Korea currently has a lower rate of groundwater utilization than other countries, and water resources are gradually becoming scarce due to
aunusual weather conditions caused by climate change. Using groundwater will gradually increase as the use of s...
Korea currently has a lower rate of groundwater utilization than other countries, and water resources are gradually becoming scarce due to
aunusual weather conditions caused by climate change. Using groundwater will gradually increase as the use of surface water is reaching its limit due to construction limitations such as dams and reservoirs and contamination of surface water. Among pollutants, arsenic occurs naturally in areas with geological properties such as brass and ubiquitous stones, but it is also caused by artificial factors such as the combustion of fossil fuels and the use of arsenic-containing pesticides and herbicides due to industrial development. Arsenic is highly toxic and is managed with strict standards worldwide because even a small amount of intake is fatal to humans. In this study, activated carbon was modified and applied using iron chloride to remove arsenic in contaminated groundwater, and the efficiency of removing arsenic in various influencing factors was compared. The experiment was conducted by changing the conditions of the concentration of the iron chloride solution, the reaction temperature at the time of manufacturing the modified activated carbon, the injection amount of the modified activated carbon, and the initial pH of the arsenic solution. As a result of experiments by adjusting the concentration of iron chloride when manufacturing iron chloride-modified activated carbon, the removal efficiency was the highest at 74% when the iron chloride concentration was modified to 0.01 M, and the lower the concentration of the iron chloride solution, the higher the arsenic removal efficiency.As a result of experiments by adjusting the reaction temperature to 15°C, 25°C, and 35°C when manufacturing modified activated carbon, the removal rates of activated carbon modified with 0.1 M were 26%, 35%, and 24% and the removal rates of activated carbon modified with 0.3 M were 14%, 25%, and 18%. It could be determined that the reaction temperature during modifing didn’t significantly affect the removal rate of arsenic and that optimal conditions existed.As a result of the experiment by adjusting the injection amount of the modified activated carbon, the removal efficiency tended to increase as the injection amount of the reformed activated carbon increased. Activated carbon was injected by adjusting it to 0.1 g, 0.25 g, 0.5 g, 1.0 g, and 1.5 g. When 0.1 g of activated carbon, which is the smallest amount, was injected, the removal efficiency was 21% in the case of activated carbon modified with 0.1 M, and 14% of activated carbon modified with 0.3 M. When the largest amount, 1.5 g, was added, the activated carbon modified with 0.1 M showed an arsenic removal efficiency of 40%, and the activated carbon modified with 0.3 M showed a removal efficiency of 34%. The removal rate of arsenic according to the pH of the initial arsenic solution was tested by adjusting the pH to 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. When the pH was 5, the removal efficiency was the highest, and when the pH was between 5 and 9, the lower the pH, the higher the removal efficiency. In the case of activated carbon modified with 0.1 M, the removal efficiency was 77%, 98%, 96%, 90%, and 51% at pH 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 and in the case of activated carbon modified with 0.3 M, the removal efficiency was 62%, 94%, 88%, 85%, and 40%. This is because the form of arsenic present varies depending on the pH, and the charge of arsenic anions increases as the pH increases, which is judged to be due to the electrostatic repulsion.The process of adsorbing arsenic using iron chloride-modified activated carbon shows a big difference depending on the biochemical conditions. Therefore, through this study, it is expected to be used as data that can be operated under optimal conditions in the process of removing arsenic in groundwater using iron chloride-modified activated carbon in consideration of each influencing factor.