Radionuclides stored in a radioactive waste repository over a long period of time might be leached through the barriers such as engineered rock (cement) and natural rock (granite). Organic complexing agents such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and isosaccharinic acid (ISA) may also influence the mobility of radionuclides. In this study, a continuous fixed-column reactor packed with engineered and natural rocks was designed to investigate the effect of organic complexing agents on cesium mobility through cement and granite under anaerobic conditions. The influent flow rate of the mixed solution (organic complexing agent and cesium) at the column bottom was 0.1 mL/min, while that of groundwater was 0.2 mL/min, which was introduced between cement and granite layers in the middle of the column. The hydraulic properties such as diffusion coefficient and retardation factor were derived by a bromide tracer test. The effects of different operating parameters, such as initial cesium concentrations, initial EDTA or ISA concentrations, and bed size, on the cesium adsorption were investigated. The Thomas, Adams-Bohart, and Yoon-Nelson models were applied to the experimental data to predict the breakthrough curves using non-linear regression. These results suggest that organic complexing agents such as EDTA and ISA significantly influence the mobility of cesium in the barriers, indicating that the presence of complexing agents enhances the migration of cesium to the geosphere.

In this study, the adsorption/desorption performance of toluene was evaluated using zeolite adsorbent to replace activated carbon with one-off and ignition characteristics. For the proper operation of the VOCs adsorption/desorption and condensate recovery steps, the operating range by various adsorption/desorption temperatures was selected. The adsorbent is a bead-type zeolite, which was put into an adsorption tower of 10 LPM scale. As a result, it was demonstrated that 0.079 mg/g was adsorbed at a low temperature (20°C) during adsorption. In the case of desorption, it was found that VOCs adsorbed on the adsorbent were completely recovered after the desorption operation at 220°C for about 160 minutes. However, in the heating rate step for desorption, it was not possible to maintain an appropriate heating rate by filling the tower with zeolite. This was complemented by applying a copper plate with high thermal conductivity, and it was shown that the time was shortened by about 10 minutes or more. When VOCs are emitted at high concentrations during the desorption process, they can be reused as energy resources through low-temperature maintenance, and a condensation method was attempted. The efficiency of condensing chiller (cooler) with temperature control and liquid nitrogen condensing was compared. It was found that the chiller condensing efficiency increased as the temperature decreased. In the case of liquid nitrogen condensation, the liquid nitrogen temperature was maintained at -196°C, showing a stable efficiency of 90%.

The objective of this study is to identify the emission characteristics of VOCs from small-scale painting facilities, such emissions being pollutants that impact nearby living areas and to devise improvement measures to enhance management plans regarding pollutant emissions from painting facilities. VOCs emissions from painting facilities were estimated according to Clean Air Policy Support System (CAPSS) data based on the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)'s emission list in 2017. Three automotive painting facilities in Seoul were chosen for evaluation of the adsorption system. We analyzed the characteristics of VOCs generated by type of different operation and measured the removal efficiency of the adsorption system. Therefore, we analyzed current emissions of VOCs from automotive painting facilities based on field measurements. According to such detailed analysis, a systematic management plan was proposed.

HFCs, PFCs 및 SF6 등으로 대표되는 불화가스는 반감기가 길고 지구온난화지수(GWP)가 높아서 그 발생량에 비해 지구온난화에 미치는 영향이 상대적으로 높다. 특히 반도체/LCD 제조공정에서 발생하는 폐 PFCs는 저농도로 분리농축공정의 경우 공정 특성 상 정압제어가 가능한 기술이어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 이를 고려한 분리·농축 시스템으로 분리막시스템과 혼성시스템(분리막+흡착)을 설계, 제작하여 비교연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 불화가스 농축도는 분리막시스템이 혼성시스템에 비해 높았으나, 회수율은 낮았으며 혼성시스템의 경우 대체적으로 농축도는 낮은 반면, 회수율은 높은 결과를 보였다.

Recently, functional building materials which are made of sorption materials have been widely used as board products, inorganic paints and wall papers. These remove chemical substances(VOCs, HCHO) from indoor air by physical sorption or chemical reaction and control humidity by capillary condensation. Also these materials have been used as countermeasures to sick building syndrome (SBS). However, in case of using internal building materials, the hazardous substances affecting to indoor air quality are emitted from not only the material itself but also the subsidiary materials such as adhesives for construction. Particularly in case of wallpaper and flooring material, the amount of emission from adhesives for construction is larger than that from the material itself. Therefore, this research tried to develop a technology system that can improve the performance of adsorption, absorption and desorption of moisture including the construction process that can affect to indoor air quality. To attend this end, ‘porous securement manufacturing technology system’ and ‘porous keeping construction technology system’ are developed that can secure more micropores in the process of production and construction of inorganic paint and maintain them. Consequently the reduction performance of chemical substances(VOCs, HCHO) concentrations and the humidity control performance improved almost over 30% by the technology system of the Inorganic paint.

우리나라 농촌현실에 적합하면서 고품질의 친환경 농산물 생산을 위한 청정용수공급이 가능한 FDA 시스템을 개발하였다. 기존의 필터제품의 문제점을 개선하고 보다 경제적이고 기능적인 면을 고려하여 시설재배단지에 청정용수공급을 목표로 시설용수공급시스템을 개발하였다. 시설용수 공급시스템 모듈통합기법으로 개발된 FDA시스템은 여과와 흡착 그리고 자외선 모듈을 거치는 과정으로 구성되어 있다. 본 제품의 시작품 생산은 3단계의 평가과정을 거쳐 진행 되었다. 이 과정을 통해 시설용수공급시스템의 구성품별 사양을 제시하고 적정처리용량 및 모듈통합기법을 개발하였으며, 현장 설치지역(시설재배농가)의 재배현황 및 수질을 조사하여 적합한 시설용수 공급시스템 요소기술(살균, 여과)을 설계하였고, 실제 현장에 적용할 수 있는 시작품을 제작하여 현장 설치를 위한 실내 성능시험을 수행하였다. 또한 시작품 현장 설치 후 시설용수 공급시스템 유입 전․후 수질분석을 실시하였으며 모니터링을 통해 시설재배용수 온도조절장치와 폭기 장치에 대한 개선방안을 제시하여 시작품의 보완제작을 실시하였다. 시작품의 현장적용성 평가에서는 시작품의 수질정화능력평가 및 사용자 입장에서의 개선점 파악을 실시하였는데 그 결과 시스템의 수질정화능력은 목표치 이상이었으나, 수온유지, 저수조 용량문제, 누수현상, 역류현상, 적정수압유지 등의 개선점이 파악되었다.

전도성 활성탄소와 폴리비닐리덴플로라이드(PVDF)를 이용하여 제조된 탄소막을 이용하여 폐수의 Total dissolved Solid (TDS)를 제거할 수 있는 탄소막 시스템을 제조하였다. 100 ppm의 NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2, MgSO4수용액을 이용하여 탄소막의 기본 특성을 알아보았으며, (주)경인양행의 실제폐수인 염료폐수로부터 TDS를 제거하는 실험을 위하여 가로 × 세로가 각각 20cm인 탄소막 240장으로 구성된 Pilot 규모의 탄소막 시스템을 구성하였다. 원폐수를 초순수로 적절히 희석하여 제조된 6가지의 TDS (941, 2050, 2810, 3830, 4960, 6030 ppm)를 지닌 실제폐수를 이용하여 제조된 Pilot규모의 탄소막 시스템의 TDS 제거성능을 알아보았으며, 여러 운전조건에 따른 탄소막 시스템의 분리특성을 알아보았다.

페놀성 화합물들은 단백질이나 금속 이온들과 결합하는 성질을 지녀 식품분야에서는 영양 저해물질 혹은 갈변의 원인물질로 알려져 있으며 또 이들물질이 상수원에 유입시 염소와 결합하여 악취나 발암물질을 형성하는 등 환경적으로 유해한 물질로 알려져 있다. 그러나 최근에는 이들 물질들의 항미생물 효과, 항암효과 등이 밝혀짐에 따라 유용한 물질로 이용될 가능성이 매우 높아졌다. 이들 물질들의 제거 또는 회수는 곧 유해물질의 제거 혹은 유용성분의 분리의 의미가 된다. 따라서 본 실험에서는 연속식 고정층 흡착을 다성분계 페놀산 용액에서 행하여 실제 흡착공정에 적용시 필수적인 자료인 파과곡선 및 파과점을 nonlinoar curve fitting방법을 이용하여 산정하였다. 흡착질의 종류가 증가할수록 파과곡선의 적합성은 점점 낮아졌으며 흡착속도에 있어서는 gallic acid가 가장 빨리 파과점을 지나고 ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid의 순으로 나타났다. 이들 결과로부터 다성분계에서의 연속식 고정층 흡착은 흡착제와 흡착질간의 ionic strength와 흡착질간의 분자량의 차이가 흡착량과 파과속도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 생각된다.

This work is to study the variations of adsorption characteristics of binary vapor according to packing system of double-layer bed by fixed bed experiment. Breakthrough curves of single and binary vapor composed of acetone and benzene on single-layer and double-layer adsorption bed composed of activated carbon (AC) and silica-aluminar (SA) were compared. Adsorptions of binary vapor on double-layer bed were influenced by the differences of surface area between adsorbents as well as the polarity difference between adsorbent and adsorbate. The roll-up phenomenon of acetone vapor was happened by replacement with competing adsorption between acetone vapor and benzene vapor on AC bed, but it was not happened on SA bed because acetone vapor and benzene vapor had less difference in affinity with SA bed. The breakthrough times of acetone vapor and benzene vapor on AC/SA double-layer bed were three times and 1.4 times larger respectively than on SA/AC double-layer bed, the differences of breakthrough times were relatively larger than the equilibrium adsorption capacities according to packing system of double-layer bed.