Cobalt titanates (CoTiOx), such as CoTiO3 and Co2TiO4, have been synthesized via a solid-state reaction and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) measurement techniques, prior to being used for continuous wet trichloroethylene (TCE) oxidation at 36℃, to support our earlier chemical structure model for Co species in 5 wt% CoOx/TiO2 (fresh) and (spent) catalysts. Each XRD pattern for the synthesized CoTiO3 and Co2TiO4 was very close to those obtained from the respective standard XRD data files. The two CoTiOx samples gave Co 2p XPS spectra consisting of very strong main peaks for Co 2p3/2 and 2p1/2 with corresponding satellite structures at higher binding energies. The Co 2p3/2 main structure appeared at 781.3 eV for the CoTiO3, and it was indicated at 781.1 eV with the Co2TiO4. Not only could these binding energy values be very similar to that exhibited for the 5 wt% CoOx/TiO2 (fresh), but the spin-orbit splitting (ΔE) had also no noticeable difference between the cobalt titanates and a sample of the fresh catalyst. Neither of all the CoTiOx samples were active for the wet TCE oxidation, as expected, but a sample of pure Co3O4 had a good activity for this reaction. The earlier proposed model for the surface CoOx species existing with the fresh and spent catalysts is very consistent with the XPS characterization and activity measurements for the cobalt titanates.

본 연구에서는 2002년 강릉지역에 큰 피해를 일으킨 태풍 루사(Rusa) 호우 사례에 대하여 PMP(Probable Maximum Precipitation)의 산정 및 전이에서 발생할 수 있는 문제에 대해 분석하였다. PMP산정을 위해서는 2가지 이슬점온도 산정이 선행되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 그 중 대표 12시간 지속 이슬점온도를 지상일기도, 지표 풍향, 850 hPa 수분속, 유선장 뿐만 아니라 강릉 지역의 지형적 특성까지 고려하여 수분 유입 지

Despite the wide distribution of air pollutants, the concentrations of indoor air pollutants may be the dominant risk factor in personal exposure due to the fact that most people spend an average of 80% of their time in enclosed buildings. Researches for improvement of indoor air quality have been developed such as installation of air cleaning device, ventilation system, titanium dioxide(TiO2) coating and so on. However, it is difficult to evaluate the magnitude of improvement of indoor air quality in field study because indoor air quality can be affected by source generation, outdoor air level, ventilation, decay by reaction, temperature, humidity, mixing condition and so on. In this study, evaluation of reduction of formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide emission rate in indoor environments by TiO2 coating material was carried out using mass balance model in indoor environment. we proposed the evaluation method of magnitude of improvement in indoor air quality, considering outdoor level and ventilation. Since simple indoor concentration measurements could not properly evaluate the indoor air quality, outdoor level and ventilation should be considered when evaluate the indoor air quality.

Oxidative TCE decomposition over TiO2-supported single and complex metal oxide catalysts has been conducted using a continuous flow type fixed-bed reactor system. Different types of commercial TiO2 were used for obtaining the supported catalysts via an incipient wetness technique. Among a variety of titanias and metal oxides used, a DT51D TiO2 and CrOx would be the respective promising support and active ingredient for the oxidative TCE decomposition. The TiO2-based CrOx catalyst gave a significant dependence of the catalytic activity in TCE oxidation reaction on the metal loadings. The use of high CrOx contents for preparing CrOx/TiO2 catalysts might produce Cr2O3 crystallites on the surface of TiO2, thereby decreasing catalytic performance in the oxidative decomposition at low reaction temperatures. Supported CrOx-based bimetallic oxide systems offered a very useful approach to lower the CrOx amounts without any loss in their catalytic activity for the catalytic TCE oxidation and to minimize the formation of Cl-containing organic products in the course of the catalytic reaction.

Catalytic wet oxidation of trichloroethylene (TCE) in water has been conducted using TiO2-supported cobalt oxides at 36oC with a weight hourly space velocity of 7,500 h-1. 5% CoOx/TiO2, prepared by using an incipient wetness technique, might be the most promising catalyst for the wet oxidation although it exhibited a transient behavior in time on-stream activity. Not only could the bare support be inactive for the wet decomposition reaction, but no TCE removal also occurred by the process of adsorption on TiO2 surface. The catalytic activity was independent of all particle sizes used, thereby representing no mass transfer limitation in intraparticle diffusion. XPS spectra of both fresh and used Co surfaces gave different surface spectral features for each CoOx. Co 2p3/2 binding energy for Co species in the fresh catalyst appeared at 781.3 eV, which is very similar to the chemical states of CoTiOx such as Co2TiO4 and CoTiO3. The used catalyst exhibited a 780.3-eV main peak with a satellite structure at 795.8 eV. Based on XPS spectra of reference Co compound, the TCE-exposed Co surfaces could be assigned to be in the form of mainly Co3O4. XRD patterns for 5% CoOx/TiO2 catalyst indicated that the phase structure of Co species in the catalyst even before reaction is quite comparable to the diffraction lines of external Co3O4 standard. A model structure of CoOx present predominantly on titania surfaces would be Co3O4, encapsulated in thin-film CoTiOx species consisting of Co2TiO4 and CoTiO3, which may be active for the decomposition of TCE in a flow of water.