• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.2314-2320
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• 2015

MBR (Membrane Bio-Reactor) 공정은 막 오염을 해결하기 위해 막대한 에너지 소비를 하는 공정으로 알려져 있다. 이를 해결하기 위한 일환으로 전기응집 기술을 MBR에 적용하는 시도가 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전류밀도를 변화시켜가며 활성슬러지의 막 여과를 수행하여 전기응집이 막 오염 저감에 미치는 영향과 메커니즘을 파악하고자 하였다. 활성슬러지 혼합액을 전기응집한 후 회분식교반셀로 분리 막의 여과성능을 평가하였다. 전류밀도(A/m2)를 10에서 40으로 증가시켰을 때 총 오염 저항 (Rc+Rf) 값이 18%에서 79%까지 감소하여 전기응집으로 인해 분리 막의 여과성능이 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 전기응집 전후로 유기물 농도와 활성슬러지 입도분포 변화는 거의 일어나지 않았다. 여과 성능의 향상은 수산화알루미늄, Al(OH)3이 생성되어 막 표면에 부착되면서 오염물질이 쌓이게 됨을 방지하는 역할, 즉 dynamic membrane 으로 작용하였기 때문인 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2018

전기응집 (Electro-coagulation)을 활용한 분리 막 생물반응기 (Membrane Bio-Reactor) 공정의 막 오염 저감 현상을 확인하고 이를 해석하고자 하였다. 전기응집의 주요 운전 인자인 전류밀도와 접촉시간 변화가 활성슬러지 혼합액의 막 여과에 미치는 영향을 관찰하고 전기응집 과정에서 발생하는 수산화금속염이 막 오염에 미치는 역할에 대해 연구하였다. 전류밀도를 $10A/m^2$으로 높게 유지한 경우에는 전기응집 시간이 증가하여도 막 오염 감소 효과가 크지 않은 반면 $2.5A/m^2$의 낮은 전류밀도 하에서는 전기응집 시간이 증가하면 추가적인 막 오염 감소가 관찰되었다. 즉, 막 오염을 감소시키는 전류밀도와 접촉시간의 곱이 전체 막 오염 저감 정도를 지배하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 주어진 전류밀도와 인가시간에서 입도분포는 크게 변화하지 않은 것으로 나타나 콜로이드 입자와 막 오염 저감과는 큰 관련성이 없는 것으로 판단되었다. 그러나 전기응집을 통해 생성된 수산화알루미늄 (인산알루미늄)이 막 여과 과정에서 동적 막 (Dynamic Membrane)을 형성하여 막 오염 현상을 완화하는 것으로 확인되었다. 전기응집에서 발생한 수산화금속염이 막 표면에 동적 막을 형성하고 이로 인해 유입수의 입자성분이 직접 막 표면과 내부에 침적되는 것을 방해하고 동적 막에 주로 쌓이게 함으로써 막 오염이 감소된 것이다. 본 연구에서 밝힌 수산화금속염에 의한 동적 막의 역할은 전기응집을 활용한 MBR 공정의 후 막 오염 감소 메커니즘을 해석하는데 중요한 역할을 한다고 결론지을 수 있다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.579-589
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• 2012

To reduce extensive energy costs of the internal recycling for the purpose of denitrification in the advanced wastewater treatment, a post-treatment process using an electro-coagulation to treat nitrate in the secondary effluents is evaluated in this study. Removals of phosphorus and organics in the secondary effluents by the electro-coagulation were also evaluated to propose an alternative advanced wastewatert treatment process. A series of experiments of the electro-coagulation were carried out with the following 4 different samples: synthetic solution containing nitrate only, synthetic solution containing nitrate as well as phosphorus, secondary effluents from activated sludge cultivated in laboratory, and secondary effluents from real wastewater treatment plants. Removals of nitrate and phosphorus in the synthetic solution were 30 and 97 % respectively, which verified the feasibility of the process. Removals of nitrate, phosphorus and COD in the secondary effluents from the cultivated sludge in laboratory were 49, 90 and 19 % respectively. Removal efficiency of the total nitrogen, nitrrate, phosphorus and COD in the secondary effluent from real wastewater treatment plant were 50, 61, 98 and 80 % respectively. The removal of the total nitrogen was less than the nitrate as expected, which is due to the formation of ammonia nitrogen in the cathode. But the proposed scheme could be an energy saving and alternative process for the advanced wastewater treatment if further studies for the process optimization are carried out.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

The water treatment by electrochemical method was performed to increase the yield of production. Continuous plug flow reactor was operated to treat poultry and domestic wastewaters. Experimental results were compared with experimental results of the wastewater treatment by chemical coagulation, they were increased over 10% in the removal efficiency of COD and the production rate of sludge was reduced by 30%. Ozone utilized to degrade or change the organic chemical structures, which removal efficiency increased to 20% in the electro-coagulation reactor. Economic evaluation was performed to estimate total cost of electro-coagulation reactor in comparison with that of chemical coagulation method. The total cost to treat 1000 ton/day of domestic wastewater was reduced by 50%.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.643-649
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• 2015

Although microalgae are considered as a promising feedstock for biofuels, cost-efficient harvesting of microalgae needs to be significantly improved. In this study, the use of electro coagulation as a more rapid flocculation method for harvesting a freshwater (Scenedesmus dimorphus) microalgae species was evaluated. The results showed that, electro coagulation was shown to be more efficient using an aluminum anode than using an iron anode. And optimum conditions of electro coagulation for harvesting Scenedesmus dimorphus were found. The optimum stirring speed was 100 rpm and optimum pH was 5. Furthermore, the current density which the fastest and highest recovery efficiency is achieved at $30A/m^2$, while the highest energy efficiency was achieved at $10A/m^2$. A the rapid and high recovery efficiency indicate that electro coagulation is a particularly attractive technology for harvesting microalgae.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.94-102
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• 2015

Electro-coagulation experiments were conducted with aluminum (Al) or iron (Fe) electrode in order to determine the optimal electrode material and operation conditions for algae removal. Al electrode showed higher removal rate of algae than Fe electrode because Al flocs have positive surface charges which electrostatically attract algae species having negative surface charges. Removal rate of algae and total phosphorous (T-P) was increased as current density and electrode area increases. It was also found that initial pH with neutral range was optimum for T-P removal by electro-coagulation. Bench-scale continuous flow experiments consisted of electro-coagulation reactor, agitation tank and settling tank were conducted. In electro-coagulation reactor, a large fraction of Al flocs were distributed to scum layer, due to the gas bubbles generated by electrolysis reaction. In agitation tank, most of Al flocs were settled and the optimal mixing intensity was found to be 50 rpm to achieve good settleability. The removal rate of algae was about 90-95%. Additionally, the removal rate of the T-P and COD was observed to be $73.8{\pm}8.0%$ and $75.0{\pm}3.8%$, respectively. Meanwhile, the removal rate of total nitrogen (T-N) was relatively low at only 24%.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2019

Electro-coagulation process has been gained an attention recently because it could overcome the membrane fouling problems in MBR(Membrane bio-reactor). Effect of the key operational parameters in electro-coagulation, current density(${\rho}_i$) and contact time(t) on membrane fouling reduction was investigated in this study. A kinetic model for ${\rho}_i$ and t required to reduce the membrane fouling was suggested under different MLSS(mixed liquor suspended solids) concentration. Total 48 batch type experiments of electro-coagulations under different sets of current densities(2.5, 6, 12 and $24A/m^2$), contact times(0, 2, 6 and 12 hr) and MLSS concentration(4500, 6500 and 8500mg/L) were carried out. After each electro-coagulation under different conditions, a series of membrane filtration was performed to get information on how much of membrane fouling was reduced. The membrane fouling decreased as the ${\rho}_i$ and t increased but as MLSS decreased. Total fouling resistances, Rt (=Rc+Rf) were calculated and compared to those of the controls (Ro), which were obtained from the experiments without electro-coagulation. A kinetic approach for the fouling reduction rate (Rt/Ro) was carried out and three equations under different MLSS concentration were suggested: i) ${\rho}_i^{0.39}t=3.5$ (MLSS=4500 mg/L), ii) ${\rho}_i^{0.46}t=7.0$ (MLSS=6500 mg/L), iii) ${\rho}_i^{0.74}t=10.5$ (MLSS=8500 mg/L). These equations state that the product of ${\rho}_i$ and t needed to reduce the fouling in certain amounts (in this study, 10% of fouling reduction) is always constant.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.767-775
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• 2011

In this study we verified if the electro-coagulation process can treat properly the nitrate and fluoride that are not removed well in the conventional small water treatment plants which usually employ chlorination and filtration only. As we gave a change of electrode material and gap-distance between electrodes, removal efficiency of the nitrate and fluoride was determined by electro-coagulation process which were equipped with aluminum and stainless steel (SUS304) electrodes. In addition, electrode durability was investigated by determination of electrodes mass change during the repetitive experiments. Removal efficiency was great when aluminum was used as an anode material. Nitrate removals increased as electric density and number of electrodes increased, but fluoride removal was less sensitive to both parameters than nitrate. After 10 minutes of contact time with the current density from $1{\times}10^{-3}$ to $3{\times}10^{-3}A/cm^{2}$, nitrate and fluoride concentration ranged from 9.2 to 1.2mg/L and from 0.02 to 0.01mg/L, which satisfied the regulation limits. Regardless of the repeating number of experiments, removal efficiency of both ions were almost similar and the change of electrode mass ranged within ${\pm}$0.5%, indicating that the loss of the electrode mass is not so much great under the limited circumstances.

• 기술사
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.20-24
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• 1995

• 한국환경기술학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.556-562
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• 2018

현재 하수종말처리장은 질소와 인의 방류수 수질기준 강화로 생물학적 처리 후 약품주입으로 잔류인의 처리를 하고 있는 실정에서 방류수 수질기준은 확보가 가능하나, 약품주입량의 과다와 발생되는 슬러지의 증대 및 발생슬러지의 탈수효율 저하로 슬러지처리과정에서 또 다른 문제가 발생하여 처리에 대한 신뢰성이 결여되어 있는 실정이다. 그러므로 본 연구는 기존 하수종말처리장에서 발생하고 있는 문제에 대하여 최소의 반응시간과 슬러지 발생량의 최소화를 토대로 생물학적 고도처리를 적용한 하수처리장에서 방류수 수질기준의 강화에 따라 생물학적 처리로 확보하기 어려운 안정적 처리방식과 처리수질변동에 대한 적응 및 질소와 인의 처리기준을 맞추기 위하여 기존 하수처리 방식에 Electro Coagulation and Oxidation system을 적용한 결과 다음과 같다. 1) Al-SUS(stainless steel)로 배치한 전극에서 반응시간대와 상관없이 $15mA/cm^2$의 전류밀도에서 BOD, TN 및 TP의 처리효율이 $5mA/cm^2$에서의 처리효율보다 높게 나타났으나, 전류밀도 $10mA/cm^2$ 이상만을 유지하여도 TP의 경우 대부분 0.1 mg/L 정도로 처리가 가능하며, 특히, 반응시간을 10 min으로 유지할 경우 TP농도는 전류밀도와 상관없이 0.06 mg/L 이하로 방류수 수질기준 0.1 mg/L 이하를 유지할 수 있었다. 2) TP농도의 변화는 전류밀도의 변화에 영향을 크게 받지 않으며, 오히려 반응시간에 따라 처리수의 농도가 변화하는 것으로 전기응집반응의 경우 수초~수분이 요구되나 전기산화와 동시에 반응이 일어나야 하므로 적절한 전기응집산화의 반응시간은 10 min 이상이 요구되는 것으로 연구되었다. 3) 결과적으로 본 연구에서 생활하수의 TN 및 TP처리를 위한 전기응집산화공정의 경제적인 전류밀도는 $15mA/cm^2$이하, 반응시간은 10 min을 유지하는 것이 적절한 것으로 연구되었다.