• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.222-227
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• 2004

Flotation processes involve the use of very small bubbles (micro-bubbles) to separate particles from water. The process has become a good alternative to sedimentation, especially where the particles are small or of low density. Although the flotation process commences with a collision between particles and bubbles, most research has been focused only on the characteristics of the particles. In this paper, recent theoretical and experimental research on the characteristics of bubbles is summarized. The effect on the collision efficiency of the size and charge of bubbles is calculated through trajectory analysis. The size and charge of bubbles are measured under different conditions and the ramifications of the results are discussed. The results may lead to a better understanding and optimization of the existing process. In particular, we discuss an idea that a new advanced flotation process might be possible by the modification of the characteristics of the bubble alone or of both bubble and particle.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.699-706
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• 2007

Many lakes or irrigative reservoirs in Korea are rapidly contaminated due to the ever increasing pollutants. Although lots of treatment processes have been recommended and practiced, economical and technical improvement is currently needed. In this study, contaminated irrigation reservoir was treated using the proposed process which is consisted of fine air bubbles, coagulation and flotation. Fine bubbles, approximate diameter of 3 to $10{\mu}m$, were generated using cavitation in the pressurized tank and polyaluminum chloride was used as coagulants. This fine bubbles, coagulation and flotation effectively controlled the low density algae, for example, Chlorophyll-a was removed more than 97 %. Removal efficiency of COD, SS, T-N and T-P were 80.7%, 94.3%, 64.1 % and 92.4%, respectively. Pollutants released from the sediments was removed more than 80% of organics and 60-70 % of nutrients. Consequently, fine bubbles coagulation and flotation process could be effectively used as an alternative treatment method for the purpose of control of lake water quality.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 해수담수화의 효율을 높이기 위한 효율적인 전처리 기법을 찾기 위해 응집제 투입과 같이 마이크로 공기를 주입하여 전처리 효율을 측정하였다. $AlCl_3{\cdot}6H_2O$와 PGA 응집제 주입량에 따른 탁도 제거효율을 알아보았다. 탁도 유발 물질은 해저퇴적토와 해양미세조류를 선정하여 실험에 필요한 탁도를 구현하였다. 퇴적토 함유 인공해수는 $AlCl_3{\cdot}6H_2O$ 0.5g/L 주입 시 제거율 73.7%를 얻은 반면 PGA 경우 0.05g/L 주입만으로 92.4% 제거율을 얻었다. 미세조류 함유 인공해수 또한 PGA 응집제 0.05g/L의 주입 만으로 95% 이상의 높은 제거효율을 보였다. 퇴적토를 함유 인공 해수에 비해 미세조류를 함유한 인공해수에서 효율이 더 좋았으며, 두 경우 모두 0.1g/L의 PGA 응집제 투입 후 1분간의 응집과정을 거친 후 마이크로 공기를 5초간 주입하였을 때 최적의 제거효율을 보여주었다. 마이크로 공기 주입 후 약 10분 후 최고의 탁도 제거율에 도달하였다. 본 연구결과를 통해 높은 탁도를 가진 해수일지라도 응집제와 마이크로 공기를 주입할 시 신속히 제거가 되었으므로, 본 연구결과는 해수 전처리에 효과적으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1171-1172
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• 2012

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1643-1651
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• 2012

현재 생활문화 수준의 향상과 소득 증대에 따라 환경오염에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 또한, 수질오염에 대한 규제가 강화되어 수질오염 방지 및 하수처리 효율 향상을 위한 연구가 지속적으로 수행되고 있다. 하수처리 효율을 향상시키는 방법 중 하나는 수처리조 내에서 용존산소량을 늘려주는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 용존산소량을 늘려주고, 산소 발생기에서 발생되는 버블의 크기를 작게 만들 수 있는 설계 방안을 제시한다. 마이크로버블 발생노즐로 유입되는 물과 공기의 유동 형태에 따라 선회 및 충돌을 생성시켜 버블의 크기를 미세하게 만들었다. 본 해석결과에서 충돌 방식의 경우 버블의 크기는 목표치를 만족하지 못하였다. 반면 선회를 이용한 노즐에서는 $0{\sim}50{\mu}m$ 사이의 버블이 79.3%를 차지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 마이크로버블 발생노즐은 하수처리 효율을 증대시킬 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2016

Elimination of the smear layer and bacteria in the root canal is the most important in the endodontic treatment, and various irrigation devices have been developed. Nevertheless, it is hard to eliminate the smear layer and bacteria completely. In this paper, a micro bubble irrigation system has been developed for the root canal cleaning of tooth. Micro bubbles are generated when pressurized fluids passing through a porous material inside a hand-piece nozzle, and the bubbly flows excited by ultrasonic vibration are observed using a high-speed camera and a microscope. The results show that the diameter and number of bubbles increases with the applied pressure, and there found an optimum excitation frequency in order to minimize the bubble size. From in-vitro tests, it is also verified that the developed bubble irrigation system has the ability of antibacterial and infection removal. Thus, this biocompatible system would be well suited for root canal cleaning.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2006

The microbubbles were used in various fields, such as turbulent control, drag reduction, material science and life science. The X-ray PTV using X-ray micro-imaging technique was employed to mea-sure the size and velocity of micro-bubbles moving in an opaque tube simultaneously. Micro-bubbles of $10{\sim}60{\mu}m$ diameter moving upward in an opaque tube (${\phi}$=2.7mm) were tested. Due to the different refractive indices of water and air, phase contrast X-ray images clearly show the exact size and shape of over-lapped microbubbles. In all of the working fluids tested (deionized water, tap water, 0.01 and 0.10M NaCl solutions), the measured terminal velocity of the microbubbles rising through the solution was proportional to the square of the bubble diameter. The rising velocity was increased with increasing mole concentration. The microbubble can be useful as contrast agent or tracer in life science and biology. The X-ray PTV technique should be able to extract useful information on the behavior of various bio/microscale fluid flows that are not amenable to analysis using conventional methods.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.659-666
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• 2011

Although DAF(Dissolved Air Flotation) has been successfully accepted for water and wastewater treatment, the fundamental characteristics of the process have not been fully investigated. Water is saturated with compressed air to dissolve the air into the water at high pressure in saturation tank. Then the water containing dissolved air is released into a floatation tank at a lower pressure, generating micro-bubbles that rise gently through the water and carry the suspended matter to the surface. This study investigated the removal of sewage using automatic mixture type DAF pump and non-powered flotation tank. Characteristics of two devices were compared and analyzed with samples. The results showed that the PAC exhibited higher performance than other coagulants. When air dosage was 2.5ml/l/min, treatment was stable in operation. In the DAF pump with a pressure of 4 atm., the average size of bubbles was 36.2${\mu}m$. Removal efficiency of SS was 80%. At this time removal efficiency of COD was about 80%, of T-N was 30% and T-P was 70% in stable operation. It was concluded that DAF pump system with micro bubble performed higher efficiencies compared to general DAF system for treating wastewater.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2019

Recently, an air-lift bio-reactor operated by micro bubbles has been utilized to product hydrogen fuel. To enhance the performance, characteristics of hydrodynamics inside the bio-reactor were analyzed using a numerical simulation for two-phase flow. An Eulerian model was employed for both of liquid and gas phases. The standard k-ε model was used for turbulence induced by micro bubbles. A Population Balance Model was employed to consider size distribution of bubbles. A hollow cylinder was introduced at the center of the reactor to reduce a dead area which disturbs circulation of CO bubbles. An appropriate diameter of the draft tube and hollow cylinder were optimized for better performance of the bio-reactor. The optimum model could be obtained when the cross-sectional area ratio of the hollow cylinder to the reactor, and the width ratio of the riser to the downcomer approached 0.4 and 3.5, respectively. Consequently, it is expected that the optimum model could enhance the performance of the bio-reactor with the homogeneous distribution and higher density of CO, and more effective mixing.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2003년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.381-385
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• 2003

This paper presents the fabrication possibility of the micro actuator which uses a micro-thermal bubble, generated by a micro-heater under pulse heating. The micro-actuator is consist of three plate. The lower plate includes the channel and chamber are fabricated on high processability silicon wafer by the DRIE(Deep Reactive ion Etching) process. The middle plate includes the chamber and diaphragm, and the upper plate is the micro-heater. The micro-heater designed non-uniform width and results in periodic generation of stable single bubbles in D.I water. The single bubble appears precisely on the narrow part of the micro-heater and control is recorded.