• Membrane Journal
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.289-296
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• 2005

In the MBR process, the membrane fouling occurs seriously on the membrane surface. In general, the membrane fouling is attributed to factors such as deposition or adhesion of sludge floc. The occurrence of fouling is a main cause of a decrease in membrane module fluk. At this study, our MBR membrane is manufactured by nano-particle with excellent anti-fouling character. The fine nano-material which can repel the sludge Hoc from the membrane surface is distributed in the membrane surface. We confirm anti-fouling effect, test continuously in the pilot site.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.33 no.1 s.94
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• pp.68-74
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• 2007

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of the coagulation and homogenization in bulking sludge thickening of paper manufacturing plant using DAF(Dissolved Air Flotation) and gravitational sedimentation. The effects of parameters such as dosage of coagulant and homogenization time were examined. The results showed that DAF and sedimentation was affected aluminum sulfate and anion polymer coagulant differently. At the optimum dosage of aluminum sulfate, thickening efficiency of DAF and sedimentation process were increase 1.25 time and 2.02 time, respectively. At the optimum dosage of anion polymer coagulant, thickening efficiency of DAF process was increase 1.35 time, but thickening efficiency at sedimentation was 1.06 time. When anion polymer coagulant of 0.5 mg/l was added in DAF process, water content of sludge was decreased from 96.6% to 90.7% in dewatering process using Buchner funnel test device. After homogenization(20500 rpm, 10 min), Sauter mean diameter of sludge floc was decreased from 631 ${\mu}m$ to 427 ${\mu}m$, however increase of flotation efficiency by DAF was only 1.09 time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.37-38
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• 2007

It needs several large reservoirs and long time to remove suspended solid like steel fines and iron oxide in hot rolling coolant. If removing rate of suspended solid in rolling coolant is improved by using high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) system, the productivity of working process can be increased and the area of reservoir can be reduced. Pre-treatment process that react magnetic floc with inorganic and organic flocculant in coolant was studied. Horizontal type superconducting HGMS system was manufactured successfully, which was constituted with automatic filter transportation apparatus, 6 T He-free superconducting magnet system and water circulation system. The solid suspension removal ratio in hot rolling coolant was increased by flocculation with inorganic and organic flocculant.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.181-190
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• 2005

Rheological characterisation of flocculated kaolinite pulps has been undertaken to elucidate particle interactions underpinning the dewatering behaviour induced by flocculation with polyethylene oxide (PEO), anionic polyacrylamide (PAM A) and their blends. Shear yield stress $(\tau_y)$ analysis indicated that polymer mediated particle interactions were markedly amplified upon shear of PEG based pulps. In contrast, PAM A based pulps showed a significant decrease in yield values upon shear. Steady stress measurements analysed using a modified Ellis model indicated subtle differences between the respective linear viscoelastic plateaus of the pulps. Furthermore, modified shear thinning behaviour was evident in PEG based pulps. Estimation of elastic and viscous moduli (G', G') was made using dynamic stress analysis for comparison with values determined from vane measurements. Despite a noticeable difference in the magnitude of G' between the two methods, similar trends indicating sheared PEG-based pulps to be more elastic than PAM based pulps, were observed. Floc microstructural observations obtained in support of rheological properties indicate that PEG flocculant induces significantly more compact particle aggregation within the clay pulps under shear consistent with the yield stress data, in contrast to PAM A, or indeed unsheared PEG based pulps. Consequentially, sheared PEG based pulps show significantly improved dewatering behaviour. The implications of the results, potential benefits and drawbacks of flocculation with PEG and PAM A are discussed with respect to improvements in current dewatering processes used in the minerals industry.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.14-25
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• 2000

In this investigation, a wavelet transform analysis was used to decompose beta-radiographic formation images into spectral and spatial components. Conventional formation analysis may use spectral analysis, based on Fourier transformation or variance vs. zone size, to describe the grammage distribution of features such as flocs, streaks and mean fiber orientation. However, these methods have limited utility for the analysis of statistically stationary data sets where variance is not uniform with position, e.g. paper machine CD profiles (especially those that contain streaks). A continuous wavelet transform was used to analyze formation data arrays obtained from radiographic imaging of handsheets and cross machine paper samples. The response of the analytical method to grammage, floc size distribution, mean fiber orientation an sensitivity to feature localization were assessed. From wavelet analysis, the change in scale of grammage variation as a function of position was used to demonstrate regular and isolated differences in the formed structure.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.249-249
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• 2019

하천에서 하상과의 접촉 없이 부유 상태로 이동하는 유사는 부유사로 정의된다. 부유사의 이동은 유사 입자의 침강 속도와 난류의 섭동 성분에 따라 결정된다. 실제 하천에서 부유사는 단일 크기가 아닌 여러 크기의 유사 입자가 혼재된 상태로 존재하는데, 유사의 이동을 보다 정확히 이해하기 위해서는 침강 속도를 결정하는 유사 입자 크기의 분포에 대한 이해가 요구된다. 진흙과 같은 점착성 유사의 경우에는 모래와 같은 비점착성 유사와는 달리 입도 분포를 구성하는 유사 입자의 크기가 끊임없이 변화한다. 이러한 유사의 특성 변화는 유사 알갱이 표면의 전자기적 점착력으로 인한 응집 현상(Flocculation Process)에서 기인한다. 응집 현상으로 인해 점착성 유사는 물과 유사 입자의 덩어리인 플럭(Floc)을 형성하며, 플럭의 특성은 지속적으로 변화한다. 따라서 점착성 유사의 이동을 이해하기 위해서는 흐름 특성 및 입도 분포뿐만 아니라 플럭의 응집 현상에 관한 이해가 함께 이루어져야함을 알 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 플럭의 응집 현상으로 인한 크기 변화와 입도 분포를 이해하기 위한 모형 개발의 방법론을 제시하고자 한다. 입도 분포 모형의 개발을 위해 추계학적 접근법이 이용되며, 추계학적 접근법을 이용하여 수치 실험을 수행하기 위해 몬테-카를로 방법이 적용되었다. 입도 분포 모형과 유사 이동 모형의 결합을 통해 흐름 내 부유 상태로 이동하는 점착성 유사 입도 분포에 관한 수치 모형 개발이 가능하다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.181-181
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• 2020

점착성 유사는 유사가 가지는 점착력에 의해 응집현상을 겪으며 그 크기와 밀도가 변화한다. 유사의 크기와 밀도는 침강속도에 직접적인 영향을 주며 침강속도으 변화는 유사의 거동에 매우 중요한 작용을 한다. 따라서 점착성 유사의 크기 특성을 파악하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 이전의 많은 연구는 점착성 유사의 입도분포가 대수정규분포를 따른다고 주장하고 있다. 그러나 그 가정이 합리적인지에 대해 분석한 연구는 많지 않다. 본 연구는 통계학적 방법 중 적합도 검정을 이용하여 실제 점착성 유사가 어떠한 분포를 모사하는지 분석하였다. 사용된 적합도 검정 방법은 Kolmogorov-Sminorv(K-S) 검정이며 적합도 판정의 기준은 유의수준 5%를 기준으로 하였다. 그 결과, 실험실 실험에서 측정된 플럭의 입도분포와 현장 실험에서 측정된 입도분포는 다른 결과를 보였다. 현장 실험의 경우, 분포가 오른쪽으로 왜곡된 지수분포의 형태를 나타냈으며, Gamma 분포가 가장 우수하게 모사하였다. 실험실 실험의 경우 일반적인 양의 왜도를 가지는 분포를 나타냈으며 GEV분포가 점착성 유사의 입도분포를 가장 잘 모사하였다. 대수정규 분포의 경우 일반적으로 이용하는 2-매개변수 대수정규분포일 경우 현장실험과 실험실 실험 모두 적합하지 않았다. 그러나 위치 매개변수를 추가하여 3-매개변수 대수정규분포를 사용하면 점착성 유사의 입도분포를 잘 모사하는 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 점착성 유사의 입도분포를 무조건적으로 대수정규분포로 사용하는 것은 지양해야할 것으로 판단된다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.35-42
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• 2001

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of zeolite addition on biofloc in aictvated sludge process. Two units were compared each other, in which one was operated as control unit (CU) and the other was managed by adding zeolite into aeration basin to sustain 4,000 mg/l (ZU). It was observed that flocs of both units were enduringly increased in medium size by extending SRT (Solid Retention Time), although their effect size of ZU was smaller than theirs of CU. Zeolite application excessively improved sludge settling property and ZU presented sludge settling velocity of 3.4 to 11 m/h regardless of SRT variation. The sludge volume index (SVI) was in the range of 50 and 108 ml/g. Conversely, the sludge settling velocity of CU seriously depended on SRT increase, and sludge sedimentation was not achieved at a 40 days of SRT due to Sphaerotilus appeared predominantly in reactor.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.427-436
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• 2004

Sedimentation is one of the most common and important units in conventional water treatment plants. Structure such as various baffle walls and inclined plate settler may be obstacles to the horizontal flow when it is poorly designed. Therefore, the effects of these structures on characteristics of hydraulic flow must be evaluated to improve the settling efficiency of the floc. The hydraulic characteristic of the four sedimentations at the three real WTPs (water treatment plants), which have different structural properties respectively inside the settling basin, were investigated by tracer (fluoride) test. The inclined plate settler installed inside settling basin caused a undesirable impact on horizontal flow and produced dead zone. Intermediate baffle and solid baffle wall under the inclined plate settler at GE plant help to minimize the formation of density currents and flow short circuiting. However, installing perforated baffle under the inclined plate settler at other plants could not induce even distribution of flow. NaF used as a tracer was recovered more than 90% at investigated all basin. Morill index ($t_{90}/t_{10}$), Modal index ($t_p/T-HRT$) and short-circuiting index ($[M-HRT-t_p/M-HRT$) were determined from tracer test results performed at three WTPs. Those indices ranged 2.99~3.45, 0.44~0.72 and 0.23~0.47, respectively.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.257-263
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• 1998

Alcaligenes eutrophus was successfully recovered from high cell density broth by pre-treatment with Fe-based coagulants. An inorganic coagulant, Fe$_2$(SO$_4$)$_3$, and a polymerized coagulant, Ferix-3, were used. Good coagulation was observed in broad pH range of 3 to 13, the floe size was increased with increasing pH of culture broth. The optimum pH of fermentation broth for cell recovery was 10 to 13. The optimum coagulant dosages to recover cells with 95% cell recovery were increased with increasing cell concentration. Optimal coagulant dosage was lower when the polymerized coagulant was used rather than the inorganic coagulant. The coexistence of NH$_4$$\^$+/ was increased coagulant requirement, and the coagulant requirement was 0.066g Fe$_3$$\^$+//g NH$_4$$\^$+/.