• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2018

Coal seam gas (CSG) water, to be discharged, has been usually treated in reverse osmosis (RO) plants which require extensive and expensive pre-treatment. However, current low gas prices have been a great driver for relevant industries to seek for alternative cost-effective technologies in the aspect of its beneficial use and fit-for-purpose usable water production. In this paper, a combined system with a two-stage pore control fiber (PCF) filtration and a RO system was designed and tested for CSG water treatment. Also, a coagulation reactor was placed in front of the PCF to further enhance suspended solid removal. More than 99% of SS were removed through the PCF filtration while organic, total nitrogen and total phosphorous were mostly removed by the RO system. Especially along with a decrease in conductivity, the total dissolved solid derived from salts was mainly removed in the RO system. Having $OH^-$ undetected, $HCO_3{^-}$ was found to be a dominant compound and its removal efficiency was 97-98% after the RO treatment. And a Fe(III) type of Polytetsu, which was the first to be tested in this paper, was found to be a better option than a Al(III) type of Poly Aluminium Chloride due to its greater coagulation efficiency and applicability at a broader range of pH than the Al(III) type. In addition, there was no noticeable change in oxidation reduction potential, suggesting that an additional process is required to oxidize non-ionic organic carbons (detected as total organic carbon).

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.271-275
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• 2016

Recently, pollution problem in coastal water has become more serious and pollution including red tide serves as a main reason for reduction of fishes resources. Particularly, nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus are the most serious pollutants. Normally, biological wastewater treatment process is used in removing such nutrients. However, it is difficult to adopt the biological wastewater treatment process to a small-scale fish processing factory in case of using seawater as wash water. Thus, removing nutrients through struvite crystallization is investigated in this study for treating shrimp processing wastewater. Experiments were conducted by varying molar ratio of $Mg^{2+}:NH^4-N:PO^4-P$ from 1:1:1 to 2:1:1. It can be concluded that optimum molar ratio is 1:1:1. Struvite crystallization process is compared with chemical coagulation process using PAC and struvite crystallization process is proven as the more effective process in removing nutrients from wastewater. In view of results obtained from these experiments, struvite crystallization process is a promising method in removing nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater; however, not so good in removing organics. Thus, struvite crystallization process is suitable as the pre-treatment process in treating shrimp processing wastewater and additional biological process is needed to remove organics.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.657-662
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• 2012

This study was carried out to evaluate the removal rate of organic and inorganic matters from landfill leachate using pre-treatment process as coagulation and limonite adsorption, and membrane process as RO (reverse osmosis) and NF(nanofiltration). By adding limonite adsorption as pre-treatment process, about 40% of organic matters in leachate was removed through pre-treatment process and 74.7% of boron was removed after RO process without pH adjustment. The rejection rate of boron in RO process mainly depends on the pH and increased at pH value of 10. RO process was performed as two stage system adjusting pH condtion to 7 and 10 in second RO stage for boron removal. Most (>90%) of TOC, Cl- and inorganic matters as Ca was rejected in first RO stage, the residue was rejected in second RO and the rejection rate was above 97%. Considering economic efficiency of operation cost, NF substituted for the first RO and total removal rate of TOC was above 90%. Through RO system toxicity to Daphnia in leachate was removed completely.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.927-933
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• 2019

A lipid-enriched strain of Botryococcus braunii (UTEX 572) was cultivated in a semi-batch aeration tank to enhance biomass as well as to develop intracellular lipids and fatty acids. A 30 day period of incubation produced 1.39 g/L of biomass and 0.31 g/L of total lipids in the biomass. The grown biomass was pre-treated using several methods to extract the total lipid content efficiently: ultrasonication was found to yield the highest percentage of lipids-namely 19.8% per biomass. Direct heating of biomass in an autoclave also showed better performance than when using only conventional solvent extraction. To enhance the biomass harvest and lipid extraction efficiency, coagulation and flocculation steps were added to the extraction process. It is noteworthy that not only the solvent type but also the solvent/biomass ratio greatly affected efficiency. In addition, the moisture content of the harvested(wet) biomass affected the efficiency significantly. This study elucidated the need for future research on optimizing this extraction process.

• 공업화학
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.330-335
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• 1998

본 연구는 응집공정과 오존처리공정으로 생물학적 난분해성 물질을 함유한 매립장 침출수를 처리하고, 전 오존처리와 후 오존처리에 의한 수처리 효율을 비교 분석하기 위하여 실시하였으며, 결과를 아래와 같이 요약하였다. 1) $COD_{Cr}$을 제거하기 위하여 침출수의 pH를 4,7,11로 조절하고, 오존주입량을 $75mgO_3/min$ ($4.5gO_3/hr$)으로 90분간 오존처리한 결과 각 pH별 제거효율은 각각 48.2%, 52.6%, 62.3%로 나타났다. pH를 증가시킴으로써 $COD_{Cr}$의 제거효율이 증가하였는데, 이는 높은 pH에서 오존의 가기 분해속도가 빨라져 비선택적으로 수중 유기물과 반응하고, 오존보다 산화력이 강한 hydroxyl radical($OH{\cdot}$)의 생성이 촉진되었기 때문으로 판단된다. 2) 주 응집제로 사용되는 무기응집제는 폐수처리에 많이 이용되고 있는 alum, ferric chloride 및 ferrous sulfate를 이용하였으며, 그 결과 pH5와 응집제 주입량 $2,000m{\ell}/{\ell}$에서 Ferric chloride가 12.0%의 $COD_{Cr}$ 제거효율로 가장 우수한 것으로 조사되었다. 그리고 응집보조제로 사용한 유기 응집제는 cation(C-101P), anion(A-601P) 및 nonion(SC-050)을 이용한 결과 cation(C-101P)이 pH5와 주입량 $100m{\ell}/{\ell}$에서 19.8%의 $COD_{Cr}$제거효율로 가장 효율적인 응집보조제로 조사되었다. 3) 오존주입량을 $75mgO_3/min$ ($4.5gO_3/hr$)으로 90분간 오존처리한 결과 색도와 탁도는 각각 88.6%와 97%가 제거되었으며, $COD_{Cr}$ 및 $COD_{Mn}$보다 훨씬 높은 제거효율을 보인 것은 오존이 색도 및 탁도 유발물질을 선택적으로, 그리고 우선적으로 산화시킨 것으로 판단된다. 4) $COD_{Cr}$ 색도 및 탁도는 후 오존처리보다 전 오존처리에 의하여 8.0%, 3.5%, 그리고 1% 각각 제거 효율이 증가하였는데, 이는 응집전 오존처리가 응집효율을 증가시킨다는 여러 연구결과와 일치하는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 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.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to evaluate various pre-treatment methods and proprieties of water quality for wastewater reuse using reverse osmosis (RO) processes. Secondary effluents were sampled from wastewater treatment plants and lab scale pre-treatments and RO filtration test were conducted systematically. Specifically, different types of pre-treatments, such as coagulation, microfiltration and ultrafiltration, were employed to evaluate the removal efficiency of particle and organic matters which may affect the membrane fouling rate. RO process was later added to eliminate trace amounts of remaining organic matters and salt from the raw water for wastewater reclamation. The permeate through the RO process satisfied water quality regulations for industrial water uses. The experimental results showed that the initial fouling tendency differed not only by the feed water properties but also by the membrane characteristics. Membrane fouling was greater for the membranes with large surface roughness, regardless of the hydrophobicity and zeta potentials. Thus both careful consideration of pre-treatment options and proper selection of RO membrane are of paramount importance for an efficient operation of wastewater treatment.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.556-560
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• 2017

Microcystis sp.로 수화된 원수에 대해 전염소 처리시 발생하는 문제점과 응집보조제로 polyamine을 투입하였을 때의 응집 및 여과공정에서의 효과를 수중의 입자상 물질의 분포로 평가하였다. Microcystis sp.로 수화된 원수를 전염소 처리하면 Microcystis sp. 군집이 각각의 세포들로 분산되어 응집에 불리한 것으로 나타났다. 응집보조제로 polyamine을 이용하면 응집제 단독으로 응집하는 경우에 비해 탁도와 입자성 물질 제거에 효과적이었으며, 특히 직경 $5{\mu}m$ 이하의 입자상 물질의 제거에 탁월하였다. Microcystis sp.로 수화된 상수원수를 이용하는 정수장에서는 전염소 처리를 배제하고 정수장을 운영하는 방법이 후단공정에서 입자상 물질의 제거 및 관리에 효율적이었다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2007

New porous separators based on non-polyolefin materials including the blend of poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC)/poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (P(VdF-co-HFP)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and the porous separator based on poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVdF) were prepared by phase inversion method. The porosity and morphology were controlled with phase inversion rate, which is governed by the relative content of non-solvent and solvent in coagulation bath. To enhance tensile strength, the solvent pre-evaporation and uni-axial stretching processes were applied. The ionic conductivity was increased with increasing stretching ratio, and tensile strength was increased with increasing solvent pre-evaporation time and stretching ratio. The 200% stretched PVdF separator showed 56 MPa of tensile strength, and the ionic conductivity of the stretched PVdF separator was $8.6{\times}10^{-4}\;S\;cm^{-1}\;at\;25^{\circ}C$.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2011

Ultrafiltration is an emerging technology for drinking water treatment because it produces better water quality as compared with conventional treatment systems. More recently, the combination of UF technology with other processes in order to improve its performance has been observed. These associations aim to maximize the contaminants removal and reduce membrane fouling. The operational performance of contaminants removal and water production of two UF pilot plants was compared. The first plant (Guarapiranga) was fed with raw water and the second plant (ABV) with pre-treated water by the coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation processes at Alto da Boa Vista WTP (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Both units operated continuously for approximately 2,500 hours, from September/2009 to January/2010. The results showed that the ABV UF pilot plant was able to operate at higher specific fluxes (6.2 $L.d^{-1}.m^{-2}.kPa^{-1}$ @ $25^{\circ}C$) than Guarapiranga (3.1 $L.d^{-1}.m^{-2}.kPa^{-1}$ @ $25^{\circ}C$). However, the number of chemical cleanings conducted in both pilot units during the considered operation period was the same (4 chemical cleanings for each plant), which shows that the pre-treatment reduced the membrane fouling. The water quality at ABV for all the variables analyzed was better, but the feed water quality was also better due to pretreatment. The rejection values for the different contaminants were higher at Guarapiranga mainly because of a pollution load reduction after pre-treatment at ABV. Even with the better performance of the ABV UF pilot plant, it is necessary to take into consideration the complexity of the complete treatment system, and also the costs involved in the construction and operation of a full-scale treatment unit.