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Trends of Technology Development through Investigation and Analysis of Domestic Patent Related to Wastewater Treatment Technology including Membrane, Sludge Treatment and Advanced Treatment Technology and Equipment

분리막 및 슬러지 처리와 고도처리 기술·장비를 포함한 하·폐수 처리기술의 특허 조사·분석을 통한 기술개발 동향

  • Yoo, Ho Sik (Department of Environmental & Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, R&D Center for Advanced Technology of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse) ;
  • Kim, Ji Tae (Department of Environmental & Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, R&D Center for Advanced Technology of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • 유호식 (경기대학교 환경에너지공학과, 하.폐수고도처리기술개발사업단) ;
  • 김지태 (경기대학교 환경에너지공학과, 하.폐수고도처리기술개발사업단)
  • Received : 2017.09.12
  • Accepted : 2017.09.28
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

Wastewater treatment (WWT) technology has been developing from simple pollutant treatment to energy and resource-saving advanced technology, and various technologies combined with IT and BT are developed to minimize the amount of pollutant and toxic substance discharge to the public water areas and to improve operational efficiency. To examine the development trend of domestic wastewater treatment technology, the registered patent technologies were surveyed, classified and analyzed by year and sector. This paper considers the status of patent registration related to WWT from 2010.1 to 2017.5 in terms of the number of specific technical areas, and the trends are analyzed based on the 10 categorization field such as biological and physicochemical treatment process, equipment and device, material, sludge treatment, membrane, process control and 42 specific technical areas. A total of 3,356 patents have been registered since 2010, and the number of patents has been decreasing since the peak at 2013 and maintains 3~400 per year. The total number of patents has not yet been less than other countries, but the number of patents of more advanced technologies, which can lead the global market, such as process monitoring, new concept processing and equipment technologies is still insufficient compared to developed countries.

하 폐수 처리 기술은 종래 단순 오염물질 처리에서 에너지 및 자원 절약형의 고도처리 기술로 발전되고 있으며, 공공 수역으로의 오염 물질과 유독 물질 배출을 최소화하고 설치 운영의 효율성을 높이기 위해 IT 및 BT와 같은 다양한 기술을 접목한 융합형 기술로 진화하고 있다. 국내 하 폐수 처리기술의 발전 추이를 살펴보기 위해 등록된 특허기술을 수집 조사하여 연도별 부문별로 분류하여 분석하였다. 본고에서 2010년~2017년 5월 간의 관련된 특허 등록 내용을 생물학적 물리화학적 처리공정, 장치 및 기기, 소재 제재, 슬러지처리, 분리막, 공정제어기술 등 10개 분야의 42개 세부 영역으로 나누어 추세를 분석했다. 총 3,356건의 특허가 등록되었으며 2013년에 638건으로 최고치를 기록한 이후 다소 감소하여 연간 3~400여 건을 유지하고 있다. 등록된 특허 총 건수는 아직 다른 국가에 비해 적지는 않으나 공정 제어 및 기기 분야, 신개념 처리 기술과 같이 세계 시장을 선도할 수 있는 첨단 기술의 특허는 타 분야에 비해 미흡한 것으로 나타났다.

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