• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.265-275
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• 2019

This study aimed to develop a compact partial nitritation step by forming granules with high Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) fraction using the Air-lift Granulation Reactor (AGR) and to evaluate the feasibility of treating reject water with high ammonium content by combination with the Anammox process. The partial nitritation using AGR was achieved at high nitrogen loading rate ($2.25{\pm}0.05kg\;N\;m-3\;d^{-1}$). The important factors for successful partial nitritation at high nitrogen loading rate were relatively high pH (7.5~8), resulting in high free ammonia concentration ($1{\sim}10mg\;FA\;L^{-1}$) and highly enriched AOB granules accounting for 25% of the total bacteria population in the reactor. After the establishment of stable partial nitritation, an effluent $NO_2{^-}-N/NH_4{^+}-N$ ratio of $1.2{\pm}0.05$ was achieved, which was then fed into the Anammox reactor. A high nitrogen removal rate of $2.0k\; N\;m^{-3}\;d^{-1}$ was successfully achieved in the Anammox reactor. By controlling the nitrogen loading rate at the partial nitritation using AGR, the influent concentration ratio ($NO_2{^-}-N/NH_4{^+}-N=1.2{\pm}0.05$) required for the Anammox was controlled, thereby minimizing the inhibition effect of residual nitrite.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2006

Partial nitirification and denitrification process has been reported to be technically feasible and economically favorable, especially for wastewater treatment with high ammonium concentration or low Carbon/Nitrogen ratio. This research was performed to survey nitrite accumulation by nitritation in treating ADEPT effluent of piggery wastewater, which contains highly concentrated ammonia. To estimate the possibility of nitrite accumulation, DO concentration and SRT were investigated as key operational parameters. This result proved that nitritation to nitrite was steadily obtained under short sludge retention time. Oxygen limitation was proved to be just a subsidiary parameter. Energy efficiency of nitritation-denitritation process was higher than complete nitrification-denitrification because external carbon requirement for denitritation could be saved. Though the influent contained significant nonbiodegradable organic substrate, total nitrogen removal efficiency was more than 51% in nitritation-denitritation system.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2011

강화되는 방류수 수질기준에 맞추어 하수처리장 개조 방안의 하나로 고농도의 암모니아성 질소를 함유한 반류수를 처리하는 방안이 주장되고 있다. $35^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$와 $10^{\circ}C$ 조건의 실험실 규모 반응조 운전을 통하여 경제적인 질소 제거 방법인 아질산화 반응 유도하였다. $20^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도에서는 안정적인 아질산화 반응을 유도 할 수 있었으나, $10^{\circ}C$ 저온 조건에서는 완전 질산화 반응이 유도 되었다. 이는 온도의 영향을 받아 SRT가 길어져 완전 질산화 반응이 유도된 것으로 사료된다. 온도에 따라 아질산화 반응에 요구되는 SRT가 변화하는 것으로 볼 때, 온도와 SRT는 아질산화 반응에 중요한 인자로 판단된다. 또한 $20^{\circ}C$ 이상의 조건에서 암모니아성 질소 제거 반응과 아질산화 반응을 유도하는 것이 유리 한 것으로 나타났다. 본 논문에서 제시한 결과는 아질산화 반응을하수처리장에 적용할 때 중요한 기초 자료로 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.377-381
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• 2002

Recently, interests to remove nitrogen in the nitritation process have increased because of its economical advantages, since it could be a short-cut process to save both oxygen for nitrification and carbon for denitrification compared to a typical nitrification. However, the kinetics related with the nitritation process has not yet been fully understood. Furthermore, many useful models which have been successfully used for wastewater treatment processes cannot be used to estimate effluent nitrite concentration for evaluating performance of the nitritation process, since the process rate equations and population of microorganisms for nitrogen removal in these models have been set up only for the condition of full nitrification. Therefore, the present study was conducted to estimate an effluent nitrite concentration in the nitritation process with a concept of enzymatic inhibition kinetics based on long-term laboratory experiments. Using a nonlinear least squares regression method, kinetic parameters were accurately determined. By setting up a process rate equation along with a mass balance equation of the nitrite-oxidizing step, an effluent nitrite concentration in the nitritation process was then successfully estimated.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.540-545
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• 2006

The anaerobic digester supernatant (ADS) with high $NH_4-N$ concentration often results in a $NH_4-N$ overloading to the mainstream process of municipal wastewater treatment plant (MWTP). The nitrogen removal from the ADS is therefore important in order to achieve a stable mainstream process performance as well as to prevent $NH_4-N$ overloading due to ADS. Recently because of several advantages compared to the full nitrification, many works have shown interests in controlling the build-up of $NO_2-N$ in nitritation processes. The application of nitritation could save the aeration power compared to the full nitrification processes. In addition, the denitrification of $NO_2-N$ could reduce organic carbon requirements compared to the $NO_3-N$ denitrification. The purpose of this research was to find out the characteristics of the ADS nitritation and $NO_2-N$ accumulating factors from the laboratory reactor study. As a result based on the long-term laboratory experiment, it can be concluded that the degree of nitritation was closely related with the availability of alkalinity, free ammonia (FA), solid retention time (SRT) and solid concentration in the nitritation reactor.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.769-775
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• 2011

An experimental study of biofilm nitritation system for high-strength ammonium wastewater has been carried out to examine the temperature effect on different organic and solid concentration. Operating temperature varied from $35^{\circ}C$ to $15^{\circ}C$. The influent N concentration of identical three reactors was adjusted to about $300mg\;NH_4-N/L$. A control unit fed with a synthetic wastewater, while the others were fed with reject water which is consisted of the supernatant of both digester and thickener. The results indicated that nitrite accumulation was stable in temperature range of $35^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$. However, nitritation was significantly reduced at below $20^{\circ}C$. Free ammonia (FA) and free nitrous acid (FNA) were major inhibitors to the nitrite oxidizer for nitrite accumulation in lower temperature. From the estimation of temperature coefficient (${\Theta}$) of biofilm and suspended nitritation system, biofilm nitritation system could absorb the negative temperature effect compared with suspended nitritation system.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.286-292
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• 2011

Preparing for the Standards for Effluents which will be strengthen from 2012, many ways like remodellings and repairs of sewage treatment plant (STP) are considered. The treatment of the recycle water from the sludge treatment process contains high-strength organic compounds and nitrogen is considered as alternative. In the treatment of high-strength nitrogen, nitritation has more economic advantages than nitrification. In this study, lab-scale reactor was operated at the $35^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$ and $10^{\circ}C$ conditions using effluent of anaerobic digester to investigate the nitrogen removal by nitritation. Long-term stable nitritation was achieved at the $35^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$ but $10^{\circ}C$. In the stable nitritation states, nitrite conversion was higher at the high temperature of $35^{\circ}C$ than the room temperature of $20^{\circ}C$. Also shorter solid retention time (SRT) was needed to induce high nitrite conversion at the high temperature of $35^{\circ}C$. It was showed that temperature and SRT are important factors to induce nitritation.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2011

BNR공정은 반류수와 가축분뇨에 포함된 고농도의 질소를 제거하는데, 효과적인 공정이다. 특히 고농도의 질소제거에 있어서 완전질산화 반응에 비해 이점을 가지는 아질산화 반응을 유도하고 영향을 미치는 인자들에 대해 다양한 연구결과가 보고되었다. 그 중 유기물의 영향에 대해 많은 연구가 이루어졌는데, 유기물은 아질산화 반응에 관련이 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 반류수 중 혐기 소화 상징액, 가축분뇨, 혐기 소화를 거친 가축분뇨를 이용하여 실험실 규모의 아질산화 반응조를 운전하였다. 운전 결과를 분석하여, 아질산화 반응에 유기물이 미치는 영향에 대해, 유기물 성상에 따라 분석하였다. 분석 결과 아질산화 반응은 유기물에 영향을 받으며, 유기물 성분 중 $S_S$에 대해 영향을 가장 크게 받는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 유기물을 하나의 성분으로 보지 않고 그 형태에 따라 세분화하여 관리해야 한다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.315-322
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• 2011

Objectives: Organic matter and nitrogen were removed using the EGSB process, a high-rate anaerobic process, in combination with a nitritation-denitritation process, in order to ensure the stable treatment of seafood processing wastewater. Methods: The upflow velocity of an EGGS reactor was operated at 10 m/hr for maximal organics removal efficiency. For removal of nitrogen from seafood processing wastewater a nitritation-denitriation process was applied Results: The efficiency of the EGSB process showed that it has an 80% or more organic matter (CODcr) removal efficiency with an HRT of six hours or more at influent loadings of 17.34 kgCOD/$m^3$/day or less. The methane product for TCODcr removal was 0.23-0.38 $m^3CH_4$/kgCODrem., which was similar to the theoretical generation of STP-state methane, 0.35 $m^3CH_4$/kgTCODrem. In the nitritation-denitritation process, the nitritation conversion rate to $NH_4^+$-N concentration was 82% to 87%, 72% to 81% and 64% to 69% when HRT was 24 hr, 21 hr and 18 hr, respectively. In the denitritation process, the ratio of SCOD consumption to NOx-N removal ranged from 2.347 to 2.587. It was 2.472 on average. Conclusions: The optimal HRT for stable processing of seafood processing wastewater is six hours or more. The ratio of nitrite to total NOx-N was 82% to 96%, which indicates that nitrite accounts for the largest portion of the product.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2015

질소에 의한 수질 오염의 심각성이 부각되면서 하 폐수 내 질소제거를 위한 연구가 수행되고 있다. 특히 아질산화 반응을 기반으로 하는 경제적이며 친환경적인 장점을 지닌 혁신적인 질소 제거 공법에 관한 연구가 주목받고 있다. 하지만 아질산화 반응을 기반으로 하는 공법의 현장 적용성 및 효율화 방안에 관한 연구는 완전히 이루어지고 있지 않은 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 하수처리장 유입 하수, 최초 침전지 상등액, 반류수 그리고 가축분뇨의 특성분석 및 실험실 규모 반응조를 운전하였다. 반류수 및 가축분뇨의 경우 다른 하수에 비해 고농도의 질소를 함유한 것으로 나타나 수처리 계통 질소 부하를 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 반응조 운전 결과 낮은 암모니아성 질소의 농도로 인해 유입 하수와 최초 침전지 상등액의 경우에는 아질산화 반응이 유도되지 않음을 확인하였다. 또한 하수 종류 별로 아질산화 반응이 유도되는 체류시간 조건이 차이를 보였는데 이는 유기물 및 암모니아성 질소 농도에 의한 것으로 판단된다. 아질산화 반응이 유도된 하수 중 혐기 소화 상등액이 가장 높은 효율을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.