• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.509-519
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• 2017

The study focuses on 32 environmental facilities in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea, categorizes them by sector: sewage treatment, wastewater treatment, incineration, landfill, water purification, and water supply. Their GHG reduction results are analyzed through quantitative and qualitative measures for 2012 to 2015. The study surveys and examines GHG reductions of the environmental facilities for two categories - facility operation and management. The findings are as follows: First, the GHG reduction rate, an emission-to-allocation ratio, from 2012 to 2015 is 89.67%. Second, GHG reductions coming from qualitative measures of facility management are even greater than those from quantitative measures of facility operation. Third, GHG reductions through facility operation are mostly attributable to overhauls, less use of facilities, resources recycling, process improvement rather than the betterment of fuels, facilities and energy efficiency. Fourth, higher reduction can be achieved by effective facility management, qualitative measures.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2014

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pre-aeration on sludge solubilization and the behaviors of nitrogen, dissolved sulfide, sulfate, and siloxane. The results of this study showed that soluble chemical oxygen demand in sewage sludge could be increased through pre-aeration. The pre-aeration process resulted in a higher methane yield compared to the anaerobic condition (blank). The pre-aeration of sewage sludge, therefore, was shown to be an effective method for enhancing the digestibility of the sewage sludge. In addition, this result confirms that the pre-aeration of sewage sludge prior to its anaerobic digestion accelerates the growth of methanogenic bacteria. Removal rates for $NH_3$-N and T-N increased simultaneously during pre-aeration, indicating simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. The siloxane concentration in sewage sludge decreased by 40% after 96 hr of pre-aeration; in contrast, the sulfide concentration in sewage sludge did not change. Therefore, pre-aeration can be employed as an efficient treatment option to achieve higher methane yield and lower siloxane concentration in sewage sludge. In addition, reduction of nitrogen loading by pre-aeration can reduce operating costs to achieve better effluent water quality in wastewater treatment plant and benefit the anaerobic process by minimizing the toxic effect of ammonia.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1353-1361
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• 2013

The objectives of this paper are the characterization of the pretreatment of wastewater by microfiltration (MF) membranes for river maintenance and water recycling. This is done by investigation of the proper coagulation conditions, such as the types and doses of coagulants, mixing conditions (velocity gradients and mixing periods), pH, etc., using jar tests. The effluent water from a pore control fiber (PCF) filter located after the secondary clarifier at Kang-byeon Sewage Treatment Plant (K-STP) was used in these experiments. Two established coagulants, aluminum sulfate (Alum) and poly aluminum chloride (PAC), which are commonly used in sewage treatment plants to treat drinking water, were used in this research. The results indicate that the optimal coagulation velocity gradients (G) and agitation period (T) for both Alum and PAC were 200-250 $s^{-1}$ and 5 min respectively, but the coagulation efficiencies for both Alum and PAC were lower at low values of G and T. For a 60 min filtration period on the MF, the flux efficiencies ($J/J_0$ (%)) at the K-STP effluent that were coagulated by PAC and Alum were 92.9 % and 79.9 %, respectively, under the same coagulation conditions. It is concluded that an enhanced membrane process is possible by effective filtration of effluent at the K-STP using the coagulation-membrane separation process.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2006

Excess sludge treatment and disposal currently represent a rising challenge for domestic or wastewater treatment plants due to economic, environmental and regulation factors. Conventional gravity sedimentation process has been widely used in sludge thickening. The operation method of the process is very simple, but the process requires long detention time for sludge thickening, uses polymers, and shows low sludge thickening efficiency. To solve the problems, we studied on DAF (Dissolved Air Flotation) system. We use bulking sludge of a paper manufacturing plant. The effects of parameters such as SVI (Sludge Volume Index), storage time, initial concentration and wet density of excess sludge were examined. The results showed that the more SVI was low, the more sludge was thickened. As storage time goes by, SVI was increased and thickening performance was deteriorated. In order to improve flotation performance at high concentration, high recycling ratio and pressure did not increase the concentration due to thickening limitation. The addition of 0.8 g/L of loess was increased flotation efficiency of 1.41 times.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2018

In order to design the improvement process for T-N removal, the treatment process of Suyoung, Gangbyeon, and Noxan sewage treatment plants (STP) in Busan was anlayzed. Suyoung STP shows a T-N removal efficiency of about 69.8% with MLE(Modified Ludzack ettinger) and A2O+MBR. However, it is necessary to improve the process to maintain over DO of 1 mg/L and is required to install a flow control tank to minimize the rainfall effect. Gangbyun STP shows a about 70.2% T-N removal efficiency with A2O+GFF(gravity fiber filtration). However, in order to improve T-N removal efficiency, it is needed to install MLE process to treat recycle water. Noksan STP shows a T-N removal efficiency of about 71.0% with MLE+Chemical treatment and shows stable T-N concentration in effluent. However, it is required a toxic chemical management process because bad wastewater flows into the STP, also is necessary a process improvement in order to increase internal recycling ratio. Especially, it is required a process improvement to increase HRT of nitrification tank because Suyoung and Gangbyeon STPs shows low nitrification efficiency during winter season.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.133-138
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• 1997

The technology of removing phosphorous, considered as one of the most important control nutrients causing eutrophication in various water bodies, have been investigated by many researchers. Recently, phosphorous crystallization process is emerging as a new technology for phosphorous removal. In this study, waste oyster shells which can be easily obtained from the ocean, were used as a seed crystal, and their effects of several physical/chemical factors on the phosphorous removal efficiencies were examined by batch tests. Ca$^{2+}$ and pH affected phosphorous crystallization process using waste oyster shells. As alkalinity of wastewater increased, phosphorous removal efficiencies gradually decreased. Phosphorous removal efficiencies were increased, as specific area and contact efficiency per unit area of waste oyster shells were increased. In case of high temperature, phosphorous crystallization process was rapidly advanced and phosphorous removal efficiencies were increased. Dependig on X-ray diffraction analysis, it was showed that generation materials extracted from the surface of waste oyster shells with short reaction time were dominated by $CaHPO_4\cdot 2H_2O$, but progressed to $Ca_5(OH)(PO_4)_3$. The SEM observation reveals that the evident variations were hardly seen, but particle sizes of waste oyster shells were relatively bigger and showed forms of smaller plate than before.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.185-197
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• 2019

Deactivation of porous photocatalytic materials was studied using three types of microstructured particles: macroporous titania particles, titania microspheres, and porous silica microspheres containing CNTs and $TiO_2$ nanoparticles. All particles were synthesized by emulsion-assisted self-assembly using micron-sized droplets as micro-reactors. During repeated cycles of the photocatalytic decomposition reaction, the non-dimensionalized initial rate constants (a) were estimated as a function of UV irradiation time (t) from experimental kinetics data, and the results were plotted for a regression according to the exponentially decaying equation, $a=a_0\;{\exp}(-k_dt)$. The retardation constant ($k_d$) was then compared for macroporous titania microparticles with different pore diameters to examine the effect of pore size on photocatalytic deactivation. Nonporous or larger macropores resulted in smaller values of the deactivation constant, indicating that the adsorption of organic materials during the photocatalytic decomposition reaction hinders the generation of active radicals from the titania surface. A similar approach was adopted to evaluate the activation constant of porous silica particles containing CNT and $TiO_2$ nanoparticles to compare the deactivation during recycling of the photocatalyst. As the amount of CNTs increased, the deactivation constant decreased, indicating that the conductive CNTs enhanced the generation of active radicals in the aqueous medium during photocatalytic oxidation.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2006

런던협약의 영향으로 슬러지 처리의 중요성이 대두되고 있는 실정이므로 본 연구는 슬러지 처리에 대한 개선방안의 제시를 목적으로 유기성 폐수 및 하수처리장 슬러지를 대상으로 JAR test 및 교반장치를 부착한 침강 column을 이용하여 응집효율이 침강특성에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험을 실시하였으며 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 최적의 침강효율을 얻기 위한 최소의 응집제 투여농도는 200mg/L의 경우로 나타났으며. 200mg/L 이상으로 PAC가 투여될 경우 각각의 임계슬러지 영역의 크기에서는 큰 변화가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 200mg/L로 투여되었을 때의 Clarification Rate(CR)은 임계슬러지 침강높이 비율이 0.4로 나타났으므로 CR = (Ho-Ht) / Ho = 1-0.4=0.6 로 산정되었다. MLSS농도가 높아질수록 슬러지 계면 침강속도는 감소하였으나 MLSS농도가 1,000mg/l 이상으로 증가하면 오히려 침강속도는 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 슬러지 농도가 1,000mg/l 이상으로 증가하게 되면 압밀침전영역으로 전이되어 상호작용에 의한 응집에 영향을 미치게 됨으로써 오히려 floc 형성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치기 때문이다. 슬러지 응집계면의 침강속도는 유기폐수 활성슬러지의 평균 침강속도 $4.25{\times}10^{-3}/min$보다 하수처리장 슬러지의 평균 침강속도가 $28.66{\times}10^{-3}/min$로 6.7배 높은 것으로 나타났다. 유기성 폐수 활성슬러지는 PAC의 투여량이 200mg/l 이하일 때는 침강속도 증가율보다 CR의 증가율이 더 컸으나 200mg/l 이상일 때는 CR의 증가율보다 침강속도 증가율이 더 커졌음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 하수슬러지의 경우는 PAC 투여량이 증가함에 따라 CR의 변화율에는 차이가 적었으나 침강속도는 200m/l 이상일 때 차이가 급격히 증가하였다. 따라서 응집제 투여효과는 상등수의 SS제거율 효과보다는 MLSS의 침강속도에 더 큰 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 일반적인 생물학적 질소제거공정을 거치지 않고, 수중의 $NH_3-N$을 유기질소형태로 합성시키는 특수미생물을 분리, 이용하여 암모니아성질소로 오염된 폐수의 고도처리 가능성에 대해서 검토해 보았다. $NH_3-N$을 기질로 다량 이용할 수 있는 3종류의 특수미생물을 순수 분리한 후 무(無)염분조건과 염분조건(3%NaCl)에서 배양해 본 결과 M11은 염분조건에서, M12는 무(無)염분조건에서, M71의 경우는 양쪽 조건에서 높은 성장률을 보였다. 탄소원(glucose)의 영향을 검토한 실험에서는 Glucose농도가 $5g/{\ell}$ 일 때, 미생물의 증식과 $NH_3-N$의 제거율이 가장 높았으나, 고농도(약 1000mg/L as $NH_3-N$) 조건하에서 $NH_3-N$의 제거율은 높지 않은 결과를 보였다. $NH_3-N$의 농도는 100mg/L 일 때 제거효율이 가장 우수했고, 이 때 $NO_2-N$과 $NO_3-N$의 증가는 일어나지 않는 것으로 보아 제거된 $NH_3-N$은 유기질소로 변환되었음을 추측할 수 있었다. pH완충과 인의 공급을 위한 $K_2HPO_4$ 농도는 미생물마다 최적 성장 농도는 조금씩 달랐으나, $5g/{\ell}$에서 적절한 성장조건을 보였다. 또한 질소원으로 특수미생물은 $NH_3-N$뿐만 아니라 $NO_2-N$과 $NO_3-N$도 질소원으로 이용할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 실험 결과 미생물의 증식이 활발할수록 $NH_3-N$의 제거율이 증가하는 뚜렷한 양상을 나타내어 추후 $NH_3-N$으로 오염된 폐수처리에의 높은 적용가능성을 보였다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2001

수산가공폐수슬러지를 이용한 고품질의 퇴비생산을 위하여 현장 퇴비화공장에서 슬러지와 가축분의 혼합 비율에 따른 퇴비화 과정중의 온도는 모든 처리에서 퇴비화 3~5일간 급격히 상승하여 최고온도에 도달하였으며 그후 서서히 감소하는 경향이었다. 퇴비화 19일후 하강온도가 $40{\sim}50^{\circ}C$되었을 때를 1차 퇴비화 종료시점으로 판단하고 1차 뒤집기를 실시하고 후숙을 시켰으며 그후 퇴비화조내의 온도가 다시 상승하였다. 그후 2차 및 3차 뒤집기를 실시하였으나 온도의 상승폭이 작아 퇴비화가 완료된 것으로 판단하였다. 그리고 퇴비화과정중 온도는 슬러지 첨가율이 높을수록 높았다. 퇴비화 종료시점에서의 퇴비중 총 탄소함량은 퇴비화 초기에 비해 약 4.5~8.0% 감소하였고, 그 감소폭은 수산가공폐수슬러지의 첨가율이 높을수록 증가하였다. 퇴비화과정 중 유기물중 ether추출물질, resins 및 hemicellulose함량은 각각 약 35~77%, 32~69% 및 19~30%감소하였으나, 수용성 polysaccharides함량은 별 변화가 없었고, cellulose, lignins 및 미동정태 유기물함량은 약간 증가하였다. 퇴비화 종료시점에서의 총 질소, amino sugar태 및 amino acid태 질소함량은 퇴비화재료에 비해 각각 약 20~42%, 11~40% 및 23~65% 감소하였다. 퇴비화과정 중 humic acid함량은 별 변화가 없었으나, fulvic acid함량은 퇴비화가 진행될수록 감소하여 전체 humus 중 humic acid가 차지하는 비율이 증가하였다. 수산가공폐수 슬러지의 퇴비화과정 중 시기별 무우, 배추 및 오이의 발아율 및 뿌리 생장율을 조사한 결과 모든 처리에서 발아율은 퇴비화 30일 이후에는 90%이상으로서 완숙퇴비기준치 이상이었고, 뿌리생장율도 30일 이후에는 대조구와 비슷하였으며 퇴비화 30일 이후에는 각 처리 조건 및 시기별 별 영향이 없었다.