초록
본 연구에서는 스케일형성 제어와 막 파울링 저감을 위한 펄스 전기장 처리의 적용성을 실험적으로 검토하였다. 수용액 중의 칼슘이온 78%가 감소되었으며, $CaCO_3$입자의 크기는 커지는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, $CaCO_3$의 결정형태는 비교적 제거가 힘든 Aragonite 구조에서 비교적 제거가 쉬운 Calcite 구조로 변화됨을 알 수 있었다. 막투과 유량과 막투과 유속은 펄스 전기장처리전에 비하여 더 높게 나타났으며, 스케일형성 가능성지수인 LI값 역시 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 결과로부터 펄스 전기장처리가 막 여과의 전처리로써 $CaCO_3$파울링을 경감시키기 위한 효과적인 방법으로 판단된다.
This study was conducted to investigate the applicability of pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment for the prevention of scaling formation and membrane fouling reduction. To validate the effect of PEF and to identify the mechanism, some experiments with and without PEF treatment were carried out. PEF treatment affected the precipitation of $CaCO_3$ by which $CaCO_3$ particles were actively grown and sedimented. It was confirmed that the calcium ions were decreased as 78% and particle size was grown by PEF treatment. It was also verified that the crystalline structure of $CaCO_3$ was transformed by PEF treatment from Aragonite, which is formed at a high temperature and hard to be removed, to Calcite being stable at room temperature. In PEF treatment, permeate volume and permeation flux were greater than that of without PEF, case while Langelier Index(LI) decreased. From the experiment results, PEF treatment is believed to be an effective method to prevent scaling formation and to mitigate $CaCO_3$ fouling as the pretreatment of membrane filtration.