• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.675-681
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• 2005

A laboratory experiment was performed to investigate phosphorus and nitrogen removal from synthetic wastewater by intermittently aerated activated sludge process packed with aluminum and silver plate. Three continuous experi­mental processes, i. e. an intermittently aerated activated sludge process(Run A), an intermittently aerated activated sludge process with an aluminum and silver plate packed into the reactor(Run B), and a reactor post stage(Run C) were compared. In the batch experiments, the phosphorus removal time in the reactor packed with aluminum and silver plate simultaneously was faster than that of the reactor packed with only an aluminum plate. More phos­phorus was removed with an increase of NaCl concentration. The pitting corrosion of aluminum does not affect the performance of the biological treatment. The total nitrogen removal efficiency in Run B was $57\%\;and\;43.6\%$ at the HRT of 12 and 6 hours respectively. The effluent $PO_{4-}P$ concentration as low as 1.0 mg/L could be ob­tainable through the continuous experiment in Run B at HRT of 6 hours.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.51-65
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• 2002

This study was carried out to apply some basic physical and chemical treatment options including Fenton's oxidation, and to evaluate the performances and the characteristics of organic and nitrogen removal using lab-scale biological treatment system such as complete-mixing activated sludge and sequencing batch reactor(SBR) processes for the treatment of leachate from a municipal waste landfill in Gyeongnam province. The results were as follows: Chemical coagulation experiments using aluminium sulfate, ferrous sulfate and ferric chloride resulted in leachate CO $D_{Cr}$ removal of 32%, 23% and 21 % with optimum reaction dose ranges of 10,000～15,000 mg/$\ell$, 1,000 mg/$\ell$ and 500～2,000 mg/$\ell$, respectively. Fenton's oxidation required the optimum conditions including pH 3.5, 6 hours of reaction time, and hydrogen peroxide and ferrous sulfate concentrations of 2,000 ～ 3,000 mg/$\ell$ each with 1:1 weight ratio to remove more than 50% of COD in the leachate containing CO $D_{Cr}$ between 2,000 ～ 3,000 mg/$\ell$. Air-stripping achieved to remove more than 97% of N $H_3$-N in the leachate in spite of requiring high cost of chemicals and extensive stripping time, and, however, zeolite treatment removing 94% of N $H_3$-N showed high selectivity to N $H^{+}$ ion and much faster removal rate than air-stripping. The result from lab-scale experiment using a complete-mixing activated sludge process showed that biological treatability tended to increase more or less as HRT increased or F/M ratio decreased, and, however, COD removal efficiency was very poor by showing only 36% at HRT of 29 days. While COD removal was achieved more during Fenton's oxidation as compared to alum treatment for the landfill leachate, the ratio of BOD/COD after Fenton's oxidation considerably increased, and the consecutive activated sludge process significantly reduced organic strength to remove 50% of CO $D_{Cr}$ and 95% of BO $D_{5}$ . The SBR process was generally more capable of removing organics and nitrogen in the leachate than complete-mixing activated sludge process to achieve 74% removal of influent CO $D_{Cr}$ , 98% of BO $D_{5}$ and especially 99% of N $H_3$-N. However, organic removal rates of the SBR processes pre-treated with air-stripping and with zeolite were not much different with those without pre-treatment, and the SBR process treated with powdered activated carbon showed a little higher rate of CO $D_{Cr}$ removal than the process without any treatment. In conclusion, the biological treatment process using SBR proved to be the most applicable for the treatment of organic contents and nitrogen simultaneously and effectively in the landfill leachate.e.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2010

현재 강화된 방류수 수질 기준에 발맞춰 질소 인 제거를 포함한 고도처리 공정을 건설 중이거나 기존 표준활성슬러지 공정에서 고도처리공정으로의 개선이 추진되어지고 있다. 그러나 다양한 고도처리공정의 적용을 검토함에 있어 제거 효율 측면에서의 단순 평가만이 사용되고 있다. 따라서 고도처리공정 적용 시 제거 효율 뿐 아니라 슬러지 생산, 포기 비용 등을 복합적으로 평가할 수 있는 방법이 필요하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 표준활성슬러지 공정으로 운영 중인 S 하수처리장을 Biological nutrient removal(BNR) 공정으로 개선할 경우를 가정한 대안 공정 평가 방법을 제안하였다. 시간적, 비용적 장점을 가지며 객관적인 평가 기준으로 대두되고 있는 수학적 모델을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 대안 공정으로 선정된 Anaerobic/anoxic/oxic ($A^2$/O), Virginia initiative plant (VIP), Daewoo nutrient removal (DNR) 공정에 대해 평가하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 바탕으로 공정의 처리 성능 뿐 아니라 슬러지 생산량 및 에너지 효율을 포함한 5가지 성능 지수들을 적용함으로써 개별 항목간의 비교 평가가 가능하였으며, 최적 공정을 제시하기 위한 객관적 판단과정을 퍼지 추론을 통하여 구현하였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.811-815
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• 2005

The activated sludge from the aeration basin of the Su-yeong municipal wastewater treatment plant which has operated by a standard activated sludge process in Busan, Korea was investigated during April 2004 and January 2005 with several bio-indicators. The number of bacteria and fungi per gram of dry weight of MLSS were estimated to be $3.1\times10^6\sim1.5\times10^8\;and\;l.1\times10^3\sim1.1\times10^5$ colony forming units, respectively, by the plate agar method. By cultivation-independent methods, such as 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole stain and fluorescence in situ hybridization, the ratio of eubacteria to the entire biomass was evaluated by more than $80\%$ (v/v). The ratio of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria to the total eubacteria was detennined to be $7.0\sim9.8\%\;and\;3.3\sim6.2\%$ without heavy variation in spite of a period of relatively low temperature in the basin. It would be expected that the nitrification would occur or at least co-exist throughout the year in the sludge of many municipal WWTP with influents that contain the sufficient nitrogen sources although the WWTP does not have any specialized processes for the removal of nitrogen.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.508-514
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• 2004

Industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants produce large amounts of sludge cakes for final disposal. This problem is an inevitable drawback inherent to the activated sludge process. Both the reduction of the amount of sludge produced and improvement of its dewaterability are presently very important issue also in Korea. So many pre-treatment processes have been developed in order to improve sludge dewatering efficiency. In this study the effects of hydrogen peroxide and paper sludge mixing processes were considered as reasonable alternatives to enhance sludge dewaterability. The CST of sludge was significantly decreased, and dewaterability improved by hydrogen peroxide oxidation treatment. The optimum dosage of hydrogen peroxide was proved to be 10mg/g-TS (when TS of sludge was 2%) with the conditions of pH 4 and only 1~2 minutes of reaction time. The mixing of paper sludge with sewage sludge was turned out to be very effective in reduction of sludge cake; 30% of sludge cake reduction was accomplished. Optimum mixing ratio of paper sludge was about 30%(v/v). This process also could save 25% of polymer to be required. These two alternatives are somewhat realistic, but it was concluded that paper sludge mixing process will be the best choice.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.104-116
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• 1996

Anaerobic digestion is generally used for the treatment of volatile organic solids such as manure and sludge from waste water treatment plants. However, the reaction rate of anaerobic process is slow, and thus it requires a large reactor volume. To minimize such a disadvantage, physical and chemical pre-treatment is generally considered. Another method to reduce the reactor size is to adopt different reactor system other than CSTR. In this paper, the effects of heat pre-treatment and reactor configurations on the anaerobic treatability of volatile solids was studied. Carrot, kale, primary sludge, and waste activated sludge was chosen as the test materials, and the BMP method was used to evaluate the maximum methane production and first order rate constants from each sample. After the heat treatment at $130^{\circ}C$ for 30min., the measured increase in SCOD per gram VS was up to 394 mg/L for the waste activated sludge. However, the methane production potential per gram VS was increased for only primary and waste activated sludge by 17-23%, remaining the same for carrot and kale. The overall methane production process for the tested solids can be described by first order reactions. The increased in reaction constant after heat pre-treatment was also more significant for the primary and waste activated sludge than that for carrot and kale. therefore, the heat pre-treatment appeared to be effective for the solids with high protein contents rather than for the solids with high carbohydrate contents. Among the four reactor systems studied, CSTR, PFR, CSTR followed by PFR, and PFR with recycle, CSTR followed by PFR appeared to be the best choice considering methane conversion rate and the operational stability.

• 청정기술
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.265-272
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 하수슬러지에서 만든 활성탄을 이용하여 벤젠에 대한 정지(static)흡착실험을 수행하였다. 7.999 kPa에 이르는 압력 범위 내에서 온도 조건을 변화시켜 가며 303.15, 318.15, 333.15 K에서 흡착실험을 진행하였다. 등온흡착곡선은 Langmuir isotherm, Freundlich isotherm, Toth isotherm을 적용하여 비교하였다. 벤젠의 흡착량(q)을 fitting한 결과 Langmuir isotherm과 Toth isotherm으로 fitting한 등온흡착 곡선의 정확도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 Langmuir isotherm의 $q_{max}$ 값을 이용하여 흡착제의 흡착량을 비교하였다. 또한, 하수슬러지 활성탄과 상용활성탄의 세공 발달 여부를 비교하기 위해 SEM image를 관찰하였다. SEM image 관찰 결과, 국내외 상용활성탄(DARCO A.C., SPG-100 A.C.)이 하수슬러지 활성탄에 비해 세공발달 정도가 우수하며, 세공발달 정도가 우수한 국내외 상용활성탄(DARCO A.C., SPG-100 A.C.)이 하수슬러지 활성탄에 비해 벤젠흡착량(q)이 높은 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 실온조건인 303.15K에서 하수슬러지의 최대 벤젠흡착량($q_{max}$)은 국내 상용활성탄(SPG-100 A.C.)의 최대 벤젠흡착량($q_{max}$)과 대등한 수치로 나타났으므로 하수슬러지 활성탄의 상용화 가능성을 검증할 수 있었다.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2014

The present study investigated the effects of thermal pre-treatment on the enhancement of anaerobic biodegradability of waste activated sludge at varied TS concentration levels. The activated sludges were thermally oxidized for 30 minutes at $80{\sim}200^{\circ}C$ with varied TS concentrations (2%, 4% and 6%). and then, sludge characteristics, solubilization efficiency and methane production yield of thermally pre-treated sludges were analyzed. The higher the temperature in the thermal pre-treatment, the higher the concentration levels of dissolved matters such as $SCOD_{Cr}$, $NH_4{^+}$ and VFAs, which indicates that the thermal pre-treatment facilitates the hydrolysis and acid fermentation. Furthermore, the solubilization efficiency was increased in proportion to the temperature rise at all TS concentrations and was reached at 68.9%, 55.6% and 53.1%, respectively, at $200^{\circ}C$. In the BMP test of the pre-treated sludges, higher methane production yields were observed as 0.313. 0.314 and $0.299m^3\;CH_4/kg\;VS_{add}$ at the condition of TS 2% ($160^{\circ}C$), 4% ($160^{\circ}C$) and 6% ($180^{\circ}C$), respectively, and degradation rate was increased by 84%, 79% and 65% compared with non-pretreated waste activated sludge. These findings suggest the effectiveness of thermal pre-treatment of waste activated sludge for anaerobic biodegradable process.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.9-18
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• 1994

활성슬러지 공정을 이용하여 Kraft 펄프공장에서 배출되는 유출수에 잔류하는 만성독성의 제거가능성을 평가하기 위하여 pilot plant를 운전하였다. 독성 이외에도 폐수내의 BOD, SS, resin과 fatty acids, 색도, 그리고 AOX와 같은 오염물질의 제거효과도 측정되었다. Pilot plant는 정상상태에서 약 10주 동안 운전되었으며 운전기간 동안의 평균 F/M 비율은 0.28, 그리고 sludge age는 8.4일로 계산되었다. 평균 MLSS 농도는 4,309mg/l이었으며 이중 휘발성 물질은 57%이었다. 운전기간 동안, BOD 제거계수(k)는 $30^{\circ}C$에서 8.2/일 이었으며 BOD 제거율은 full-scale 운전시보다 3~6% 정도 낮은 84%로 나타났다. 활성슬러지 유출수의 만성독성 시험은 Dinnel 방법과 BML 방법이 활용되었으며, 시험결과 pilot plant 활성슬러지 시스템에서도 효율적인 운전을 통하여 90% 이상의 독성제거가 가능함을 알 수 있었다. Pilot plant의 진 공정을 통해서 색도와 AOX의 제거는 매우 미미하였으나 resin과 fatty acids는 뛰어난 제거율을 나타내었다.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2004

본 연구는 유지관리비가 적게 소요되고 관리가 용이한 에너지절감형 축산뇨오수 처리기술을 개발하기 위하여 목편 살수여상과 활성오니를 정화기술하는 처리기술을 연구하였다. 1. 스크레파 축사의 축산뇨오수 처리를 위한 목편칩 살수여상 활성오니 연계 시스템을 개발하였다. 처리공정은 축산뇨오수 원수$\to$스크린$\to$목편칩 살수여상$\to$활성오니$\to$침전/오존처리 공정으로 처리하였다. 2. 처리결과 축산뇨오수 원수의 BOD 8,620mg/$\iota$ 에서 최종처리수의 BOD는 58mg/$\iota$로 처리되었다. 또한 COD_{Mn},은 원수 4,290mg/$\iota$에서 232mg/$\iota$, SS 2,228mg/$\iota$에서 49.5mg/$\iota$, T-N 4,223mg/$\iota$에서 395mg/$\iota$, T-P 97.4mg/$\iota$에서 8.0mg/$\iota$로 처리되었다. 3. SS는 목편살수여상조에서 $71.1\%$가 제거되어 활성오니 처리 대비 슬러지 발생량이 $70\%$ 절감되었다.