• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.570-576
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• 2001

Thermophilic aerobic bacteria were applied in the degradation of industrial waste activated sludge (WAS) on a laboratory scale expreiment. The performance of digestion was estimated by measuring the reduction of total suspended solids (TSS), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and total organic carbon (TOC). Among three strains of Bacillus stearothermophilus and three strains of Thermus species, B. stearothemophilus ATCC 31197 showed the best overall efficiency level for the degradation of industrial WAS, which was collected from a wastewater treatment plant in an oil refinery factory. Industrial WAS coul be successfully detraded in a batch digestion with ATCC 31197. The stability of the digestion process with ATCC 31197 was successfully verified by semi-continuous (fill-and-draw) digestion experiment. From the results of this study, it was shown that the thermophilic aerobic digestion process with ATCC 31197 could efficiently be applied to the degradation of industrial WAS.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2009

The thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) process is recognized as an effective method for rapid waste activated sludge (WAS) degradation and the deactivation of pathogenic microorganisms. Yet, high energy costs due to heating and aeration have limited the commercialization of economical TAD processes. Previous research on autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion (ATAD) has already reduced the heating cost. However, only a few studies have focused on reducing the aeration cost. Therefore, this study applied a two-step aeration control strategy to a fill-and-draw mode semicontinuous TAD process. The NADH-dependent fluorescence was monitored throughout the TAD experiment, and the aeration rate shifted according to the fluorescence intensity. As a result, the simple two-step aeration control operation achieved a 20.3% reduction in the total aeration, while maintaining an effective and stable operation. It is also expected that more savings can be achieved with a further reduction of the lower aeration rate or multisegmentation of the aeration rate.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.906-912
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• 2007

A lab-scale thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) system was operated at $64^{\circ}C$ with mixed primary and secondary sludges taken from a large wastewater treatment plant. The semi-continuously operated reactor at HRTs of 1, 3 and 6 days indicated that longer HRT could stabilize sludge organics and solids comparable to anaerobic digestion. It has been found that reduced HRT of 3 and 1 day produced the effluent with highly biodegradable soluble organics, indicating the possibility of energy recovery in TAD. No proof of biological nitrification was observed at thermophilic operating temperature of $64^{\circ}C$, while nitrogen removal seemed due to nitrogen exertion during the aerobic thermophilic cell synthesis as well as ammonia stripping.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.251-262
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• 2016

The biodegradability and decomposition efficiencies increase with the pre-treatment of sludge in a digestion process. In this study, the feasibility of ultrasound coupled with potassium permanganate oxidation as a disintegration method and digestibility of aerobic reactor fed with disintegrated sludge with ultrasound coupled potassium permanganate were investigated. The first stage of the study focused on determining the optimum condition for ultrasonic pre-treatment for achieving better destruction efficiency of sludge. The second part of the study, the aerobic digestibility of sludge disintegrated with ultrasound and potassium permanganate oxidation alone and combined were examined comparatively. The results showed that when 20 min of ultrasonic pre-treatment applied, the specific energy output was 49384 kJ/kgTS with disintegration degree of 58.84%. During the operation of aerobic digester, VS/TS ratios of digesters fed with disintegrated sludge decreased indicating that disintegration methods could obviously enhance aerobic digestion performance. The highest reduction in volatile solids was 75% in the digester fed with ultrasound+potassium permanganate disintegrated sludge at the end of the operation compared to digester fed with raw sludge. Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP) levels in sludge supernatant increased with this combined method significantly. Besides, it promoted the production of ${\bullet}OH$, thus enhancing the release of Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) from the sludge. Disintegration with all methods used in this study could not improve Capillary Suction Time (CST) reduction in disintegrated digesters during the operation. The results demonstrated that the combined ultrasound treatment and potassium permanganate oxidation method improves the biodegradability compared to control reactor or their single application.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2008

슬러지 직매립 금지와 런던협약에 따른 해양투기의 금지로 인해 하수슬러지의 처리 대안 연구가 다방면으로 진행되고 있으며 본 연구에서도 슬러지를 안정화시켜 액비로 재활용하는 기술에 대한 실험연구가 수행되었다. 슬러지 가용화를 위해 알칼리 전처리를 도입하였고 전처리된 슬러지를 호기성 소화조의 기질로 투입하여 유기물 및 질소화합물의 성상 변화를 관찰하였다. 또한 pot test를 통해 처리된 슬러지의 액비 이용 가능성을 평가하였다. 그 결과 알칼리 전처리된 슬러지를 호기성 소화조의 기질로 투입할 경우 전처리되지 않은 슬러지를 투입할 경우에 비해 SS 분해율은 57%에서 66%로 VSS 분해율은 59%에서 69%로 증가하였으며, 슬러지를 전처리할 경우 소화조의 체류시간 감소가 예측되었다. 알칼리 전처리와 호기성 소화를 통해 TCOD의 94.1%가 감소되었고, 최종 SCOD는 220$\sim$230 mg/L로 낮아 유기물이 안정화됨을 나타내었다. 소화조에서 질산화와 이로 인한 pH 저하 현상이 발견되었으며 전처리하지 않은 경우(445.4 mgN/L)가 전처리한 경우(223.1 mgN/L)보다 높은 질산농도와 낮은 pH값(최저 3.0)을 보였다. 슬러지를 액비로 이용할 경우 오이 묘목 잎의 성장은 소화 처리된 슬러지, 전처리 및 소화된 슬러지, 처리되지 않은 슬러지, 증류수의 순으로 높았으며 질산성 질소의 농도, 슬러지 투입량은 잎의 성장과 정의 상관성을 보였다. 전처리와 소화를 병행할 경우 처리하지 않은 슬러지보다 잎과 줄기의 생육 모두를 향상시켰으나, 소화만을 거친 슬러지는 처리하지 않은 슬러지보다 잎의 성장은 크게 향상시키고 줄기의 성장은 다소 저하시켰다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.763-770
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mechanical(ball-mill) solubilization of excess sludge especially focused on the TSS(total suspended solid) reduction during the conventional aerobic digestion of sewage sludges including primary and/or excess sludge, HRT was examined at the 10 days and 20 days. According to the results of this study, TSS removal efficiency of solubilized excess sludge was almost two times higher than that of non-solubilized excess sludge. And as the proportion of the primary sludge increased, TSS removal efficiency became worse because primary sludge rarely contained microbial cells which could be easily solubilized physically. It was also proved that by the application of proper solubilization techniques to the excess sludge, HRT for the aerobic digestion could be lessened(above 50%) dramatically keeping the same or better digestion performance. The fact that between primary and excess sludges, only the excess sludge is quite effective in the sludge solubilization and in it's reduction says that excess sludge releasing sources are key-point in the sludge cake reduction field as a source control.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권6B호
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• pp.669-675
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• 2006

SBR반응조를 이용하여 간헐폭기의 슬러지소화 실험을 실시하였다. 폭기비율은 고형물과 질소 제거의 가장 중요한 운전인자 중의 하나였다. 슬러지의 소화에 따라 용출된 유기성질소는 질산성질소로 산화되었고, 생물학적 질소제거율도 높게 나타났는데, 질소제거율은 폭기비율에 따라 달라졌다. 폭기비율 0.25-0.75의 범위에서, 암모니아성 질소의 축적은 보이지 않았으며, pH는 중성에서 유지되었다. 폭기비율을 증가시킴에 따라 고형물 제거율은 증가하지만 용존 질소의 제거율은 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 본 실험에서 SBR 반응조를 이용하고, 평균고형물체류시간 8-32일 정도의 설계조건과 폭기비율 0.25-0.75의 운전 조건에서 VSS 제거율은 17-42% 정도, 용존질소 제거율은 80% 이상이 가능하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2000

생물학적 슬러지를 대상으로 간헐포기 소화와 호기성 소화의 회분실험을 실시하였다. 생물학적 슬러지의 간헐포기 및 호기성 소화 초기단계에서 미생물의 감량은 주로 내생 호흡에 의해 이루어졌다. 이 단계에서 질소는 곧바로 용출되지 않고 슬러지내에 잔존함으로서 슬러지의 질소함량은 일시적으로 증가한다. 그러나 소화후반에서는 최초의 질소함량수준으로 다시 감소하였다. 34일간의 회분식 소화에서 호기성 소화의 총질소 제거효율은 0.1%로서 거의 제거가 안된 반면, 포기 비율 0.25, 05 및 0.75인 간헐포기 소화에서는 각각 42.7%, 42.5% 및 17.6%로 나타나 간헐포기 소화가 호기성 소화보다 질소 제거측면에서 우수하였다. VSS의 감소에 따라 슬러지내의 인도 수중으로 용출하였으나, 인 용출율은 VSS 감소율 보다 훨씬 낮았고 그 결과 소화슬러지의 인 함량은 지속적으로 증가하였다. 호기성 소화와 간헐포기 소화는 소화슬러지의 인 함량이 증가하는 공정이므로 반송수의 인 부하는 상대적으로 낮아지게 되고 이는 하수의 영양염류 제거측면에서 긍정적인 효과를 미칠 것으로 기대된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권6호
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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.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.370-375
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• 2004

Synthetic organic polyelectrolytes can be used to condition sludges to enhance their dewaterability. When conditioning biological sludges, the charge on the polymer has a significant impact on the effectiveness of the polymer as a conditioner. The objectives of this investigation were to determine the most effective type and dosage of polymer for conditioning digested sludge prior to dewatering, and to investigate the relationship between dewaterability and particle size. 3 types of digested sludge were used under the different digestion processes like anaerobic digestion, aerobic digestion and intermittent aerobic digestion. CST(capillary suction time), TTF(time-to-filter) and SRF(specific resistance to filtration) were tested as a dewaterability index and the number of particle distribution was analyzed using particle size analyzer. The results indicate that cationic polymer appears to be required for effective conditioning of these 3 types digested sludge and the optimal polymer dosage is about 0.6% of SS. CST and TTF are well correlated with mean particle diameter of which the dimension order is 1.7.