자외선 LED를 이용한 자유 시안의 광촉매 산화 = Photocatalytic Oxidation of Free Cyanide Using UV LED

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 기존의 광촉매 산화 기술에서 주로 사용된 자외선램프의 단점을 보완할 수 있는 대체 광원인 자외선 LED를 사용하여 자유 시안을 폐수로부터 제거하는 공정을 평가하고자 수행되었다. 특히 광촉매 산화 공정의 다양한 영향 인자들에 대해 살펴보았다. 연구 결과, 자외선 LED는 기존의 광원인 자외선램프를 대체할 수 있는 적용성을 확인할 수 있었다. 뿐만아니라 LED 개수를 증가할수록 광촉매 산화 반응의 효율은 증가하였으나, 공정의 경제성과 효율성을 동시에 만족시키기 위해서는 최적의 LED의 개수를 선정할 필요가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 광촉매로 이용된 아나타제(anatase), 루틸(rutile), Degussa P25 등 세 종류의 TiO₂ 중 Degussa P25가 가장 높은 성능을 보였으며, 아나타제(anatase)와 루틸(rutile)을 특별한 전처리 과정없이 단순하게 혼합하였을 때는 Degussa P25 만큼의 공정의 효율은 얻지 못했다. 또한 TiO₂의 입자 크기가 작을수록 광촉매산화 반응이 더욱 활발하게 이루어졌다. 그리고 광촉매 산화 반응에 있어 주로 전자 수용체 역할을 수행하는 산소를 주입함으로써 공정의 효율이 증진되는 효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was initiated to remove free cyanide from wastewater using the process of photocatalytic oxidation. UV lamp has been extensively used as a light source in conventional photocatalytic oxidation, but numerous drawbacks of UV lamp have been raised so far. Thus, this study focused on evaluating the applicability of UV LED as an alternative light source to overcome the drawbacks of UV lamp. Furthermore, the effects of diverse operational parameters on the performance of process were investigated. The results demonstrated the applicability of UV LED as a substitute of UV lamp. Also, the results show that the performance of process was improved by the increase in the number of UV LEDs used. To acquire economic feasibility as well as high efficacy, however, it is required to determine the optimum number of UV LED prior to practical implementation of the process. Among the three types of photocatalysts (anatase, rutile, and Degussa P25) tested, the Degussa P25 showed the greatest performance, and it was proven that the process was not improved as much as the Degussa P25 through simple mixing of anatase and rutile without any pretreatment. In addition, the removal efficiency of free cyanide appeared to be increased with the decrease in the particle size of TiO₂ photocatalyst. Besides, the process was enhanced with injection of oxygen which is considered as a major electron acceptor in the photocatalytic oxidation.

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