• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 1998

This study was to investigate the effects of carbon loadings, temperature and expansion ratio on the waterborne organic removal by the biologically active GAC fluidized bed on a laboratory scale. The raw water to be treated comes from midstream of Han river. BACFB(Biological Activated Carbon Fluidized Bed) process was very effective to remove the biodegradable fraction of dissolved organic matter. The more carbon weighed, the more DOC removed in a range from 16.7 to 133.3 g/l. DOC and UV$_{254}$ were removed more than 40% and 20% above 20$\circ$C respectively. Between 5$\circ$C and 10$\circ$C, DOC and UV$_{254}$ were eliminated about 30% and 15% respectively. In general, even if the temperature was higher, DOC removal was a little sensitive, probably influenced by GAC's residual adsorption capacity. UV$_{254}$ reduction was little fluctuated in accordance with water temperature. The gradual increase in expansion ratio from 10% to 75% didn't greatly affect on the removal of DOC and UV$_{254}$. The expansion ratio, therefore, is not a key factor over the critical expansion ratio.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.829-834
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• 2006

This research aims to investigate the behavior of organic matter that causes bacterial re-growth and the formation of disinfectant by-products such as THM in water treatment, and to optimize conditions for a more efficient and conventional water facility. THM removed 51 % and 12 % through coagulation/sedimentation and filtration using a selected conventional system. In this experiment, the removal ratio of DOC was highest at 68 % when the Gt value was 42,000 and lowest at 41 % when the Gt value was 30,000. 77-84 % of total DOC was removed during coagulation/sedimentation, and 15-23 % was removed during filtration. When Gt values were between 30,000 and 66,000, over 50 % of high molecular matter above 10 K during coagulation/sedimentation was removed. Turbidity removed 98 % when the G1 value was 66,000. As the Gt value increased, the turbidity removal ratio increased. Turbidity removed over 20 % during the filtration process.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.909-918
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• 2009

급수시스템에서 박테리아 재성장의 영양원이 되는 DOC를 정수처리 공정에서 효과적으로 저감시키기 위하여 생분해와 흡착으로 구분하여 네 종류의 DOC로 분획하였고 각각의 제거특성을 연구하였다. 네 종류의 분획 DOC는 흡착성을 가지면서 생분해성이 없는 AnBDOC, 흡착성이 없고 생분해성만이 있는 nABDOC, 흡착과 생분해성을 동시에 나타내는 ABDOC, 흡착과 생분해가 되지 않는 nAnBDOC로 구분하여 분석하였다. 낙동강 중류에 위치한 정수처리장 원수의 조사결과, ADOC가 BDOC보다 약간 높은 비율로 존재하고 있으며, 오존산화 후에는 분획 DOC 중에서 AnBDOC 농도가 가장 많이 제거되었으며, 제거율은 nAnBDOC가 49.5%로 가장 높았다. BAC 공정으로 제거된 분획 DOC 중에는 ADOC가 약 91%를 차지하고 있으므로 흡착에 의한 제거가 우수한 것으로 나타났고, 잔류하는 TDOC 0.50 mg/L 중에는 ADOC가 0.46 mg/L(67.7%)을 차지하고 있으므로 배수관내 미생물 증식 및 소독부생성물의 생성 방지를 위하여 BAC 공정상에서 EBCT증가, 재생주기 등의 운전조건을 개선해야 하는 것으로 나타났다. 정수처리 공정에서 DOC분획 결과로부터 흡착이나 생분해 등으로 제거 가능량을 파악할 수 있으므로 정수처리 공정에 유용한 것으로 나타났다. 염소처리하는 정수처리 공정에서 DOC분획 농도와 밀접한 관계를 가지는 AOX의 분석결과, AOX 7.1 ${\mu}g$/L은 오존산화와 활성탄흡착 공정으로 0.51 ${\mu}g$/L까지 충분히 제거되었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2005

Effect of the pH, molar ratio of Cu(II)/EDTA, concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA and ionic strength on the photocatalytic oxidation(PCO) of Cu(II)-EDTA in solar light was studied in this work. Experimental results in this work were compared with previous results obtained with UV-lamp. In the kinetics, Cu(II)-EDTA decomposition was favorable below neutral pH. The removal of Cu(II) and DOC was favorable as $TiO_2$ dosage increased. The initial rate for the decomplexation of Cu(II)-EDTA linearly increased as the concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA increased. The removal of Cu(II) and DOC was not much affected by variation of ionic strength with $NaClO_4$ as a background ion while much reduction was observed in the presence of background ions having higher formal charges. The removal trend of Cu(II) and DOC with variation of ionic strength and concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA in solar light was similar with that in UV light. Variation of the molar ratio of Cu(II)/EDTA showed a negligible effect on the removal of both Cu(II) and DOC. However, removal of both Cu(II) and DOC was two-times greater than that previous results obtained with UV light.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.513-518
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• 2017

본 연구는 입상활성탄을 일시에 100% 충진하는 방법과 일회 충진양을 50%, 33%, 20% 및 10%로 나눠서 주기적으로 누적 충진하였을 경우에 대해 THMs과 DOC 처리효율 변화를 비교 평가하기 위해 수행하였다. 일시에 100% 충진하는 방법은 운전 초기에는 THMs와 DOC의 유출농도가 낮았으나 운전기간이 증가할수록 높은 유출수 농도를 나타내었다. 반면 주기적 누적충진 방법을 적용한 경우에는 유출수의 THMs와 DOC 농도가 운전기간 동안 상대적으로 균등하게 유지하였다. THMs 흡착제거에는 주기적 누적 충진법이 전체 충진용량을 일시에 충진하는 방법에 비해 효과적이었으나, 활성탄 공정 유입수 THMs 구성종들 중에서 클로로디브로모메탄이나 브로모포름의 함량이 클로로포름이나 브로모디클로로메탄에 비해 월등히 높은 경우에는 주기적 누적충진법에 비해 전체 충진용량을 일시에 충진하는 방법이 더욱 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. DOC의 제거에서는 충진용량을 일시에 충진하여 운전하는 방법이 주기적 누적충진법에 비해 DOC의 총 흡착량과 유출수의 평균농도 측면에서는 유리하였다. 활성탄 공정 운전기간 동안 THMs와 DOC 제거율의 균등화에는 주기적 누적충진 방법을 적용한 경우가 효과적이었고, 적은 양의 활성탄을 주기적으로 자주 충진하는 방식이 더욱 유리하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2003

Microcystin, stable compounds with circular heptapeptides, is presented inside cyanobacterial cell. So far, over 30 types have been known to exist and microcystin-LR, RR among them are the most potent toxin compound. By this reason, a strong oxidant, ozone was used in this study to remove the microcystins produced by cyanobacteria. Removal efficiency of microcystin at M water treatment plant was also evaluated. Microcystin concentration was determined by protein phosphatase inhibition assay. The results showed that dissolved microcystin in raw water detected in the range of 0.011-0.028 ㎍ Microcystin-RR equivalent/l. Above 98% of microcystin was removed through overall treatment system. Therefore, the water treatability of M treatment plant seemed to be excellent. Removal efficiency of microcystin according to unit process varied as characteristics of raw water such as DOC, UV/sub 254/ and turbidity. Removal efficiency of microcystin by ozonation was investigated in laboratory according to contact time and ozone dose. Dissolved microcystin was increased by twice fold according to ozone contact time, but increased by fifth fold according to ozone dose. So, changing of ozone dose more affected microcystin release than changing of ozone contact time. Behavior of microcystin by ozonation was similar to that of DOC, and residual ozone concentration gave influence to removal ratio of microcystin. In conclusion, single ozone treatment wasn't effective on microcystin removal in case of water containing a lot of cells. Therefore, it's more effective to use ozonation process after the removal of cyanobacterial cells in advance.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2001

Natural organic matters(NOMs) are found everywhere such as soil, surface and ground waters and consist of both humic and nonhumic components, and their heterogeneith makes each source unique. This study was carried to evaluate the removal characteristics of NOMs by mixing coagulants and the variation of apparent molecular weight distribution(AMWD) in coagulation process. Ratio of optimum coagulants dosage for removal of DOC and turbidity by mixing coagulants was 1.83 mM F $e^{3+}$/mM $Al^{3+}$. DOC removal increased at lower pH. The pH6 control focused on the removal of organic matters could reduce the amount of coagulant consumption by 2 to 3 times based on the pH8.5 of natural water. The dissolved organic matters in the natural water from the mid-stream of Han River were composed of the low molecular weight(LMW,<1 K) of 59.7%, and the medium and high molecular weight(M.HMW, 1~30 K) of 40.3%, respectively. At pH6, the DOC removal efficiencies of LMW(<1 K) and M.HMW(1~30 K) in coagulation process were 27~35%, 62~72%, respectively. The fraction smaller than 1 K was not eliminated to a noticeable degree, while the fraction of 1~30 K was relatively well removed. In conclustion, mixing coagulants were fairly effective in the removal of natural organic matter.r.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제31권B호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2011

N-doped Titanium oxides were prepared by using urea as a source of nitrogen. The photoactivities of the doped $TiO_2$ were evaluated on the basis of degradation of humic acid in aqueous solutions with different light sources, ultraviolet lamp, fluorescent lamp and solar light. XRD analysis was conducted to identify the crystal structure of the synthesized photocatalysts. N-doped $TiO_2$ and $pure-TiO_2$ was anatase type. SEM results showed that spherical particles were formed, which are the characteristics of the anatase form. N doped $TiO_2$ showed higher $UV_{254}$ decrease ratio and DOC removal ratio compared to $pure-TiO_2$. The humic acid degradation reaction using the UV-A lamp and UV-C lamp was assigned to pseudo-first order reaction. For solar light, only $pure-TiO_2$ and $N-TiO_2$ exhibited the pseudo-first order reaction.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.580-586
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• 2017

The fractionation characteristics of organic matter were investigated in inflow and effluent of each other pollution sources and river. While the DOC/TOC ratio in the influent of public sewage treatment plant and livestock disposal facilities was above 0.58, the POC/TOC ratio of human livestock Night soil treatment plant and stormwater runoff was more than 0.7. The TOC removal efficiency of public sewage treatment plant and human livestock Night soil treatment plant were 88.5 % and 99.6 %, respectively. Although the concentration distribution of organic matter pollution most of total organic carbon (TOC) in effluent of pollution sources accounted for dissolved organic carbon (DOC) type (DOC/TOC ratio >0.89) and Refractory-DOC (RDOC)/TOC ratio was higher (>0.65). The fractionation characteristics of organic matter in river were similar with that of sewage treatment plant and TOC concentration showed the positive correlation with DOC ($r^2=0.93$) and RDOC ($r^2=0.89$) concentration. The decay rate of Labile DOC (LDOC) (avg. $0.128day^{-1}$) was higher than labile particulate organic carbon (LPOC) ($0.082day^{-1}$), while that of DOC ($0.008day^{-1}$) was lower than POC ($0.039day^{-1}$) (paired t-test, p < 0.001, n = 5). These study results suggested that it should consider important both TOC and DOC as the target indicator to control refractory organic matter in pollution sources.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.465-474
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• 2023

The chemical composition and molecular weight characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) exert a profound influence on the efficiency of organic matter removal in water treatment systems, acting as efficiency predictive indicators. This research evaluated the primary chemical and molecular weight properties of DOM derived from diverse sources, including rivers, lakes, and biomasses, and assessed their relationship with the efficiency of coagulation/flocculation treatments. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal efficiency through coagulation/flocculation exhibited significant correlations with DOM's hydrophobic distribution, the ratio of humic-like to protein-like fluorescence, and the molecular weight associated with humic substances (HS). These findings suggest that the DOC removal rate in coagulation/flocculation processes is enhanced by a higher presence of HS in DOM, an increased influence of externally sourced DOM, and more presence of high molecular weight compounds. The results of this study further posit that the efficacy of water treatment processes can be more accurately predicted when considering multiple DOM characteristics rather than relying on a singular trait. Based on major results from this study, a predictive model for DOC removal efficiency by coagulation/flocculation was formulated as: 24.3 - 7.83 × (fluorescence index) + 0.089 × (hydrophilic distribution) + 0.102 × (HS molecular weight). This proposed model, coupled with supplementary monitoring of influent organic matter, has the potential to enhance the design and predictive accuracy for coagulation/flocculation treatments targeting DOC removal in future applications.