식·약용으로 사용되고 있는 흰점박이꽃무지(Protaetia brevitarsis) 유충은 가공 전처리 시 배변 유도 섭식물로 찹쌀과 비지를 사용하고 있으나 생산비 절감, 영양적 가치 증대, 이취감 저감을 목적으로 가공부산물로 대체할 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 유충의 배변유도섭식물로 홍삼박, 구기자박, 흑마늘박, 마늘부산물 등을 활용하여 이에 대한 효과를 구명하고, 전처리 조건을 확립하였다. 이를 위해 섭취 한 후 배변유도, 체중 감소율, 생존율, 지표물질 등을 조사하였다. 가공부산물을 섭식한 유충의 섬유질 함량은 모든 처리구에서 무처리(절식) 9.91% 보다 낮은 섬유질 함량을 보였다. 유 충의 일별 체중 감소율과 생존율을 회귀분석하여 가공부산물 투입에 따른 사육 용기(264×194×192 mm (W×H×D)) 내 적정 마릿수를 추정한 결 과 홍삼박과 흑마늘박 섭식구가 180과 175마리로 다른 처리에 비해 높은 경향을 보였다. 유충의 살처리 및 동결건조방법에 따른 total ginsenoside, betaine, pyruvate함량은 -20°C 냉동 처리 후 동결건조한 것이 가장 높았으며, 특히 냉동 후 동결건조 처리한 홍삼박 섭식구의 total ginsenoside함 량은 다른 처리에 비해 월등히 높은 경향을 보였다. 따라서 흰점박이꽃무지 유충은 가공 전처리 시 배변 유도 섭식물로 홍삼박을 사용하여 냉동 후 동결건조하는 것이 가장 적합한 것으로 사료된다.

In response to the global interest and efforts towards reducing plastic use and promoting resource recycling, there is a growing need to establish methods for recycling discarded fishing gear. In Korea, various technologies are being developed to recycle discarded fishing gear, but significant technical and policy challenges still remain. In particular, biodegradable gill nets require a pre-treatment process to separate biodegradable materials from other substances and to remove salt before recycling. Therefore, this study aims to develop a pre-treatment device for recycling biodegradable gill nets and to evaluate the feasibility of recycling them.

Reverse osmosis seawater desalination facilities can extend the cleaning cycle and replacement time of the reverse osmosis membrane by pretreatment process. Selection of pretreatment process depends on water quality. It was attempted in this study to select approriate pretreatment process for the Masan bay, which was high in particles and organic content. For this purpose, performances of pretreatment processes such as filter adsorber (FA), pore controllable fiber (PCF), and ultrafiltration (UF) were compared based on the silt density index (SDI). The SDI value of the filtrate should be less than 3. The study results showed that UF can produce the filtrate quality satisfying the requirement. However, the transmembrane pressure (TMP) of UF increased quickly, reaching 0.6 bar within 4 days. In order to secure stable operation, FA and PCF were combined with UF. The study results showed that combination of PCF and UF was able to extend the filtration duration (more than 2 months) until to reach TMP of 0.6 bar.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the pre-treatment method on the measurement of probiotic cell counts. The probiotic cell count was not significantly different in the pre-treatment method such as experimenters, diluted solution, medium, and homogenization duration. The mean value of probiotic cell count with capsule was 2.2×1010±9.5×109 CFU/g. This probiotic cell count was converted into 2.8×1010±1.2×1010 CFU/g based on the net weight. The mean value of probiotic cell count without capsules was 4.3×1010±1.8×1010 CFU/g. As a result of this comparison, probiotic cell count showed significant difference with and without capsules. Thus, it is suggested that the probiotic cell count is measured by removing the capsule in capsule probiotics.

In this study, the effect of pre-aging treatment for inhibition of natural aging of Al-4.8Zn-1.3Mg alloy by extrusion process was investigated. Firstly, the as-cast microstructure of Al-4.8Zn-1.3Mg alloy billet and its evolution during homogenization(460℃, 4h + 510℃, 5h) were investigated by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), hardness analysis. The as-cast microstructures of Al-4.8Zn-1.3Mg alloy reveal Mg2Zn, Al5Cu, Al3Cu formed between dendrities. After homogenization, MgZn, Al4Cu, Al13Cu phases precipitated into the matrix. In addition, standard deviation of homogenized billet was improved than as-cast billet from 2.62 to 0.99. According to pre-aging(100℃, 1h) Al-4.8Zn-1.3Mg alloy by extrusion process, yield strength and tensile strength deviation improved more than condition by natural aging.

Large amounts of oily wastewater discharged from various industrial operations (petroleum refining, machinery industries and chemical industries) cause serious pollution in the aquatic environment. Although dissolved air flotation (DAF) separating oil pollutants using microbubbles represents current practice, bubble size cannot be selectively controlled, and lots of power is required to generate microbubbles. Therefore, to investigate performance of the DAF process, this study examined the distribution of different sizes of microbubbles resulting from changes in physical shear force via modifying shapes of a slit-nozzle without an additional power supply. Three types of slit-nozzles (different angle, shape and length of the slit-nozzle) were used to analyze the distribution of bubble size. At a slit angle of 60°, shear force was 4.29 times higher than a conventional slit, and particle size distribution (PSD) in the range between 2 and 20 μm more than doubled. Treatment efficiency of synthetic oily wastewater through the coagulation-DAF process achieved 90% removal of COD by injecting FeCl3 and PACl of 250 mg/L and 100 mg/L, respectively, and the same performance resulted using FeCl3 of 200 mg/L and PACl of 80 mg/L employing a slit-nozzle angle of 60°. This study shows that a coagulation-DAF process using a modified slit-nozzle can improve the pre-treatment of oily wastewater.

Capacitive deionization (CDI) process is an emerging process for water desalination. Recently, there has been a major development of architectures in CDI cells using carbon flow electrodes with membrane, called flow-electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI). In FCDI, the advantage is continuous desalination due to the carbon flow electrodes. Numerous research groups dedicated to develop the FCDI process, however, a clear pre-treatment of carbon flow electrodes was not suggested. Study herein, present a clear understanding of effects of pre-treatment of activated carbon based on sonication in the carbon flow electrodes for the basics results with respect to adsorption performance.

Although SWRO treatment shows high performance, a major problem associated with the biological growth of algal blooms (AB) still exists in many areas. This study reviewed the current applications of pretreatment for the removal of AB-forming species in seawater and identified limitations to highlight future research areas. In addition, we evaluated pretreatment techniques such as meshed tube bio-filtration (MTBF) and UV oxidation, with the aim of marine algal cells and marine algal organic matter (AOM) removal, respectively. Vital indicators for ABs quantification, effects of the AB-forming species’ properties (size/shape, cell rigidity and toxicity/mobility) on treatment, and potential problems during AB-forming species removal were also visited.

양파 수확작업은 양파 재배 작업의 전체 노동 투하시간 중 39%, 81.2hr/10a를 소모하며 이 중 줄기절단작업에 20.7hr/10a가 소요된다. 특히 수확작업은 76%가 인력에 의존하고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 굴취와 수거작업에 대한 기계화가 연구되고 있으나 줄기절단기계의 경우, 비닐 멀칭상태에서의 원활한 작업이 가능한 장비가 개발되지 않았으며, 농업용 멀칭비닐로 사용하는 저밀도 폴리에틸렌 필름은 양파재배 기간에 비닐이 부식되어 비닐 인장력이 원재료의 90% 수준으로 저하되므로 비닐제거시 찢어짐이 생겨서 비닐수거에 애로사항이 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 환경에서 줄기절단작업 및 비닐회수작업이 원활하게 가능한 양파수확전처리기 개발을 위한 양파 수분함유량에 따른 줄기절단 높이, 칼날형태, 칼날각도, 비닐 인장력, 가이드의 토양내 전진저항시험 등의 기초실험을 실시하였다. 양파줄기의 수분함유량에 따른 줄기절단높이 시험결과, 수분이 많을수록, 줄기절단 높이가 높을수록 절단저항은 낮게 나타났으며 줄기절단저항 시험에서는 칼날 각도 및 기움각에 따른 절단 저항력 시험에서는 칼날 기움각 30°, 칼날각도 20°에서 절단저항력이 가장 낮게 나타나 왕복식 예취칼날이 적절한 것으로 판단되었다. 비닐 인장시험에서는 0.025mm 비닐이 27.99N의 인장력에서도 찢어짐이 거의 없어 양파 재배 시 사용하는 경우 비닐회수 작업이 원활하게 진행될 것으로 판단되며 또한 가이드의 토양 내 전진저항에서 가이드 각도 40°일때 평균저항은 2.26N으로 적정한 것으로 판단되었다.

2012년부터 강화된 총인의 농도를 준수하기 위해서는 응집에 의한 물리화학적 처리가 필수적인 후단공정이 되었으며, 현재 국내 하수처리시설 중 약 60%의 처리시설에서 총인처리시설이 설치되었다. 하지만 총인처리시설 운전에 따른 응집제 사용량이 증가하게 되었고, 이에 따라 약품 비용 및 슬러지 처리비 증가 등의 운영비가 상승하였다. 특히 분리막 공법(MBR)의 경우 막 투과수의 응집액 부족으로 인한 응집효율 저하 및 응집제의 과다 주입으로 인한 처리수질 악화 등의 문제가 발생하는 경우도 있다. 본 연구에서는 MBR 공법내에서 별도의 총인처리시설 필요 없이 생물학적 인제거를 극대화 하는 동시에 응집제 사용량을 최소화하면서 처리수의 인농도를 0.2 mg/L 이하로 유지할 수 있는 방안을 도출하고자 하였다.

굴 패각과 같은 반응성 재료는 사용 목적에 적합한 전처리 조건을 선택할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 인 농도 제어를 목적으로 효율적인 굴 패각 사용을 위한 전처리 조건을 제안하는데 목적을 둔다. 굴 패각의 전처리(소성 온도, 소성 시간, 입자 크기)에 따른 인산염 제거 효율을 조사하였다. 또한 XAFS 분석 및 등온 흡착 실험을 통해 굴 패각의 인산염 제거특성에 대해 조사하였다. 실험 결과 소성 온도는 600°C, 소성 시간은 6 h, 입자 크기는 0.355~0.075 mm에서 우수한 제거 효율을 확인하였다. 등온 흡착 실험 결과 Langmuir 모델이 굴 패각의 흡착에 적합한 것으로 나타났다. XAFS 분석 결과 600°C에서 소성시킨 굴 패각에는 인산칼슘이 생성된 것이 확인되었다. 즉 굴 패각의 칼슘 이온 용출에 의한 인산칼슘 형성이 인산염의 농도 감소에 기여하고 있음을 확인하였다.

Cellular cyclic adenosine-3’ 5’-monophosphate (cAMP) modulator is known as meiotic inhibitor and can delays spontaneous maturation in IVM experiment. Among many cAMP modulators, the role of Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) on IVM isn’t known. The purpose of this study is to improve the maturation of oocytes derived from follicles ≤ 3 mm in diameter through PACAP as meiotic inhibitor during pre-in vitro maturation (pre-IVM). First, we checked PACAP and its receptors in cumulus cells and, to establish the optimal phase and concentration of PACAP for pre-IVM, we conducted chromatin configuration assessments. As a result, the rate of GV (Germinal Vesicle) according to duration of pre-IVM was significantly decreased 12 h and 18 h after IVM (87.1 and 84.1%, respectively) compared to 0 h (99.4%). When COC was cultured for 18 h, the GV rate in the 1 μM of PACAP treatment group (82.1%) was significantly higher than any other PACAP treatment groups (60.5, 64.1, 74.4 and 69.9 %, respectively). So, we divided into four groups as follows; MF (the conventional IVM group, obtained from follicle from 3 to 6 mm in diameter), SF (the conventional IVM group, obtained from follicle ≤ 3mm in diameter), Pre-SF(-)PACAP (IVM group including 18 h pre-IVM without 1 μM of PACAP, obtained from follicle ≤ 3mm in diameter) and Pre-SF(+)PACAP (IVM group including 18 h pre-IVM with 1 μM of PACAP, obtained from follicle ≤ 3mm in diameter). To examine the effect of PACAP during pre-IVM, we investigated analysis of nuclear maturation, intracellular glutathione (GSH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. In cumulus cells, PACAP receptors, ADCYAP1R1 and VIPR1 were detected but were not detected in oocytes. After IVM, the Pre-SF(+)PACAP had the highest Metaphase II rate (91.7%) among all groups (P<0.05). The GSH levels in the MF and Pre-SF(+)PACAP were significantly higher than in the other groups (P<0.05) and ROS levels was no significant difference among all groups. In conclusion, these results indicated that even though the oocytes were derived from SF, pre-IVM application of PACAP improved meiotic and cytoplasmic maturation by regulating intracellular oxidative stress.

General process for waste vinyl pretreatment system is consisted of separating, crushing, washing, drying and recovering impurities. However, there are problems such as wastewater when washing of waste vinyl. In order to solve these problems we have developed new dry type cleaning system. This system consists of five equipment : 1) Hydraulic cutter to cut in 1m size, 2) 1st crusher to cut in 20～30cm size, 3) 2nd crusher to cut in 3～8cm size. 4) Separation to recovering impurities. 5) Thermal fiow dryer to dry.

This study was aimed to examine the potential of pre- and post-harvest treatment of chitosan and high pCO2 on the shelf-life of oriental melon fruit. Post-harvest dipping treatment of chitosan and high pCO2 did not bring any significant effect on the freshness of fruit in general, even at 1% of chitosan. Unlike post-harvest treatment, pre-harvest spray of chitosan significantly increased fruit firmness and firmness increase was higher in double sprays than single one. The internal quality such as soluble solid content and acidity was not altered by chitosan spray. No additional effect of high pCO2 with pre-harvest treatment of chitosan was found. Double sprays of chitosan showed significant effect on keeping visual appearance through delaying the incidence of skin browning. There was a potential of pre-harvest chitosan treatment on the shelf-life increase of oriental melon fruit and double sprays were better than single spray. However, high pCO2 seemed not to be effective on the storability of oriental melon fruit.

In the coagulation/sedimentation (C/S) process of the water treatment process, the inflow of massive algal bloom causes many problems including fouling of filter media. This study was conducted to find out the way to remove the algae’s harmful effects by addition of pre-treatment prior to C/S process. Many Jar-tests were conducted such as ① ACF (Algae Coagulation·Flotation) process using natural algae coagulant (Water Health®), ② ACF + C/S process and ③ C/S process with a variety of conditions using cultured algae. The average values of turbidity were ① 0.42 NTU for ACF process, ② 0.13 NTU for ACF + C/S process and ③ 0.25 NTU for C/S process. It was shown that the treatment efficiency of ACF process could get low turbidity results, and ACF + C/S process could achieve more efficient results than those of C/S process. Any negative effects of ACF process to the efficiency of C/S process were not observed in ACF + C/S process. In order to reduce the unfavorable effects of algae, it was found out that the introduction of ACF process in the forms of ① ACF or ② ACF + C/S could be one of the effective and alternative solutions.