• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2023

Bacterial contamination negatively affects the quality, functionality, and safety of dairy products. Adherent populations of bacteria, referred to as biofilms, grow on the surfaces of dairy processing equipment and are the primary cause of dairy contamination. In addition, microorganisms present in the farm environment and dairy factory can contaminate the Clear-In-Place (CIP) line through raw milk transport pipes; therefore, exhaustive management is required. In dairy manufacturing facilities, biofilm formation is controlled using CIP systems that primarily require sodium hydroxide and nitric acid. However, the leakage or incomplete removal of these potently active compounds can be harmful to humans. In the present study, we compared the eradication of Escherichia coli and other bacteria using commercially available combinations of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and citric acid, which are recognized by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) as food disinfectants. When considered in the CIP system of the field manufacturing process, E. coli was not detected (compared to detection before treatment), and other bacteria were detected at 0-32 culture-forming units (CFU)/cm². The residual amount of chlorine ions after CIP treatment was similar to that in tap water, and there was no significant difference in the overall components of the fermented dairy products. Therefore, the NaClO/citric acid CIP system can be safely applied in dairy manufacturing processes.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.539-549
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• 2017

In water treatment process using microfiltration membranes, manganese is a substance that causes inorganic membrane fouling. As a result of analysis on the operation data taken from I WTP(Water Treatment Plant), it was confirmed that the increase of TMP was very severe during the period of manganese inflow. The membrane fouling fastened the increase of TMP and shortened the service time of filtration or the cleaning cycle. The TMP of the membrane increased to the maximum of $2.13kgf/cm^2$, but it was recovered to the initial level ($0.17kgf/cm^2$) by the 1st acid cleaning step. It was obvious that the main membrane fouling contaminants are due to inorganic substances. As a result of the analysis on the chemical waste, the concentrations of aluminum(146-164 mg/L) and manganese(110-126 mg/L) were very high. It is considered that aluminum was due to the residual unreacted during coagulation step as a pretreatment process. And manganese is thought to be due to the adsorption on the membrane surface as an adsorbate in feed water component during filtration step. For the efficient maintenance of the membrane filtration facilities, optimization of chemical concentration and CIP conditions is very important when finding the abnormal level of influent including foulants such as manganese.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2018

The impact of sodium hydroxide, which is one of chemicals of clean in place (CIP) for removing membrane fouling, on the PVDF membrane is reviewed with respect to physical/chemical structural change, the permeability affected therefrom. Based on the cleaning concentration applied in membrane water treatment facilities, 10% of accumulated defluorination was confirmed up to 166g.hr/L which reflects the exposure time. However, membrane resistance was confirmed to be reduced by about 10%. Through FT-IR and EDS analysis, reduction of F and change of are confirmed as factors that affect the permeability of membrane. Membrane resistance, which affects permeability, is affected by loss of additives for hydrophilicity, rather than defluorination of PVDF material. Therefore, in order to check membrane degradation degree, an accelerated test by NaOH was carried out, loss of additives was confirmed, and then PVDF inherent characteristic was observed.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.529-537
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• 2017

Membrane filtration process is an advanced water treatment technology that has excellently removes turbidity and microorganisms. However, it is known that it has problems such as low economic efficiency and the operating stability. Therefore, this study was to evaluate on the economical feasibility and operational stability comparison of membrane and sand filtration process in Im-sil drinking water treatment plant. For the economic analysis of each process, the electricity cost and chemical consumption were compared. In the case of electric power consumption, electricity cost is $68.67KRW/m^3$ for sand filtration and $79.98KRW/m^3$ for membrane filtration, respectively. Therefore, membrane filtration process was about 16% higher than sand filtration process of electricity cost. While, the coagulant usage in the membrane filtration process was 43% lower than the sand filtration process. Thus, comparing the operation costs of the two processes, there is no significant difference in the operating cost of the membrane filtration process and the sand filtration process as $85.94KRW/m^3$ and $79.71KRW/m^3$ respectively (the sum of electricity and chemical cost). As a result of operating the membrane filtration process for 3 years including the winter season and the high turbidity period, the filtrated water turbidity was stable to less than 0.025 NTU irrespective of changes in the turbidity of raw water. And the CIP(Clean In Place) cycle turned out to be more than 1 year. Based on the results of this study, the membrane filtration process showed high performance of water quality, and it was also determined to have the economics and operation stability.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2017

최근 막여과 공정은 입자상 물질뿐만 아니라 Giardia, cryptosporidium과 같은 병원성미생물이 효과적으로 제거됨에 따라 국내외 적용성이 확대되는 추세이다. 본 연구는 광주광역시 D정수장의 원수 침전상등수의 처리를 위해 $120m^3/d$ 처리규모의 Pilot Plant (2014. 1월부터 운영)와 $2,500m^3/d$ 처리규모의 실증실험시설(2015. 1월부터 운영)의 막여과 공정을 운영하면서 최적 운전조건과 한계여과속도를 찾고자 하였다. 정밀여과막의 Pilot-test에서 얻어진 운전모드는 유입 1.0분, 여과 36.5분, 공기역세 0.9분, 역세 1.0분, 배출 1.0분이었으며, 이를 적용하여 실증실험을 하였다. 한계여과속도(critical flux)는 Pilot 운전에서 Flux 20, 40, 56 및 62 LMH일 때의 시간의 변화에 따른 막간차압의 증가식을 기반으로 $50L/m^2-h$로 산정(TMP 0.5bar 이내)되었다. 화학세정은 1차로 산세정 2회, 2차로 알칼리 세정을 하여 95%의 회복율을 얻었다. 이러한 적정 조건으로 운전한 결과 처리수의 탁도는 봄 여름 가을 겨울 평균 각각 0.028, 0.024, 0.026 및 0.028 NTU, 연평균 탁도는 0.026 NTU로, 탁도 제거율은 98.4%로 나타났다. 광주광역시 D정수장의 원수 침전상등수를 1일 $2,500m^3$ 처리하는 실증실험시설 운영을 통해 부유고형물 및 콜로이드성 물질을 제거하는데 탁월한 처리성능을 확인하였고, 일반적인 모래여과공정을 대체할 수 있는 적정운영기술이 확보되었다.