• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.278-281
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• 2001

A fixed bed biofilm reactor filled with ceramic media were used to remove nitrogen by selective nitrification (ammonium to nitrite). The effects of experimental conditions (nitrogen load, dissolved oxygen, nitrite ratio, C/N ratio) on denitrification were investigated. The reactor showed more than 80% average T-N removal efficiencies at T-N loading in the range of $1.1{\sim}3.3$ kg $T-N/m^3{\cdot}d$ C/N at the C/N ratio of 1. T-N removal efficiencies increased as nitrite ratio.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.719-723
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• 2013

Nitrification in wastewater treatment emits a significant amount of nitrous oxide ($N_2O$), which is one of the major greenhouse gases. However, the actual mechanism or metabolic pathway is still largely unknown. Selective nitrification inhibitors were used to determine the nitrification steps responsible for $N_2O$ emission with activated sludge and enriched nitrifiers. Allylthiourea (86 ${\mu}M$) completely inhibited ammonia oxidation and $N_2O$ emission both in activated sludge and enriched nitrifiers. Sodium azide (24 ${\mu}M$) selectively inhibited nitrite oxidation and it led to more $N_2O$ emission than the control experiment both in activated sludge and enriched nitrifiers. The inhibition tests showed that $N_2O$ emission was mainly related to the activity of ammonia oxidizers in aerobic condition, and the inhibition of ammonia monooxygenase completely blocked $N_2O$ emission. On the other hand, $N_2O$ emission increased significantly as the nitrogen flux from nitrite to nitrate was blocked by the selective inhibition of nitrite oxidation.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.638-643
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• 1998

An investigation was made to develop new biofilm medium which could be applied to the Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor(SBBR) system for enhanced nutrient removal. 21 kinds of polyurethane media were tested fro adhesion ability for nitrifying bacteria. Nitrification rates were also tested by introducing synthetic wastewater containing ammonium-nitrogen to reactors with biofilm media. It was found that Z96-06 medium had higher selective adhension ability for nitrifying bacteria than the other biofilm media. The nitrification rate was 2.21 mg {{{{ { NH}`_{4 } ^{ +} }}}}-N /L$.$h$.$g MLSS when we operated the SBBR system containing Z96-06. Nitrification rate of the SBBR system increased approximately by 30% compared with that of the Sequencing Batch Reactor(SBR) system which did not contain biological carrier.

• 청정기술
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.398-403
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• 2012

폐수로부터 안정적이며 경제적으로 질소 성분을 제거하기 위하여 선택적 질산화와 슬러지 그래뉼화를 파일럿 규모의 공기 유동 연속회분반응기(sequencing batch reactor, SBR)에서 수행하였다. 연속회분반응기 유입 암모니아 부하가 1.0 kg ${NH_4}^+-N/m^3{\cdot}d$까지는 거의 100%에 가까운 높은 질산화율을 보였고, 1.0~2.0 kg ${NH_4}^+-N/m^3{\cdot}d$에서는 거의 90%, 2.0 kg ${NH_4}^+-N/m^3{\cdot}d$ 이상에서는 질산화율이 90% 아래로 떨어짐을 확인할 수 있었다. 암모니아 저해와 용존산소 제한에 의한 아질산 산화균의 선택적 저해는 폐수 질산화에서 아질산 축적을 유도할 수 있다. 본 실험에서 연속회분반응기의 pH를 8.0 이상으로 그리고 용존산소를 1.5 mg/L 이하로 유지했을 때 모두 0.95 이상의 아질산 비율을 얻었다. 또한 공기 유동 연속회분반응기의 침전시간을 5분으로 짧게 유지하여 침전성이 좋지 않은 슬러지를 반응기에서 배제하고 침전성이 좋은 슬러지를 선택적으로 배양하였다. 그 결과 슬러지 침전성이 향상되면서 그래뉼 형성이 촉진되었으며 슬러지 침강계수(sludge volume index, SVI)는 60일 이후부터 75 이하로 안정되게 유지되었다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.457-460
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• 2000

Biofilm airlift 반응기를 이용한 선택적 질산화는 air가 2.5 L/min, $NH_4\;^+-N$ load가 $2.5\;kg-N/m^3/d$에서 약 90% 이상의 질소 제거율과 75-90%의 아질산성 질소의 축적이 일어났다. nitrite oxidizer가 낮은 DO의 영향으로 activity가 저해를 받아서 nitrite를 산화시키지 못하여 축적을 일으킨 것으로 보인다. 반응기 내부의 미생물의 양이 가장 많은 기간에 질소 제거율이 저하하고 nitrite ratio가 약간 감소됨을 보였다. 이는 많은 미생물의 양으로 용존산소가 감소되었기 때문이다. 미생물의 양에 따른 질소 부하의 증거로 F/M 비를 맞추어 그에 따른 질산화를 관찰하는 연구를 할 수 있을 것 같다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.772-779
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• 2005

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were enriched by repeating fed-batch cultivations in an AOB-selective medium of activated sludges from a domestic wastewater treatment plant. Enriched culture showed strong capabilities of ammonia oxidation [0.810 mg $NH_4^+$-N/mg mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS)$\cdot$day] as well as $NO_x^-$-N production (0.617 mg $NO_x^-$-N/ mg MLSS$\cdot$day). Degree of enrichment was examined through fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses using an AOB-specific Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probe (NSOl90) and terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analyses. FISH analyses confirmed that the fraction of AOB among 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)-stained cells increased from about less than $0.001\%$ to approximately $42\%$ after enrichment of AOB, and T-RFLP analyses showed that bacterial community became simpler as enrichment was continued. When the enriched culture of AOB was added (150 mg/l as dry suspended solid) to the normal activated sludge (3,000 mg/l as dry suspended solid), nitrification efficiencies were improved from 0.020 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day to 0.041 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day in a synthetic wastewater and also from 0.0007 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day to 0.0918 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day in a real domestic wastewater. Therefore, it is expected that this enrichment method could be used for improving efficiency of nitrification in wastewater treatment plants.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.383-390
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• 2008

Recently, the interests on economical nitrogen removal from wastewater are growing. As a method of the novel nitrogen removal technology, nitrogen removal via nitrite pathway by selective inhibition of free ammonia and free nitrous acid on nitrite oxidizing bacteria have been intensively studied. The inhibition effects of free ammonia and free nitrous acid are low when domestic wastewater is used, however, because of its relatively lower nitrogen concentration than the wastewater from industry and landfill, etc. In this study, a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) is proposed for nitrogen removal to investigate the effect of the low nitrogen concentration on nitrite accumulation. Nitrification efficiency reached almost 100% during the aerobic cycle and the maximum specific nitrification rate ($V_{max,nit}$) reached $17.8mg\;NH_4{^+}-N/g\;MLVSS{\bullet}h$. During the anoxic cycle, average denitrification efficiency reached 87% and the maximum specific denitrification rate ($V_{max,den}$) reached $9.8mg\;NO_3{^-}-N/g\;MLVSS{\bullet}h$. From the analysis the main reason of nitrite accumulation in the SBR was free nitrous acid rather than free ammonia. Nitrite accumulation increased with the decrease of organic content in the wastewater and the mechanism is not well understood yet. From the result of fluorescent in situ hybridization, the distribution of nitrite oxidizing bacteria was in equilibrium with ammonium oxidizing bacteria when nitrite accumulation did not occur.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1789-1797
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• 2000

질산화에 요구되는 산소량과 탈질소화에 요구되는 탄소원의 양을 감소시킬 수 있는 암모니아성 질소의 아질산성 질소로의 부분적 질산화 반응을 유도하기 위해 생물막 반응기를 이용하여 고농도 암모니아성 질소를 함유하고 있는 혐기성 소화슬러지 탈수여액을 대상으로 알칼리도/암모니아성 질소의 농도비, pH, FA(free ammonia), 온도변화에 따른 아질산성 질소의 축적현상에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 실험결과 유입수의 알칼리도/암모니아성 질소의 농도비를 증가시킴에 따라 유출수의 아질산성 질소의 축적도 증가하였으며, 이는 알칼리도의 농도가 증가함에 따라 반응기내의 pH가 높게 유지됨으로서 FA의 농도가 증가하게 되어 Nitrobacter의 성장을 선택적으로 저해시키기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 일정한 알칼리도/암모니아성 질소의 농도비 조건에서 온도가 증가할수록 아질산성 질소의 축적도 증가하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2006

Aerobic floc-like sludge was formed in a batch reactor and the effect of cations on the formation of aerobic floc-like sludge was studied. In order to enhance the formation (rate) of aerobic floc-like sludge, cations such as $K^+$, $Na^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, and $Mg^{2+}$ were added to the seed sludge. It was found that $Ca^{2+}$ had positive effect on the formation of floc-like sludge, as measured by sludge volume index (SVI) for settle ability. The formation of floc-like sludge was confirmed by the microscopic observation after DAPI staining. The scattered forms of sludge samples at the initial stage became aggregated to form floes after $Ca^{2+}$ addition. To ensure the functions of sludge floes in a treatment plant, the gradient of ionic species around the surfaces of floc-like sludge was monitored by ion selective microelectrodes for ${NH_4}^+,\;{NO_3}^-$, and pH. The effective concentration of $Ca^{2+}$ ion to form floc-like sludge was determined to be 750 mg/L (0.15 mg $Ca^{2+}/mg$ MLSS). Under the effective $Ca^{2+}$ condition, the SVI value was the lowest and large distribution of nitrifying bacteria at the outer surface was observed in the aerobic floc-like sludge. From the results, it was found that the calcium ion functioned as an agent for the formation of aerobic floc-like sludge, resulting in the enhanced nitrification.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1455-1462
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• 2012

The vertical distributions of nitrifying bacteria in aerobic fixed biofilm were investigated to evaluate the relationship between nitrification performance and microbial community at different HRT. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and portable ion selective microelectrode system were adopted to analyze microbial communities and ions profiles according to the biofilm depth. Cilia media packed MLE (Modified Ludzack-Ettinger) like reactor composed of anoxic, aerobic I/II was operated with synthetic wastewater having COD 200 mg/L and $NH_4{^+}$-N mg/L at HRT of 6 hrs and 4 hrs. Total biofilm thickness of aerobic I, II reactor at 4 hrs condition was over two times than that of 6 hrs condition due to the sufficient substrate supply at 4 hrs condition (6 hrs; aerobic I 380 ${\mu}m$ and II 400 ${\mu}m$, 4 hrs; aerobic I 830 ${\mu}m$ and II 1040 ${\mu}m$). As deepen the biofilm detection point, the ratio of ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) was decreased while the ratio of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) was maintained similar distribution at both HRT condition. The ratio of AOB was higher at 4 hrs than 6 hrs condition and $NH_4{^+}$-N removal efficiency was also higher at 4 hrs with 89.2% than 65.4% of 6 hrs. However, the ratio of NOB was decreased when HRT was reduced from 6 hrs to 4 hrs and $NO_2{^-}$-N accumulation was observed at 4 hrs condition. Therefore, it is considered that insufficient HRT condition could supply sufficient substrate and enrichment of AOB in all depth of fixed biofilm but cause decrease of NOB and nitrite accumulation.