하기 위하여 운전인자인 가용화 방법, pH, VFAs 및 음식물쓰레기와 폐활성슬러지의 최적 혼합비율을 도출하고자 하였다. 폐활성슬러지의 수소 생성량을 높이기 위해 다양한 가용화 방법을 적용하여 그에 따른 수소 수율을 비교한 결과 알칼리와 초음파처리 한 병합처리에서 4.3 mL $H_2/g$ $VS_{consumed}$로 가장 높았으며, 음식물쓰레기와 가용화 된 폐활성슬러지를 혼합한 경우에도 병합처리 한 가용화 방법에서 수소 수율이 13.8 mL $H_2/g$ $VS_{consumed}$로 가장 높았다. 또한 pH는 $5.0\sim5.5$에서 운전시 가장 높은 수소 생성량을 보였으며, 음식물쓰레기와 가용화 된 폐활성슬러지의 최적 혼합비율은 2 : 1에서 수소 생성량이 5.0 L $H_2/L/d$로 가장 높았다. 생물학적 수소 생성이 많을수록 VFAs는 프로피온산의 농도가 낮았고, 부티르산이 아세트산보다 높은 비율로 생산되었다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2018

This study investigates the role of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) as bioflocculants to harvest microalgae (water-microalgae separation). The EPS extracted from waste activated sludge (WAS) by heat extraction were fractionated into soluble EPS (S-EPS), loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS) and tightly-bound EPS (TB-EPS) forms. All the EPSs facilitated the flocculation of microalgal cells from stable growth medium. Of those EPSs, the TB-EPS showed the highest flocculating activity (FA) resulting in the substantial decrease in the amount of EPS added in terms of total organic carbon (TOC) during flocculation. The FA of microalgae was improved with the increase in TB-EPS dose, however, excessive dose of TB-EPS adversely affected it due to destabilization. Both LB- and TB-EPS could be utilized for flocculating microalgae as a sustainable option to the existing chemical-based flocculants. In addition to the conventional assessments, the effectiveness of the two bioflocculants for floc forming was also confirmed using a novel assessment of lens-free shadow imaging technique (LSIT), which was firstly applied for the rapid and quantitative assessment of microalgal flocculation.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2005

슬러지를 안정화시키기 위하여 가장 많이 적용되고 있는 공법은 혐기성 소화공법이라고 할 수 있다. 또한, 혐기성 소화는 유기성분의 효과적인 안정화와 동시에 메탄가스를 발생시켜 에너지로 이용 가능하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그러나, 폐활성슬러지의 경우 미생물의 세포벽 때문에 일반적으로 저조한 혐기성 처리효율과 탈수능을 나타내고 있으며, 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 많은 전처리공정들이 개발되거나 연구되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 폐활성슬러지의 혐기성 소화효율과 탈수능을 향상시키기 위한 pulse power 전처리 연구를 pilot 규모로 수행하였다. Pilot plant는 기 수행된 실험실 연구결과를 바탕으로 설계 및 운전하였다. 본 연구에서는 pulse power 전처리에 의한 슬러지 특성변화를 평가하였으며, 특히 혐기성 소화시 미생물이 사용하기 용이한 기질의 증가를 의미하는 용존성 유기물질의 증가를 주요항목으로 평가하였다. 혐기성 소화조에서 발생하는 가스발생량과 메탄함량을 측정하여 혐기성 소화능을 평가하였으며, 슬러지 탈수능은 CST 및 비저항값의 측정을 통하여 평가하였다. 또한, 슬러지 처리공정에서의 전체적인 에너지수지를 계산하여 pulse power 전처리에 의한 에너지 회수율 변화를 평가하였다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.16-25
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• 1998

Laboratory-scale experiment using anaerobic fluidized bed reactor was carried out to investigate the prehydrolysis step with caustic soda on the treatment efficiency of anaerobic sludge treatment, since the overall rate-limiting step for the complete anaerobic digestion of sludge was the hydrolysis step by extracellular bacterial enzymes of insoluble polymeric molecules. Reactors received a sludge which had not been pretreated, a 50-50 mixture of pretreated and untreated sludge, and the fully pretreated sludge. Hydraulic retention time of 10, 5, 2.5 days and 1 day were applied with an respective equivalent organic loading rate of 1.17, 2.23, 4.17, 11.24 gCOD/L/d. Reactor with the untreated sludge did not archieve adequate digestion even at the HRT of 5 days, and reactor, which received the 50-50 mixture, operated well at the HRT of 5 days, but began to show signs of unstable digestion at the HRT of 2.5 days. While, reactor, which was fed the hydrolyzed sludge, operated reasonably well at the 2.5 days, but was showing somewhat decrease in removal efficiencies. Results, therefore, have substantiated that the limiting reaction in the anaerobic treatment process is hydrolysis. The soluble COD did not significantly accumulate in the reactor as organic acid form, even when they were highly stressed. It was believed that this resistance to a build-up of organic acids and soluble COD behavior was mainly due to the maintenance of the methane bacteria in the fixed-film system which prevents washout as the organic loading increased. The anaerobic fluidized bed reactor was therefore effective for the digestion of waste activated sludge at short HRT.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 1993년도 Fifth International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress 93
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• pp.1102-1105
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• 1993

A fuzzy expert system for prediction and mitigation of sludge bulking was developed for an activated sludge process which treats waste water from a food industry. The developed system is able not only to infer the degree of progress of sludge bulking but also to generate remedial operation guides which may be sent to the local controllers as remote set points. One of the important consequences through this study is the BI (Bulking Index) inferred by the bulking prediction expert system was found to have a close correlation with the SVI (Sludge Volume Index) which is a practical measure of degree of bulking but needs tedious chores for its measurement.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.211-218
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• 2007

The objectives of this study have been carried out to investigate the solubilization of municipal sewage sludge by single and dual frequency ultrasonic pretreatment, and the methane production characteristics of pretreated sewage sludge by specific methanogenic activity test for sewage sludge reduction. The waste activated sludge was collected from thickened tank of Suyoung sewage treatment plant in Busan city, and its concentration was adjusted to 1.0% total solids. Ultrasonic frequency was varied 15, 20, 15+20 kHz, and acoustic density was used a maximum 176W/L. The dual frequency ultrasonic pretreatment was found to be more effective than single frequency ultrasonic in the solubilization rate and methane production. The $SCOD_{Cr}/TCOD_{Cr}$, rate were 15.2%, 13.9%, 17.0% with single frequency of 15 kH2, 20 kHz, dual frequency of 15+20 kHz, respectively. The application of dual frequency ultrasound for sewage sludge pretreatment can be interest for sewage treatment plants having problems in sludge treatment and disposal.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 1978

생물학적 폐수처리 공법중 활성 슬러시지 공법의 수학적 해법에 관한 연구는 Michaelis-Menton, Monod, Eckenfelder, McKinney 등에 의하여 개발되어왔다. 이들에 의해서 개발된 수학적 모델은 각기 연구되어 온 측면이 서로 다르고, 사용된 기호가 상이하기 때문에 사용자로 하여금 많은 혼란을 주고 있다. 본연구는 각기 수학적 모델을 이론적, 단편적으로 분석하고, 각기 모델에서 사용된 기호의 상호관계를 비교하여 각기모델을 통일시켜 사용자가 이해하기 쉽도록 노력하였다. 실제로 모형실험에는 Aeration Only Activated Sludge 공법을 채택하고 시료는 Glutamic acid 폐수로 행하였다. 실제로 처리하여 얻어진 결과치와 각기모델의 계산치를 1) 유기물제거속도 2) 슬럿지생산비 3) 유출수에 관리되지 않고 남은 유기물농도 4) 폭기조내 산소요구량에 대하여 비교 검토하였다. 본연구에서 시행한 운전결과와 그분석으로부터 McKinney와 Eckenfelder의 모델은 활성슬럿지공법의 생물학적 관리시설의 설계요소들을 모두 구할수 있으나 Michaelis-Menton과 Monod의 모델은 모든 요소들을 구할수 없다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.21-33
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 혐기성 발효조건에서 오니슬러지의 전처리에 대한 영향과 수소생산 잠새성을 평가하기 위하여 회분식 반응기를 이용하여 $35^{\circ}C$에서 혐기성 미생물을 이용하여 실험을 실시하였다. 다양한 전처리 조건의 오니슬러지를 유기원으로 이용하기 위한 실험을 실시하였다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 물리, 화학, 생물학적 오니 슬러지 가용화를 위한 전처리 기술을 개발하였으며, 실험결과 알칼리 및 기계적전처리를 통하여 원수의 상등수의 SCODcr 대비 약 15배 및 12배의 증가율을 보였으며, 이를 다시 생물학적 전처리 방법인 가수분해를 실시할 경우 다시 2배의 증가율을 보여 화학적 전처리와 생물학적 전처리를 연계할 경우가 가장 효과적인 공정임을 확인하였다. 또한 오니슬러지를 기질로 이용하여 생물학적 수소생산의 잠재성을 확인하기 위하여 전처리된 슬러지를 대상으로 수소 생산 여부를 회분식으로 실시한 결과, 완충용액을 첨가한 경우가 완충용액을 첨가하지 알은 경우에 비하여 다양한 전처리 조건에서 수소생산이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제11권1_2호
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• pp.31-39
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• 1996

Leachate from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill, effluent from leachate treatment plant, and ground water sample from a monitoring well near landfill site were tested for an acute toxicity. Microtox toxicity test was used for testing the acute toxicity of leachate and other samples. EC$_{50}$ values which a concentration of pollutant for reducing 50% light output from luminescent bacteria, Photobacterium phosphoreum were determined to assess the toxicity of pollutants as well as the relative toxicity. In addition, characteristics of leachate were studied and compared to those of phenol and pentachlorophenol (PCP) which are typical aquatic toxic pollutants. For leachate, EC$_{50}$ for 30 min incubation was 10.8%, while for phenol and PCP, 46 ppm and 1.2 ppm, respectively. the relative toxicity of treated leachate by in situ aeration with activated sludge was reduced to more than 75% of toxicity of the untreated leachate. Microtox toxicity test was failed to figure out EC$_{50}$ values for groundwater from a monitoring well since the relative toxicity of the unconcentrated sample was too low to estimate EC$_{50}$. Addition of activated carbon to leachate was reduced the relative toxicity. The reduction Pattern of the relative toxicity of leachate by mechanical aeration was similar to that of PCP, but different from that of phenol. These findings suggest that the toxicity of leachate may come from PCP-like toxic compounds rather than phenol-like one. In conclusion, the process of aeration with activated sludge might be very important to reduce the environmental toxicity of leachate. And Microtox test could be a reasonable bioassay for screening and monitoring the environmental toxicity of leachate from municipal solid waste landfill as well as for determining the reduction efficiency of the leachate toxicity by various treatment processes in leachate treatment plant.