Research Papers by Kitae Baek

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a representative dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) in groundwater. TCE as a form of free fluid has been treated by surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR). After application of SEAR, groundwater contains little amount of residual TCE and surfactant. Residual TCE

Reactive dyes are non-degradable and toxic to environments and human being, and their solutions have some color even after wastewater treatment. To remove toxic dyes, adsorption is common choice. In this study, to improve the adsorption capacity, the effect of cationic surfactant was studied to remo

Slag, which consists of calcium oxide, aluminium oxide, and other metal oxides, is an abundant by-product in steel-making process. It has been used as adsorbents to remove various heavy metals and the major removal mechanisms are precipitation and adsorption on the surface of metal oxide. However, t

The feasibility of micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) for the removal of nitrate, chromate, and ferriccyanide was investigated because of ionic competition to bind on the cetylpyridinium chloride micelles. In a single pollutants system, the order of removal efficiency was nitrate <chromate <fe

Competitive binding characteristics of anionic metals, chromate and ferriccyanide, with cetylpyridinium chloride micelles were investigated in micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF). In MEUF process, removal of pollutants depends on the bind of pollutants to surfactant micelles which increases wit