• 상하수도학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.503-509
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• 2003

COD fractionation of primary settled municipal wastewater was conducted by respirometry. RBCOD (Readily Biodegradable COD) fraction was analyzed to be 21% of influent TCOD. However, SCOD fraction, analyzed by physical separation using $0.45{\mu}m$ membrane filter, was about 31% of TCOD. Therefore, 10% of soluble inert COD was comprised in TCOD. It means that kinetic analysis of activated sludge system was impossible because serious error would be occurred if SCOD was used as a biodegradable soluble component instead of RBCOD estimated from respirometry. In this study, RBCOD fraction of raw wastewater could be analyzed by respirometry within the error range of 57%. In addition, SBCOD (Slowly Biodegradable COD) content could be determined by kinetic simulation of the experimental results. SBCOD showed about 2-fold higher fraction (38% of TCOD) as compared with RBCOD.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2004

Organics may be divided into biodegradable and nonbiodegradable fractions on the basis of biodegradability. Biodegradable organics may be subdivided into readily and slowly biodegradable fractions. As this biodegradability of organics in municipal wastewater has a great influence on the efficiency of a biological nutrient removal process, it has been assessed by respirometry. The respirometer, which consisted of a respiration chamber and a respiration cell, was used to measure the respiration rate of biomass utilizing the readily biodegradable organics. The readily biodegradable organics are about 10% of the COD in municipal wastewater. The adequate ratio of wastewater to sludge volume and the concentration of sludge are required in measuring the respiration rate due to the readily biodegradable organics. By using a biochemical oxygen demand test, the slowly biodegradable organics including biomass are estimated about 66% of COD. The soluble inert organics are about 11% of COD. On the basis of mass balance, the particulate inert organics are estimated about 13% of COD.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.295-303
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• 2007

Nitrogen compounds in municipal wastewater can be divided into biodegradable and nonbiodegradable fractions with biodegradability. Biodegradable nitrogen compounds can be removed through biological nitrification and denitrification processes, and nonbiodegradable nitrogen compounds affect the effluent quality of biological nutrient removal processes. The amount of nitrifiable nitrogen compounds, which are the sum of ammonia and biodegradable organic nitrogen, has been estimated by respirometry. Respirometry shows good estimation of the concentration of nitrifiable nitrogen when a synthetic sample of ammonium chloride is dosed. The estimated concentration of nitrifiable nitrogen compounds in municipal wastewater is close to ammonia concentration in municipal wastewater, but it is lower than that for the synthetic sample. If nitrogen assimilated into cell synthesis of nitrifiers and heterotrophs is considered, the total amounts of nitrifiable nitrogen compounds, which are nitrified and assimilated, could be more accurately estimated. The concentration of nitrifiable nitrogen compounds, which are biodegradable, is about 31 mg N/l, and this is 119% of ammonia and 94% of total nitrogen. Ammonia, nitrate, biodegradable organic nitrogen, and nonbiodegradable nitrogen are about 79%, 1%, 15%, and 5% of the total nitrogen in municipal wastewater, respectively.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.351-355
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• 2001

호흡율 측정법을 이용하여 하수의 유기물 성분을 ASM No.1에서 제안한 네 가지 성분으로 구분하였다. Ss의 경우 전체 TCOD의 10-16%, Xs의 경우 32-50%, S$_1$의 경우 8-1% 정도를 차지하는 것으로 나타났으며, X$_1$의 경우 2-47% 정도를 차지하는 것으로 관찰되었다. 그리고 이 결과는 외국의 결과와 비교해 볼 때 Ss 성분이 10% 작을 반면 X$_1$ 성분은 10% 정도 큰 것으로 비교되었다. 하수의 미생물 농도를 분석한 결과, active heterotrophic biomass가 TCOD의 10-23% 정도를 차지하고 있었으며, active autotrophic biomass는 검출되지 않았다. 본 실험은 현재 TCOD, SCOD로 구분하는 하수의 유기물 성분을 미생물의 이용 정도를 나타내는 호흡률 측정법으로 세분화함으로서, 본 실험 방법을 이용하여 유기물 분해 과정 및 탈질화 그리고 인 제거 기작에 사용되는 유기물에 대한 정보를 구체적으로 제공할 수 있음을 보여 주었다.

• 환경생물
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.147-152
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 현재 국내에서 사용되고 있는 이분해성 미생물 분해성 시험방법의 문제점을 제시하고 이를 해결하거나 보완할 수 있는 방법을 제안하고자, OECD지침서에 등재된 6가지 이분해성 시험방법 중 시험물질의 선정에 제한이 없는 MITI(I), manometric respirometry, closed bottle test에 대하여 8개 화학물질을 대상으로 비교시험 하였다. 현재 국내에서는 MITI(I)법을 사용하고 있는데 이 방법은 접종미생물의 준비과정과 배양유지에 많은 시간과 비용을 요구하며, 배양과정을 통해 미생물의 종이 단순화되는 단점을 지니고 있다. 접종 미생물의 채취와 화학물질의 선택에 제한이 없는 새로운 방법으로는 manometric respirometry법을 들 수가 있는데, 시험방법의 용이성과 경제성, 재현성 등을 모두 고려할 때 가장 적합한 방법이라고 사료된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2018

As the sequencing batch reactor process is a time-oriented system, it has advantages of the flexibility in operation for the biological nutrient removal. Because the sequencing batch reactor is operated in a batch system, respiration rate is more sensitive and obvious than in a continuous system. The variation of respiration rate in the process well represented the characteristics of biological reactions, especially nitrification. The respiration rate dropped rapidly and greatly with the completion of nitrification, and the maximum respiration rate of nitrification showed the activity of nitrifiers. This study suggested a strategy to control the aeration of the sequencing batch reactor based on respirometry. Aeration time of the optimal aerobic period required for nitrification was daily adjusted according to the dynamics of respiration rate. The aeration time was mainly correlated with influent nitrogen loadings. The anoxic period was extended through aeration control facilitating a longer endogenous denitrification reaction time. By respirometric aeration control in the sequencing batch reactor, energy saving and process performance improvement could be achieved.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2004

The biodegradability of organics has become essential for the design and modeling of a biological nutrient removal process. Respirometry for the batch test just with wastewater has been conducted to estimate active biomass and readily biodegradable organics in municipal wastewater simultaneously. Municipal wastewater contains significant active biomass, which is estimated about 17% of COD. Compared to the batch test seeded with sludge, the batch test just with wastewater represents a little higher readily biodegradable organics. This might be due to the different environment of the logarithmic growth of active biomass. The nitrate uptake rate test has been also performed for the estimation of the readily biodegradable organics. The nitrate uptake rate test results in a little higher readily biodegradable organics compared to the batch test seeded with sludge and similar organics compared to the batch test just with wastewater. This might be caused by the different sludge of a sequencing batch reactor process. Taking the result of the previous research into account, the readily biodegradable, slowly biodegradable, active biomass, soluble inert, and particulate inert organics are estimated about 11%, 49%, 17%, 11%, and 12% of COD, respectively.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 창립총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.92-95
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• 2000

A mixed bacterial culture capable of mineralizing methyl tort-butyl ether (MTBE), other fuel oxygenates ethers, tertiary carbon alcohols, benzene and toluene was used to inoculate batch reactor and sequence batch reactor (SBR) to treat gasoline contaminated ground water containing about 60 mg/L MTBE, 5 mg/L benzene, 5 mg/L toluene, and low concentrations of several other aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Respirometery studies showed that MTBE degrading mixed culture could treat MTBE contaminated ground water with addition of nitrogen and phosphate. SBR was operated to demonstrate the feasibility of using suspended growth activated system for the treatment of ground water and to confirm that the respirometry derived kinetics and stoichiometric coefficients were useful for predicting reactor performance. Theoretical performance of the reactor was predicted using mathematical models calibrated with biokinetic parameters derived from respirometry studies.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.96-103
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• 2010

In this work, the presence of nitrification biochemical oxygen demand (NBOD) frequently occurred in the sewer outflow in winter season was analysed by the COD fraction methods using the respirometry and process simulations with real operation data measurements and analysis. The activated sludge models applied in this process simulation were based on the ASM No.2d temp. models, published by International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ). The ASM No.2d model is an extension of the ASM No.2 model and takes into account of carbon removal, nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal. The denitrifying capacity of phosphorus accumulating organisms has been implemented in the ASM No.2d model because experimental evidence shows that some of the phosphorus accumulating organisms can denitrify. It was shown that the concentrations of autotrophs (X_AUT) in the secondary clarifier and the $NH_4-N$ of T-N increased in the presence of NBOD measurements. Because of the low temperature (average $8^{\circ}C$) and possible operational troubles, the outcoming autotrophs exhausted oxygen in the process of nitrifying $NH_4-N$.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XIII)
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• pp.149-150
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• 2003