초록
본 연구에서는 혐기조 및 무산소조, 호기조로 구성된 상향류식 고정상 담체 반응장치와 호기조로 고정상 담체 대신에 유동상 담체를 사용한 Loop Reactor로 이루어진 장치에서 생활하수를 이용하여 성능실험을 수행한 후 HRT에 따른 유기물 및 T-N, T-P 등 오염물질의 제거 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 두 반응기 모두 평균 BOD 제거율과 SS 제거율은 HRT가 증가함에 따라 증가하다가 HRT 16 h 이상에서는 일정한 수치를 나타내고 있으며 HRT 16 h에서 고정상 담체 반응기와 Loop Reactor의 평균 BOD 제거율은 각각 86.6%, 90.9%이었으며 평균 SS 제거율은 각각 78.0%, 88.2%로 Loop Reactor의 경우가 각각 4.3%, 10.2%의 더 높은 BOD와 SS 제거율을 나타내었다. 또한 평균 $COD_{Cr}$, 제거율 및 평균 $COD_{Mn}$ 제거율은 BOD와 SS 제거율과 마찬가지로 HRT가 증가함에 따라 증가하다가 HRT 16 h에서 일정한 수치를 나타내고 있으며 고정상 담체 반응기와 Loop Reactor의 평균 $COD_{Cr}$, 제거율은 각각 63.5%, 75.2%이었으며 평균 $COD_{Mn}$ 제거율은 각각 60.7%, 73.6%로 Loop Reactor의 경우가 11.7%, 12.9% 더 높은 제거율을 나타내었다. 반면에 평균 T-N 제거율 및 T-P 제거율은 두 반응기 모두 HRT가 증가함에 따라 제거율은 계속 증가하는 양상을 보여주고 있으며 HRT 16 h에서 Loop Reactor의 경우 평균 T-N 제거율 및 평균 T-P 제거율은 각각 33.6%, 54.5%로 고정상 담체 반응기보다 14.1%, 10.8%의 더 높은 제거율을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과에서 Loop Reactor가 성능이 훨씬 더 우수하였으며 최적 HRT는 16 h임을 알 수 있었다.
This study was accomplished using Anaerobic/Anoxic/Oxic upflow packed-bed column reactors with fixed media and Loop Reactor with fluidized media instead of Oxic reactor. The objectives of this study was to investigate the characteristics of organics, nitrogen and phosphorus removal from sewage with the HRT. The average removal efficiencies of $BOD_5$ and SS increase as increasing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) until 16 h of the HRT, and they were constant over 16 h of the HRT. The removal efficiency of $BOD_5$ in case of packed-bed reactor and Loop Reactor was about 86.6% and 90.9% respectively at 16 h of the HRT. The removal efficiency of SS in packed-bed reactor and Loop Reactor was about 78.0% and 88.2% respectively at 16 h of the HRT. The average removal efficiencies of $COD_{Cr}$ and $COD_{Mn}$ showed similar trends as those of $BOD_5$ and SS. At the HRT of 16 h, the removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$ in case of packed-bed reactor and Loop Reactor was 63.5%, 75.2% and that of $COD_{Mn}$ was 60.7%, 73.6% respectively. The average removal efficiencies of T-N and T-P increase as increasing the HRT. The removal efficiencies of T-N and T-P in Loop Reactor were 33.6% and 54.5% respectively at 16 h of the HRT and T-N and T-P were better removed in Loop Reactor. From this result, it was found that the performance of Loop Reactor was much higher than the performance of packed-bed reactor and the optimum HRT was 16 h.