Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) produced using municipal solid waste was pyrolyzed to produce RDF char. For the first time, the RDF char was used to remove aqueous copper, a representative heavy metal water pollutant. Activation of the RDF char using steam and KOH treatments was performed to change the specific surface area, pore volume, and the metal cation quantity of the char. N2 sorption, Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize the char. The optimum pH for copper removal was shown to be 5.5, and the steam-treated char displayed the best copper removal capability. Ion exchange between copper ions and alkali/alkaline metal cations was the most important mechanism of copper removal by RDF char, followed by adsorption on functional groups existing on the char surface. The copper adsorption behavior was represented well by a pseudo-second-order kinetics model and the Langmuir isotherm. The maximum copper removal capacity was determined to be 38.17 mg/g, which is larger than those of other low-cost char adsorbents reported previously.

접촉분해 경유에 함유된 유용 방향족 성분(나프탈렌류 성분:탄소수 10-12)의 분리법으로서 추출법과 액막법을 분리성능 면에서 비교했다. 추출법의 용매로서는 dimethylsulfoxide수용액을, 액막법의 막상으로서는 dimethylsulfoxide와 saponin의 혼합수용액을 각각 사용했다. 추출법에서 얻어진 노르말-노난을 기준 성분으로한 나프탈렌류 성분의 선택도는 온도가 낮아짐에 따라 급격히 증가했으나, 액막법에서 얻어진 선택도는 온도에 무관한 경향을 나타내어, 실온에서의 추출법에 의한 나프탈렌류 성분의 선택도는 액막법에서 얻어진 선택도는 온도에 무관한 경향을 나타내어, 실온에서의 추출법에 의한 나프탈렌류 성분의 선택도는 액막법에 비해 컸다. 또, 회분 교반조를 사용하여 두 분리법으로 부터 나프탈렌류 성분의 물질이동속도를 측정한 결과, 추출법의 연속상측 물질이동계수는 액막법의 막상측 투과계수에 비해 약 280배 컸다.