Moisture content is an important factor in landfill gas production and effective landfill stabilization management at bioreactor landfills. Moisture content was experimentally estimated by applying the rainfall hydrograph theory through cover materials, such as the general and bio-solid soil, in the Sudokwon landfill site. The rainfall hydrograph theory was used to analyze the water balance, in which moisture can be strongly affected by infiltration in the water balance. Cover material characteristics, such as bulk density, porosity, specific gravity, and hydraulic conductivity, were used to estimate the water balance of the landfill site. From the results of the water balance, runoff was increased, but evaporation and infiltration were decreased with increasing rainfall rate for both general and bio-solid soil. As the bulk density increased in both general and bio-solid soil, runoff was increased, but infiltration was decreased, because hydraulic conductivity in the cover material was decreased with increasing bulk density. Finally, the moisture content of landfill waste increased linearly, with increasing infiltration through the cover materials, even though the increment in moisture content was decreased along the depth of landfill.

수도권매립지의 경우 하수슬러지 등 유기성 폐기물의 직매립금지로 인하여 매립되는 폐기물의 건조화가 심각한 상태이다. 현재 매립지 내부 함수율은 미생물에 의해 분해활동이 원활히 이루어지는 45%에 크게 못미치는 30% 수준으로 나타났다. 이같은 현상은 비단 수도권매립지에 국한된 문제가 아닌 전국 매립지에 해당되는 현상일 것이다. 또한, 매립종료 후 최종복토 후에는 우수의 유입도 차단됨에 따라 매립지 내부 건조화 문제는 더욱 더 심화되는 것은 자명한 사실이다. 이와같이 건조화가 심화되면 폐기물분해 지연에 따라 매립지 사후관리 기간은 더욱 길어지게 되며 그만큼 각 매립지 관리주체들의 비용부담은 증가하게 될 것이다. 정부는 이러한 문제점의 해결을 위해 금년 4월 폐기물관리법 시행규칙을 개정하여 매립지 내부로 침출수를 재순환할 수 있는 침출수매립시설환원정화설비 관련 규정을 시행하였으며, 침출수를 매립지로 재순환하여 매립지 건조화 문제를 최소화할 수 있는 방안을 마련하였다. 비록 침출수외에 폐수 같은 다른 수분 공급원의 재순환까지 허용하는 적극적인 수단은 아니지만, 침출수를 재순환함에 따라 매립지 건조화가 심화되는 것은 방지할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구에서는 침출수 재순환에 따른 매립지 내부 수분 분포파악을 위하여 전기비저항 탐사를 수행하여 매립지 내부의 수분분포 특성 파악을 위한 적정 탐사기법을 개발하고자 하였다. 일반적으로 전기비저항 탐사는 지하 매설물이나 지질현황 파악을 위하여 쓰이며, 저수지 등의 제방 안정성 파악에도 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 매립지의 경우 다양한 폐기물들이 매립되어 있어 토질이나 저수지 제방과 같이 매질이 균질한 상태가 아닌, 매우 불균질한 상태이며, 계절에 따른 온도변화, 중간 복토층에 따른 비저항 탐사 값의 간섭현상 등 다양한 변수가 존재하여 결과값의 해석에 많은 어려움이 있다.

This study aimed to evaluate changes in the TN and TP removal efficiencies, depending on whether or not a settling process is applied, in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) process with a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Nutrient removal was considered in terms of developing an advanced water treatment system for ships in accordance with water quality standards set forth by 227(64). For these purposes, the TN and TP concentrations in the inflow and outflow water were measured to calculate the TN and TP removal efficiencies, depending on whether or not a settling process was used. Water discharged from a bathroom, which was constructed for the experiment, was used as the raw water. The experiment that included a settling process was conducted twice, and the operating conditions were: aeration for 90 min, settling for 30 min, agitation for 15 min, and settling for 15 min for one experiment; and aeration for 150 min, settling for 45 min, agitation for 15 min, and settling for 15 min in the other. Operating conditions for the experiment that did not include a settling process were: aeration for 180 min and agitation for 60 min. The concentration of the mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) in the reactor was 3,500 mg/L, while the aeration rate was 121 L/min and the water production rate was 1.5 L/min. For the two experiments where a settling process was applied, the average TN removal efficiencies were 44.39% and 41.05%, and the average TP removal efficiencies were 47.85% and 46.04%. For the experiment in which a settling process was not applied, the average TN removal efficiency was 65.51%, and the average TP removal efficiency was 52.51%. Although the final nutrient levels did not satisfy the water quality standards of MEPC 227(64), the TN and TP removal efficiencies were higher when a settling process was not applied.

In this paper, we describe the development of a bioreactor for a cell-culture experiment on the International Space Station (ISS). The bioreactor is an experimental device for culturing mouse muscle cells in a microgravity environment. The purpose of the experiment was to assess the impact of microgravity on the muscles to address the possibility of longterm human residence in space. After investigation of previously developed bioreactors, and analysis of the requirements for microgravity cell culture experiments, a bioreactor design is herein proposed that is able to automatically culture 32 samples simultaneously. This reactor design is capable of automatic control of temperature, humidity, and culture-medium injection rate; and satisfies the interface requirements of the ISS. Since bioreactors are vulnerable to cell contamination, the medium-circulation modules were designed to be a completely replaceable, in order to reuse the bioreactor after each experiment. The bioreactor control system is designed to circulate culture media to 32 culture chambers at a maximum speed of 1 ml/min, to maintain the temperature of the reactor at 36±1°C, and to keep the relative humidity of the reactor above 70%. Because bubbles in the culture media negatively affect cell culture, a de-bubbler unit was provided to eliminate such bubbles. A working model of the reactor was built according to the new design, to verify its performance, and was used to perform a cell culture experiment that confirmed the feasibility of this device.

Panax ginseng is a well-known herbal plant originated from North-east asia for its various tonic effects. However, production of ginseng roots takes long time in field condition, usually five through six years until harvest. Additionally, ginseng is very susceptible to many kinds of biotic and abiotic stresses, for example, Rhizoctonia solani, which causes damping-off, or high temperature. To overcome these limits, induction of adventitious roots has been studied for more than 10 years and also adventitious roots are widely used materials for genetic research of P.ginseng. In this study, we induced adventitious roots from registered Korean ginseng cultivars and cultured them in bioreactor condition. Induction rate of adventitious roots from nine Korean ginseng cultivars was evaluated and growth pattern of four cultivars in bioreactor scale was also studied. Furthermore, genes that are related to biosynthesis of saponins in ginseng, ginsenoside, were discovered in ginseng whole-genome shotgun sequences for genetic research.

The purpose of this study is to find the operational characteristics of nitrifier-dominated membrane bioreactor (MBR), which has been extensively studied for organic removal, especially in terms of nitrite (NO2-N) build-up and membrane fouling. Membrane fouling is one of the important factor which determines the economics of MBR system. The characteristics of membrane fouling was monitored in terms of the fouling indices such as sludge volume index (SVI), the concentration of total organic carbon (TOC) and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in a membrane permeate or sludge extract, the absorbance of supernatant at 260 nm. Most of index values except for protein concentration in EPS had a close relation with the increase of suction pressure and SVI value. Nitrifying MBR was superior to the conventional organic-oxidizing MBR in terms of membrane fouling since the fouling index value of nitrifying MBR was lower than that of BOD-oxidizing MBR.

A membrane bioreactor (MBR) was designed using polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF)-type hollow fiber membrane modules with a treatment capacity of 10 ton/day. A pilot plant was installed in a sewage treatment plant and was operated with an intermittent aeration method which avoids any concentration gradient of suspended solids (SS) in the MBR. For continuous operation, the pilot plant was first tested with influent (mixed liquor suspended solid:MLSS of 1000-2000 mg/L) of aeration tanks in the sewage treatment plant. The MBR was pre-treated with washing water, 10% ethanol solution, 5% NaOCl solution and finally washing water, one after another. To demonstrate the effect of the MBR on sewage treatment, compared with conventional activated sludge processes, we investigated the relationships among permeate amount (LMH), change in operation conditions, influent MLSS level and sludge production. It was found that the optimum aeration rate and suction pressure were 0.3 m 3 /min and 30~31 cmHg, respectively. Under stable conditions in aeration, suction pressure, influent flow rate and drainage, the SS removal efficiency was more than 99.99% even when the MLSS loading rate changes. Compared with conventional activated sludge processes, the MBR was more effective in cost reduction by 27% based on permeate amount and by 51.5% on sludge production.