RESEARCH AREA
연구 분야
Natural Purification of Ecosystems
자연정화 기술
EBTL tries to understand the natural purification mechanisms in the ecosystems and to develop green and sustainable ways to facilitate natural purification. To do so, the followings are on-going in EBTL:
Biodegradable threshold concentration of organics
Nonbiodegradable organic contents in the natural waters
Sorptive concentration of trace organics
Booting of biodegradation of concentrated organics
Catalytic partial oxidation of nonbiodegrdables to biodegradables
Design of in situ natural purification systems
Design and operation of natural purification systems
Selection of microorganisms and community control
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Urban Mining
도시광산 기술
A new green urban mining is another EBTL's research focus. We try to look for new and green ways to recover valuable metals (Pt, Au, Pd, Rh, Ag, etc) from urban mines such as electronic vehicle batteries, solar panels, industrial catalysts, PCBs, etc. Our on-going works include:
Green leaching of metals from urban mines
QSAR modeling for high-throughput screening of green leachants
Focused microwave leaching for effective green leaching
Concentration of metals by sorpion and incineration
Selective sorption based separation and purification of metals
Chromatography process for simultaneous separation and purification of metals
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