{"title":"Trends and Prospects of Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells as Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem Remediation Technology","authors":"S. Son, Sokhee P. Jung","doi":"10.4491/ksee.2022.44.11.468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4491/ksee.2022.44.11.468","url":null,"abstract":"A sediment microbial fuel cell (SMFC) is a system in which MFC is applied to a sediment layer of an aqueous system for water purification. SMFCs can remove contaminants from sediments and decompose organic matter while simultaneously producing electrical energy. SMFC is installed in the form of installing an anode in the sediment at the bottom of the water system and a cathode in the water layer above the sediment, and connecting the two electrodes through an external circuit. Early SMFCs were developed to be used as power sources in hard-to-reach deep water areas or remote areas. However, recently, it has attracted a lot of attention as a technology for biologically purifying pollutants through its own power supply. Furthermore, it is being developed as a means of monitoring the environmental condition of the installed area. Despite the importance of SMFC, no comprehensive review has yet been published to the Korean readers on the trends and prospects of SMFC research. Therefore, in this review paper, the mechanism of SMFC, their mechanism of removal of organic, inorganic, and heavy metals, and the current state of SMFC technology are discussed, and future prospects are presented.","PeriodicalId":52756,"journal":{"name":"daehanhwangyeonggonghaghoeji","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45640647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dokyung Kim, J. Kwak, Rongxue Cui, Lia Kim, Tae-Yang Lee, Haemi Kim, Y. An
{"title":"A comparative Study of Ecological Risk Index for Site-specific Soil Ecological Risk Assessment","authors":"Dokyung Kim, J. Kwak, Rongxue Cui, Lia Kim, Tae-Yang Lee, Haemi Kim, Y. An","doi":"10.4491/ksee.2022.44.11.426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4491/ksee.2022.44.11.426","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives : Since the risk of pollutants in soil environment may vary depending on the characteristics, functions, and environmental conditions of the soil, the site-specific soil ecological risk assessment (SERA) should be conducted to protect soil ecosystem from pollutants. It has been confirmed that each country is conducting SERAs based on site-specific guidelines suitable for their own conditions. However, in Korea, there is a lack of basis for introducing SERA, therefore, the development of techniques for SERA which is suitable for domestic soil conditions is required. Accordingly, this study aimed to propose the direction of domestic guideline for SERA.Methods : This study investigated and analyzed the ecological risk indices for SERA. The factors were classified the ecological risk indices based on chemical, toxicological, and integrated evaluations.Results and Discussion : For the chemical indices, they have limitations that it is difficult to reflect soil characteristics and cannot indicate a relation with ecological receptors, although they can calculate contamination level rapidly. The toxicological indices can calculate the effect of pollutions on ecological receptors. However, there are also limitations that it is difficult to reproduce environmental conditions for target site. While the integrated indices require the ecological assessment along with chemical, toxicological analysis. They are found to quantify complex contaminations with reflecting site-specific characteristics of soils and ecological receptors.Conclusion : The techniques for domestic site-specific SERA should be based on the indices for integrated assessment.","PeriodicalId":52756,"journal":{"name":"daehanhwangyeonggonghaghoeji","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49386381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applications and Prospects of Fourth Industrial Revolution Technology in Environmental Areas -\u0000 Focusing on Environmental Policy based Public Technology Development Projects -","authors":"Gyuhyun Kim, I. Han","doi":"10.4491/ksee.2022.44.11.515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4491/ksee.2022.44.11.515","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives : Recently, the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been actively discussed in all fields around the world. And the related R&D(Research and Development) has been widely conducted in the environmental field. The core of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is hyperconnectivity, superintelligence, and convergence. Major technologies related with it are AI(Artificial Intelligence), IoT(Internet of Things), 5G(Fifth Generation communication technology), robots, blockchain, drones, 3D(Three Dimension) printers, big data, unmanned transportation, biotechnology, new materials, sharing economy, and VR/AR(Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality), etc. It is intended to seek development plans through the examples of the 4th industrial revolution technology’s environmental application.Methods : In concentration of the public technology development project, based on environmental policy, conducted from 2011 to 2020, some cases of the 4th industrial revolution technology’s environmental application have been analyzed and the future prospects have been derived.Results and Discussion : The 4th Industrial Revolution technology has been applied in various fields such as design, operation, maintenance, investigation, monitoring, and service provision in the environmental field. Therefore, in the future, it is expected that there will be working environment improvement, the progress of service quality and operational efficiency.Conclusion : With the transition to smart environmental technology, it is expected that it will be possible to advance the industry and create high value-added things. To do so, government policy support and technology development should be continuously executed.","PeriodicalId":52756,"journal":{"name":"daehanhwangyeonggonghaghoeji","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43507369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}