• 청정기술
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2023

Tele-metering systems have been useful tools for managing domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) over the last decade. They mostly generate water quality data for discharged water to ensure that it complies with mandatory regulations and they may be able to produce every operation parameter and additional measurements in the near future. A sub-big data group, comprised of about 150,000 data points from four domestic WWTPs, was ready to be classified and also analyzed to optimize the WWTP process. We used the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 25 package in order to statistically treat the data with linear regression and correlation analysis. The major independent variables for analysis were water temperature, sludge recycle rate, electricity used, and water quality of the influent while the dependent variables representing the water quality of the effluent included the total nitrogen, which is the most emphasized index for discharged flow in plants. The water temperature and consumed electricity showed a strong correlation with the total nitrogen but the other indices' mutual correlations with other variables were found to be fuzzy due to the large errors involved. In addition, a multilayer perceptron analysis method was applied to TMS data along with root mean square error (RMSE) analysis. This study showed that the RMSE in the SS, T-N, and TOC predictions were in the range of 10% to 20%.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 Ⅲ
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• pp.1315-1318
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• 2003

Wastewater treatment processes are usually located in the outskirts of cities. But these processes should be dealt with continuous maintenance by expert operators. Therefore, in this paper, unmaned and automated control system is designed for the SBR(Sequencing Batch Reactor) plant. This plant is constructed in Gimhae city. Networks and wireless modules are employed for the data transmission. A local controller is in the SBR plant as a client and a monitoring system is located in the other place as a server. Remote control and monitoring system are constructed at the laboratory of ours. Measured data from plant sensors are translated to the remote site using communication modules, and then the data could be displayed and analyzed by means of remote monitoring and control systems.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.543-558
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• 2019

In comparison to alternative advanced wastewater treatment technologies, the main problem associated with membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, which has become prominent in recent years, is biofouling. Within these systems, biofouling is typically the result of a biofilm layer resulting from bacterial gathering. One biological system that can be employed to interrupt the process of bacterial gathering is called 'Quorum Quenching (QQ)'. Existing QQ applications can be classified using three main types: 1) bacterial/whole-cell applications, 2) direct enzyme applications, and 3) natural sourced compounds. The most common and widely recognized applications for membrane fouling control during MBR operation are bacterial and direct enzyme applications. The purpose of this review was to identify and assess biofilm formation mechanism and results, the suggestion of the QQ concept and its potential to control biofilm formation, and the means by which these QQ applications can be applied within the MBR and present QQ MBR studies.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2022

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging pollutants (EP) are characterized by their difficulty to be removed through biological oxidation processes (BOPs); they persist in the environment and could have adverse effects on the aquatic ecosystem and human health. The electro-oxidation (EO) process has been successfully used as an alternative technique to oxidize many kinds of the aforementioned pollutants in wastewater. However, the EO process has been criticized for its high energy consumption cost and its potential generation of by-products. In order to decrease these drawbacks, its combination with biological oxidation processes has been reported as a solution to reduce costs and to reach high rates of recalcitrant pollutants removal from wastewaters. Thus, the location of EO in the treatment line is an important decision to make, since this decision affects the formation of by-products and biodegradability enhancement. This paper reviews the advantages and disadvantages of EO as a pre and post-treatment in combination with BOPs. A perspective of the EO scale-up is also presented, where hydrodynamics and the relationship of A/V (area of the electrode/working volume of the electrochemical cell) experiments are examined and discussed.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2015

The aim of this study was to enhance of the Discfilter process (maximum treatment capacity - 500 ton/day) removal efficiency for small-scale wastewater reclamation under various influent wastewater conditions (with / without coagulation process, coagulant content and temperature). The result of chemical resistance test for fiber filter in the Discfilter that weight loss was obtained with 0.535% under pH 3, 0.092% under pH 9 and 0.028% under 10% NaClO. The removal efficiency test of Discfilter process on the with / without coagulation process showed that with coagulation process condition was occurred COD_Mn of 42.26 ± 0.61, BOD₅ of 88.72 ± 0.44, T-P of 84.67 ± 0.72 and SS of 90.58 ± 0.61. The removal efficiency of Discfilter process on the coagulant content (4.5, 5.0 and 5.0 mL/min) and temperature (< 10℃, 10℃~ 20℃ and > 20℃) conditions were increased as coagulant content and temperature increased. This study demonstrated the potential application of Discfilter process for small-scale wastewater reclamation.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.190-194
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 비선형 생화학적인 공정의 모델링을 위해 퍼지시스템이 응용된 것을 보인다. SBR 반응조에서 질소제거를 위한 수처리 공정이 제시되었으며, 이 공정의 ORP값을 모델링하고 동정하기 위해 서로 다른 후반부 다항식을 가진 퍼지시스템이 소개되었다. 퍼지모델링 결과를 비교하고 분석하며 또한 제안된 방법에 의해 비선형 공정이 합리적이고 효율적으로 모델링 될 수 있음을 본 논문에서 보인다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.76-86
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• 2023

We are on the verge of paradigm shift for the design and operation of our urban water systems from treatment- and efficiency-based to recirculation- and sustainability-based. One of the most frequently suggested alternatives to embody this paradigm shift is to decentralize the currently highly centralized urban water infrastructure. However, claims for water infrastructure decentralization are often criticized due to poor economic feasibility, unstable performance, and unprofessional operation and maintenance. The current study critically reviews the literature to discuss the technical advancement needs to overcome such challenges. Firstly, decentralized water infrastructure was briefly defined and the rationale for the proposal of its introduction to the next-generation urban water systems was laid down. The main discussion focused on the following water technologies, which require special attention when working with decentralized water infrastructure: i) material collection, storage, and transport; ii) easily scalable water treatment; iii) sensor, information, and communications; and iv) system optimization. The principles, current development status, and challenges were discussed for each of the water technologies. The discussion on the water technologies has enabled the identification of future research needs for their application to the next-generation urban water systems which will be designed following decentralized water infrastructure. This paper will significantly improve the current understanding on water infrastructure decentralization and provides insight on future direction of water technology development.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.181-193
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• 2018

아산화질소($N_2O$)는 기후변화를 야기하는 온실가스임과 동시에 오존층을 파괴하는 가스이다. 하폐수 처리시 생물학적 질소 제거 공정에서 주로 배출되는 아산화질소가 환경에 미치는 영향은 매우 중요하므로 대책 수립이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 하폐수 처리과정의 아산화질소 배출 관련 최신 연구동향을 종합적으로 고찰함으로써, 아산화질소의 배출량 및 생성에 미치는 주요 인자의 영향을 이해하고, 아산화질소 배출 저감 전략 수립에 필요한 정보를 도출하였다. 하폐수 처리공정에서 아산화질소가 배출되는 주요 경로는 hydroxylamine 산화, nitrifier 탈질 및 종속영양 탈질공정의 3가지로 구분된다. 실험실, 파일럿 및 실 규모 하폐수 처리 공정을 대상으로 아산화질소 배출량을 측정한 결과 아산화질소 배출량의 질소 부하량의 0-95%로 변이가 매우 컸다. 실 규모 하폐수 처리공정에서는 질소 부하량의 0-14.6%가 아산화질소로 배출되고, 평균값과 중간값은 각각 1.95%와 0.2%이었다. 아산화질소 배출량에 영향을 미치는 가장 중요한 운전인자는 용존산소와 아질산염 농도 및 COD/N 비율이었다. 아산화질소 배출 저감을 위해 운전인자를 조절하는 다양한 전략이 보고되고 있다. 또한, 하폐수 처리공정에서 아산화질소 배출 저감하기 위한 새로운 전략으로, 높은 아산화질소 환원효소 활성을 가진 미생물을 활용하거나, 기존의 탈질공정 대신 산소발생 탈질공정(oxygenic denitrification)을 도입하는 것이 제안되고 있다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1024-1030
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• 2006

Genus Nitrospira와 Nitrobacter는 폐수 질산화 시스템의 대표적인 아질산 산화균으로 알려져 있다. Genus Nitrospira는 아질산 농도가 매우 낮은 조건에서도 이를 효율적으로 활용하는 K-strategists로 알려져 있는 반면에 Nitrobacter 종은 기질소비와 성장이 빠른 r-strategists로 알려져 왔다. 또한 유기물이나 용존산소도 아질산 산화균의 분포에 영향을 주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 아질산과 유기물, 용존산소가 복합적으로 작용하는 질산화 시스템에서 아질산 산화균의 분포와 경쟁에 어떻게 영향을 받는지를 검토하였다. 이를 위하여 실험실 규모의 질산화 생물반응기와 질산화-탈질을 수행하는 $A_2O$ 계열의 실제 폐수처리장에서 여러 항목과 두 종류의 아질산 산화균 분포를 측정, 비교하였다. 그 결과 아질산 농도는 평균 5 mg-N/L로 유지되며, 호기조건에서 유기물이 매우 낮게 유지되는 실험실 질산화 생물반응기는 Nitrobacter가, 호기-무산소 조건에서 질산화-탈질이 일어나고 아질산이 거의 없는 상태이며 유기물이 비교적 높게 유지되는 $A_2O$ 폐수처리장은 Nitrospira가 우점종으로 분포하였다. 이것은 여러 인자가 복합적으로 작용하는 상태에서는 아질산 산화균의 분포가 유기물과 용존산소 보다는 아질산 농도가 가장 중요한 인자임을 보여주며 기질 친화도가 낮지만 반응속도가 빠른 Nitrobacter가 r-strategist, genus Nitrospira는 기질친화도가 높은 K-strategist인 특성을 보임을 확인하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.350-357
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• 2014

하수방류수 재이용을 위한 RO 전처리로 부유물질 및 콜로이드 물질의 제거를 위해 가압식 MF를 사용하였다. 남양주 J 하수처리장의 생물학적 처리와 모래여과를 거쳐 방류되는 방류수를 원수로 사용하였으며 100 톤/일 규모의 pilot plant를 1년 이상 운전하여 성능을 검토하였다. 가압식 MF에 의해 원수 수질 및 온도의 변화에 상관없이 flux 40 LMH 운전이 가능하였으며 전처리로 응집제를 넣어 용존 유기물을 응집할 경우 60 LMH 운전이 가능하였다. RO 공정에서 장기간 정지 이후 운전을 재개하였을 때 1단 pressure drop이 급격히 증가하는 현상이 나타났고 이러한 결과는 배관 내 형성된 유기물과 이온물질의 복합오염물질이 1단 RO막에 침적된 결과로 사료된다.