• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.589-596
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• 2009

The spectroscopic characteristics and chemical oxygen demand (COD) oxidation efficiencies were investigated for dissolved organic matters (DOM) from diverse sources, which may indirectly affect the concentrations and the quality of DOM found in watersheds. The DOM investigated for this study showed a wide range of the percent distributions of refractory organic matter (R-OM) from 8 to 100%. Relatively high R-OM distributions were observed for the DOM with the source of head water, sediments, paddy soils, field soils, and treated sewage whereas the DOM from livestock waste, reed, weeds, algae, and attached algae exhibited lower R-OM percent distributions. The percent distribution of R-OM had positive correlations with specific UV absorbance (SUVA) and humidification indices (HIX) of DOM. The investigated DOM was classified into four different source groups (i.e., biota, vegetables, soils, sediments) by comparing the synchronous fluorescence spectra. The DOM group from biota source was characterized by a prominent presence of protein-like fluorescence (PLF) whereas fulvic-like fluorescence (FLF) was additionally observed for vegetable-source DOM. FLF became significant for the DOM from both soils and sediments although no PLF was found for soil-derived DOM. A range of COD oxidation efficiency was observed for the various DOM, ranging from 36 to 94% and from 65 to 125% for $COD_{Mn}$ and $COD_{Cr}$, respectively. The results indicate that $COD_{Cr}$ reflects the higher OM concentration than $COD_{Mn}$. However, 95% confidence intervals of the COD oxidation efficiencies were similar for the two types of COD, suggesting that $COD_{Cr}$ may not be the superior OM index to $COD_{Mn}$ in terms of the variability of the oxidation efficiency. No significant correlations were obtained between COD oxidation efficiencies and the spectroscopic characteristics of DOM for this study.

• 생태와환경
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2007

남한강과 북한강 상류지역에 위치한 11개 하천을 대상으로 강우 시 발생하는 탁수의 생지화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 강우 시 하천에서 POM와 DOM의 유출특성은 유량변동에 따라 다르게 나타났으며, 특히 POM의 유출은 하천의 유역특성과 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 강우의 영향에 따라 DOM내 용존 부식물질(Humic substance)의 비율을 반영하는 SUVA값이 증가하였고, 이는 하천유역으로부터 난분해성유기물의 유입이 증가함을 의미한다. 강우 시 발생된 탁수의 생지화학적 특성을 분석한 결과 농경지역에서 유출되는 탁수가 삼림지역으로부터 유출되는 탁수보다 안정탄소동위원소비가 약 $1{\sim}2%_{\circ}$정도 높게 나타났다. 이는 상대적으로 안정탄소동위원소비가 높은 $C_4$계열의 작물이 농경지역에서 우세한 경우 또는 삼림지역으로부터 유출된 탁수에서 주로 $C_3$계열의 식물체의 리그닌(Lignin)의 함량이 높기 때문이다. 유기물의 기원에 따라 Isotopic mass balance를 적용한 결과 농경지나 경작지의 비율이 높아질수록 $C_4$계열 작물의 기여도가 높아지고 이에 따라 탄소동위원소비가 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 안정탄소동위원소를 이용한 탁수 연구는 유기물의 기원특성을 연구하는데 유용한 지표가 될 수 있다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.516-522
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• 2011

국내에서 운영중인 혐기성 소화조의 가장 큰 문제점은 낮은 소화효율이며, 이에 대한 원인은 낮은 유기물 투입농도, 소화조내의 낮은 교반 효율, 잉여슬러지의 난분해성 등이다. 본 연구에서는 혐기성 소화설비의 효율성을 높이기 위하여 기존의 혐기성 소화 시스템에 농축 및 교반, 오존 가용화 설비를 설치하고, 기존의 2단 소화조에서 단단소화조로 개선함으로서 소화효율 및 바이오가스의 발생량을 증대 시키고자 하였다. 이러한 개선을 통하여 농축시스템의 슬러지 농도는 2.6배 향상되었음을 확인하였으며, 농축효율은 3.0배 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 기계식 교반으로 사공간이 줄어들었음을 확인하였으며, 혐기성 소화조 내 소화가스 발생량도 평균 $193.8m^3$/일에서 평균 $386.0m^3$/일로 향상된 것을 확인하였다. 소화효율은 평균 47.6%에서 54.6%로 향상되어진 것으로 나타났으며, VS제거당 소화가스 발생량은 평균 $0.30Nm^3/kg$ VS removal에서 $0.42Nm^3/kg$ VS removal로 증대되어진 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2013

The temporal and spatial variations of water quality in a stratified reservoir are fully dependent on the characteristics of inflow loading from its watershed and the transport regimes of pollutants after entering the reservoir. Because of the meteorological and hydrological conditions in Korea, the pollutants loading to reservoirs are mostly occur during rainfall events. Therefore it is important to understand the characteristics of pollutants loading from upstream rivers and their spatial propagation through the stratified reservoir during the rainfall events. The objectives of this study were to characterize the water quality variations in upstream rivers of Imha Reservoir during a rainfall event, and the transport and spatial variations of pollutants in the reservoir through extensive field monitoring and laboratory analysis. The results showed that the event mean concentration (EMC) of SS, BOD, $COD_{Mn}$, T-N, T-P, $PO_4-P$ are 8.6 ~ 362.1, 2.5 ~ 5.1, 1.5 ~ 5.1, 1.1 ~ 1.9, 8.3 ~ 57.1, 5.6 ~ 25.7 times greater than the mean concentrations of these parameters during non-rainfall period. The turbidity and SS data showed good linear correlations, but the relationships between flow and SS showed large variations because of hysteresis effect during rising and falling periods of the flood. The ratio of POC to TOC were 12.6 ~ 14.7% during the non-rainfall periods, but increased up to 28.2 ~ 41.7% during the flood event. The turbid flood flow formed underflow and interflow after entering the reservoir, and delivered a great amount of non-point pollutants such as labile and refractory organic matters and nutrients to the metalimnion layer of reservoir, which is just above the thermocline. Spatially, the lateral variations of most water quality parameters were marginal but the vertical variations were significant.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2020

This study investigated the degradation characteristics and biodegradability of phenol, refractory organic matters, by injecting MgO and CaO-known to be catalyst materials for the ozonation process-into a Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma. MgO and CaO were injected at 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2 g/L, and the pH was not adjusted separately to examine the optimal injection amounts of MgO and CaO. When MgO and CaO were injected, the phenol decomposition rate was increased, and the reaction time was found to decrease by 2.1 to 2.6 times. In addition, during CaO injection, intermediate products combined with Ca²⁺ to cause precipitation, which increased the COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal rate by approximately 2.4 times. The biodegradability of plasma treated water increased with increase in the phenol decomposition rate and increased as the amount of the generated intermediate products increased. The biodegradability was the highest in the plasma reaction with MgO injection as compared to when the DBD plasma pH was adjusted. Thus, it was found that a DBD plasma can degrade non-biodegradable phenols and increase biodegradability.