• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.875-883
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• 2006

The carbon and nitrogen removal process using PVA-gel (Polyvinyl Alcohol) immobilized microorganisms was studied. The process has been operated under diverse process conditions for 12 months. The process consists of denitrification with internal recycle of 300%, nitrification, aerobic digestion reactors and settling tank. Nitrificatoin and nitrogen removal efficiency according to gel packing ratio and temperature were studied. Yield for Heterotrophs ($Y_H$), decay coefficient for Heterotrophs($b_H$) in aerobic digestion reactor were determined to seize sludge reduction mechanism and compared with typical data of activated sludge process. Then SRT in aerobic digestion reactor was determined on an experimental basis and sludge reduction efficiency was calculated. The process was implemented successfully with sludge reduction efficiency of 92.0~98.5% on a basis of biomass.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.43-50
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• 1999

In spite of low energy requirement, and operation and construction cost, biofilters with soil beds have not been operated efficiently. Because of excess moisture in winter and rainy periods, saturated pores in the bed prevent passage and sorption of odorous compounds. Sometimes this results in septic conditions that release previously sorbed and oxidized sulfur. Therefore, an economical and effective alternative needs to be developed. The objectives of this study were to confirm applicability of the granular scrap tires with compost for treating odorous gas as well as to obtain optimum design parameters for proposed system. In lab-scaled test, multiple stage reactors had lower headloss than a single stage reactor and less headloss was occurred for the gas with higher moisture content. For practical purpose, pilot-scaled reactor was operated to remove odor from septic tank, manure and animal wastewater treatment plant and composting machine. According to the results of pilot scaled test, $H_2S$ can be always removed completely and ammonia/amine can be removed excellently when proper moisture content is provided. The results from lab and pilot test showed that granular scrap tire could be replaced with soil as supporting material for biofilter showed excellent drainage because of its ability to reject moisture.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.185-185
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• 2016

일반적인 송 배수시스템의 운영은 지대가 높은 곳에 위치한 배수지(tank)에 용수를 저장한 후, 자연유하에 의해 수요절점으로 용수를 공급한다. 이때 배수지에 용수를 송수하기 위한 펌프장 운영에서 많은 전기에너지가 소모된다. 일반적으로 송수펌프의 운영은 다년간의 운영자료를 기반으로 운영자의 판단에 의해 이루어지거나, SCADA(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)시스템을 통해 관측되는 배수지 수위를 기준으로 펌프 작동여부를 결정하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 기존 펌프운영방법을 개선하고 좀 더 효율적인 운영방법을 모색하기 위해 실시간 송수펌프 최적운영 모형을 개발하였다. 최적화 기법으로는 유전자 알고리즘(genetic algorithm)을 사용하였으며, 다양한 제약조건(operational constraints)을 적용하고 급수지역의 24시간 용수사용량을 미리 예측하여 실제 시스템의 운영형태와 근접하게 반영하였다. 또한 최적화 과정에서 상수관망해석 프로그램(EPANET)을 연계하여 수요절점의 수압조건 및 시스템의 운영상황을 모의하였다. 개발된 모형을 국내 P시의 광역상수도 시스템에 실제 적용하였으며, 현장 실시간 운영 데이터를 입수하여 전력사용량, 배수지수위, 이산화탄소 발생량 등을 비교, 분석하였다. 개발 모형을 이용하여 펌프운영을 실시하였을 경우, 기존의 운영방식과 비교하여 경제적/환경적으로 뚜렷한 개선 효과를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.158-158
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• 2017

상수관망을 통한 용수 공급에서는 송수펌프, 배수지 등의 수리 시설물이 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 우리나라의 송 배수 방식은 송수펌프를 통해 고지대의 배수지에 물을 확보하고, 이를 자연유하 방식으로 공급하는 것이 일반적이며, 따라서 송 배수시스템의 운영이란 송수펌프의 가동과 그에 따른 배수지의 수위 현황을 관리하는 것을 의미한다. 이 때, 펌프의 가동을 위한 전력소모에 많은 비용이 발생되므로 효율적인 펌프 운영을 위한 최적화 연구의 필요성이 제기되었다. 기존 연구를 통해 송 배수시스템의 운영을 모의하고, 펌프 가동비용을 최소화 하는 실시간 최적 펌프운영 모형이 개발되었으나, 미리 결정된 펌프와 배수지를 바탕으로 송 배수시스템을 모의하기 때문에 계획 및 설계 단계에서 이를 활용할 수 없는 한계점이 존재하였다. 본 연구에서는 최적화 알고리즘 중 하나인 유전자 알고리즘(Genetic Algorithm, GA)을 사용하여, 실시간 펌프운영뿐만 아니라 송수펌프와 배수지의 효율적인 용량을 제시할 수 있는 최적화 모형을 개발하였다. 특히, 개발 모형은 펌프와 배수지의 설계/운영 시, 국내 설계기준, 시설물 비용, 시간별 전력단가 등을 제약조건으로 고려하여 현실적인 결과를 도출할 수 있도록 개발되었다. 본 연구는 실제 운영 중인 S시의 광역상수도 시스템을 바탕으로 개발 모형을 적용하였으며, 또한 송 배수시스템의 계획 및 관리에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.87-96
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• 1986

An experiment on the devices that enchance the stratification of storage tanks in a solar heat ins system has been carried out. The benefits of thermal stratification in sensible heat storage are to increase the system performance such as the collector efficiency or the fraction of the total load supplied by solar energy. Using the diffuser and the distributor as the stratification enchancement device, the expeliments were perfomed in the different condition of diameter and material of the distributor. As a result of experiments, there exists the diameter of distributor in which the stratification is made maximum under certain design and operation condition. Also it was identified that the kind of distributor material influenced the degree of stratification. Comparing the experimental result to the computational results calculated under the same conditions, the node number N(stratification index) was determined. The results of computer simulation that was performed about the actual solar heating system in Seoul for 24 hours show the relative advantage of stratified over well-mixed storage and the significant improvements in system performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.194-206
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• 2024

This study focuses on analyzing the energy-saving effects of the recirculation aquaculture system using seawater source heat pumps and solar power generation. Based on the thermal load analysis conducted using the transient system simulation tool, the annual energy consumption of the recirculation aquaculture system was analyzed and the energy-saving effects of utilizing the photovoltaic system was evaluated. When analyzing the heat load, the sea areas where the fish farms are located, the type of breeding tank, and the circulation rate of breeding water were taken into consideration. In addition, a method for determining the appropriate capacity for each operation time was examined when applying the energy storage system instead of the existing diesel generator as an emergency power, which is required to maintain the water temperature of breeding water during power outage. The results suggest that, among the four seas considered, Jeju should be estimated to achieve the highest energy-saving performance using the solar power generation, with approximately 45% energy savings.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.1135-1144
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• 2024

With the increasing ratio of renewables in the grid, a low-carbon and stable base load source that also is capable of load tracking is in demand. Sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs) coupled to thermal heat storage system (THS) is a strong candidate for the need. This research focuses on the designing and performance validation of a two-tank THS based on molten salt to integrate with a 280 MW_th sodium cooled fast reactor. Designing of the THS includes the vital component, sodium-to-salt heat exchanger which is a technology gap that needs to be filled, and designing and parameter selection of the tanks and related pumps. Modeling of the designed THS is conducted followed by the description of operation strategies and control logics of the THS. Finally, the dynamic simulation of the designed THS is conducted based on Fortran. Results show, the proposed power system meets the need of the design requirements to store heat for 18 h during a day and provide 500 MW_th for peak demand for the rest of the day.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.415-430
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• 2024

To control vertical and lateral compound vibration simultaneously using an integrated smart controller, passive tuned mass damper (TMD) and tuned liquid damper (TLD) are updated and combined to an adaptive-passive TMD-TLD (AP-TMD-TLD) system. As for the vertical AP-TMD part on top of the vertical spring, it can retune itself through varying the level of liquid in the tank to adjust its mass, while the lateral AP-TLD part at the bottom of the vertical spring can retune itself by changing the level of liquid. Further, for multimodal response control, the multiple AP-TMD-TLD (MAP-TMD-TLD) system is proposed as well. Each AP-TMD-TLD in the system can identify the structural vertical and lateral modal frequencies through the wavelet-transform (WT) based algorithm and retune its vertical and lateral natural frequencies both through adjusting the level of liquid in the AP-TMD and AP-TLD parts respectively. A cantilever cable-stayed landscape bridge which is sensitive to both human-induced and wind-induced vibrations is presented as a case study. For comparison, initial parameters of MAP-TMD-TLD are mistuned. Results show that the presented system can retune its vertical and lateral frequencies precisely, while the retuned system has a better bi-directional compound control effect than the mistuned system before the retuning operation and can improve the serviceability significantly.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.497-505
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• 2005

Domestic Sewage Treatment Plants are mostly based on biological treatment, in which large amounts of excess sludge are generated and occupy about 40 ~ 60% of the total sewage treatment costs. Several methods for sludge treatment has been so far reported as upgrading biodegradation of sludge; heat treatment, chemical treatment, including thermo-alkali and ozone, mechanical treatment including ultrasonic pulverization. But, it has a limitation in case of reducing the amount of excess sludge which are already producted. In this study, application of excess sludge reduction process using thermophilic aerobic bacteria for activated sludge was examined. The research was carried out two different stage. one for a biological wastewater treatment and the other for a thermophilic aerobic solubilization of the waste sludge. A portion of excess sludge from the wastewater treatment step was into the thermophilic aerobic sludge solubilization reactor, in which the injected sludge was solubilized by thermophilic aerobic bacteria. The solubilized sludge was returned to the aeration tank in the wastewater treatment step for its further degradation. Sludge solubilization reactor was operated at $63{\pm}2^{\circ}C$ with hydraulic retention time(HRT) of 1.5 ~ 1.7 day. Control group was operated with activated sludge process(AS) and experiment group was operated with three conditions(RUN 1, RUN 2, RUN3). RUN 1 was operated with AS without sludge solubilization reactor. RUN 2 were operated with AS with sludge solubilization reactor to examine correlation between sludge circulation ratio and sludge reduction ratio by setting up sludge circulation ratio to 3. RUN 3 was operated with sludge circulation ratio of 3 and MLSS concentration of 1,700~2,000mg/L to examine optimum operation condition. The quantity of excess sludge production was reduced sharply and in operation of RUN 3, sludge The quantity of excess sludge production was reduced sharply and in operation of RUN 3, sludge solubilization ratio and sludge reduction ratio were 53. 7%, 95.2% respectively. After steady state operation, average concentration of TBOD, SBOD, $TCOD_{Cr}$, $SCOD_{Cr}$, TSS, VSS, T-N, T-P of effluent were 4.5, 1.7, 27 .8, 13.8, 8.1, 6.2, 15.1, 1.8mg/L in the control group and were 5.6, 2.0, 28.6, 19.1, 9.7, 7.2, 16.1, 2.0mg/L in the experimental group respectively. They were appropriate to effluent standard of Sewage Treatment Plants.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.96-103
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• 2009

The biodegradability in water of the artificial baits for blue crab pots which were made of intestines of mackerel, tuna and grinded krill were studied. The biodegradability of artificial bait was evaluated with the effective capacity of 10L water tank which was made of acryl pipe at the velocity of 1m/d and hydraulic retention time of 12 hours. For the 23 days operation time, all artificial baits were degraded fast at the early stage of operation time and stabilized within 5 days after start up. The rates of biodegradation were different depending on the raw materials of artificial baits. In terms of degradation rate of organic matter which can be expressed as COD, artificial bait made of tunas intestine showed the fastest degradation rate. On the other hand, in terms of degradation rate of nitrogenous matter which can be expressed as ammonia nitrogen, artificial bait made of mackerels intestine showed the fastest degradation rate. In order to evaluate the effect of artificial bait on marine ecosystem, seawater qualities including SS, COD, DO, nitrogen, phosphorus were determined depending on depth and location during 2 days test operation period. It is apparent that the effect of artificial bait on seawater quality was negligible when comparing seawater quality of test operation area with control area.