Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (대한환경공학회지)

Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (대한환경공학회)
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Nitrogen Removal in Fluidized Bed and Hybrid Reactor using Porous Media

다공성 담체를 이용한 유동상 및 하이브리드 반응기에서의 질소제거

  • Jun, Byong-Hee (Institute of Construction Technology, Chungbuk National University)
  • 전병희 (충북대학교 건설기술연구소)
  • Published : 2005.05.31
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Abstract

A fluidized bed reactor containing porous media has been known to be effective for nitrogen and organic matters removal in wastewater. The porous media which attached microbes plays important roles in simultaneous nitrification/denitrification (SND) due to coexistence of oxic, anaerobic and anoxic zone. For SND reaction, oxygen and organic substrates should be effectively diffused from wastewater into the intra-carrier zone. However, the overgrowth heterotrophic microbes at the surface of porous media may restrict from substrates diffusion. From these viewpoints, the existence and effect of heterotrophic bacteria at surface of porous media might be the key point for nitrogen removal. A porous media-membrane hybrid process was found to have improved nitrogen removal efficiency, due to stimulated denitrification as well as nitrification. Microelectrode studies revealed that although intra-media denitrification rate in a conventional fluidized bed was limited by organic carbon, this limitation was reduced in the hybrid process, resulting in the increased denitrification rate from 0.5 to $4.2\; mgNO_3-N/L/hr$.

부착 미생물을 이용한 다공성 담체 유동상 반응기는 하폐수중의 유기물 및 질소제거에 많이 적용되어져 왔다. 특히 생물막이 형성된 담체에서는 호기, 무산소 그리고 혐기영역이 공존하여 동시적 질산화/탈질 반응에 의한 질소제거에 유리한 환경이 제공된다고 알려져 있다. 이러한 반응을 활성화시키기 위해서는 담체표면과 내부에서 산소와 유기물등의 적절한 기질확산이 이루어져야 한다. 그러나 하폐수중의 유기물농도나 생물막의 마찰조건등 운전조건에 따라서는 표면에서의 종속영양균의 과잉성장에 의해 질소 제거 반응이 저해되기도 한다. 다공성 담체 유동상 반응기에 막모듈을 결합시킨 하이브리드 반응기는 단일조내에서 활성화된 동시적 질산화/탈질 반응으로 종래의 유동상 반응기에 비해 30% 이상 질소제거 효율이 증가하였다. 미소전극 연구를 통해 담체내부의 탈질율을 조사할 수 있으며 유동상 반응기에 비하여 하이브리드 반응기내 담체내부에서는 탈질반응에 대한 유기물의 확산에 대한 제한인자가 작으며 따라서 보다 높은 탈질율을 유지할 수 있음을 보였다.

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