• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.609-615
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• 2010

This study examined the change of water content in sludge using direct current electric equipment for decreasing the amount of sludge. The experiment showed that the average density of solids in the sludge treated by direct current before the centrifugal dewatering process was increased by 47.8%, when compared to those not treated by direct current. From the result of measuring the granularity of the sludge by the direct current treatment, that the average particle size of the sludge that was not exposed to the electric current was 52.36 ${\mu}m$, and more than 90% of the sludge was <94.29 ${\mu}m$ in size. On the other hand, the average particle size of the sludge passed through the direct current was 28.67 ${\mu}m$, and more than 90% of the sludge was 52.46 ${\mu}m$. This means that the average particle size of the sludge treated by the direct current was 45.2% smaller, and the standard deviation of granularity was improved. Because of water that separated from sludge moves to the (+) pole, larger particles become smaller and fine particles combine together, resulting in the equalization of the particle size. On the sludge after the centrifugal dehydrator, the change of the water content by the direct current was measured. The results showed that the average density of the solids was increased by 44.2% compared.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.56-60
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• 2015

Fine particle classification was performed using products obtained from primary classification process after flotation for efficient application of tailing. The cut size increased with decreasing input pressure from 0.1 MPa to 0.3 MPa and increasing pulp density from 5% to 15% using 2-inch hydrocyclone. The median sizes of overflow and underflow were $6.56{\mu}m$ and $55.45{\mu}m$, respectively at 0.3 MPa with 5% pulp density. The imperfection became closed to ideal separation with increasing the pulp density and decreasing the input pressure. The water content decreased with increasing the pulp density, but the effect of input pressure could be ignored. The water content of underflow was 27.9% at 0.3 MPa with 15% pulp density.

• Clean Technology
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.145-152
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• 2010

Various technical methods are applied for removing water from the water-retaining media, and the energy efficiency is the main concern in those methods. The electroosmotic process is studied as an efficient way for dewatering. An experimental electroosmotic reactor is designed and used for evaluating the effects of operational variables. The operational variables such as the electrical fields and the structure of water-retaining medias were studied. Three different shapes of polarized electric fields in ranges of 0-100 V/cm and 0-10 kHz are used as the source of electric voltage. The effect of electroosmotic process with respect to the structural variation is estimated by filling the electroosmotic reactor with the glass beads in 0.18 mm, 0.35 mm and 1.2 mm in diameters. 6% of water removal is obtained in the simulating electroosmotic reactor of glass beads. The estimated energy consumption in the simulating electroosmotic was 330~490 cal/g-water.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.38-46
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• 2001

The purposes of this study were to examine applicability of waste egg shells as conditioning agent, to determine the optimum conditions for improving digested sludge dewaterability and to compare with before and after adding them. It estimated that the optimum conditions were dosage 30 g/L, particle size 10mesh, temp. $30^{\circ}C$, pH 7 and dewatering pressure $2.66{\pm}10^4{\;}N/m^2$. On the basis of induced optimum conditions, if adding waste egg shells in digested sludge, its specific resistance was $1.13{\pm}10^{12}{\;}m/kg$ and was low about 3 times than raw digested sludge $3.5{\pm}10^{12}{\;}m/kg $. Therefore, in view of waste recycling, it seemed that we could utilize waste egg shells as conditioning assent for improving dewaterability of digested sludge.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.454-456
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• 2010

이 논문에서는 PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) 필름의 음파에너지를 이용하여 포화된 사질토에서의 탈수율을 증대하기 위한 방법을 연구하였다. 이 방법은 자연배수로 인한 이차적인 환경문제를 수반하는 강 또는 하천 등에 퇴적된 사질토의 탈수를 촉진시키기 위한 방법으로 PVDF필름의 음파에너지를 이용하였다. 이 연구에서는 PVDF필름의 주파수와 전압을 달리하여 사질토 지반에 적용되는 최적 주파수와 전압을 찾아내고 사질토에서 PVDF필름의 탈수능력을 알아보고자 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.85-95
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• 1996

Although the specific resistance to filtration is the most frequently employed means for characterizing dewaterability of a sludge, it presently is not possible to design nor to prediet performance of dewatering facilities using traditional linearized parabolic filtration equation, that is, the specific resistance model because of theoretical and practical inadequacies of the concept. Limitations of the specific resistance model reflect the need to examine fundamental sludge properties and filtration behaviors affecting dewaterability. From this study, two major limitations of the specific resistance model were noted. First, specific resistance values are very dependent on the sludge concentration because of the variations of particle size distribution and cake clogging to occur when surface area mean diameter is less than $25{\mu}m$ for activated sludge, $18{\mu}m$ for water treatment plant sludge. Second, nonparabolic filtration behavior can result from cake clogging, caused by the migration of fine particles into the cake pores, accelated by skin effect with highly compressible sludges.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.74-80
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• 1997

The objectives of this study were to compare the characteristics of water quality in alternative Aerobic-Anoxic(A/A) and Aerobic(Control) sludge digestion. The A/A process control parameter as the pH signal(dpH/dt) was used. Comparison of the result of A/A digestion with those of Aerobic digestion indicated a 54% saving in aeration compared to Aerobic digestion. TN removal efficiency rates of A/A and Aerobic digestion were 45% and 4%, respectively. The concentration of COD(64 mg/l and 268 mg/l for the A/A and Aerobic digestion, respectively) and Ortho-P in the supernatant were also less with A/A digestion. MLVSS and Coliform destructions were noticed similar for both digestion, but better dewatering charateristics were noted for the A/A digestion.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.18-23
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• 1999

This study examined the effects of multiple recycling on deinkability and properties of recycled paper from laser computer printout(LCPO). First, alkaline paper with a 20% printed area was disintegrated by TAPPI standard disintegrator. After dewatering , the pulp was followed by flotation, handsheet making, and drying at room temperature, in order. A sequence of printing , disintegrating, flotating , handsheet making and drying was one recycling cycle and this cyclic treatment was repeateed from zero to five times. The residual ink content in recycled handsheets by SEM-EDXA and Py-GC analyseswas increased slightly as recycling number increase. After five cycles of recycling the ISO brightness of recycled handsheets dropped to about 90% of the original brightness. However, it had a gain of 10% in opacity. The most of physical properties of recycled handsheets were decreased as recycling numbers increase except of for tear strength.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.122-135
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• 2002

Although fly ash possesses viable engineering properties, an overwhelming majority of fly ash from coal combustion is still placed in storage or disposal sites. Similarly, sludges generated from various water treatment operations are predominantly subjected to the fate of land disposal. To prepare sludges fur land disposal typically requires time consuming dewatering schemes, which can become extremely difficult to execute depending upon the composition of the sludge and its affinity for water. This study was undertaken to reuse fly ash and sludge as construction materials. This paper includes geotechnical properties of fly ash and fly ash-lime-sludge mixture and results of compaction test, UU-test, falling head test, leaching test and CBR test. The effect on mixing fly ash with sludge and lime and the effect of curing period and the results are obtained from this test.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.45-52
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• 2008

Contaminant transport has been widely studied in rigid porous media, but there are some cases where a large volumetric stain occurs such as dewatering of dredged contaminated sediment, landfill liner, and in-situ capping. This paper presents a numerical investigation of contaminant transport coupled with large strain consolidation. Consolidation test was performed with contaminated sediments collected in Gary, Indiana, U.S. to obtain constitutive relationships, which are required for numerical simulations. Numerical results using CST2 show an excellent agreement with measured settlement and excess pore pressure. CST2 is then used to simulate contaminant transport during and after in-situ capping. Numerical simulations provide that transient advective flows caused by consolidation significantly increase the contaminant transport rate. In addition, the numerical simulations revealed that active capping with Reactive Core Mat (RCM) significantly decelerates consolidation-induced contaminant transport.