• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2011

SMB 공정은 주로 4개의 구역으로 나뉘어지는 다수의 크로마토그래피 컬럼으로 구성된다. 이러한 특성은 회분식 크로마토그래피 공정보다 우수한 이성분계 물질의 연속적인 분리를 구현한다. SMB는 회분식 크로마토그래피에 비해 연속성 및 높은 생산성과 순도로 목적물질을 분리해 낼 수 있는 장점을 갖는다. 경제적이며 효율적인 공정의 운용을 위해 반응과 회수를 결합시키는 연구가 보고되고 있으며, 이와 같은 연구 중 SMBR은 연속분리공정인 SMB와 반응기가 결합된 공정이다. 다양한 반응을 적용한 SMBR에 대해 많은 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 촉매반응, 효소반응, 이온 교환 수지를 통한 화학반응이 주를 이루고 있다. 초기의 SMBR은 촉매를 사용한 고정층의 형태이며, 유동성 효소를 사용하는 SMBR, 고정화 효소를 사용하는 SMBR, 반응구역과 흡착구역이 분리되어 있는 SMBR순으로 발전하였다. 공정 설계에 있어서 필수적인 모델링 및 최적화를 위하여 대류현상만을 고려한 간단한 기법이 있지만, 실제 물질거동을 설명하기 위해서는 축 방향 분산이나 물질전달 저항을 고려한 복잡한 해석을 필요로 한다. SMBR같이 반응과 분리가 결합된 공정의 경우 설비의 간소화를 통한 시설비용의 축소뿐 아니라 가역반응평형의 극복을 통해 물질의 순도와 수율을 향상시킬 수 있는 장점이 있다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2002

침지형생물막 반응조와 역삼투막을 이용하여 염색폐수를 공업용수로 재이용하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 실험실과 현장의 pilot plant 실험 결과 20-25 cmHg의 흡인압력으로 10 LMH($1/m^2$.hr)의 투과유속을 얻었다. 침지형생물막 반응조에서 CODcr, $COD_{Mn}$ 및 T-N의 제거율은 각각 93%, 90%, 60%로 나타났다. 난분해성 물질과 총질소의 제거효율을 높여서 염색폐수를 공업용수로 재이용하기 위한 침지형생물막 반응조와 역삼투막(SMBR+R/0)을 조합한 공정을 수행한 결과, 질소제거율이 80% 이상으로 총질소 농도를 15 mg/L를 얻었다. 조합공정은 염색폐수를 공업용수로 재이용하기에 적합하였다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2020

Submerged Membrane bioreactor (SMBR) is one of the last techniques that allow a high quality of treated industrial effluents by coupling biological treatment and membrane separation. Thus, this research was an effort to evaluate performance of a SMBR treating a model textile wastewater (MTWW). Different SMBR operating parameters like mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) and Dissolved oxygen concentration, hydraulic retention time (HRT), and nutrients addition (N and P) have been investigated. MTWW (influent to the SMBR) was generated using the reactive azo-dye, Novacron blue FNG (100mg/L feed concentration). Results of MTWW treatment using SMBR under optimal operating conditions (MLSS, 4.2-13.3g/L; HRT, 4 days; pH, 6.9-7.2; conductivity, 400-900 μS/cm and temperature, 19.4-22.2 ℃) showed that COD and blue colour treatment performances are between 94-98% and 30-80%, respectively. It is concluded that SMBR can be used in large scale textile wastewater treatment plants to improve effluent quality in order to meet effluent discharge standards.

• 멤브레인
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.213-219
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• 2000

고령화매립지 침출수 처리에서 발생되는 난분해성물질의 제거 및 탄소원 부족에 의한 탈질의 제한문제를 해결하고자 분리막침지형생물반응기(SMBR)와 역삼투(R/O)공정의 조합공정을 침출수처리에 적용하였다. 먼저 용인시에서 SMBR Pilot 테스트를 약 100일간 수행하였으며 여기서 SMBR 공정에 대한 신뢰성은 확인되었으나 ($NH_3$-N제거율 : 90%) 난분해성물질의 제거와 질산화의 한계는 있었다. 실플랜트 규모에서는 조합공정(SMBR + R/O)의 성능을 관찰하였는데 방류수의 $COD_{Cr}$이 3mg/L 이하(98%), TN이 50mg/L 이하(94%)의 우수한 처리효율을 보였다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2018

In this study, effluent water was produced through Submerged Membrane Bio-Reactor(SMBR) process, which is a simple system and decomposes organic matter contained in wastewater with biological treatment process and performs solid-liquid separation, Especially, ozone oxidation treatment process is applied to effluent water containing fluorescent whitening agent, which is a trace pollutant which is not removed by biological treatment, and influences the quality of reused water. The concentration of $COD_{Cr}$ in the SMBR was $449.3mg/{\ell}-COD_{Cr}$, and the concentration of permeate water was $100.3mg/{\ell}-COD_{Cr}$. The removal efficiency was about 70.1%. The amount of ozone required for the removal of the fluorescent whitening agent in the permeated water in SMBR was $6.67g-O_3/min$, and the amount of ozone required to remove $COD_{Mn}$ relative to the permeate water was calculated to remove $0.997mg-COD_{Mn}$ for 1mg of $O_3$.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2001

Submerged Membrane Bio-Reacter(SMBR) process was used to food wastewater treatment. From laboratory pilot-scale experiment data, it was confirmed that this process was very effective process for organics, suspended solid, and N, P treatment. It was found that BOD and COD removal rate were obtained 90% and 92%, respectively, for 150 days operation. Organics loading rate did not affect to the removal efficiency because MLSS concentration in aerobic tank was highly maintained. IN the case of first reactor operated with anoxic and second reactor operated as aerobic, T-N, T-P removal rate were obtained 93% and 95%, respectively. It was shown that removal efficiency could be maintained stable due to the complete removal of SS and sludge production decreased with increasing of sludge retention time.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2006

There is a possibility of the production of the air bubbles in membrane pores due to the reduction in pressure during membrane filtration. The effect of fine air bubbles from dissolved gases on microfiltration was investigated in the submerged membrane bio-reactor (SMBR). The $R_{air}$ (air bubble resistance) was defined as the filtration resistance due to the air bubbles formed from the gasification of dissolved gases. From the results of filtration tests using pure water with changes in the dissolved oxygen concentration, the air bubbles from dissolved gases were confirmed to act as a foulant and; thus, increase the filtration resistance. The standard pore blocking and cake filtration models, SPBM and CFM, respectively, were applied to investigate the mechanism of air bubble fouling on a hollow fiber membrane. However, the application of the SPBM and CFM were limited in explaining the mechanism due to the properties of air bubble. With a simple comparison of the different filtration resistances, the $R_{air}$ portion was below 1% of the total filtration resistance during sludge filtration. Therefore, the air bubbles from dissolved gases would only be a minor foulant in the SMBR. However, under the conditions of a high gasification rate from dissolved gases, the effect of air bubble fouling should be considered in microfiltration.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.863-869
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• 2006

The behavior of submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) filtration systems utilizing rapid air backpulsing as a cleaning technique to remove reversible foulants was investigated using a genetic algorithm (GA). A customized genetic algorithm with suitable genetic operators was used to generate optimal time profiles. From experiments utilizing short and long periods of forward and reverse filtration, various experimental process parameters were determined. The GA indicated that the optimal values for the net flux fell between 263-270 LMH when the forward filtration time ($t_f$) was 30-37 s and the backward filtration time ($t_b$) was 0.19-0.27 s. The experimental data confirmed the optimal backpulse duration and frequency that maximized the net flux, which represented a four-fold improvement in 24-h backpulsing experiments compared with the absence of backpulsing. Consequently, the identification of a region of feasible parameters and nonlinear flux optimization were both successfully performed by the genetic algorithm, meaning the genetic algorithm-based optimization proved to be useful for solving SMBR flux optimization problems.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2005

In order to decrease the high costs of membrane process, we have tried to develop two alternatives to membrane; a cartridge type filter and a metal membrane were tested for the high permeation flux with low cost and low energy. This research mainly focused on three points; 1) operation with high permeation flux by using of a cartridge type filter and a metal membrane, 2) removals of the filterable organic materials (FOC) by pretreatments for the membrane fouling control, and 3) advanced wastewater treatment by SMBR process with intermittent aeration and high MLSS. An Intermittently aerated membrane bioreactor using a submerged micro filter (cartridge type) was applied in laboratory scale for the advanced wastewater treatment. To minimize membrane fouling, intermittent aeration was applied inside of the filter with $3.0kg_f/cm^2$. The experiments was conducted for 6 months with three different HRTs (8, 10, 12 hr) and high MLSS of 6,000 and 10,000mg/L. The filtration process could be operated up to 50 days with permeation flux of 500LMH. Regardless of the operating conditions, more than 95% of COD, BOD and SS were removed. Fast and complete nitrification was accomplished, and denitrification was appeared to be the rate-limiting step. More than 75% T-N could be removed due to the endogenous denitrification. T-P removal efficiency was increased to 80% under the condition of MLSS 10,000mg/L.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2010

The phenolic compounds are a major contaminant class often found in industrial wastewaters and the biological treatment is an alternative tool commonly employed for their removal. In this sense, monitoring microbial community dynamics is crucial for a successful wastewater treatment. This work aimed to monitor the structure and activity of the bacterial community during the operation of a laboratory-scale continuous submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR), using PCR and RT-PCR followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and 16S rRNA libraries. Multivariate analyses carried out using DGGE profiles showed significant changes in the total and metabolically active dominant community members during the 4-week treatment period, explained mainly by phenol and ammonium input. Gene libraries were assembled using 16S rDNA and 16S rRNA PCR products from the fourth week of treatment. Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of clones from the 16S rDNA library revealed a high diversity of taxa for the total bacterial community, with predominance of Thauera genus (ca. 50%). On the other hand, a lower diversity was found for metabolically active bacteria, which were mostly represented by members of Betaproteobacteria (Thauera and Comamonas), suggesting that these groups have a relevant role in the phenol degradation during the final phase of the SMBR operation.