• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.216-225
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• 2018

Over the past 40 years, the public sector has continued to invest in the sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Korea. Currently, the domestic sewage treatment rate is over 90% with the enhancement of operating efficiency of the STPs, and water quality of major rivers has been continuously improved. However, COD and T-N indicators are stagnating or slightly worsening, and though advanced treatment facilities are installed in most of the STPs, there is a limit to the removal of nutrients. Since there are a lot of water pollution sources in the vicinity of the watershed because of high population density in Korea, it is essential to reduce the inflow of the nutrients in order to prevent the eutrophication of the rivers and lakes. While the effluent T-P standard in STPs has greatly strengthened since 2012, which results in the considerable investment for the improvement of treatment process in STPs for the last few years, it is necessary to strengthen the T-N standards, as the effluent standard of T-N has been maintained at 20 mg/L since 2002. In this study, based on the analysis of the effluent T-N standard status of major industrialized countries, and the domestic nitrogen load in public waters, the option of appropriate T-N standard level is reviewed, and the required investment costs and the effect of strengthening the standard are estimated.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.194-206
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• 2003

A pilot study was performed to examine the feasibility of the pond system for further polishing of treatment wetland effluent to agricultural reuse of reclaimed water. The constructed wetland and pond system was installed in Konkuk University and the effluent from septic tank of school building was used as an influent to the wetland system. The effluent of the wetland was used as an influent to pond systems. The influent concentrations of total coliform(TC), fecal coliform (FC), and E. coli were about $10^5$MPN/100 ml, and they were reduced to less than 10,000 MPN/100 ml on average after wetland treatments, showing over 95 % removal. And they were further reduced to less than 1,000 MPN/100 ml in average, showing over 85∼93 % removal after pond treatment. Turbidity and SS were improved effectively on average and their pond effluent concentration was about 4.5 NTU and 9.8 mg/L in average, respectively Average $BOD^5$ concentrations were also reduced substantially to 9.3 mg/L with about 83 % removal rate after wetland and pond treatment systems. Nutrients removal was relatively low and removal rate for T-N and T-P was less than 43 and 44%, respectively after wetland and pond treatment. Considering stable performance and effective removal of bacterial indicators as well as other water quality parameters, low maintenance, and cost-effectiveness, pond system was thought to be an effective and feasible alternative for agricultural reuse of reclaimed water. This paper describes a preliminary result Iron pilot study and further investigations are recommended on the optimum design parameters before full scale application.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2003

Pilot study was conducted to examine the effects of ponded-water depth and reclaimed wastewater irrigation on paddy rice culture. For the ponded-water depth effect, three treatments of shallow, traditional, and deep water depths were applied, and each treatment was triplicated. The irrigation water for the treatment pots was an effluent from constructed wetland system for sewage treatment, while the control pot was irrigated with tap water kept traditional ponded-water depth. Irrigation water quantity varied with ponded-water depth as expected and drainage water quantity also varied similarly, which implies that shallow irrigation might save irrigation water and also reduce environmental impacts on downstream water quality. Rice growth and production were not significantly affected by ponded-water depth within the experimental condition, instead there was an indication of increased production in shallow and deep ponded-water depths compared to the traditional practice. Raising drainage outlet to the adequate height in paddy dike might be beneficial to save water resources within the paddy field. There was no adverse effect observed in reclaimed wastewater irrigation on the rice production, and mean yield was even greater than the control pots with tap water irrigation although statistically not significant. Water-saving irrigation by shallow ponded-water depth, raising the outlet height in diked rice paddy fields, minimizing forced surface drainage by well-planned irrigation, and reclaimed wastewater irrigation are suggested to save water and protect water quality. However, deviation from traditional farming practices might affect rice growth in long term, and therefore, further investigations are recommended before full scale application.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.151-160
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• 2014

Capacitive deionization(CDI) has many advantages over other desalination technologies due to its low energy consumption, less environmental pollution and relative low fouling potential. The objectives of this study are evaluate the performance of CDI which can be used for dissolved salts removal from sewage. To identify ion selectivity of nitrate and phosphate in multiionic solutions and adsorption/desorption performance related to applied potential, a series of laboratory scale experiments were conducted using a CDI unit cell with activated carbon electrodes. The CDI process was able to achieve more than 75 % TDS and $NO_3{^-}$, $NH_4{^+}$ removals, while phosphate removal was 60.8 % and is inversely related in initial TDS and $HCO_3{^-}$ concentration. In continuous operation, increasing the inner cell pressure and reduction of TDS removal ability were investigated which are caused by inorganic scaling and biofouling. However a relative mild cleaning solution(5 % of citric acid for calcium scaling and 500 mg/L of NaOCl for organic fouling) restored the electrochemical adsorption capacity of the CDI unit to its initial level.

• 청정기술
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2000

초고속응집침전공정(URC)은 가중응집제(WCA) 첨가와 슬러지 반송을 통해 floc의 침전 속도를 향상시키고, 입자표면의 흡착을 활성화하여 오염물을 보다 효율적으로 제거할 수 있으며, lamella plate를 포함하는 침전조를 이용하여 초기 우수 유출(CSO)과 같은 막대한 유량에 대하여 경제성 있는 침전조 수면적 부하를 획득할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 침전조의 최적설계를 위해 유체 유동장 모델을 이용한 모사가 수행되었으며, 공정에서 발생되는 슬러지에 대한 재활용 가능성을 평가하여 2차적 오염부하를 억제하기 위한 방안을 모색하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2023

수자원 오염 그리고 기후변화로 인한 극한의 기상현상으로 물 부족 현상 심화로 공공하수처리 시설의 폐수 배출시 총유기탄 소량(TOC) 기준이 시행되고, 대체 수자원 확보를 위해 하수처리수 재이용에 연구와 관심이 증가하고 있다. 현장에서는 하폐수고도처리로 MBR(membrane bio-reactor)공법을 보편적으로 사용하며, 유기 및 무기 이온 제거 그리고 화학물질의 사용 및 배출이 없다는 친환경적인 장점이 있다. 하지만, 분리막을 사용한 MBR공정은 고농도 활성슬러지 부유물질(mixed liquor suspended solid, MLSS)로 인한 분리막의 막오염(파울링) 현상으로 잦은 막세정 비용 발생의 문제가 있다. 본 연구에서는 분리막 운영시 최대 단점이었던 분리막의 차압 상승, 통수량 저하, 파울링 현상을 개선하고자 i) 공정 개선과 ii) 마이크로버블의 세정 효율을 평가하였다. 기존 MBR공법에 원수가 유입되는 호기조와 MBR조 사이에 침전조를 설치하여 침전조를 거친 상등수가 유입된 분리막조 내부로 마이크로버블을 주입하였다. 마이크로버블은 5개월간 15일 간격으로 마이크로버블 발생장치를 작동(ON), 미작동(OFF)하여 방류수 시료(4L)를 채취 후 TOC를 측정하였다. 침전조를 거친 상등수가 분리막조로 유입하여 원수 MLSS의 95%이상이 제거되어 생물막 등의 오염으로부터 막의 파울링 현상을 1차 방지할 수 있었다. 침전조를 거친 상등수에 마이크로버블의 적용으로 분리막의 차압은 1.6 ~ 2.3배 감소 및 통수량은 최대 1.4배 증가하였다. 마이크로버블의 적용(ON)으로 TOC 제거율은 58% 이상 증가했다. 호기조와 분리막조를 분리 운영함에 따라 침지식 분리막의 파울링 현상을 저감할 수 있고, 추가로 마이크로버블을 적용하여 분리막의 차압, 통수량과 막오염(파울링)이 개선으로 효율적인 고도처리공법을 제시했다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2014

본 연구는 물 재이용을 위한 하수고도처리공정으로서 이단유로 축전식 탈염공정의 적용 가능성을 평가하였다. 일반적으로 축전식 탈염장치는 전극이 병렬식으로 단순 적층되어 있는 반면에 이단유로 축전식 탈염장치는 분리판에 의해 모듈이 2개의 단으로 구분되어 1단과 2단이 수리학적 직렬연결이 되도록 고안되었다. 동일한 유입조건에서 전산유체역학 분석결과 이단유로 모듈이 단일유로 모듈에 비해 스페이서에서 보다 균등하고 빠른 유속분포를 보였고, 사영역도 상대적으로 작게 나타났다. 하지만 입구와 출구 간 압력강하는 단일유로 모듈이 0.4 bar인 반면 이단유로 모듈은 0.7 bar로 높게 나타났다. NaCl용액을 원수로 사용한 단위셀 테스트 결과, 단일유로와 이단유로의 최대 탈염효율은 유입유량 10 mL/min/cell pair에서 각각 88%, 91%이었다. 유량증가에 따른 단위셀 압력강하의 증가는 이단유로가 단일유로보다 높게 나타났으며, 유입유량 70 mL/min/cell pair에서 이단유로의 압력강하는 1.67 bar로 단일유로의 압력강하보다 2배 높게 나타났다. 이단유로의 압력강하를 완화시키기 위하여 전극 간 간격을 100에서 $200{\mu}m$으로 늘린 결과, 탈염효율은 유사하게 유지하면서 압력강하는 최대 0.87 bar로 낮게 유지할 수 있었다. Proto-type 축전식 탈염장치에 하수처리수를 주입하여 연속 운전한 결과, TDS 제거효율은 평균 78%로 나타났으며, 특정이온의 경우, $NH_4{^+}$-N, $NO_3{^-}$-N 및 $PO_4{^{3-}}$-P 제거효율이 각각 50%, 93% 및 50%로 나타나 질소제거 관점에서 CDI기술의 하수고도처리공정 활용가능성이 높을 것으로 판단된다.