Atmospheric concentrations of CO2, a major cause of global warming, have been rising due to industrial development. Carbon capture and utilization, which has been introduced to cover such disadvantages, makes it possible to capture CO2, recycling byproducts as resources. However, CCU also requires large amounts of energy in order to induce reactions. Among existing CCU technologies, the process for converting CO2 into CaCO3 requires high temperature and high pressure as reaction conditions. This study proposes a method to fixate CaCO3 stably by using relatively less energy than existing methods. Following the experiment, the resulting product CaCO3 was analyzed with FT-IR; FE-SEM image and XRD patterns were also analyzed. The results showed that the CaCO3 crystal product was high-purity calcite.

본 연구는 차나무(Camellia sinensis L.)와 동백나무(C.japonica L.), 제주지역의 주요 과수작물인 귤나무(Citrus unshiu M.) 잎을 대상으로 엽록소형광과 CO2 흡수능을 비교 분석하여 탄소흡수원으로서의 가치를 평가하고자하였다. 차나무의 CO2 고정율은 같은 과의 동백나무보다 높고 과수작물인 귤나무와 유사하였다. 기공전도도 (gs)는 3종 모두 새벽에는 높고 이후 저녁 시간까지 계속하여 감소하였다. 엽육 내 CO2 농도 (Ci)는 3종 모두 새벽(06:00)에 높고 낮에 감소하였다가 저녁에 다시 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 잎의 증산율 (E)은 낮 시간에 높아졌다가 저녁에 감소하였다. 차나무에서 광계II의 광화학적 효율(Fv/Fm)은 낮시간에 다소 낮아졌다가 저녁에 다시 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 이러한 낮시간의 Fv/Fm 감소는 광억제의 결과로 보이며 그 감소폭이 동백나무보다 적어 빛이나 고온 등에 내성을 가지고 있음을 알 수 있다. 엽면적당 활성상태의 반응중심의 상대적 밀도를 의미하는 RC/CS는 3종 모두 낮시간에 감소하였다. ABS/RC, TRo/RC, ETo/RC와 DIo/RC는 차나무와 동백나무에서 낮시간에 증가하였으며, 귤나무에서도 낮시간에 증가하였으나 유의성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 일동화율은 차나무가 320.1 mmol m-2 d-1로 가장 높았으며, 귤나무와 동백나무는 각각 292.5 mmol m-2 d-1와 244.8 mmol m-2 d-1로 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 토대로 차나무는 광합성율이 높고 낮 시간의 광억제도 낮을 뿐만 아니라, 귤나무보다 수분요구량이 낮고 수분이용효율은 높아 탄소흡수원으로서 유용한 작물수종인 것으로 보인다.

This experiment was carried out to figure out the CO2 biomass and the growth response of Chinese cabbage and radish grown under the condition of high temperature and high CO2 concentration to provide the information for the coming climatic change. Chinese cabbage and radish were cultivated in spring and autumn seasons under 4 treatments, 'ambient temp.+ambient CO2 conc.', 'ambient temp.+elevated CO2 conc.', 'elevated temp.+ ambient CO2 conc.', and 'elevated temp. +elevated CO2 conc.'. The 'elevated temp,' plot was maintained at 5 higher than 'ambient temp. (outside temperature)'and the 'elevated CO2 cone.' plot was done in 650 ppm CO2. The growth of spring-sown Chinese cabbage was worse than autumn-sown one, and was affected more by high temperature than high CO2. concentration. The CO2 biomass of Chinese cabbage was lower as 25.1-39.1 g/plant in spring-sown one than 54.8-63.4 g/plant of autumn-sown one. Daily CO22 fixation ability was not significantly different between spring- and autumn-sown Chinese cabbage as 1.9-2.9, 2.7-3.1 kg/10a/day, respectively. The CO2 biomass of radish were 87.4-104.6 /plant in spring-sown one and 51.3~76.4 g/plant in autumn-sown one. Daily CO2 fixation ability of radish were 6.2-10.1 kg/10a/day in spring-sown one and 4.6-6.9 kg/10a/day in autumn-sown one.

Seasonal changes in the CO2 fixation rate and water-use efficiency in the leaves of six evergreen and two deciduous broad-leaved tree species on Jeju Island, Korea, were measured using a portable photosynthesis analyzer, to identify which species are most efficient in taking up CO2 from the air. The CO2 fixation rate was high in the deciduous species in spring and summer and decreased in fall, whereas it was high in the evergreen species in summer and fall and decreased in winter. The rate remained high in the deciduous tree Prunus yedoensis from spring to fall (> 7.1 μmol CO2/m2/s) and in two evergreen trees, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii and Cinnamomum camphora, in summer and fall (7.0 9.9 μmol CO2/m2/s). Therefore, these tree species fix atmospheric CO2 effectively. The water-use efficiency was higher in evergreen species than in deciduous species regardless of the season. Exceptionally, it was high in the deciduous species Zelkova serrata in spring and summer (> 100 μmol CO2/mol H2O), suggesting that Z. serrata is a useful tree for dry conditions due to its tolerance of water stress. The regressions of the CO2 fixation rate versus the evaporation rate and stomatal conductance were linear and non-linear, respectively. This suggests that the stomatal activity of leaves plays an important part in CO2 fixation of plants. In conclusion, C. cuspidata var. sieboldii, C. camphora, and P. yedoensis should be planted along roads or in urban spaces for the greening of cities and mitigation of CO2 concentrations in the air.

According to a report ‘2012 Present Condition of National Household Refuse Resource Recovery Facility’, about 582,178 tons/year of household refuse were processed in the incineration plant, and 465,087 tons/year of bottom ash and 117,091 tons/year of fly ash were produced respectively. As incineration ash contains many kind of heavy metals such as soluble salt, copper and lead, it may lead to the leaching potential of heavy metals according to the environmental change, so it requires special care in landfill and recycling. In this study CO2 was injected into the bottom ash, so that environmental stability such as leaching of heavy metals was reduced and increased the possibility of CO2 fixation ability of the bottom ash was analyzed. Bottom ash of the household refuse incineration plant of I City was used as the sample of the fixation ability particle size was divided into 3 sections to analyze its components before and after carbonation using XRF. Stability of the sample was identified by the leaching test through KSLT and TCLP, and CO2 fixation ability by the DT-TGA analysis. Test results of the fixation ability shows that stabilization of the bottom ash produced in the household refuse incineration plant by carbonation is evaluated as there is little environmental problem caused by heavy metals when it is utilized into the recycled aggregate, and economic profits can be expected due to securing new agents of the supply and demand for the recycled aggregates, the greenhouse gas emission reduction by CO2 fixation.

The rate of photosynthesis (A) of leaves from 10 plant species (6 evergreen and 4 deciduous) of the family Fagaceae was measured using a portable photosynthesis analyzer, to examine which species take up CO2 most efficiently. Of the evergreen species, the photosynthetic rate of Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii was highest, and remained above 82.1～106.4 μmol kg-1s-1 from July to November. Of the deciduous species, the photosynthetic rate of Quercus acutissima was higher than that of the other three species, and remained high at 83.5～116.6 μmol kg-1s-1 from September to November. The photosynthetic rate of the 10 species was positively correlated with stomatal conductance (gs) and transpiration rate (E). However, there was no correlation between photosynthetic rate and intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), although there was a positive correlation just in three species (Q. gilva, Q. acutissima and Q. glauca). These results suggest that the CO2 fixation capacity of C. cuspidata var. sieboldii, an evergreen species, and Q. acutissima, a deciduous species, is significantly higher than that of the other species examined, and that photosynthesis is regulated by both stomatal conductance and transpiration. Therefore, C. cuspidata var. sieboldii and Q. acutissima may be valuable for the evaluation of carbon uptake in urban green spaces as well as in afforested areas.