Most of the C-14 produced is in the organic form, generated as methane (14CH4), methanol (14CH3OH), formaldehyde (14CH2O), and formic acid (14CO2H2). When analyzing C-14, it is transformed into the form of 14CO2, and its concentration is determined using LSC. Typical examples include the wet oxidation method, the combustion or Pyrolysis. The wet oxidation method uses strong acids and involves repeated operations, which generates large amounts of acid waste and secondary radioactive waste. The combustion method uses high temperatures, which requires an oxygen device. Pyrolysis also requires high temperature in a vacuum and catalysts. Catalysts are expensive because they are platinum-based. To compensate for these shortcomings, a C-14 analysis method using UV irradiation was developed. In this study, 100 mL of distilled water mixed with formic acid (CO2H2), potassium persulfate (K2S2O8), and silver nitrate (AgNO3) was irradiated with a 320-390 nm UV lamp to conduct a CO2 production reaction experiment. The UV range was measured using a photometer (UV Power puck II). The beaker was made of quartz in 150 mL size with three inlets : a temperature measurement, a sample inlet, and a collection tube connector. We changed the UV lamp used from a 450 W halogen lamp to a 100 W LED, which has a lower temperature and is safer. As a result of the experiment, CO2 bubbles were generated in the collection tube, due to the UV irradiation react, which uses oxidizer and catalysts. The maximum temperature of the solution irradiated with the LED UV lamp was less than 56°C. It confirmed the rate of bubble generation changed depending on the lamp distance, the amount of sample, oxidizer, and catalyst. In an experiment to confirm the reaction caused by heat, it was found that although a reaction occurred due to heat, the reaction was significantly lower than when using a UV lamp. The reproducibility experiment was conducted three times in total under the same conditions. It showed the same pattern. In the future, we plan to select mock samples, collect 14CO2 in Carbo- Sorb, and analyze them using LSC. The results of this research will be used as a technology to recover C-14 more safely and efficiently and will also be used to expand its application to the treatment of other wastes such as waste liquid and waste resin through simulated samples.

Some plant pathogenic bacteria species are environmentally high-risk organisms that have a negative impact on agricultural production. Experiments with these pathogens in a biosafety laboratory require safety protocols to prevent contamination from these pathogens. In this work, we investigated the efficacy of using UV-C irradiation for the purpose of sterilizing an important plant pathogenic bacterium, Erwinia pyrifoliae, in a laboratory setting. For the test, the pathogen (1.71 × 108 CFU/ml) was inoculated on the surface of Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and the inoculated media were placed on a work surface in a biosafety cabinet (Class 2 Type A1) as well as on three different surfaces located within the laboratory: a laboratory bench, a laboratory bench shelf, and the floor. All the surfaces where the media were placed were in range of the UV-C beam projected by the UV lamp installed in the ceiling of the BSL 2 Class biosafety laboratory. Measurements of the reduction rate of bacteria under UV-C irradiation were conducted at different time intervals: after 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, and 3 hours, respectively. The reduction rate of bacteria ranged from 90% to 99% after 10min irradiation, from 97.8% to 100% after 30 minutes of irradiation, from 99.1% to 100% after 1 hour of irradiation, and from 99.99% to 100% after 2 hours of irradiation. After 3 hours of irradiation, the pathogen was completely killed in all the test conditions. In the cases of the laboratory bench and the shelf of the laboratory bench, the effectiveness of UV-C irradiation differed slightly between the site where the bacteria located vertically under the lamp and the site where the bacteria were located 1 meter away horizontally from the site under of the lamp.

High-risk microbial pathogens are handled in a biosafety laboratory. After experiments, the pathogens may remain as contaminants. To safely manage a biosafety laboratory, disinfection of microbial contaminants is necessary. This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of UV-C irradiation for the disinfection of a high-risk plant pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora in a laboratory setting. For the test, the bacterium (8.7 × 106 CFU/ml) was embedded on the surface of PDA and placed on the work surface in a biosafety cabinet (Class 2 Type A1), and on the three different surfaces of the laboratory bench, laboratory bench shelf, and the floor which were positioned in a straight line from the UV lamp installed in the ceiling of the biosafety laboratory (BSL 2 class). UV-C irradiation was administered for 10min, 30min, 1 hr, 2hr, 3 hr, and 4hr, respectively. The reduction rate of bacteria ranged from 95% to 99% in regard to 10 min irradiation, from 97% to 99% in regard to 30 min irradiation, from 99.8% to 99.9% in regard to 1 hr irradiation, and higher than 99.99% in regard to 2 hr irradiation. The bacterium was completely inactivated after 3 hr irradiation. A similar UV-C irradiation effect was obtained when the bacterium was placed at a distance of 1 m from the three different surface points. Bacterial reduction by UV-C irradiation was not significantly different among the three different surface points.

Carbon fibers (CFs) are considered promising composite materials for various applications. However, the high cost of CFs (as much as $26 per kg) limits their practical use in the automobile and energy industries. In this study, we developed a continuous stabilization process for manufacturing low-cost CFs. We employed a textile-grade polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber as a low-cost precursor and UV irradiation technique to shorten the thermal stabilization time. We confirmed that UV irradiation on the textile-grade PAN fibers could lower the initial thermal stabilization temperature and also lead to a higher reaction. These resulted in a shorter overall stabilization time and enhancement of the tensile properties of textilegrade PAN-based CFs. Our study found that only 70 min of stabilization time with UV irradiation was required to prepare textile-grade PAN-based low-cost CFs with a tensile strength of 2.37 ± 0.22GPa and tensile modulus of 249 ± 5 GPa.

The origin of Fe oxide deposition on zirconium oxide with UV irradiation has been investigated in this study. After 7 day corrosion in the flowing autoclave, Fe based oxide is formed on the zirconium oxidewith UV irradiation at 260°C, 6 MPa DI water. Zircaloy-4 coupon is irradiated with a 200 mW·cm−2 UV, and the dissolved oxygen level is maintained below 100 ppb, and dissolved hydrogen concentration is maintained as 2.5 ppm. Zircaloy-4 coupon supplied from Westinghouse is used for this study. MULTEQ version 4.0 developed by EPRI is adopted to simulate how ions dissolved in water can generate deposits on the zirconium oxide with UV irradiation. ICP-OES data after 30 d corrosion in the flowing loop experiment is used for input file for MULTEQ simulation. The system temperature is set as 260°C, and 2,592 L of water is considered the total amount water into the autoclave (0.06 mL·min−1, 30 d). Total numbers of simulation run is set as 8, and the system pH at 260°C is 6.06. Oxidation potential after run #8 is −0.44 V. From MULTEQ simulation, most Fe is existed as Fe(OH)3 and Fe(OH)2, and Fe ions can also exist, but no Fe metal observed. 5.09 × 10−6 ppm (9.73 ppb) of Fe2+, 2.81 × 10−6 ppm FeOH+, and 3.77 × 10−9 ppm Fe(OH)3are in the system. It can be concluded Fe is existed as ion or hydroxide form in the solution. Two precipitates are found from MULTEQ simulation, First, NiO(s) = 5.21 × 10−5 g (52.1 μg), NiFe2O4 = 8.06 × 10−5 g (80.6 μg), and still they are negligible amount. The total concentration of Fe in the electrolyte is the summation of each Fe species concentration and it is equal to 2.69×10−4 ppm. This value is equivalent to 0.269 μg·kg−1 in the solution. The total water volume of the 30 d experiment is 2,592 L (considering water flow from high-pressure pump), so the amount of Fe from ICP-OES data and MULTEQ results in 2,592 L electrolyte is 697.2 μg. This value is order of magnitudes higher than the mass of Fe from the deposits, which was already an upper estimate based on the assumptions. This clearly shows that Fe ions dissolved in the electrolyte can be the source of Fe3O4 on Zr oxide during corrosion with UV irradiation.

This study was conducted to determine the changes in ginsenosides content according to additional UV-A, and UV-B LED irradiation before harvesting the ginseng sprouts. One-year-old ginseng seedlings (n=100) were transplanted in a tray containing a ginseng medium. The ginseng sprouts were grown for 37 days at a temperature of 20°C (24h), a humidity of 70%, and an average light intensity of 80 μmol·m-2·s-1 (photoperiod; 24h) in a container-type plant factory. Ginseng sprouts were then transferred to a custom chamber equipped with UV-A (370 nm; 12.90 W·m-2) and UV-B (300 nm; 0.31 W·m-2) LEDs and treated for 3 days. Growth parameters and ginsenoside contents in shoot and root were conducted by harvesting on days 0 (control), 1, 2, and 3 of UV treatments, respectively. The growth parameters showed non-significant differences between the control and the UV treatments (wavelengths or the number of days). Ginsenoside contents of the shoot was highly improved by 186% in UV-A treatment compared to the control in 3 days of the treatment time. The ginsenoside contents of the roots was more improved in UV-A 1-day treatment and UV-B 3-day treatment, compared to the control by 171% and 160%, respectively. As a result of this experiment, it is thought that UV LED irradiation before harvesting can produce sprout ginseng with high ginsenoside contents in a plant factory.

흑타리 UV-B조사시간에 따른 저장특성과 에르고스테 롤함량의 변화를 조사하였다. 중량감모율은 조사시간이 길어질수록 중량의 감소율이 증가하는 경향을 보였다. CO2/O2 조성의 경우 UV-B 조사시간이 길어질수록 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. ΔE는 Lightness와 Redness에서 30분처리와 무처리에서 큰 차이를 보이지 않았지만, Yellowness에서 무처리가 15분처리보다 2.7, 30분처리보다 1.6 높은 값이 나온 것을 확인할 수 있다. 경도에서도 마찬가지로 UV-B 조사시간이 길어지면 빠르게 물러지는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 에르고스테롤의 함량변화의 경우 30분처리가 무처리보다 약 2배 정도 높은 값이 나온 것을 볼 수 있었다. 전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과 UV-B조사시 간이 길어지면 길어질수록 세포벽이 부서지는 경향을 나타냈으며, 30분처리에 비해서 15분처리의 세포벽이 좀 더 양호한 것을 볼 수 있었다. 전체적인 결과로 보았을 때 UV-B 조사시간이 길어지면 저장특성이 나빠지며, 세포벽이 파괴되지만, 에르고스테롤의 함량이 증가하는 것으로 보인다. 하지만, 30분처리의 저장특성에 비해 15분처리의 저장특성이 높았으며, 에르고스테롤의 함량 차이가 크게 나지 않는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서, UV-B 30분처리를 하게 되면 에르고스테롤의 함량은 증가하지만, 중량의 감소율이 증가하며, 색차값이 달라지며, 세포벽이 많이 부서지는 경향을 나타내었다. 추후 UV-B의 적정조사시간에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

원목표고는 수확시기, 재배지역 같은 요인들에 의하여 품질과 가격의 차이가 다양하다. 가을에 생산되는 표고는 수량은 많지만 화고로 불리는 고품질의 표고 생산량이 적고, 등급이 낮은 표고 생산량이 많아, 주로 표고가루로만 가공되고 있다. 이에 따라 가을에 생산되는 등급이 낮은 표고 가공품 개발이 요구되어진다. 원목표고당화물의 β-glucan, vitamin D2 함량은 UV 조사시간을 7분 적용한 원목표고당화물에서 가장 높게 나타났다. Ergosterol 함량은 UV 조사 7분 시험구에서 가장 낮은 함량을 보였다. 원목표고당화물의 환원당 함량은 62.4 mg/L~68.2 mg/L로 확인되었다. 원목표고당화물의 유리아미노산 함량을 분석한 결과, 총 16종의 유리아미노산이 검출되었으며, 대조구로 사용한 원목표고 열수추출 물에 비하여 원목표고 당화물들의 유리아미노산 함량이 높음을 확인하였다. UV 조사시간에 따른 유리아미노산 및 필수아미노산 함량은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 원목 표고당화물의 세포독성을 확인한 결과 500 μg/mL 농도에서도 90%이상의 높은 세포 생존율을 보여, 대조구로 사용한 원목표고 hot water 추출액과 원목표고당화물 모두 세포독성은 없는 것으로 확인하였다. 원목표고당화물의 항염증 효과는 농도 의존적으로 높은 활성을 나타냈으며, UV 조사 7분 시험구에서 100 μg/mL이상의 농도에서는 90% 이하의 낮은 NO 생성능을 확인하였다. UV를 7분 조사한 원목표고당화물이 ergosterol을 제외한 유용성분 함량과 항염증 활성이 가장 높게 나타나, 원목표고당화액 제조 최적 UV 조사 시간은 7분으로 결정하였다. 본 연구결과 UV를 7분 조사한 원목표고당화물들은 안전성과 버섯의 유용성분 함량이 높아, 향후 천연감미 료 및 건강식품 소재로 다양한 활용이 기대된다.

본 연구는 UV 조사가 대두 발아 시 이소플라보노이드 함량 변화에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 실시하였다. 대두 품종인 ‘풍원콩’을 사용하여 UV-A(315~400nm), UV-B(280~315nm)에 각각 2, 3, 5, 7일동안 광 감응을 하였다. 1일 16시간 광 감응 시켰으며, 증류수를 사용하여 수경재배 하였다. 종자가 발아하여 생육을 하는 동안 자엽, 하배축, 뿌리에서의 물질 변화를 알아보기 위하여 부위별로 나누어 분석하였다. 종자의 발아 후 생장은 암 조건과 UV-A에서 잘 자라며 생육 상태는 UV-A에서 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 폴리 페놀의 경우 자엽, 하배축에서는 UV-A에서 7일차에 함량이 급격히 증가하였으며, 뿌리에서는 UV-B 처리 7일차에 함량이 급격히 증가하였다. 총 플라보노이드 분석은 자엽에서 UV-A와 UV-B를 처리한 생육기간 동안 꾸준한 증가를 보였고 하배축에서는 암 조건과 형광등에서 꾸준히 증가하였다. 뿌리에서는 암 조건 처리구에서 7일차에 급격한 증가를 보였다. 콩의 이소플라보노이드 12종은 부위별로 다른 함량을 나타내었다. 자엽의 경우 7종(Daidzin, Genistin, Malonyl glycitin, Acetyl glycitin, Malonyl genistin, Daidzein, Genistein)의 이소플라보노이드가 함유되어 있었고 하배축과 뿌리에서는 9종(Daidzin, Glycitin, Genistin, Malonyl daidzin, Malonyl glycitin, Malonyl genistin, Glycitein, Acetyl genistin, Genistein)의 이소플라보노이드가 함유 되어 되었다. 자엽에서의 이소플라보노이드 함량은 UV-A를 처리한 곳에서 생육이 진행될 때 감소하는 것이 나타났다. 하배축에서는 이소플라보노이드가 암 상태를 제외한 처리구에서 생육기간동안 감소하다가 다시 증가는 경향을 보였다. 뿌리에서는 이소플라보노이드 함량은 암 조건과 형광등에서는 점차 감소하는 경향을 보이나 UV-A와 UV-B 처리구에서는 감소하다 7일차에 다시 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 전반적으로 콩의 초기 생장 촉진과 높은 이소플라보노이드의 집적은 UV-A 조사에서 가장 효율적 임을 알 수 있었다.

The objective of this study was to investigate the non-thermal sterilization effect of methods such as high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) and UV-irradiation (specifically with regard to the storage stability and shelf-life of carrot juice. The microbial counts of the non-sterilized product increased from 5.51 to 7.34 log CFU/mL up to the fifth day, and then decreased to 5.46 log CFU/mL at six days. UV-irradiation was increased from 2.37 to 4.92 log CFU/mL. HHP was maintained under the 3 log CFU/mL. The pH of UV-irradiation and HHP was maintained withing the range of 6.29~6.30 and 6.20~6.22 during storage. However, the pH arising from non-sterilization decreased from 6.31 to 4.49. The color of non-sterilization changed significantly during storage, but UV-irradiation and HHP were similar during storage. The β- carotene content of non-sterilization was noted to have decreased from 269.45 to 65.19 μg/mL during storage. The UV- irradiation and HHP decreased from 263.46 and 268.35~281.16 μg/mL to 243.42 and 244.09~269.29 μg/mL, respectively. In conclusion, these findings suggest that HHP can be used for the pasteurization, or sterilization, of carrot juice and the optimal condition is two minutes.

In this study, UV irradiation reactors were used to eliminate 4 types of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in various experimental conditions. The 4 types of VOCs used include acetone (AC), chlorobenzene (CB), dichloromethane (DCM) and methylbenzene (MB). An ozone producing low-pressure mercury lamp that emits UV irradiance at 254 nm and 185 nm was used. The tested operating conditions included UV light intensity, inlet VOCs concentrations, empty bed retention time (EBRT), background gas and relative humidity (RH) of the gas. Firstly, higher UV light intensity is confirmed to have higher VOCs removal efficiency (RE). Higher inlet VOCs concentration will result in lower VOCs RE, and the decreasing trends of different VOCs are not identical. At the same inlet VOCs concentrations, increasing the EBRT will result in a rise in VOCs RE, but a further increase in EBRT will bring about less enhancement in RE. Moreover, UV irradiation in oxygen has the highest VOCs RE compared with that in air and nitrogen gas (N2), indicating that photolysis and photooxidation are both important. Finally, there was no increase the VOCs RE at the increase in RH. All the experimental results indicate that an identical set of operating conditions should be applied when the removal capacities of different VOCs according to the UV irradiation amount are compared.

This study was conducted to reduce contamination ratio of oyster mushroom bottle cultivation. The optimalconditions of substrate sterilization for reducing of contamination ratio were at 121oC for 90min. In addition, UV-C irradiation isgood for lower contamination ratio to continue over 6 hours at cooling and inoculation room after sterilization. Thecontamination ratio and density of microorganisms of substrate were showed 0% after sterilization at 121oC for 90min.Trichoderma sp., main pathogen of mushrooms, was detected from substrate after sterilized during 2 or 4 hours at 101oC and 105oC,respectively. The amount of electricity used was the lowest at 121oC for 90min than that of other sterilization conditions. The UV-Cirradiation treatment was used UV-C lamp(40 watts) in the inoculation room(56m3). The density of bacteria did not detected after UV-C irradiation for 6 hours. And the death ratio of bacteria and Trichoderma sp. was 99.9% after UV-C irradiation for 6 hours. However,in the same UV-C irradiation time, the death ration of Cladosporium sp. was 90.9%. Therefore, the death ratio of fungi was lower thanthat of bacteria at the same UV-C irradiation treatment.

국내산 복숭아의 저장성 증진을 위하여 저선량(0~3.0 kJ/㎡)의 UV-C를 조사하고, 저장 중 주요 성분의 변화를 측정하였다. Polyphenol 화합물 함량은 UV 처리시 대조군에 비하여 약간 높은 함량을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 0.25 kJ/㎡ 처리군은 가장 많은 함량을 나타내었다. 저장 과정 중의 polyphenol 화합물의 함량은 대조군 및 UV 처리군 모두 서서히 감소하는 경향이었다. Flavonoid 함량은 대조군 및 UV 처리군 모두 저장하는 동안 특정한 경향을 나타내지는 않는 것으로 나타났다. 복숭아 내 유리당은 UV 처리군 및 대조군 모두 fructose, glucose, maltose 및 sucrose가 검출되었고, 이중 sucrose의 함량이 가장 많았으며, 저장 중 당 함량은 증가하였으며, UV 처리군 및 대조군 모두 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 유리아미노산은 대조군은 115.38 ㎎%였으며, UV-C 처리군의 경우, 총 유리아미노산의 함량은 95.92~ 120.94 ㎎%로 함량의 차이가 약간 있긴 하지만 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않아, 저선량의 UV-C 처리는 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

국내산 복숭아의 저장성 증진을 위하여 저선량(0～3.0 kJ/㎡)의 UV-C를 조사하고, 저장기간 동안 부패율, 이화학적 변화 및 기호도의 변화를 측정하였다. 부패율의 경우, 대조군은 4일 이후부터는 부패된 복숭아를 보이기 시작하였으며, 저장 8일에는 50.00%의 부패율을 나타내었다. 저선량의 UV-C 처리군은 대조군보다 낮은 부패율을 보였으며, 특히 1.0 및 2.0 kJ/㎡의 UV-C 처리군이 가장 낮은 부패율을 나타내었다. 무게 변화의 경우, 대체적으로 대조군 및 UV-C 처리군 모두 저장기간 동안 큰 차이를 보이지는 않았다. pH 변화에서는 UV-C 처리에 의한 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 저장기간 중 pH가 증가하였으나 모든 실험군에서 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 경도의 경우, UV-C 처리 직후에는 모든 실험군에서 차이가 없었으나, 저장 중 대조군의 변화가 가장 많았으며, UV-C 처리군의 경도 변화는 적은 것으로 나타났다. 색도 변화(명도, 적색도 및 황색도)에서는 UV-C 처리 및 저장 중 모든 실험군에서 큰 차이를 보이지는 않는 것으로 나타났다. 맛, 향, 색에 대한 기호도의 변화에서는 UV-C 처리에 의한 변화를 보이지 않았으며, 저장 중 기호도는 감소하였으나 모든 실험군에서 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 조직감 및 종합적 기호도에서는 UV-C 처리에 의한 변화를 보이지 않았으나 저장 중 대조군의 기호도값이 가장 많이 감소하였고, UV-C 처리군의 변화는 적은 것으로 나타났다. 전반적으로 대조군보다는 저선량의 UV-C 처리군이 기호도가 높은 것으로 나타났다.

The photocatalysts of Fe-ACF/TiO2 compositeswere prepared by the sol-gel method and characterizedby BET, XRD, SEM, and EDX. It showed that the BET surface area was related to adsorption capacity foreach composite. The SEM results showed that ferric compound and titanium dioxide were distributed on thesurfaces of ACF. The XRD results showed that Fe-ACF/TiO2 composite only contained an anatase structurewith a Fe mediated compound. EDX results showed the presence of C, O, and Ti with Fe peaks in Fe-ACF/TiO2 composites. From the photocataytic degradation effect, TiO2 on activated carbon fiber surface modifiedwith Fe (Fe-ACF/TiO2) could work in the photo-Fenton process. It was revealed that the photo-Fenton reactiongives considerable photocatalytic ability for the decomposition of methylene blue (MB) compared to non-treatedACF/TiO2, and the photo-Fenton reaction was improved by the addition of H2O2. It was proved that thedecomposition of MB under UV (365nm) irradiation in the presence of H2O2 predominantly accelerated theoxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ and produced a high concentration of OH. radicals.