• 공업화학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.213-217
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• 2009

폐수처리와 동시에 전기를 생산할 수 있는 새로운 대체 에너지 기술로 주목받고 있는 미생물 연료전지(microbial fuel cell, MFC)는 혐기성 조건의 산화전극(anode)에서 미생물에 의한 촉매작용을 통해 유기물질을 분해하면서 화학에너지를 전기에너지로 전환시키는 장치이다. 본 연구에서는 MFC의 성능을 파악하기 위하여 도시하수를 사용하여 폐수처리 효율과 전기생산 특성을 평가하였다. 도시하수에 탄소원으로서 acetate를 주입하였을 때 COD 제거율은 75.7%에서 88.2%로 증가하였으며 전압은 0.22 V에서 0.4 V까지 급격하게 상승하였다. 다양한 외부저항 하에서 전기생산에 미치는 산화전극과 환원전극(cathode) 사이의 전극 거리에 대한 영향 및 산화전극의 표면적에 대한 영향을 조사하였다. 최고 전력밀도는 $610mW/m^2$이었으며, 전극간 거리가 가깝고 산화전극의 표면적이 작을수록 전기발생에 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2010

본 연구에서는, 하폐수 처리시설에서 발생하는 기체상 무기악취물질을 저온 플라즈마 공정으로 제거하고, 악취물질과 반응 후 배출되는 오존 함유 배가스로 유기성 슬러지의 감량과 가용화 효과를 얻고자 복합반응기를 구성하였으며 일련의 실험을 진행하였다. 플라즈마를 통과한 대상 무기악취물질인 황화수소는 플라즈마를 단독으로 거쳤을 시 약 70%의 처리효율을 보였으며, 최종적으로 슬러지 반응조까지 통과했을 경우는 99% 이상의 처리효율을 보였다. 이 때 플라즈마 공정에서 배출되는 가스에 포함된 오존은 슬러지 반응조를 통과하여 90~100%의 제거효율을 보였다. 배가스가 슬러지 반응기에 산기되면, 유기물 산화가 단계적으로 진행되며 4시간 반응 시 슬러지의 TCOD는 약 50~60% 감소하고 SCOD는 4~5배 증가하였다. 따라서 가용화율은 운전 시간이 지날수록 증가하여 4시간 이후 약 10%까지 증가하였다. 결과적으로 저온 플라즈마와 슬러지 산기반응조 복합공정을 적용하면, 하폐수 처리시설 운영상에 나타나는 악취배출과 잉여슬러지 처분 문제에 동시 적용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 청정기술
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.134-141
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 하폐수 탈질 과정에서 전자수용체의 종류와 농도, 전자공여체/전자수용체(C/N)비율, 그리고 전자공여체의 복합도(complexity)가 $N_2O$ 배출에 미치는 영향을 정량적으로 조사하였다. 탈질 질소원의 농도가 높을수록 $N_2O$ 배출량도 증가했으며 ${NO_2}^-$를 이용하는 경우가 ${NO_3}^-$에 비해 $N_2O$ 배출량이 높아 ${NO_2}^-$가 $N_2O$ 배출에 중요한 영향을 미침을 확인하였다. ${NO_2}^-$-N 50 mg/L에서 $N_2O$-N으로의 전환율 9.3%와 수율 9.8%로 가장 높게 나타났으며 ${NO_3}^-$-N은 50 mg/L에서 전환율이 5.6%, 수율은 11.0%로 나타났다. 유기탄소원/질소(C/N) 비율이 감소하면 질소 제거율은 감소하나 $N_2O$로의 전환율은 증가하였다. 실제 하수를 전자공여체로 이용한 경우가 단일 탄소원인 acetate를 이용한 경우에 비해 $N_2O$ 배출량이 1/10 이하로 현저히 감소하였다. 이는 복합 탄소원이 전자공여체로 이용될 경우 단일 탄소원(acetate)에 비해 다양한 탈질 대사(경로)를 이용하고 이것이 $N_2O$ 배출량 저감에 도움이 되는 것으로 판단된다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.257-274
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• 2020

There are many previous review articles are available to summarize either the characterization methods of effluent organic matter (EfOM) or the individual control treatment options. However, there has been no attempt made to compare in parallel the physicochemical treatment options that target the removal of EfOM from biological treatments. This review deals with the recent progress on the characterization of EfOM and the novel technologies developed for EfOM treatment. Based on the publications after 2010, the advantages and the limitations of several popularly used analytical tools are discussed for EfOM characterization, which include UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance-mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). It is a recent trend to combine an SEC system with various types of detectors, because it can successfully track the chemical/functional composition of EfOM, which varies across a continuum of different molecular sizes. FT-ICR-MS is the most powerful tool to detect EfOM at molecular levels. However, it is noted that this method has rarely been utilized to understand the changes of EfOM in pre-treatment or post-treatment systems. Although membrane filtration is still the preferred method to treat EfOM before its discharge due to its high separation selectivity, the minimum requirements for additional chemicals, the ease of scaling up, and the continuous operation, recent advances in ion exchange and advanced oxidation processes are greatly noteworthy. Recent progress in the non-membrane technologies, which are based on novel materials, are expected to enhance the removal efficiency of EfOM and even make it feasible to selectively remove undesirable fractions/compounds from bulk EfOM.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.401-418
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• 2000

1. Production of the artificial zeolite from coal ash Coal fly ash is mainly composed of several oxides including $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ derived from inorganic compounds remained after burning. As minor components, $Fe_2O_3$ and oxides of Mg, Ca, P, Ti (trace) are also contained in the ash. These components are presented as glass form resulting from fusion in the process of the combustion of coal. In other word, coal ash may refer to a kind of aluminosilicate glass that is known to easily change to zeolite-like materials by hydrothermal reaction. Lots of hot seawater is disposing near thermal power plants after cooling turbine generator periodically. Using seawater in the hydrothermal reaction caused to produce low price artificial zeolite by reduction of sodium hydroxide consumption, heating energy and water cost. As coal ash were reacted hydrothermally, peaks of quartz and mullite in the ash were weakened and disappeared, and new Na-Pl peaks were appeared strengthily. Si-O-Si bonding of the bituminous coal ash was changed to Si-O-Al (and $Fe^{3+}$) bonding by the reaction. Therefore the produced Na-Pl type zeolite had high CEC of 276.7 $cmol^+{\cdot}kg^{-1}$ and well developed molecular sieve structure with low concentration of heavy metals. 2. Utilization of the artificial zeolite in agro-environment The artificial zeolite(1g) could remove 123.5 mg of zinc, 164.7 mg copper, 184.4 mg cadmium and 350.6 mg lead in the synthetic wastewater. The removability is higher 2.8 times in zinc, 3.3 times in copper, 4.7 times in cadmium and 4.8 times in lead than natural zeolite and charcoal powder. When the heavy metals were treated at the ratio of 150 $kg{\cdot}ha^{-1}$ to the rice plant, various growth inhibition were observed; brownish discoloration and death of leaf sheath, growth inhibition in culm length, number of panicles and grains, grain ripening and rice yield. But these growth inhibition was greatly alleviated by the application of artificial zeolite, therefore, rice yield increased $1.1{\sim}3.2$ times according to the metal kind. In addition, the concentration of heavy metals in the brown rice also lowered by $27{\sim}75%$. Artificial Granular Zeolites (AGZ) was developed for the purification of wastewater. Canon exchange capacity was 126.8 $cmol^+{\cdot}kg^{-1}$. AGZ had Na-Pl peaks mainly with some minor $C_3S$ peaks in X-ray diffractogram. In addition, AGZs had various pore structure that may be adhere the suspended solid and offer microbiological niche to decompose organic pollutants. AGZ could remove ammonium, orthophosphate and heavy metals simultaneously. Mixing ratio of artificial zeolite in AGZs was related positively with removal efficiency of $NH_4\;^+$ and negatively with that of $PO_4\;^{3-}$. Root growth of rice seedling was inhibited severely in the mine wastewater because of strong acidity and high concentration of heavy metals. As AGZ(1 kg) stayed in the wastewater(100L) for 4days, water quality turned into safely for agricultural usage and rice seedlings grew normally.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.13-25
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• 2007

The water treatment plants in Seoul Metropolitan Area, which are under Korea Water Resources Corporation(KOWACO)'s management, take water from Paldang Reservoir in Han River System for drinking water supply. There are taste and odor (T&O) problems in the finished water because the conventional treatment processes do not effectively remove the T&O compounds. As part of countermeasures for taste and odor control, KOWACO is planning to introduce advanced water treatment process such as ozone and GAC in near future. This study evaluated the removal characteristics of T&O and dissolved organic matter (DOM) to find design and operation parameters of advanced water treatment processes in a pilot-scale treatment plant. The GAC adsorption capacity for DOC in the two GAC system (GAC and $O_3$-GAC) at an EBCT of 14min was mostly exhausted after 9months. The differency of the removal efficiency of DOC between $O_3$-GAC and GAC increased with increasing operation time because the bioactivity in $O_3$-GAC process was enhanced by post-ozone process. Removal by conventional treatment was unable to reach the target TON(threshold odor number) of 3 but GAC systems at an EBCT(empty bed contact time) of 14 min were able to archive the target with few exception. During the high T&O episodes, PAC as a pretreatment together with GAC could be useful option for T&O control. However, substantial TON removal continued for more than two year (> 90,000 bed volumes). At the spiking of less concentration 26 to 61 ng/L in the influent of GAC systems, GAC absorber and $O_3$-GAC processes could meet the treatment target. The better spike control after 12 and 19 months of operation compared to that after 7 months of operation is a strong indication of biological control. The results presented in this study had shown that $O_3$-GAC process was found to be more effective for T&O control than GAC process. And the main removal mechanism in GAC systems were adsorption capacity and biodegradation.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.311-319
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• 2015

국토의 균형적인 개발과 수계 수질 보호를 목적으로 한국 정부는 농촌 지역 하수도 보급 사업을 진행하고 있다. 본 연구는 농촌 지역 하수도 보급 사업의 하나인 A 하수종말처리장의 연간 운전결과를 분석하였다. 농촌 지역 하수종말처리장 유입 하수 농도는 계절에 따라 변화하며, 여름철에 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 계절 변화에 따른 생물반응조의 처리 효율은 유기물질에 비해 영양염류가 계절에 따라 처리 효율의 변화가 큰 것으로 나타났으며 겨울철에 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 영양염류는 체류시간과 F/M ratio에 대해 유기물보다 민감하게 반응한 결과를 보였다. 농촌 지역 하수종말처리장 공법 선정 시 계절에 따라 변화하는 유입 하수의 특성을 고려해야 한다. 또한 겨울철 영양염류의 안정적인 처리 효율을 위한 유지관리가 필요하다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.84-98
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• 2000

Control of Trihalomethanes(THMs) is a major concern of many water treatment plants. A number of researchers have studied the effectiveness of activated carbon adsorption process in removing THMs or organic halogen compounds. Recently, attention has been paid to the biological activated carbon (BAC) treatment of THM precursors as an alternative to the carbon adsorption treatment because of its effectiveness as well as its low running cost. In this study, changes of THM formation potential(THMFP) and removal of substrates in the SBR effluent were investigated in an attempt to clarify the mechanisms of the decrease/increase of THMFP in the BAC treatment. The increase and decrease of THMFP concentrations were observed in effluents during prolonged operation. When PCP or DBS was feeded as substrate contained in SBR effluent, the THMFPs were easyly removed with TOCs removal. But the case of SBR effluent containing SDS or glycine was introduced, and when microbial growth came to its near steady state, the THMFPs of treated effluents were increased more or less in comparison to those in the influents. Such increases of THMFP coincided with the increase in microbial growth within the activated carbon fiber(ACF) column. In the case of only sucrose was feeded as substrate on ACF colume, THMFP concentrations of effluent were higher than those of influent. The THMFP concentration was significantly increased on inlet part of ACF column, which biomass inhabits abundantly, then they were decreased gradually. These increases mean production of the secondary THM precursors by biological activities, which can be removed by adsorption and biological degradation on ACF column.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.815-824
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• 2011

In this study, a non-thermal plasma system was employed to simultaneously remove odorous compounds and organic sludge. The system consisted of two reactors; the first one was the non-thermal plasma reactor where ozone was produced by the plasma reaction and the ozone oxidized hydrogen sulfide, the model odorous compound, and then the ozone-laden gas stream was introduced to the second reactor where wasted sludge was disintegrated and solubilized by ozone oxidation. In this study, the gas retention time (GRT) and the hydraulic retention time (HRT) were changed in the two-reactor system, and the effects of GRT and HRT on reduction efficiencies of odor and sludge were determined. As the GRT increased, the ozone concentration increased resulting in an increasing efficiency of hydrogen sulfide removal. However, the overall ozone loading rate to the second sludge reactor was the same at any GRT, which resulted in an insignificant change in sludge reduction rate. When HRTs in the sludge reactor were 1, 2, 4 hours, the sludge reduction rates were approximately 30% during the four-hour operation, while the rate increased to 70% at the HRT of 6 hours. Nevertheless, at HRTs greater than 4 hours, the solubilization efficiency was not proportionally increased with increasing specific input energy, indicating that an appropriate sludge retention time needs to be applied to achieve effective solubilization efficiencies at a minimal power consumption for the non-thermal plasma reaction.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.415-419
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• 2017

In recent years there have been large increases in the hydraulic loading rates used to design dissolved air flotation (DAF) facilities for drinking water applications. High rate DAF processes are now available at loading rates of 20 to $40m^3/m^2{\cdot}h$. This research evaluated dissolved air flotation as a separation method for algae and organic compounds from water treatment plants. During the service period of 2016. 5. to 2017. 6., DAF pilot plants ($500m^3/day$) process has shown a constantly sound performance for the treatment of raw water, yielding a significantly low level of turbidity (DAF treated water, 0.21~1.56 NTU). As a result of analyzing the algae cell counts in the influent source, it was expressed at 100-120 cells/mL. In DAF treated water, the removal efficient of alge cell counts was found to be upto 90%. The stable turbidity and algae removal were confirmed by operating the high rate DAF process under the condition of the surface loading rate of $30m^3/m^2{\cdot}hr$.