• Membrane Journal
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.301-309
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• 2016

The effects of water back-flushing time (BT) and photocatalyst-coated polypropylene (PP) beads were investigated in hybrid water treatment process of alumina microfiltration and the PP beads in this study, and compared with the previous study with alumina ultrafiltration membrane and the same PP beads. The BT was changed in the range of 6~30 s with fixed 10 min of back-flushing period (FT). Then, the BT effects on resistance of membrane fouling ($R_f$), permeate flux (J) and total permeate volume ($V_T$) were observed during total filtration time of 180 min. As longer BT, $R_f$ decreased and J increased dramatically; however, $V_T$ was the maximum at BT 10 s. The treatment efficiency of turbidity was high beyond 99.0%, and the BT effect was not shown. The treatment efficiency of organic matters was the highest value of 89.0% at no back-flushing (NBF), and increased as longer BT. The optimum input concentration of the PP beads was 20 g/L in the viewpoint of membrane fouling; however, the optimum PP beads of the previous study was 40 g/L. The treatment efficiency of turbidity and organic matters were the maximum at 30 g/L of the PP beads; however, those of the previous study with alumina ultrafiltration membrane and the same PP beads were the highest at 40 g/L.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.201-212
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• 2014

This study was performed to discover the optimum operation conditions for the advanced water treatment using the ceramic membrane, introduced the first in the nation at the Y water treatment plant (WTP). The result of investigation to find the optimum operation conditions which can continue preserving the filtration performance as well as satisfying both the economics and the water quality is as follows. In the ordinary water quality condition of the Y WTP, the optimum filtration time(the backwash period), which can minimize the production of backwash waste and preserve the membrane performance was examined to be 4.0 hours on basis of institution capacity ($16,000m^3/day$). Examining the recovery rate of TMP from the chemical cleaning (CIP) discovered that the inorganic contaminants, which cause membrane fouling, such as iron, manganese, aluminum, were removed through the acidic cleaning using citric acid, whereas the membrane recovery rate was found to be low. But, on the other hand, the TMP was recovered to the initial value from the alkali cleaning using the NaOCl. Therefore, the main contaminant causing the fouling was determined to be hydrophilic organic compound( biopolymer). The membrane recovery rate is highly influenced by the temperature of the cleaning chemical. That is, the rate increased with increasing temperature.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.684-693
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• 2012

The stormwater runoff from the increasing paved roads and vehicles resulted in the increase in the pollutants load to adjacent water bodies. The granular media filtration facilities are the most widely adopted to minimize the non-point source pollution from motorways. It is essential to consider the severe variation of hydraulic condition, suspended solid (SS) characteristics, and the medium characteristics for stormwater management filter. In this study, different types of media, including sand, were tested and the performance of downflow sand filters was investigated under various linear velocity and influent solid particle size. Results showed that the best medium is the coarse sand with large grain size, which showed the specific SS removal before clogging of more than $8.498kg/m^2$, the SS removal of higher than 95%, and minimum head loss. Linear velocity did not affect the total solid removal, while the performance was improved when fine solid was introduced. It is suggested that the life of a downflow sand filter bed can be extended by deep bed filtration when influent particles are fine. However, the captured particles can be washed out after a long period of operation.

• 수도
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• v.24 no.4 s.85
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• pp.30-38
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• 1997

County는 비용과 부지소요는 최소화하면서도 증가하는 지역적 물수요에 부합되는 높은 유량에서 정수장의 성능을 최대화해야하는 필요성에 직면해있다. 개선사항을 찾아내기 위하여 시설물에 대한 상세한 성능평가가 행해졌다. 성능평가는 여과와 소독공정이 운전방식의 조정과 함께 추가시설의 건설에 의하여 개선될 수 있음을 나타내었다. Pilot test는 실험된 여러 가지 대안들 중에서 혼화, 응집, 이중 여과방식이 입자의 제거와 정수 수질에 가장 좋은 것임을 보여주었다. 소독에 대한 분석 결과는 소독방법을 교정하고 추가적인 염소접촉시간을 주는 것이 소독의 안전성을 확보함과 동시에 정수의 소독부산물 농도를 최소한으로 하고 강화되는 규제치와 부합할 수 있는 최선의 방법이 될 것이라는 것을 보이고 있다. Pilot test는 저수두 자동역세척여과지가 1차여과지(roughing filter)로서 효과적이라는 것을 보여주었다. 실험결과는 이중여과가 최종유출수의 탁도를 평균 0.1NTU이하로 감소시키며 입자의 제거율을 3 log로 증가시킴을 나타내고 있다. 정수공정 전반에서의 입자의 제거는 여러 개의 공정의 개별적 성과의 합이 아니므로 시설물들을 건설하기 전에 정수장 전체적으로 예상되는 개선정도를 수량화하기 위하여 Pilot 실험이 필요하였다. Pilot test중에 탁도보다는 입자측정이 유량, 응집제의 주입량, 및 여타 운전조건의 변화에 훨씬 민감함을 보여주었다. 이러한 점이 입자측정이 특히 저탁도 원수에서 처리공정의 성능을 나타내 주는 적절한 추가적 수질인자라는 결론을 보강하여 주었다. 물수요에 부합하기 위하여 Freedom District 정수장을 성공적으로 개선하는 데는 원수의 수질, 단위공정의 성능, 활용가능한 수리학적 수두, 현시설의 배치, 운전양태 등과 같은 기술적 사항에 대한 고려가 필요하였다. 비록 모든 사항들이 각각 일정정도의 영향을 가지고 있으나, 상기의 모든 것들이 수질에 영향을 미쳤으며 수질의 성공적인 개선은 정수장 운전의 모든 부분을 파악할 수 있는 상세한 성능평가를 통하여 가장 잘 달성될 수 있다.