• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2005

The applicability of the USEPA's (United States Environmental Protection Agency) three criteria of enhanced coagulation (criterion 1-TOC level less than 2 mg/l. before chlorination; criterion II-% requirement of TOC removal; criterion III-point of diminishing return) for Korean waters was evaluated in this study. This study also investigated an effect of enhanced coagulation on turbidity removal, and attempted to identify the best coagulant for enhanced coagulation. Three different waters were used in this study: one river water and two lake waters. five different coagulants were used: alum, liquid alum, PACl, ferric chloride with and without water. Results of this study showed that all three criteria were achievable for the tested waters. For these waters, controlling criterion was found to be different depending upon raw water characteristics. When initial Toe level was low(< 4 mg/L), criterion I (< 2 mg/L) could be the controlling criterion. As TOC level increased, criterion II (% TOC removal) became the controlling criteria. It was possible to achieve different goals of turbidity and TOC removals. Although the optimum region of TOC removal was more acidic than that of turbidity removal, there was no conflict between these two removals. The best coagulant was found to be different depending upon the evaluation tool: maximum and optimum removal. ferric chloride was more effective than alum in terms of the maximum TOC removal, while Al-based coagulant such as alum or PACl was the best coagulant in terms of the optimum TOC removal.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.590-596
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• 2012

고도응집 공정은 DBP 전구물질인 NOM을 제거하는 최적기법이다. 본 연구에서는 낙동강 원수를 대상으로 $FeCl_3$, alum, PSOM 및 PACl 응집제를 대상으로 고도응집 공정의 적용시 가장 효과적인 응집제와 응집조건을 DOC, THMFP, HAAFP 및 제타전위 변화를 중심으로 평가하였다. 탁도 제거율은 고도응집을 적용시 기존응집에 비해 제거율의 상승은 없었으며, 일정 응집제 주입량 이상에서는 제거율이 더욱 저하되었으나 DOC, THMFP 및 HAAFP 제거율은 응집제 종류별로 기존응집에 비해 각각 13~18%, 9~18% 및 9~18% 정도 증가하였다. 응집 pH 변화에 따른 탁도 제거특성은 $FeCl_3$와 PACl이 pH 4~10 범위에서 비교적 높은 탁도 제거율을 나타내었고 alum과 PSOM의 경우는 pH 5~8의 범위에서 안정적인 제거율을 나타내었다. DOC는 4종의 응집제 모두 pH 5~7 범위에서 안정적인 제거율을 나타내었다. 고도응집 공정을 적용시 1 kDa 이하 및 10 kDa 이상의 용존 유기물질의 제거율은 각각 11~21% 및 16% 정도 기존응집 공정에 비해 증가하였으며, 소수성 및 친수성 유기물질의 제거율은 각각 27~38% 및 11~15% 정도 증가하였다. 낙동강 원수의 고도응집에 가장 효과적인 응집제로는 $FeCl_3$로 나타났으며, 다음으로 PSOM, PACl 및 alum 순이었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.122-127
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• 2006

The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of membrane fouling caused by soluble organic materials in a membrane bioreactor process. For the removal of filterable organic materials (FOC) smaller than $1{\mu}m$, coagulants and activated carbon were added. A membrane bioreactor using a submerged $17{\mu}m$ metal sieve was operated in laboratory scale to examine the possibility of membrane fouling control. As the dosage of GAC and coagulant increased, the residual FOC concentration decreased and the permeate flow rate increased markedly. The permeate flux increased with an increased PACl addition at the range from 0 to 50 mg/l. At coagulant dosage of 27mg/l, the removal of FOC was about 46% and the flux increased to 3.5 times compared to the case without PACl addition. The permeate flux increased gradually with an increase in GAC dosage. At GAC dosage of 50mg/L, the permeate flux was about 2 times higher compared that for raw water. The particle in the range of $0.1{\sim}1.0{\mu}m$ were removed effectively by the addition of GAC and coagulant. Higher osage of GAC and coagulant, led to higher removal of FOC. A different set of experiments was also performed to investigate the effect of pretreatment on the permeation ability of MBR system using the metal sieve membrane. After 40 hours of operation, the permeate flux was about 1,000 ($L/m^2-hr$), which is 20 times higher compared to the results in literature. It is likely that combined pretreatment using coagulant and activated carbon was the most effective to resolve membrane fouling problems. Moreover, the continuous operations could be successful by applying this pretreatment method.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2018

Large amounts of oily wastewater discharged from various industrial operations (petroleum refining, machinery industries and chemical industries) cause serious pollution in the aquatic environment. Although dissolved air flotation (DAF) separating oil pollutants using microbubbles represents current practice, bubble size cannot be selectively controlled, and lots of power is required to generate microbubbles. Therefore, to investigate performance of the DAF process, this study examined the distribution of different sizes of microbubbles resulting from changes in physical shear force via modifying shapes of a slit-nozzle without an additional power supply. Three types of slit-nozzles (different angle, shape and length of the slit-nozzle) were used to analyze the distribution of bubble size. At a slit angle of $60^{\circ}$, shear force was 4.29 times higher than a conventional slit, and particle size distribution (PSD) in the range between 2 and $20{\mu}m$ more than doubled. Treatment efficiency of synthetic oily wastewater through the coagulation-DAF process achieved 90% removal of COD by injecting $FeCl_3$ and PACl of 250 mg/L and 100 mg/L, respectively, and the same performance resulted using $FeCl_3$ of 200 mg/L and PACl of 80 mg/L employing a slit-nozzle angle of $60^{\circ}$. This study shows that a coagulation-DAF process using a modified slit-nozzle can improve the pre-treatment of oily wastewater.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.946-951
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 청정 호발공정의 하나로 플라즈마 처리를 사용하였다. 폴리에스테르(polyethylene terephthalate, PET) 직물에 가호된 폴리비닐 알콜(polyvinyl alcohol, PVA), 아크릴 호제(polyacrylic acid esters, PACL)과 이들의 혼합된 호제들을 질소($N_2$)와 산소($O_2$) 플라즈마로 처리하였다. 호제제거에 있어서 산소 플라즈마가 질소 플라즈마 보다 더 효과적이었으며, PACL 보다는 PVA 호제 제거가 더 우수하였다. 플라즈마 처리된 시료의 주사전자현미경(scanning emission microscopy, SEM) 사진을 통하여 호제들이 제거되었음을 직접 확인할 수 있었다. 산소 플라즈마 처리 후, 기존의 습식공정을 이용하여 폴리에스테르 직물을 호발하였다. 플라즈마로 처리하지 않은 직물과 비교하여 산소 플라즈마 처리된 직물의 호발폐수는 더 낮은 TOC, COD와 $BOD_5$ 값을 보여주었다. 이것은 플라즈마 처리가 직접적으로 호제를 제거할 수 있을 수 뿐 아니라 호제의 화학적 특성을 변화시킴으로서 이점을 제공할 수 있다는 것을 보여준다. 마지막으로, 플라즈마 처리에 의한 호발 공정이 폴리에스테르 직물의 염색성에 미치는 영향을 색차와 염색견뢰도를 측정하여 살펴보았다. CCM(computer color matching) 측색 실험 결과, 산소 플라즈마로 20분간 처리한 폴리에스테르 직물과 기존 습식공정으로 호제가 제거된 기준직물과의 색차값은 1 정도이었다. 이것은 다른 부수적인 공정 없이 플라즈마로 처리된 직물이 바로 염색공정에 사용될 수 있다는 것을 나타낸다. 또한, 플라즈마로 처리된 직물은 좋은 염색견뢰도 결과를 보여주었는데, 세탁견뢰도, 마찰견뢰도, 승화견뢰도, 일광견뢰도도 기준직물과 비교하여 같거나 더 우수하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.138-146
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• 2006

The characteristics of backwash and concentrate discharges depend upon the quality of the water being treated and the net recovery of the membrane system. This paper is to indicate a design methods on the capacities of residuals treatment facilities in membrane processes for drinking water. We operated a demonstration membrane plant with a recovery rate of 90% for designing G-water treatment plant. We investigated on design parameter (optimum coagulant dosage and surface loading rate etc.) to design efficiently the residuals treatment facilities. The settling test was conducted with 1m columns dosing PACl to kaolin and membrane residuals under the experimental condition that discharge permit was under a 60mg/L. When the quantity of membrane residuals was $1,575m^3/day$, the estimated results for 1st thickener demonstrated the surface loading rate of 14.4m/day, detention time of 5.83hr, available depth of 3.5m.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2008

The application of magnetic ion exchange resin($MIEX^{(R)}$) is effective for natural organic matter(NOM) removal and for control of the formation of disinfection byproducts(DBPs). NOM removal is also enhanced by adding $MIEX^{(R)}$ with coagulant such as polyaluminium chloride(PACl) in conventional drinking water treatment systems. In the application of $MIEX^{(R)}$, it is important to understand changes of NOM characteristics such as hydrophobicity and molecular weight distributions with $MIEX^{(R)}$ or $MIEX^{(R)}$+coagulant treatment.To observe characteristics of NOM by treatment with $MIEX^{(R)}$ or $MIEX^{(R)}$+coagulant, four major drinking water sources were employed. Results showed that the addition of $MIEX^{(R)}$ to coagulation significantly reduced the amount of coagulant required for the optimum removal of dissolved organic matter(DOC) and turbidity in the all four waters. The DOC removal was also increased approximately 20%, compared to coagulant treatment alone. The process with $MIEX^{(R)}$ and coagulant showed that complementary removal of hydrophobic and hydrophilic fraction of DOC. The combined processes preferentially removed the fractions of intermediate (3,000-10,000 Da) and low (< 500 Da) molecular weight. The microfiltration test showed that membrane cake resistance was decreased for waters with flocs from $MIEX^{(R)}$+coagulant. A porous layer was formed to $MIEX^{(R)}$ on the membrane surface and the layer consequently inhibited settling of coagulant flocs, which could act on a foulant.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.459-469
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• 2009

It is well known that coagulation pretreatment can reduce foulants prior to membrane filtration. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of coagulation on fouling of ceramic microfiltration membrane($0.1 {\mu}m$) using pilot plant of $150m^3/day/train$ capacity. Train A membrane system has pretreatment process of ozonation and coagulation while train B has only coagulation. Two types of coagulation operation were investigated: back mixer(rapid mixing with or without slow mixing) which is a conventional mechanically stirred mixer and an inline static mixer. Ozone dose rate for train A was 1 mg/L and ozone contact time was 12 min. The coagulation dose(PACl 10% as $Al_2O_3$) rate was changed 20~40 mg/L according to experimental schedule. In this experimental conditions, the coagulation of back mixer type with rapid mixing(GT=72,000) and slow mixing(GT=45,000) was the best effective in reduction of ceramic membrane fouling regardless preozonation. Especially, the effect of inline static mixer was sensitive to change in water quality. Ozonation mainly affected irreversible fouling rather than reversible fouling in accordance with less adsorption of NOM on the membrane surface. Thus, the increase rate of the nomalized TMP(trans membrane pressure) at $25^{\circ}C$ for train A was relatively lower than that of train B under same coagulation process with same coagulant dosage. The best performance of ceramic membrane appeared in case of combined process with ozonation, therefore this integrated process is able to archive less coagulant dosing and secure a stability of ceramic membrane system.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.479-488
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• 2011

Nanofiltration was performed with polyaluminium chloride solutions at different pH conditions to understand effects of inorganic compounds on aluminum hydrolysis products, i.e., three distinctive groups of aluminum species: polymeric Al at low pH; $Al(OH)_3$ at neutral pH; and ${Al(OH)_4}^-$ at high pH. The PACl solution was prepared to be approximately 4.0mM and adjusted to the designated pH. The influence of inorganic compounds on Al species fouling was investigated with 4.9mM $CaCl_2$ and 3.5mM $MgSO_4$ because $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, ${SO_4}^{2-}$ are the most common inorganics in the drinking water. NF membrane fouling was measured by flux decline rate. The impact of $CaCl_2$ was not significant on the individual Al hydrolysis products fouling. However, the flux decline rate was drastically changed in the presence of $MgSO_4$. The concentration of particulate matters was considerably increased possibly due to interaction between Al species and ${SO_4}^{2-}$ where $MgSO_4$ was introduced. The particulates were accumulated on the membrane and enhanced the hydraulic resistance of the cake layer. In addition, conductivity removal of the membrane was decreased when Al-hydroxide was dominant due to reduction of membrane surface charge. The rejection of $Ca^{2+}$and $Mg^{2+}$ were considerably different, which implys that composition of inorganics paly a role on conductivity removal.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2013

Integrated process with coagulation and microfiltration as an advanced water treatment has been expanded its application in recent years due to its superb removal of particles and natural organic matter. In usual, effectiveness of coagulation sometimes determines performance of the whole system. Several new polymeric coagulants introduced to water utilities for better efficiency were studied in this paper. Three polymeric coagulants (i.e., PACl, PACs, and PAHCs) along with alum were evaluated for removal of natural organic matter, especially for reduction of trihalomethane formation potential, for which regulation has become stringent. Turbidity removal was closely related to pH variation showing the reduced turbidity removal by PACs due to the decreases in the pH of supernants at high doses. The four coagulants showed different organic matter removal during coagulation and affected the removal in microfiltration. For instance, DOC concentration was not reduced by microfiltration when PAHCs were used however 10 % of DOC removal was observed by microfiltration with alum coagulation. Coagulation pretreatment also impacted the THM removals, i.e., approximately 30 % of THMs and 13 % of DOC was removed by microfiltration only, but 40 to 67 % of THMs and 30 % of DOC was removed by the integrated process. Strategies on selection of coagulants are needed depending on characteristics of target pollutants in raw waters.