Since HFCs does not contain Cl component, they are not harmful to the depletion of Ozone layer but require reduction especially due to the high GWP (global warming potential). The HFC 134a, known as one of typical refrigerant of HFCs is generally shown to be effectively thermally decomposed only above the temperature of 3,000oC. However, giving condition of sufficient water vapor and the temperature more than 800oC with large heating source like in calcination reactor or blast furnace, the thermal decomposition of HFC 134a will occur easily due the component of H and O contained in water vapor. In order to investigate this phenomenological finding appeared in large scale field test, a series of experimental investigation has been made for the thermal decomposition rate of HFC 134a as a function oxygen and HFC 134a flow rate for a small tubular reactor. In this experiment the wall temperature of tubular reactor was fixed to be 900oC. In order to verify and figure out the finding by experiment, numerical calculation has also been made for the detailed reaction of HFC 134a inside the tubular reactor. The comparison between experiment and numerical calculation are in good agreement each other especially for the rate of thermal destruction at the exit of the reactor. Further, considering the efficient thermal decomposition of HFC 134a in the H2O vapor environment with sufficient heating source, the application of the stoichiometric mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, that is, H2+ 1/2O2, is made numerically in the same tubular reactor, for the thermal decomposition of HFC 134a. The result appears physically acceptable and looks promising for the future method of the HFCs decomposition.

Proper management of refrigerant mixtures containing chlorine and fluorine are gaining worldwide interest in the recent years as, they contribute to global warming and ozone depletion. according to the Montreal Protocol, developed nations have substituted HCFCs in refrigerators and air conditions synthetic greenhouse gas (SGGs) refrigerants such as, R-10 (CCl4), R-23 (CHF3), and R-134a (CH2FCF3). SGGs contribute to the increasing global warming potential. incineration, conventional treatment method of R-134a leads generation of Freon gas, due to excess air during the deacon reaction and due to the flame inhibition of the halogen compound. Therefore, this study proposes on the effective thermal treatment (high-temperature pyrolysis) of R-134a using numerical analysis. R-134a is usually known to have reaction characteristics which degrade only at temperatures reaches 800℃ and contains sufficient moisture in the furnace, HFC-134a refrigerant is treated efficiently by following chemical reaction. C2H2F4+4H2O → 4HF+3H2+3CO2, 4HF+2Ca(OH)2 → 2CaF2+4H2O in this study numerical calculation is performed for the relevant variables. As a result, very positive preliminary results showed about HFC-134a refrigerant treatment. Base on this, in the following study, organized variable research and demonstration experiment will be performed.

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) are usually used as novel etching and cleaning gases in semiconductor industry and electrical equipments. Recently, the many studies about PFCs decomposition have been performed due to high global warming potential (GWP). This study is to identify the effects of the hydrogen on the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of NF3 and SF6 when using the electron-beam. The experiment was conducted at a flow rate of 10 LPM with NF3 and SF6 of 1,000 ppm. Absorbed dose (electric current) was 1,028 kGy (5 mA). The DREs of NF3 and SF6 gases increased about 54% and 68% respectively with hydrogen injection. By-products formed by NF3 and SF6 destruction were mainly HF and F2 gases. In addition, the particles were generated during the NF3 and SF6 destruction due to corrosion of reactor and SF6 decomposion, respectively.

In this study, the photocatalytic decomposition characteristics of single toluene, toluene mixed with benzene, toluene mixed with acetone, and toluene mixed methyl mercaptan (MM) by UV reactor installed with TiO2-coated perforated plate were studied. The photocatalytic decomposition rate of single toluene, toluene mixed with benzene, toluene mixed with acetone, and toluene mixed with MM fitted well on Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) kinetics equation. The maximum elimination capacity was obtained to be 628 g/m3·d for single toluene, 499 g/m3·d for toluene mixed with benzene, 318 g/m3·d for toluene mixed with acetone, and 513 g/m3·d for toluene mixed with MM, respectively. The negative effect in photocatalytic decomposition of toluene are found to be in the order of acetone>benzene>MM.

This research aims to identify regional inequitable development through the analysis of facilities distribution pattern. This study describes the concepts underlying the application of the Gini's coefficient and decomposition method to measure the regional inequitable development in Sun-chang County, Jeonbuk Province, Korea. We used the facility data surveyed for three years, from 2010 to 2012 for facility distribution pattern that RDA surveyed. These data have been serviced on the web. The Lorenz Curve presents a graphical view of the inequitable facility distribution and the Gini's Coefficients quantifies the distribution pattern. And furthermore, Gini Decomposition represents intra regional inequalities. These applied techniques can describe how the local development affects other district and change regional inequalities.

The photocatalytic decomposition characteristics of single n-pentane, n-pentane mixed with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and n-pentane mixed with ethyl acetate (EA) by cylindrical UV reactor installed with TiO2-coated perforated plane were studied. The effects of the residence time, the inlet gas concentration, and the oxygen concentration were investigated. The removal efficiency of n-pentane was increased with increasing the residence time and the oxygen concentration, but decreased with increasing the inlet concentration of n-pentane. The photocatalytic decomposition rates of single n-pentane, n-pentane mixed with MEK, and n-pentane mixed with EA fitted well on Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics equation. The maximum elimination capacities of single n-pentane, n-pentane mixed with MEK, and n-pentane mixed with EA were obtained to be 465 g/m3․day, 217 g/m3․day, and 320 g/m3․day, respectively. The presence of coexisting MEK and EA vapor had a negative effect on the photocatalytic decomposition of n-pentane and the negative effect of MEK was higher than that of EA.

In 2010, amidst nationwide foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak and avian flu (AI), burial sites were urgently createdfor the disposal of animal carcasses. Some of the burial sites didn't satisfy the carcass burial standard (e.g. too manycarcasses were buried in one site, or size or location were not suitable), causing secondary environmental pollutionincluding collapse of burial sites, contamination of ground water, soil and adjacent streams, and malodor. In this regard,there has been growing demand for measures to reduce the environmental impact of the burial sites and guidelines fordesigning and management of burial sites, considering domestic characteristics, to stabilize them. This study aims toacquire basic data to build pilot burial sites. To this end, we established lab scale reactors to analyze decompositioncharacteristics of buried bovine and swine carcasses and properties of leachate and malodorous substances from them.The results showed that the decomposition of the samples inflated all reactors on its fifth day. But with time, as the volumeof the samples decreased, the solum started to subside. In conclusion, at least 8 weeks was needed for the burial sitesto stabilize. Malodorous substances, unlike other types of gas, were found to have relatively high content of sulfurousgases from 43 to 355 ppb. The four types of detected sulfurous gases were all classified as specific malodorous substances,producing rotting and unpleasant smell, irritating skin, eyes and the respiratory system, and damaging the central nervoussystem. Therefore, it is considered that controling sulfurous gases will play an important role in treating malodoroussubstances from burial sites.

The decomposition of NF3 using only an electron beam, and an electron beam in the presence of hydrogen are assessedin terms of the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE, %). Experiments were conducted at a flow rate of 500LPM.The inlet concentration of NF3 in nitrogen gas was about 1,000ppm, and the concentration of hydrogen ranged from 1,500to 8,000ppm, respectively. Absorbed dose (kGy) and electric current ranged from 33.87 (5mA) to 203.21kGy (30mA).The results in this study indicate that the DRE increased about 35% with hydrogen addition at electric current 30mA.Additionally hydrogen gas played a significant role in the constituents of byproducts.

We illustrate in the current study that fitting a univariate time series model to each extracted component might end up with the underestimation of the serial dependence that the observation data might contain. A alternative for parameter estimation is suggested to preserve the serial dependence of the observation variable using the relationship between the observation variable and the decomposed variable. The case study of the Upper Colorado River basin shows that some improvement is made through the suggested alternative.

Tetrafluoromethane(CF4) have been widely used as etching and chemical vapor deposition gases for semiconductor manufacturing processes. CF4 decomposition efficiency using microwave system was carried out as a function of the microwave power, the reaction temperature, and the quantity of Al2O3 addition. High reaction temperature and addition of Al2O3 increased the CF4 removal efficiencies and the CO2/CF4 ratio. When the SA30 (SiC+30wt%Al2O3) and SA50 (SiC+50wt%Al2O3) were used, complete CF4 removal was achieved at 1000℃. The CF4 was reacted with Al2O3 and by-products such as CO2 and AlF3 were produced. Significant amount of by-product such as AlF3 was identified by X-ray powder diffraction analysis. It also showed that the γ-Al2O3 was transformed to α-Al2O3 after microwave thermal reaction.

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) has been used as a novel etching and cleaning gas in semiconductor industry. Recently, the many studies about NF3 decomposition have been performed due to high global warming potential (GWP : 17,000). In this study, the role of conditioning agents such as H2, O2, and H2O (water vapor) in the destruction of NF3 gas using electron-beam technology is assessed in terms of the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE, %). The inlet concentration of NF3 was 1,000 ppm and the concentration of conditioning agents ranged from 250 to 1,500 ppm respectively and electron beam current was 5 mA. From the result, the by-products of NF3 decomposition were NO, N2O, and HF.

Sulfur hexa-fluoride has been used as a etching gas in semiconductor industry. From the globally environmental issues, it is urgent to control the emissions of this significant greenhouse gas. The main objective of this experimental investigation was to find the effective catalyst for SF6 decomposition. The precursor catalyst of hexa-aluminate was prepared to investigate the catalytic activity and stability. The precursor catalyst of hexa-aluminate was modified with Ni to enhance the catalytic activities and stability. The catalytic activity for SF6 decomposition increased by the addition of Ni and maximized at 6wt% addition of Ni. The addition of 6wt% Ni in precursor catalyst of hexa-aluminate improved the resistant to the HF and reduced the crystallization and phase transition of catalyst.

Alumina-supported catalysts containing different transition metals such as Cu, Cr, Mn, Zn, Co, W were investigated for their activity in the selective oxidation of toluene. Catalytic oxidation of toluene was investigated at atmospheric pressure in a fixed bed flow reactor system over transition metals with Al2O3 catalyst. The result showed the order of catalytic activities for the complete oxidation of toluene was Mn > Cu> Cr> Co> W> Zn for 5wt.% transition metals/Al2O3. Mn/Al2O3 catalysts containing different amount of Mn were characterized by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy for decision of loading amount of metal to alumina. 5 wt.%Mn/Al2O3 catalyst exhibits the highest catalytic activity, over which the toluene conversion was up to 90% at a temperature of 289℃.

Silicon carbide with aluminium oxide was used to remove the sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) gas using microwave irradiation. The destruction and removal efficiencies (DREs) of SF6 were studies as a function of various decomposition temperatures and microwave powers. The decomposition of SF6 gas was analyzed using GC-TCD. XRD (X-ray powder diffraction) and XRF (X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer) were used to characterize the properties of aluminum oxide. DREs of SF6 were increased as the microwave powers were increased. Additive aluminium oxide on SiC increased the removal efficiencies and decreased the decomposition temperature. The XRD results show that the γ-Al2O3 was transformed to α-Al2O3 during SF6 decomposition by microwave irradiation. It was found that the best material to control SF6 was SiC with Al2O3 30 wt% in consideration of microwave energy consumption and SF6 decomposition rate.

A field research at Sudokwon landfill was carried to analyse the effect of leachate and organic waste water injection on decomposition characteristics of landfill waste. The moisture content after leachate (79,783 m3) addition into block 3A for 1 year increased from 27.4% to 34.1%. As a result of moisture increasement, Cellulose and Lignin proportions as indicators of waste degradability changed from 1.45 to 1.18. It is also illustrated that TOC as an indicator of CH4 production potential reduced from 22.0% to 19.5%. Comparison results of TOC after 4 months of each leachate, digested waste water, food waste water injection into block 4A shows reduction of 3.5%, 4.7% and 3.7%, respectively. Hence, it is indicated that injection of leachate and organic waste water into landfill enhances the rate of CH4 production as well as the speed of landfill stabilization.

The simulated dyes solution containing Basic Red 46(BR 46), Yellow 21(Y 21), and Maxilon Blue 30(MB 30) were electrochemically oxidized using carbon fiber as an anode. The electrolyses were performed in a electrolytic flow cell constructed by Vycor glass tube. The carbon fiber was positioned in the inside of Vycor glass tube and platinum wire coiled around outside of tube as a cathode. Several operating variables, such as current, time, pH and flow rate of solution were studied. Increasing current density would lead to a corresponding increase in the dye removal efficiency 99.2 % at a 200 mA. The electrolyses time could also improve and removal efficiency was about 99 % after 1.5 hours of electrolyses. The removal efficiency was increased with the increase of flow rate of solution and optimum flow rate was 5 mL/min. THe pHs of solution affect the removal efficiency. The removal efficiency was decreased with the increase of pH of solution and optimum pH was 5.05 (0.1 M KNO3).

The purpose of this study is to synthesize transition metal doped mesoporous silica catalyst and to characterize its surface in an attempt to decomposition of N2O. Transition metal used to surface modification were Ru, Pd, Cu and Fe concentration was adjusted to 0.05 M. The prepared mesoporous silica catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, BET surface area, BJH pore size, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray fluorescence. The results of XRD for mesoporous silica catalysts showed typical the hexagonal pore system. BET results showed the mesoporous silica catalysts to have a surface area of 537 ∼973 m2/g and pore size of 2∼4 nm. The well-dispersed particle of mesoporous silica catalysts were observed by SEM, the presence and quantity of transition metal loading to mesoporous surface were detected by XRF. The N2O decomposition efficiency on mesoporous silica catalysts were as follow: Ru>Pd>Cu>Fe. The results suggest that transition metal doped mesoporous silica is effective catalyst for decomposition of N2O.

Ti-SBA-15 catalysts doped with samarium ion were synthesized using conventional hydrothermal method. The physical properties of Sm/Ti-SBA-15 catalysts have been characterized by XRD, FT-IR, DRS and PL. In addition, we have also examined the activity of these materials on the photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue. The Sm/ Ti-SBA-15 was shown to have the mesoporous structure regardless of Sm ion doping. With doping amount of 1% lanthanide ion, the pore size and pore volume of Sm(Er, Cs)/Ti-SBA-15 decreased and the surface area increased. For the purpose of vibration characteristics on the Ti-SBA-15 and Sm/Ti-SBA-15 photocatalysts, the IR absorption at 960 cm-1 commonly accepted the characteristic vibration of Ti-O-Si bond. 1% of Sm/Ti-SBA-15 had the highest photocatalytic activity on the decomposition of methylene blue but the catalysts doped with Er ions had lower activity in comparison with pure Ti-SBA-15 catalyst.