Techno-commercial

viability of radiation
treatment of waste or
wastewater

“Creating Expertise in the Use of Radiation Technology for Improving Industrial

Performance, Developing New Materials and Products, and Reducing the Environmental
Impact of the Industry”, 10~21 July 2017, Santiago, Chile
Current State of Radiation Application for
Environmental Conservation
Under study Commercialization

The field of water and wastewater treatment:
- Pharmaceutical wastewater
- livestock wastewater
The field of gases treatment:
- VOCs gas
- SF6 gas
- fine particles(PM2.5)
The field of waste treatment:
-recovery of valuable metals
-PCBs(sediment)
The field of groundwater remediation:
-leachate
The field of water and wastewater treatment:
- Textile dying wastewater
- sewage effluent
- paper mill wastewater
The field of gases treatment:
- off gas
The field of waste treatment:
-fertilizer
-PCBs(transformer)
The field of groundwater remediation:
-Nekal treatment
Electron Bean Treatment of
Textile Dying Wastewater
WWTP
PCBs treatment with Radiation

Electron
beam

Cl Cl Cl Cl

oil Cl Cl

Cl Cl Cl Cl

PCBs
Electrical
Waste New Tech. Certi(NET-No.301)
Transformer NET-Validation Certi(No.12)
Korea Awards of Green Tech.
(2011-43)

Metal scrapes

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Technologies

Existing Technologies
• incineration
• wet air oxidation
• catalytic dehydrochlorination
• sodium-based reduction

• Accomplished at high temperature and/or high

pressure,
and some of them are improper for massive treatment
• Need to more effective technology

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Conclusions
Wastewater : Expensive than
existing tech.

Waste : Public Acceptance

How we compete with conventional technology?
- create new idea