• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.565-571
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• 2005

The method to decide media sphericity on the filter has been investigated. The sphericity, the ratio of the surface area of an equal volume sphere to the real surface area of the particles, is one of major physical characters of media affecting the bed expansion during backwash. The media in each treatment plant may have different sphericity, and the sphericity of the media in the filter may be changed as backwashing has been conducted regularly for a long time. Media from twelve water treatment plants under KOWACO have been collected and selected to insure various and practical sphericities. The sphericity of each media has been calculated by using well known equations. For example, Kozeny equation, Dahmarajah equation and so on. The experiment results have indicated that the sphericity of each water treatment plant is different. Although the sphericity values measured by different methods were turned out to be diverse values, the order in the magnitude seemed to be the same. The sphericity values of sand media were in the range of 0.71-0.82 and those of anthracite were placed between 0.49 and 0.56 by the Dharmarajah equation.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.763-770
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• 2007

There are many design parameters affecting filtration efficiency such as filteration rate, media packing depth, size distribution, and so on. The sphericity, the ratio of the surface area of an equal volume sphere to the real surface area of the particles, is one of major physical characters of media. The effect of sphericity on the performance of anthracite filter has been investigated. Media from eight water treatment plants have been collected. The sphericity of each media has been calculated by using well known headloss equations such as Kozeny equation, Dahmarajah equation etc.. Columns packed with anthracite media having different sphericity have been used to compare headloss development, floc accumulation in the bed, particles in bed water, filtrate turbidities after backwash and so on. The repeated experiments have indicated that the sphericity of anthracite media may not have remarkable influence on the filter performance as it has been suspected. It also has been prospected in the experiment that the media of higher sphericity would store more particles in the bed and give better filtrate quality, if provided that the effective size and the size distribution of media would be the same.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.878-883
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• 2006

Removal efficiency of As(III) was investigated with a pilot-scale filtration system packed with an equal amount(each 21.5 kg) of manganese-coated sand(MCS) in the bottom and iron-coated sand(ICS) in the top. Height and diameter of the used column was 200 cm and 15 cm, respectively. The As(III) solution was introduced into the bottom of the filtration system with a peristaltic pump at a speed of $5{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s over 148 days. Breakthrough of total arsenic in the mid-sampling position(end of the MCS bed) and final-sampling position(end of the ICS bed) was started after 18 and 44 days, respectively, and then showed a complete breakthrough after 148 days. Although the breakthrough of total arsenic in the mid-sampling position was started after 18 days, the concentration of As(III) in this effluent was below 50 ppb up to 61 days. This result indicates that MCS has a sufficient oxidizing capacity to As(III) and can oxidize 92 mg of As(III) with 1 kg of MCS up to 61 days. When a complete breakthrough of total arsenic occurred, the removed total arsenic by MCS was calculated as 79.0 mg with 1 kg MCS. As variation of head loss is small at each sampling position over the entire reaction time, it was possible to operate the filtration system with ICS and MCS for a long time without a significant head loss.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.125-139
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• 2017

In this paper, the performance of a synthetic fiber filter aimed at high-speed operation and dosed with different coagulants or filter aids was investigated. Without a coagulant, the filter efficiency was about 62% which was greatly enhanced when three types of coagulants namely PAC, Alum, and $FeCl_3$ were used. Among the coagulants tested, PAC was the most effective, giving 91% filter efficiency, followed by Alum with 90%, and $FeCl_3$ with 78%. PAC worked effectively at a very small range of dose, but Alum was relatively effective in a wide range of concentration. Compared with PAC and Alum, $FeCl_3$ provided more or less contant efficiency regardless of its dose but gave the poorest filter efficiency. Moreover, as the inflow turbidity increased, headloss increased and the efficiency decreased at any dose and type of coagulant. The headloss recorded in this particular synthetic fiber filter is not significant as compared to that observed in typical granular filters. The recovery of solids estimated after filter cleaning was about 80% for both PAC and Alum, but poorer at 72% in the case of $FeCl_3$ due to the heavy and large floc characteristics. The recurrence of filter efficiency verified through repetitive filter runs was found to be satisfactory.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.215-215
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• 2022

현재 국내 정수시설은 정수공정별 감시제어-데이터수집시스템(SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)에 기반하여 감시제어 및 모니터링 위주로 운영·관리를 실시하고 있다. 또한, 주요 핵심 공정인 응집제 약품투입, 소독 및 여과 설비 공정의 운영방식에 있어서 선험적 운영지식에 의한 방식으로 운영되고 있기 때문에 지속적인 안정적 운영을 위해서는 표준적이고 체계적인 운영관리 수단이 필요하다. 국외에서는 다양한 운영 조건에 기반한 정수처리 효율을 예측할 수 있는 모의(simulation) 도구의 개발을 통해 기존 운영되고 있는 정수장의 효율을 예측하는 데 활용하고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문은 실시간 운영관리가 가능한 기반을 구축하여 정수처리의 효율을 예측할 수 있는 시뮬레이터 개발을 통해 정수처리 공정별 기본 및 조합의 공정 시뮬레이션 모의 모듈 기술을 개발하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 또한 개발된 기술의 실증 운영을 통해 검증된 모듈을 반영한 정수장 시뮬레이터 시스템을 개발을 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 정수장 시뮬레이터는 수질정보, 물질수지, 수두손실등의 운영현황 데이터를 수집하는 기능, 착수-혼화-응집-침전-여과-소독 등 개별 공정별 주요 운전변수의 모니터링 및 제어를 통한 운영관리 기능, 원수 수질변화에 신속한 대응을 위한 정수처리 공정제어 의사결정지원 기능, 그리고 온라인 관망해석을 포함한 정수처리 전(단위)공정 시뮬레이터 기능 및 공정별 운영인자 최적화 기능 등으로 구성되어 있다. 현재 운영 중인 정수장의 공정별 운전 상태를 평가·관리하여 정수공정 운영 안정화 체계를 확보하고, 정수장의 유량과 수질의 갑작스런 변화에 따른 모의를 통한 수질예측으로 실시간 정수장 최적운영관리가 가능하다. 또한 원수 성상에 따른 적정 공정운영 자동화로 운영비 절감 및 효율적 인력 활용으로 정수장 운영 효율성을 제고함으로써 지속적이고 안정적인 정수장 운영 체계를 확보할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.337-345
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• 2015

Two step rapid filter system as a pre-treatment for the injected water into aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) in Korea was developed to reduce physical blockage and secure the volume of the injected water. First, single rapid sand filters with three different media sizes (0.4~0.7, 0.7~1.0 and 1.0~1.4 mm) were tested. Only two sizes (0.4~0.7 and 0.7~1.0 mm) satisfied target turbidity, below 1.0 NTU. However, they showed the fast head loss. To prevent the fast head loss and secure the volume of the injected water, a rapid anthracite filter with roughing media size (2.0~3.4 mm) were installed before a single rapid sand filter. As results, both the target turbidity and reduction of head loss were achieved. It was determined that the media size for a rapid sand filter in two step rapid filter system (i.e. a rapid anthracite filter before a rapid sand filter) was 0.7~1.0 mm. In addition, the effects of coagulant doses on the removal of natural organic matter (NOM), which might cause a biological clogging, were preliminarily evaluated, and the values of $UV_{254}$, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and SUVA were interpreted.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.664-671
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• 2017

Non-point source pollution is the emission source that unspecifically releases pollutants to water system from unspecific places such as cities, agricultural lands, mountains, and construction sites and its discharge path is not easily identified. Also, it is difficult to design and manage the reduction facilities for the emission quantity is primarily affected from weather conditions like rainfall. Since 2006, the significance of non-point source pollution reduction has been grown in Republic of Korea and this reinforces needs for the installation of reduction facilities. However, because the standards for the installation details and reduction efficiency are not clarified by law, people are preferring technologies that do not require particular maintenance and high expenses. The purpose of this study is to examine and maintain the efficiency of non-point source pollutants reduction facility which uses expended polypropylene as a media. The higher the depth of the media, the less range of variations in the reduction efficiency was observed and the final efficiency was also increased. When the media depth was 60 cm, the average reduction efficiency was 94% and 90% where linear velocities were 10 m/hr and 20 m/hr respectively. The results from 180 minutes operation in 10 m/hr and 20 m/hr of linear velocities were slightly different in head loss changes which were caused by media depth variations. The backwash experiments which were conducted in triplicate showed the reduction efficiency decreased as the time went on because of the media clogging. However, it was found that after the backwashing the reduction efficiency was increased as effective as the efficiency of the initial filtration.