• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.79-86
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• 2008

In Korea, most of the drinking water treatment relied upon the availability of the surface water, of which the raw water quality varied significantly by season and location. Therefore, the comparison of two operation modes (Pressurized type and Submerged type membrane system) must be estimated before the long-term establishment of two systems. In this study, two pilot-scale microfiltration systems with the capacity of $50m^3/day$ were installed and operated in two different modes, and the applicability of the system was determined based on the results such as the TMP (Trans-Membrane Pressure) and flux. For quantitatively comparing the two systems, a new concept, DRF (Differential Resistance Fraction) was introduced. The accumulated sum of the permeate after each cycle of chemical cleaning was also used as a tool for the system comparison.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.329-338
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• 2004

In this study the discharged wastewater from paper manufacturing plant was filtrated by 4 kinds of tubular ceramic microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes (carbon material) with periodic water-back-flushing, and we tried to find the optimum back-flushing time (BT). As results of water-BT effect for each ceramic membrane, the longer BT was more effective for a membrane having the larger pore size. And we could acquire the most volume of total permeate and the highest recovery efficiency of purified water, Then, the results of permeate flux vs. initial permeate flux during 180 min's operation showed that the longer BT was more effective for longer filtration time (FT) to obtain the higher permeate flux because membrane fouling proceeded deeply at long FT condition. And the optimum BT that founded from the trends of membrane fouling resistances almost accorded with the optimum BT from the trends of permeate flux, too.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.181-193
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• 2014

Various treatment system for residuals have applied to save water resources, but most of them were not be satisfied with legal standard consistently. In this study, submerged membrane treatment system was operated to treat water treatment plant residuals and operation parameters was evaluated. Result of this experiment, high concentration organic matters contributed to high increase Transmembrane pressure(TMP) of membrane system(from 0.05 bar to 0.35 bar). And backwash process was effective to stabilize membrane system operation. After Cleaning-In-Place(CIP), permeability was recovered about 100 % from first operation condition. Inorganic matters (Fe, Mn, Al, Ca, Mg) were not effective membrane filtration performance. The quality of residual treatment was satisfied with drinking water quality standard and a treated water from that system was suitable for water reuse.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.69-71
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• 1994

섬유폐수는 합성유기물인 염료와 발호공정에서의 호제가 다량으로 함유되어 있어 기존의 생물학적 처리법에 의한 처리가 용이하지 않다. 게다가 섬유산업은 여타산업에 비해 다량의 물을 소비하는 산업이다. 그동안의 산업의 고도 발전에 따라 앞으로는 물부족현상이 심해질 전망이며, 환경보전 및 보호에 대한 의식이 고취됨에 따라 이러한 섬유폐수의 처리도 이제까지와는 다른 새로운 방법으로 그 효율을 극대화할 필요성을 느끼게 되었다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 막분리 공정으로서 한외여과, 역삼투 공정을 이용하여 염색$\cdot$제직폐수를 고도처리하여 재활용이 가능토록 하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 염색$\cdot$제직폐수의 고도처리를 통한 재활용 시스템을 설계하였다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.24-28
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• 2000

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ultrafiltration (UF) process variables on permeate flux and membrane resistance and to clarify apple vinegar for quality improvement. Apple vinegar was clarified in a laboratory ultrafiltration system with hollow fiber membrane made of polysulfone and MWCO 30,000 and 10,000. The permeate flux increased with the increase of flow rate and the optimum pressure was $1.5\;kgf/cm^2$ in this system. The turbidity of clarified apple vinegar treated UF largely decreased. pH and acidity of treated samples showed the same level as those of untreated apple vinegar. The permeate flux continuously declined while the fouling material accumulated on the membrane as the operation time increased. Resistance decreased with lower pressure, which could be explained by expansion of pore size at lower pressure and minor compaction of the polarized layer at lower pressure.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.251-257
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• 2014

This research is focused on coagulation and sand filtration process as a pretreatment of RO seawater desalination. RO systems require sufficient and reliable pretreatment process to produce superior quality of RO feedwater that can mitigate RO membrane fouling. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of coagulation and filtration process under various experimental conditions including different coagulant dose, flocculation mixing intensity and time, turbidity, and filtration rate. The experimental results showed that the optimum pretreatment conditions resulting in lower SDI value suitable for RO feedwater were coagulation pH 6.5, raw water turbidity greater than 4 NTU, and media bed depth greater than 550 mm. However, flocculation mixing intensity, coagulant dose, and filtration rate relatively affected little on the filtration efficiency.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.174-181
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• 2003

In this study the formation of the particle layer near the membrane surface was observed for the crossflow micro filtration module by the high speed video system. The microfiltration membrane of 0.2 {\mu}m$ nominal pore size and the 0.05 wt% solution of the polyacryl-copolymer particle distributed between 100 and 180 {\mu}m$ were used for the experiment. The feed rates were changed to 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25 and 1.5 cm/sec while the permeate rates were maintained at $20{\pm}3%$ of the feed rates, respectively, It was observed that the particles were accumulated rapidly on the membrane surface as the feed flow rate increased, but the particles were not accumulated at 0.5 cm/sec, Also, it was confirmed that almost all of the particles in the layer already formed during filtration were removed within 30 seconds as the feed flow rate increased to 1.88 cm/sec.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 2009

Low-pressure membrane processes have been extensively expanded their applications to drinking water production in a few decades. As a capacity of a membrane plant becomes greater in recent years, proper methods to increase water production as well as to treat residuals have drawn great attention. A possible treatment option for the better water production is to apply a dual membrane system. The second stage microfiltration was installed and operated for approximately six months. The residuals from the two stage microfiltration were investigated to learn their characteristics in settling and dewatering processes. The settlability of the membrane residuals were greatest at the SS concentration of approximately 15000mg/L. The proper dose of the polyelectrolytes for filterability were obtained in the range of 0.5~1%. In the dosage range, the water contents of the membrane residuals were greater but the SRF were lower than the residual from the conventional process.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.267-274
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• 2008

This study is about efficiency of pretreatment process and operating factor to membrane process at continuous coagulation/ultrafiltration process in water treatment. The capacity of pilot plant was $0.06{\beta}(C)/d$. The raw water used was from Nakdong stream which was characteristized by high organic matter and high turbidity. The result of the test was that coagulation is good process as to high removal rate to organic matter and turbidity but It caused problem to membrane pore blocking. This paper is to determine the membrane fouling potential under different membrane flux, backwash pressure and linear velocity. Backwash pressure and flux is important parameter on operation of membrane system. Those are directly affected on membrane system. When backwash pressure increased from 150 kPa to 200 kPa, the result showed that fouling (pressure increase rate) changed from 3.69 kPa/h to 0.93 kPa/h and the recovery rate changed from 90.7 % to 82.0 %. Linear velocity had slightly effect on fouling. Linear velocity increased from 0.2 m/s to 0.5 m/s, the corresponding pressure rate changed from 0.93 kPa/d to 0.77 kPa/d.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1637-1641
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• 2009

본 연구는 막공정을 이용하는 수처리기술에 있어서 최대 난점 중의 하나인 fouling 현상을 억제하기 위하여 여과방향의 반대방향에서 여과수를 지속적으로 분사하여 줌으로써 여과와 세정이 동시에 일어나는 동시세정방식을 평가하기 위한 것이다. 실험은 성균관대학교 환경플랜트 내에 pilot 실험지를 조성하여 실시하였으며, 실험원수는 오수처리방류수를 저류하는 연못수와 오수원수를 혼합하여 농도를 조절한 후에 저농도와 고농도 조건에서 실험을 실시하였다. 저농도 조건(SS 10$\sim$20 mg/L)에서는 연못의 HRT를 고려하여 일일 5시간 씩 8일간 가동하였고, 고농도 조건(SS 200 mg/L 이상)에서는 8시간씩 가동하였다. 저농도의 경우에는 가동기간 중 배수가 일어나지 않았고, 일일 운전 종료 후 유지관리를 위한 강제배수만 실시하였다. 고농도에서는 초기에 배수가 짧은 term으로 자주 일어났지만, 20분 이상의 비교적 긴 여과지속시간을 유지하였고 유입수 농도가 낮아지면서 배수타임이 점점 늘어나는 경향을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 동시세정방식에 의한 여과기술에 있어 유입수 농도가 fouling 발생빈도에 크게 영향을 미친다는 것을 의미하며, $5\;{\mu}m$의 미세막에서도 고농도 운전이 가능하다는 사실을 보여준다. 동시세정방식은 Rum Filter의 fouling을 억제하고 지속적인 운전을 가능하게 해주는 핵심기술이다. 세정 시 세정압력설정은 매우 중요한 운전인자 중 하나인데, 세정압력이 너무 클 경우에는 소요되는 동력이 많아져 효율적인 설계 및 운전에 장애요인이 될 수 있고, 너무 낮을 경우에는 세정이 제대로 되지 않고 여과막 내부와 외부의 압력차를 크게 가져와 배수타임이 빨라지는 결과를 초래한다. 따라서 적절한 세정압력을 파악하고 설정하기 위하여 세정압력을 변화시켜가면서 이에 따른 차압의 변화를 관측하여 보았다. 여과막의 공극과 세정압력에 변화를 주면서 실험을 한 결과, 세정압력이 커지면 여과막에 작용하는 부하가 약간 증가하는 것으로 나타났지만, 그 차이가 $0.02\;kg_f/cm^2$으로 나타나, $4.0\;kg_f/cm^2$ 이상의 세정압력에서 적용이 가능한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 유입유량을 설정하기 위하여 $4.5\;kg_f/cm^2$의 세정압력을 유지한 상태로 유입유량을 점진적으로 증가시키면서 압력의 변화를 관측하였다. $5\;{\mu}m$에서는 180 LPM 및 200 LPM에서, $8\;{\mu}m$에서는 200 LPM에서 자체적으로 설정한 배수차압 상승분인 $0.1\;kg_f/cm^2$를 초과한 것으로 나타났고, $10\;{\mu}m$ 이상에서는 모두 200 LPM이상 처리해도 배수압력에 걸리지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 현재 본 시스템에 적용하고 있는 유입유량 기준치를 2배 이상 상회하는 결과로서 추가적인 실험을 통하여 기존 여과기술보다 여과지속시간이길고, 여과 flux가 높은 기술을 개발할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.