• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.523-533
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• 2000

A two-phase anaerobic reactor with submerged membrane system was developed for increasing acidogen concentration and methane recovery. The membrane used was mixed esters of cellulose of $0.5{\mu}m$ pore size and $0.8m^2$ of effective surface area. The methanogenic reactor comprised of UASB (Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket) and AF (Anaerobic Filter). COD removal efficiency was 70~80% and the methane content in the biogas increased up to 90% for the submerged membrane system in the anaerobic reactor. As the cake resistance of membrane caused a serious problem, stainless steal prefilters (40, 53, $63{\mu}m$) and air backwashing methods were applied to minimize the cake resistance effectively. Among the tested prefilters. the $63{\mu}m$ prefilter showed the best performance for reduction of cake resistance and a successful long-tern operation. By cleaning with alkali first and acidic solution later. the permeate flux decreased by long term operation was recovered to 89% of that with a new membrane.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.436-443
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• 2005

A study of physical properties and their application using K-powdered activated carbon system followed powdered carbon dispersion was carried out at laboratory. scale. Two types of K-powdered activated carbon for the dispersion have been used in this study to investigate the catalytic removal efficiency of pollutants from the wastewater. From the surface properties obtained for carbon samples treated with aqueous solutions containing potassium salts, main investigations were subjected to isotherm shape, SEM, EDX and surface functional groups. K-powdered activated carbons were dispersed to wastewater with pH variation to investigate the removal efficiency for the color, COD, T-N and T-P. From these removal results of the piggery waste using K-powdered activated carbon, satisfactory removal performance in the region of pH 6~8 was achieved. The excellent effects for the dispersion of the K-powdered activated carbon were proved by the above mentioned properties of the material for adsorption and trapping of organics, and catalytic effects.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.6-13
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• 2011

In this study, we used activated carbon (AC) and charcoal (CH) as carbon sources with $TiO_2$ powder to prepare spherical carbons containing titania (SCCT) by using phenolic resin (PR) as a bonding agent. The physicochemical characteristics of the SCCT samples were examined by BET, XRD, SEM, EDX, iodine adsorption and compressive strength. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by measuring the removal efficiency of three kinds of organic dyes: methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO) and rhodamine B (Rh.B) under a UV/SCCT system. In addition, evaluation of chemical oxygen demand (COD) of piggery waste was done at regular intervals and gave a good idea about the mineralization of wastewater.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.107-110
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• 2003

산업의 발달과 인구의 증가로 인한 물 사용량 증가와 다양한 폐수들이 끊임없이 발생하고 있다. 회사나 공장들은 이러한 폐수를 처리하기 위한 하ㆍ폐수처리장의 효율적인 운전을 위하여 관리ㆍ제어 시스템을 도입하고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 김해에 설치되어 있는 축산 폐수를 처리하는 파일럿 플랜트의 공정상태를 원격으로 관리할 수 있는 모니터링 시스템을 바탕으로 퍼지와 신경망을 이용한 실시간 원격 진단 및 제어 시스템을 설계하였다. 또한 여러 경우의 고장 사례를 원격 진단ㆍ제어 시스템에 접목시킴으로써 진단시스템의 성능을 더욱 향상 시켰다. 이러한 진단ㆍ제어 시스템을 이용하여 관리자는 공정상태를 항상 모니터링 할 수 있으며, 진단ㆍ제어 시스템에서 제공하는 경고 및 제어 값을 축산폐수플랜트에 전송함으로써 공정을 보다 효율적이고 안정적으로 진단ㆍ제어할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.258-263
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• 2006

ANAMMOX (Anaerobic ammonium oxidation) reactor, which was cultivated ANAMMOX bacteria in mesophilic condition ($35^{\circ}C$), was operated to investigate the effects of temperature. In $20{\sim}30^{\circ}C$ of operation condition, which was assumed as field-temperature, total N removal and $NH_4-N$ removal rate were declined from about 2.50 and $1.27kg\;N/{m^3}_{reactor}-day$ (0.06 and 0.03 kg N/kgVSS/day) to 1.62 and $0.41kg\;N/{m^3}_{reactor}-day$ (0.04 and 0.01 kg N/kgVSS/day), In this range of temperature, ANAMMOX had very low activities but acid fermentation bacteria and denitrifiers, which were competitors of substrates, had high activities relatively. Though operation temperature was higher than inhibition condition for two months, ANAMMOX activities could not been recovered once they were inhibited by low temperature. This fact was resulted from very slow doubling time of ANAMMOX bacteria. This study shows that maintenance device of optimal temperature is necessary required in field application of ANAMMOX.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.275-278
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 축산폐수공공처리장내에 설치된 Pilot-scale SBR(유효부피,20㎥)를 이용하여 sub-cycle의 폭기/무산소구간을 최적화하기 위하여 DO를 입력으로 하여 넓은 운전조건에서 적용될 수 있는 퍼지제어기를 개발하고, 또한 부하이상을 신속히 진단하여 유입부하량을 제어할 수 있는 퍼지 시스템 제어기를 개발하였다. DO값을 입력으로 한 퍼지제어기로서 안정성과 연속성에서 우수하였으나 시스템에 따라서 소속함수의 범위를 재조정해야 할 필요가 있다. DO미분값은 변화폭이 큰 지점을 검출함으로써 지연시간(lag time)의 DO값에 관계없이 적용할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 제어기의 적용성과 안정성을 높이기 위해서는 두 가지 제어인자를 동시에 고려할 필요가 있으며 퍼지 소속함수에 대한 입력으로서 DO값과 DO미분값을 적용하였다. 그 결과 폭기구간에서 매우 안정적이고 신속하게 폭기제어지점의 검출을 보여주고 있어 최적화된 제어가 가능함을 보여준다. 현장실험결과 지연시간에서의 DO가 높고 외란이 심한 경우에도 적용될 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.9-17
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• 1997

This research aims to remove nitrogen in the piggery wastewater by combined process with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) and biofilm process. For the effective denitrification. anaerobic and anoxic reactors were connected to a reactor. The effluent of aerobix reactor was recycled equally with influent in the upper filter of anaerobic reactor for denitrification and outlet of UBF reactor was connected to the settling tank with $1.5{\;}{\ell}$ capacity and the settling sludge was repeatedly recycled to UASB zone. The organic loading rate of total reactor was operated from 0.4 to $3.1kgCOD/m^{3}/d$ and it was observed that the removal rate of TCOD was 80 to 95 percentage. Ammonia nitrogen was removed over 90 percentage in the less volumetric loading rate than $0.1{\;}kgN/m^{3}/d$. But because of non-limitation of organic materials, it was reduced to 70 percentage in the more volumetric loading rate than $0.6{\;}kgN/m^{3}/d$. But denitrification rate was observed 100 percentage in the all of loading rate. This is caused by the maintenance of optimum temperature, sufficient carbon source, and competition of electron acceptors. The results of COD mass balance at the $1.21{\;}kgCOD/m^{3}/d$ was observed with the 71.7% percentage of influent COD. It was revealed that the most part of organic materials was removed in the aerobic and the anaerobic reactor because 38.4 percentage was conversed into $CH_{4}$ gas and 11 percentage was removed in the aerobic reactor with cell synthesis and metabolism. Besides, 5.7% organics was used to denitrification reaction and 3.7% organics related to sulfate reduction.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.477-483
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• 2005

Anammox (Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation) bacteria is recently discovered microorganism which can oxidize ammonium to nitrogen gas in the presence of nitrite under anaerobic conditions. The anammox process can save an energy for nitrification and need not require a carbon source for denitrification, however, the start-up periods takes a long time more than several months due to the long doubling time (approximately 11 days). In order to find the effects of seeding microorganisms, hydrazine, and nitrite concentration on the enhancement of the anammox activity, five kinds of microorganisms were selected. Among the several kinds of seeding microorganisms, the granule from acclimated microorganisms treating high concentration of ammonia nitrogen (A-1) and sludge from piggery wastewater treatment plant (A-2) were found to have a high anammox activity. In the case of A-1, the maximum nitrogen conversion rate represented 0.4 mg N/L-hr, and the amount of nitrite utilization was high compared to those of other seeding microorganisms. The A-4 represented a higher nitrogen conversion rate to 0.7 mg N/L-hr although the ammonium concentration in the serum bottle was high as 200 mg/L. Meanwhile, the anaerobic granule from UASB reactor treating distillery wastewater showed a low anammox activity due to the denitrification by the remained carbon sources in the granule. Hydrazine, intermediate product in anammox reaction, enhanced the anammox activity by representing 1.4 times of nitrogen gas was produced in the test bottle than that of control, when 0.4 mM of $N_2H_4$ was added to serum bottle which contains 5 mM of nitrite. The high concentration of nitrite (10 mM) resulted in the decrease of the anammox activity by showing lower production of nitrogen gas compared to that of 5 mM addition of nitrite concentration. As a result of FISH (Florescence In-Situ Hybridization) experiment, the Amx820 probe showed a more than 13% of anammox bacteria in a granule (A-1).