• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.544-551
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• 2008

QUAL2K enhanced QUAL2E and applied in real fields efficiently incorporates denitrification process, sediment-water interaction process, bottom algae and detritus. Also, the CBOD of QUAL2K is divided into two real parts, one is slow CBOD(sCBOD) and another is fast CBOD(fCBOD). The simulation results of QUAL2E and QUAL2K models in Anyang Stream were compared and analyzed in water quality constituents of DO, BOD, Org-N, NH$_3$-N, NO$_3$-N, Org-P, Dis-P and Chl-a respectively. The similar results were shown in Org-N, NH$_3$-N, Org-P and Chl-a both QUAL2K and QUAL2E models. But the different results were revealed in DO, BOD, Dis-P and NO$_3$-N by the influence of new incorporating processes. DO was shown relatively low values in the effect of bottom algae. BOD which is influenced by particulate organic matter was revealed high values. NO$_3$-N was closed to the real values by the two processes of denitrification and sediment-water interaction. To evaluate the running results of QUAL2K and QUAL2E models, a simple statistical analysis was conducted. According to the statistical analysis, QUAL2K represented less relative error and coefficient of variation than QUAL2E in almost all of constituents. It was found that QUAL2K, which simulates the water quality more realistically, can be applied to control and manage the water problems of river or river-run reservoir effectively.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.357-365
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• 2011

The QUAL2K has the same basic characteristics as the QUAL2E model, which has been widely used in stream water quality modeling; in QUAL2K, however, various functions are supplemented. The QUAL2Kw model uses a genetic algorithm(GA) for automatic calibration of QUAL2K, and it can search for optimum water quality parameters efficiently using the calculation results of the model. The QUAL2Kw model was applied to the Gangneung Namdaecheon River on the east side of the Korean Peninsula. Because of the effluents from the urban area, the middle and lower parts of the river are more polluted than the upper parts. Moreover, the hydraulic characteristics differ between the lower and upper parts of rivers. Thus, the river reaches were divided into seven parts, auto-calibration for the multiple reaches was performed using the function of the user-defined automatic calibration of the rates worksheets. Because GA parameters affect the optimal solution of the model, the impact of the GA parameters used in QUAL2Kw on the fitness of the model was analyzed. Sensitivity analysis of various factors, such as population size, crossover probability, crossover mode, strategy for mutation and elitism, mutation rate, and reproduction plan, were performed. Using the results of this sensitivity analysis, the optimum GA parameters were selected to achieve the best fitness value.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.121-129
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• 2008

Major factors affecting water quality in rivers are transportation, input of pollutant loads and kinetic transformation of pollutants. Government level decision makings on water quality management are based on steady state water quality modeling. However, it is more than often that such a steady state assumption is far from real situations in rivers. Therefore, it is unavoidable to have modeling errors in water quality modeling especially for steady state modeling for longer period of time. Authors attempted to identify sources of errors in results of steady state models and thus tried to find out ways to minimize those errors. Three water quality models, QUAL2E (Brown et al., 1983), QUAL2K (Chapra et al., 2006) and CAP (Seo and Lee, 2000) were applied to the lower stream of the Geum River. $BOD_5$ and COD tend to underestimate observed data while TN and TP showed relatively smaller errors. QUAL2E model provided best calibration results for BOD5 and TP and QUAL2K model showed best calibration results for TN. Since these errors are only relative values, it was difficult to conclude which model is better performing in certain situations. The most probable reasons for errors in water quality modeling are; 1) inappropriate consideration on flow characteristics, 2) lack of information on incoming pollutant load and 3) inappropriate location of sampling for water quality analysis.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.54-62
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• 2008

It is often believed that a more complex water quality model is better able to simulate reality. The more complex a model, however, the more parameters are involved thus increases the cost and uncertainty of modeling processes. The objective of this study was to compare the performance of two steady-state river water quality models, QUAL2E and QUAL-NIER, that have different complexity. QUAL-NIER is recently developed by National Institute of Environmental Research aiming to enhance the simulation capability of QUAL2E for eutrophic rivers. It is a carbon based model that considers different forms, such as dissolved versus particulate and labile versus refractory, of carbon and nutrients, and the contribution of autochthonous loading due to algal metabolism. The models were simultaneously applied to Nakdong River and their performance was evaluated by statistical verification with field data. Both models showed similar performance and satisfactorily replicated the longitudinal variations of BOD, T-N, T-P, Chl.a concentrations along the river. The algal blooms occurred at the stagnant reaches of downstream were also reasonably captured by the models. Although QUAL-NIER somewhat reduced the magnitude of errors, the hypothesis tests revealed no statistical evidence to justify its better performance. The contribution of autochthonous carbon and nutrient load by algal metabolism was insignificant because the hydraulic retention time is relatively short compare to the time scale of kinetic reactions. The results imply that the kinetic processes included in QUAL-NIER are too complex for the nature and scale of the real processes involved, thus needs to be optimized for improving the modeling efficiency.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1144-1150
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• 2006

Recently, as water pollution accidents in rivers have increased, there is an increased interest in water quality forecast with accurate simulation. QUAL2E model, widely used for water quality analysis, uses the same hydraulic characteristics, such as depth and velocity, in a reach. The flow of the river is changed by various hydraulic constructions or by topography in a real river channel. In this study, a hydraulic connection module is developed to consider flow variations of river channels in QUAL2E model. The module uses the simulations results of non-uniform flow of a 1-D hydraulic model such as DWOPER or HEC-RAS. The improved QUAL2E model with this module was applied to a downstream section of Paldang Dam on the Han River. The results show the variation of water quality very well in a reach where flowing vary abruptly, like the Jamsil submerged weir.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.99-109
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• 2009

In general, manual calibration is commonly used for the stream water quality modelling. Because the manual calibration depends upon the subjectivity and experience of the researcher, it has a problem with the objectivity of the modelling. Thus, the interest about the automatic calibration by the optimization technique is deeply increased. In this study, Influence coefficient algorithm and Genetic algorithm are introduced to develop an automatic calibration model for the QUAL2K that are the latest version of the QUAL2E. Genetic algorithm, used in this study, is very simple and easy to understand but also applicable to any complicated mathematical problem, and it can find out the global optimum solution effectively. The developed automatic calibration model is applied to the Gangneung Namdaecheon. The calibration results about the 11 water quality variables show the good correspondence between the calculated and observed water quality values.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.986-990
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 영산강수계의 수질이 미래에 어떠한 양상으로 변화하는지 예측하여 파악하고자 하였다. 적용모형은 각종 수질관리에 적용되어 수질예측 결과의 신뢰도가 높은 US EPA에서 개발한 QUAL2E 모형의 단점을 보안하고 사용자가 보다 사용하기 쉽게 개발된 후속모형인 QUAL2K를 이용하였다. 영산강유역의 수질모형을 구축하고 실측 자료를 이용하여 보정하였으며, 목표연도는 2015년으로 선정하여 환경기초시설에 의한 오염물질 삭감량에 따른 하천수의 수질 변화를 예측하였다. 수질모의 항목은 실측자료를 바탕으로 하여 하천특성과 종합적인 부하량 산정이 가능한 BOD와 부영양화의 물질인 T-N과 T-P를 선정하여 모의하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.211-238
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• 2015

Despite longstanding concern with the dimensionality of the service quality construct as measured by ServQual and IS-ServQual instruments, variations on the IS-ServQual instrument have been enduringly prominent in both academic research and practice in the field of IS. We explain the continuing popularity of the instrument based on the salience of the item set for predicting overall customer satisfaction, suggesting that the preoccupation with the dimensions has been a distraction. The implicit mutual exclusivity of the items suggests a more appropriate conceptualization of IS-ServQual as a formative index. This conceptualization resolves the paradox in IS-ServQual research, that of how an instrument with such well-known and well-documented weaknesses continue to be very influential and widely used by academics and practitioners. A formative conceptualization acknowledges and addresses the criticisms of IS-ServQual, while simultaneously explaining its enduring salience by focusing on the items rather than the "dimensions." By employing an opportunistic sample and adopting the most recent IS-ServQual instrument published in a leading IS journal (virtually, any valid IS-ServQual sample in combination with a previously tested instrument variant would suffice for study purposes), we demonstrate that when re-specified as both first-order and second-order formatives, IS-ServQual has good model quality metrics and high predictive power on customer satisfaction. We conclude that this formative specification has higher practical use and is more defensible theoretically.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.96-108
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• 2011

Going abreast of high public concerns on the environment, the need of environmental modeling has been increased to assess the impact of space exploitation of environment. GIS offers potential solutions to the many problems encountered during water-quality modeling. But there are also many problems associated with the modeling. The preparation of necessary parameters for the modeling can be complicated. Also, the results from one model can be different from each other even the same area is analyzed. This paper aims to develop the data processing system to couple the Qual2E and HyGIS in which Qual2E input and output data files can be created, modified and processed using HyGIS and assess the performance of the system. A structural analysis and standardization of modeling are conducted to identify data flow and processing of Qual2E. Algorithms of the defined processors are designed and developed as component modules. The data model of HyGIS-Qual2E is designed, and GUI(Graphical User Interface) is developed using Visual Basic 6.0 and GDK.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.187-191
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• 2011

현재 국내 하천은 급격한 산업화 도시화 및 하천의 난개발로 인해 하천 고유의 자연성이 훼손되어 수질오염이 심각한 경우가 많으며, 특히 저 갈수기에는 하천 수량이 부족하여 하천수질이 더욱 악화되는 실정이다. 이러한 원인은 우리나의 개발 우선주의에 의한 하천의 난개발 및 인식 부족이 주 원인으로 이를 개선하기 위한 노력이 다양하게 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 섬진강 본류구간을 연구대상 구간으로 선정하여 목표수질 달성 및 생태건강성 확보를 위한 하천유지유량 산정을 위해 Qual2K 모형을 적용하였다. 섬진강은 국내의 타하천에 비해 생태 건강성이 뛰어난 편이며, 수질 또한 양호한 상태로 섬진강의 자연성 보전 및 유지가 반드시 필요한 실정이다. Qual2K는 미국환경청(US-EPA)에서 개발한 모형으로 Qual2E 모형의 단점을 보완한 것으로 사용자가 하천의 지형 특성을 충분히 반영할 수 있으며, 정확한 오염원의 유출입 지점을 특정할 수 있으며, 수질 반응을 개선한 모델이다. QUAL2K 모델에 이용된 오염원 및 부하량은 제2단계 섬진강 수질오염총량제의 값을 이용하였으며, 섬진강의 생태건강성 유지를 위한 하천유지유량의 산정은 수질오염총량제에서 제시한 목표수질보다 강화된 목표수질을 만족할 경우의 유량을 하천유지유량으로 설정하여 추정하였다. 수질모의는 섬본E, 섬본D의 BOD 목표수질이 1.2mg/L일 경우에 대해 모의를 실시하였으며, 그 결과 BOD 농도 1.0mg/L의 청정수는 섬진강댐에서 $0.5m^3/s$, 주암댐에서 $1.0m^3/s$의 유지수를 도입할 경우 섬본E, 섬본D지점에서 BOD 1.2mg/L를 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.