• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.364-370
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 초순수 생산을 위한 개별공정들의 특성을 고려하여 공정조합 최적화 방안을 결정하는 기법을 연구하였다. 산업 활동에 사용하는 공업용수 중 고도의 기술집합 산업에서 요구되는 고순도 용수인 초순수를 생산하는 공정은 여과, 이온교환, 역삼투, 탈기, 자외선 산화 등 이 있다. 초순수 공정은 다양한 15~20개 정도의 수처리 단위 공정이 조합을 이루고 있다. 본 연구에서는 초순수 생산 모형플랜트를 운영하여 다양한 처리 공정의 조합을 통해 수질 및 경제성을 고려하여 평가하였다. 평가된 19종류의 공정조합 중 11개 공정조합이 목표로 하는 최종 수질을 만족했다. 이러한 11종의 공정조합에 대해 안정성과 경제성을 평가하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.391-396
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• 2014

Ultrapure water (UPW) is water containing nothing but water molecule ($H_2O$). The use of UPW is increasing in many industries such as the thermal and nuclear power plants, petrochemical plants, and semiconductor manufacturers. In order to produce UPW, several unit processes such as ion exchange, reverse osmosis (RO), ultraviolet (UV) oxidation should be efficiently arranged. In particular, RO process should remove not only ions but also low molecular weight (LMW) organic matters in UPW production system. But, the LMW organic matter removal data of RO membranes provided by manufacturers does not seem to be reasonable because they tested the removal in high concentration conditions like 1,000 ppm of isopropyl alcohol (IPA, MW=60.1). In this study, bench-scale experiments were carried out using 4-inches RO modules. IPA was used as a model LMW organic matter with low concentration conditions less than 1 ppm as total organic carbon (TOC). As a result, the IPA removal data by manufacturers turned out to be trustable because the effect of feed concentration on the IPA removal was negligble while the IPA removal efficiency became higher at higher permeate flux.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.144-154
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• 2005

The use of ozone gained acceptance in the production of ultrapure water because of its powerful oxidizing ability. Ozone is currently used to deactivate microorganisms and remove organic contaminants. However, interest also exists in using radical species, which arc stronger oxidants than ozone, in such processes. One means of producing radical species is by corona discharge. This work investigates the use of a novel pulseless corona-discharge system for the removal of organic substances in ultrapure water production. The method combines corona discharge with electrohydrodynamic spraying of oxygen, forming microbubbles. Experimental results show that pulseless corona discharge effectively removes organics, such as phenol and methylene blue, in deionized water. The corona-discharge method is demonstrated to be comparable to the direct use of ozone at a high-applied voltage. The results also show that a minimum applied voltage exists for operation of the corona-discharge method. In this work, the minimum applied voltage is approximately 4.5 kV. The kinetic rate or phenol degradation in the reactor is modeled. Modeling results show that the dominant species of the pulseless corona-discharge reactor are hydroxyl radical and aqueous electron. Several radical species produced in the pulseless corona-discharge process are identified experimentally. The. major species are hydroxyl radical, atomic hydrogen species, and ozone.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2015

In this study, cation and anion exchange process for performance evaluation was conducted. A pilot plant for the ultrpure water production was installed with the capacity of $25m^3/d$. The various production rate and regeneration of ion exchange rate were tested to investigate the design parameters. The test resulst was applied to calculate the operating costs. Changing the flow rate of the ion exchange capacity of the reproduction reviewed the cation exchange process as opposed to the design value is 120 to 164% efficiency, whereas both anion exchange process is 82 to 124% efficiency, respectively. This results can be applied for more large scale plant if the scale up parameters are consdiered. The ion exchange capacity of the application in accordance with the design value characteristic upon application equipment is expected to be needed. In this study, the performance of cation and anion exchange resin process was evaluated with pilot plant($25m^3/d$). The ion exchange capacity along with space velocity and regeneration volume was evaluated. In results, the operation results was compared with design parameters.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.87-108
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• 2014

Electrodeionization (EDI), which combines electrodialysis (ED) and conventional ion-exchange (IX), is a mature process which has been applied since more than twenty years on commercial use for the production of ultrapure water (UPW). Eliminating chemical regeneration is the main reason for its commercial success. The increase in acceptance of EDI technology has led to an installation of very large plant as the commercial state of the art that produces $1,500m^3/h$ of water for high pressure steam boiler. More recently, EDI system has found a number of new interesting applications in wastewater treatment, biotechnology industry, and other potential field. Along with further growth and wider applications, the development of stack construction and configuration are also become a concern. In this paper, the principle of EDI process is described and its recent developments, commercial scale, and various applications are pointed out.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.410-419
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• 2017

지구온난화, 환경오염, 가뭄 등의 재해현상으로 인한 물 부족 현상이 진행됨에 따라 수자원의 활용성을 증가시키기 위한 원천기술의 개발과 연구들이 진행되고 있다. 그중 수처리 분리막 기술은 기존 물리화학적 및 생물학적 공정보다 수질 개선 효과가 우수하고 약품 사용이 배제된 환경친화적인 공정이다. 수처리 분리막은 오폐수처리, 정수처리, 해수담수처리, 이온교환 공정, 초순수 제조, 유기용매 분리 등 다양한 분야에 적용되며 분리막을 이용한 수처리 기술은 점차 응용 범위가 넓어지고 있는 추세이다. 수처리 분리막의 핵심 기술은 분리성능을 조절하기 위한 기공 사이즈를 조절하는 것으로써 더 나은 성능을 나타내는 분리막을 개발하기 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 수처리용 분리막의 특허 및 논문의 기술경쟁력 평가를 통하여 국가별, 기관별 발표 빈도수를 정리하였으며, 오폐수처리용 분리막, 정수처리용 분리막, 해수담수화용 분리막, 그리고 이온교환공정용 분리막에 대한 평가를 진행하고, 향후 연구 방향에 대하여 제시해 보고자 한다.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1994년도 제2회 하계분리막 Workshop
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• pp.45-58
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• 1994

Over the last 20 years, membrane separation processes, such as reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and microfiltration, have been widely adopted by different industries. Commercial uses of membrane have displaced conventional separation processes, such as distillation, evaporation, precoat filter and so on. Membrane separation processes are often more capital and energy efficient when compared with conventional separation processes. Membrane devices and systems are almost always compact and modular. These are the well-known advantages of membrane separation processes. The disadvantage of the membrane process is that the process does not have scale merit and thus the membrane process is suitable for the small and middle size applications. Energy saving is, of course, the biggest advantage of the membrane process, and in many industries the membrane processes are employed because of this reason. Membrane process has other big advantage. In many applications membrane processes provide much higher quality of product than conventional processes. The example is ultrapure water production by membrane processes in semiconductor industry. Conventional technologies never offer such good quality of pure water. If you can obtain both energy saving and higher quality of product at the same time by membrane processes, this is the best application of membrane processes. One example is the concentration of orange juice by membrane, which has already been commercialized in Japan. Comparing with the conventional vacuum evaporation process, juice concentrated by the membrane process has much better taste and flavor and the energy consumption in the membrane process is much less than the evaporation process. In this paper, first membrane separation technology will be classified and then Japanese membrane manufacturers and new modules and devices under development in Japan will be introduced. Fourth energy saving in membrane process will be discussed and finally practical applications of membrane processes in Japan will be shown.