• Determination of Site-specific Denitrification Rate for Nitrate Reactive Transport Modeling in Groundwater

  • Sang Hyun Kim1·Jaeshik Chung1,2*·Seunghak Lee1,2,3*

  • 1Water Cycle Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
    2Division of Energy and Environmental Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
    3Graduate School of Energy and Environment (KU-KIST Green School), Seoul 20841, Republic of Korea

  • 지하수 내 질산성 질소 반응-이동 모델링을 위한 부지특이적 탈질화 계수 선정 방안에 대한 고찰

  • 김상현1·정재식1,2*·이승학1,2,3*

  • 1한국과학기술연구원 물자원순환연구단
    2과학기술연합대학원대학교(UST) 에너지-환경융합전공
    3고려대학교 에너지환경대학원

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This Article

  • 2021; 26(6): 74-81

    Published on Dec 31, 2021

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2021.26.6.074
  • Received on Nov 24, 2021
  • Revised on Nov 30, 2021
  • Accepted on Dec 13, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Seunghak Lee

  • 1Water Cycle Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
    2Division of Energy and Environmental Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
    3Graduate School of Energy and Environment (KU-KIST Green School), Seoul 20841, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: jschung@kist.re.kr