The impregnation of solid foods into the surrounding hypotonic or hypertonic solution was explored as a method to infuse NaCl in pork loin cube without altering its matrix. Mass transfer kinetics using a diffusive model as the mathematical model for moisture gain/loss and salt gain and the resulting textural properties were studied for the surrounding solutions of NaCl 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 and 15% (w/w). It was possible to access the effects of brine concentration on the direction of the resulting water flow, quantify water and salt transfer, and confirm tenderization effect by salt infusion. For brine concentrations up to 10% it was verified that meat samples gained water, while for processes with 15% concentration, pork loin cubes lost water. The effective diffusion coefficients of salt ranged from 2.43×10-9 to 3.53×10-9 m2/s, while for the values of water ranged from 1.22×10-9 to 1.88×10-9 m2/s. The diffusive model was able to represent well salt gain rates using a single parameter, i.e. an effective diffusion coefficient of salt through the meat. However, it was not possible to find a characteristic effective diffusion coefficient for water transfer. Within the range of experimental conditions studied, salt-impregnated samples by 5% (w/w) brine were shown with minimum hardness, chewiness and shear force.

생물학적 폐수처리 공법중 활성 슬러시지 공법의 수학적 해법에 관한 연구는 Michaelis-Menton, Monod, Eckenfelder, McKinney 등에 의하여 개발되어왔다. 이들에 의해서 개발된 수학적 모델은 각기 연구되어 온 측면이 서로 다르고, 사용된 기호가 상이하기 때문에 사용자로 하여금 많은 혼란을 주고 있다. 본연구는 각기 수학적 모델을 이론적, 단편적으로 분석하고, 각기 모델에서 사용된 기호의 상호관계를 비교하여 각기모델을 통일시켜 사용자가 이해하기 쉽도록 노력하였다. 실제로 모형실험에는 Aeration Only Activated Sludge 공법을 채택하고 시료는 Glutamic acid 폐수로 행하였다. 실제로 처리하여 얻어진 결과치와 각기모델의 계산치를 1) 유기물제거속도 2) 슬럿지생산비 3) 유출수에 관리되지 않고 남은 유기물농도 4) 폭기조내 산소요구량에 대하여 비교 검토하였다. 본연구에서 시행한 운전결과와 그분석으로부터 McKinney와 Eckenfelder의 모델은 활성슬럿지공법의 생물학적 관리시설의 설계요소들을 모두 구할수 있으나 Michaelis-Menton과 Monod의 모델은 모든 요소들을 구할수 없다.

Since sewage sludge has low heating value as an energy source, it is desirable that sewage sludge is mixed with woody waste to enhance energy potential. Among thermal methods for waste to energy, carbonization process is used in this study. In order to estimate reaction kinetics for carbonization process using mixture of woody waste and sewage sludge, the content of sewage sludge is varied from 10 ~ 30% in mixture of woody waste and sewage sludge in carbonization process. Carbonization time is changed from 10 min to 50 min and carbonization temperature is varied from 250oC to 350oC. The carbonization process for mixture of woody waste and sewage sludge was optimized at carbonization temperature of 300oC for 20 min, 20% of sewage sludge content. As increased carbonization temperature, reaction rate constant, frequency factor and degree of carbonization were increased. As increased the content of sewage sludge, conversion, ash content and degree of carbonization were decreased. At optimal conditions for carbonization process, frequency factor and activation energy in Arrhenius equation can be decided by 3.61 × 10−2 min−1, 7,101.8 kcal/kmol respectively.

Carbonization process with pig manure is carried out to estimate the reaction kinetics with increasing carbonizationtime and temperature in the process. From the examination of conversion characteristics of pig manure, carbonizationreaction can be described by the 1st order kinetic reaction. Degree of carbonization, which can be expressed by C/H moleratio, is increased with increasing carbonization temperature. As increased carbonization temperature from 250oC to 400oC,reaction rate constant in the 1st order kinetic reaction is also increased from 0.0622min−1 to 0.1999min−1. Frequency factorand activation energy in Arrhenius equation for pig manure in the carbonization process can be decided by 1.06×10−3min−1 and 5441.8kcal/kmole, respectively. From the results of the reaction kinetics including TGA and SEM analysis,it is desirable that pig manure should be carbonized below carbonization temperature 400oC.

This study was conducted to investigate anoxic-RBC (rotating biological contactor) and its application in advanced municipal wastewater treatment process to remove biologically organics and ammonia nitrogen. Effluent COD and nitrogen concentration increased as the increase of volumetric loading rate. But, the concentration changes of NO2--N and NO3--N were little, as compared to COD and NH4+-N. When the volumetric loading rate increased, COD removal efficiency and nitrification appeared very high as 96.7～98.8% and 92.5～98.8%, respectively. However, denitrification rate decreased to 76.2～88.0%. These results showed that the change of volumetric loading rate affected to the denitrification rate more than COD removal efficiency or nitrification rate. The surface loading rates applied to RBC were 0.13～6.01g COD/㎡-day and 0.312～1.677g NH4+-N/㎡-day and they were increased as the increase of volumetric loading rate. However, the nitrification rate showed higher than 90%. The thickness of the biofilm in RBC was 0.130～0.141㎜ and the density of biofilm was 79.62～83.78㎎/㎤. They were increased as surface loading rate increased. From batch kinetic tests, the kmaxH and kmaxN were obtained as 1.586 g C/g VSS-day, and 0.276 g N/g VSS-day, respectively. Kinetic constants of denitrifer in anoxic reactor, Y, ke, Ks, and k were 0.678 ㎎ VSS/㎎ N, 0.0032 day-1, 29.0 ㎎ N/ℓ, and 0.108 day-1, respectively. P and Ks values of nitrification and organics removal in RBC were 0.556 g N/㎡-day and 18.71 g COD/㎡-day, respectively.