본 연구는 플라즈마-촉매 및 오존 처리공정을 이용하여‘홍로’사과 저장과정에서 발생되는 에틸렌 을 제거하고자 하였다.‘홍로’사과는 저장온도가 증가할수록 호흡속도가 빨라져 산소농도는 급격히 감소하고 이산화탄소와 에틸렌 농도는 증가하였다. 특히, 저장온도 20℃에서 90시간 저장 후 산소가 모두 소모되었으며, 이산화탄소 농도는 약 20%로 증가하였다. 플라즈마-촉매와 오존 처리는 에틸렌 제거에 효과적인 것으로 나타났으나, 오존 처리의 경우 사과표면에 반점이 생기는 문제가 발생하였 다.‘홍로’사과의 품질 분석결과 가용성 고형분과 산도는 무 처리군에서 다소 높게 나타났으며, 경도 는 플라즈마-촉매 처리군와 오존 처리군에서 다소 높게 분석되었다. 하지만 유의적 차이는 나타내지 않았다.

In the current study, oxidative decomposition of a volatile organic compound was investigated at room temperature and pressure. The experiment was carried out in lower ethylene concentration and with various higher gas flow rates. The reactor has 7 different compartments in which the reaction takes place independently. Plasma was generated inside each compartment by the application of alternating current (AC) voltage. 5 wt% manganese loaded and 5 wt% silver loaded 13X zeolite were used as catalysts. Bare zeolite showed higher ethylene decomposition efficiency than Ag loaded and Mn loaded zeolite. Ozone concentration was increased slightly while increasing the SIE, reached a maximum and started decreasing. Ag loaded zeolite also showed similar decomposition efficiency, but the concentration of ozone was greatly lowered.

This work investigated the decomposition of aqueous anatoxin-a originated from cyanobacteria using an underwater dielectric barrier discharge plasma system based on a porous ceramic tube and an alternating current (AC) high voltage. Plasmatic gas generated inside the porous ceramic tube was uniformly dispersed in the form of numerous bubbles into the aqueous solution through the micro-pores of the ceramic tube, which allowed an effective contact between the plasmatic gas and the aqueous anatoxin-a solution. Effect of applied voltage, treatment time and the coexistence of nutrients such as NO3 -, H2PO4 - and glucose on the decomposition of anatoxin-a was examined. Chemical analyses of the plasma-treated anatoxin-a solution using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and ion chromatography (IC) were performed to elucidate the mineralization mechanisms. Increasing the voltage improved the anatoxin-a decomposition efficiency due to the increased discharge power, but the energy required to remove a given amount of anatoxin-a was similar, regardless of the voltage. At an applied voltage of 17.2 kV (oxygen flow rate: 1.0 L min-1), anatoxin-a at an initial concentration of 1 mg L-1 (volume: 0.5 L) was successfully treated within 3 min. The chemical analyses using LC-MS and IC suggested that the intermediates with molecular weights of 123~161 produced by the attack of plasma-induced reactive species on anatoxin-a molecule were further oxidized to stable compounds such as acetic acid, formic acid and oxalic acid.

내부산의 탈거제로 탄산나트륨을 함유하는 유화액막의 거동을 묘사하기 위하여 수학적 모델이 제시되었다. 젖산의 회분식 추출 실험 결과가 모델의 계산 결과와 비교되었는데, 모델의 계산 결과는 담체농도, 탈거제농도, 교반속도, 처리비와 같은 변수의 영향을 잘 예측할 수 있었다. 유화액막의 주요 문제 중의 하나인 에멀젼의 팽윤을 줄이기 위하여, 액체 파라핀, n-데칸올, 사이클로헥사논, 스판-85 같은 막 첨가제가 사용되었다. 사용된 모든 첨가제는 팽윤 정도를 줄이는데 어느 정도 효과가 있었다. 사이클로헥사논은 팽윤을 줄일 뿐만 아니라, 젖산의 전달 속도를 크게 증가시키는 것으로 관찰되었다.