• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.235-241
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• 2004

The dissolved air flotation (DAF) process has been widely used for removing suspended solids with low density in water. It has been known as measuring the size of microbubbles precisely which move upward rapidly in contact zone is difficult. In this study particle counter monitoring (PCM) method is used to measure the rising microbubble after injection from a nozzle. Size and distribution curve of microbubbles are evaluated at different conditions such as pressure drop at intermediate valve, length of pipeline between saturation tank and nozzle and low pressure. And the efficiency is also checked when it collides with different size floc. The experimental results show the following fact. As the final pressure drop occurred closer to a nozzle, the bubble size became smaller. And small bubble collides with large floc as well as small one because of its physical characteristic. However large bubble collides well with large floc rather than small one since hydrodynamic flow in streamline interferes to collide between two. With performing computational process by mathematical model we have analyzed and verified the size effect between bubble and floc. Collision efficiency is the highest when P/B ratio shows in the range of 0.75 < P/B ratio ($R_{particle/Rbubble}$) < 2.0.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2004

Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is a solid-liquid separation process that uses fine rising bubbles to remove particles in water. Most of particle-bubble collision occurs in the DAF contact zone. This initial contact considered by the researchers to play a important role for DAF performance. It is hard to make up conceptual model through simple mass balance for estimating collision efficiency in the contact zone because coupled behavior of the solid-liquid-gas phase in DAF system is 90 complicate. In this study, 2-phase(gas-liquid) flow equations for the conservation of mass, momentum and turbulence quantities were solved using an Eulerian-Eulerian approach based on the assumption that very small particle is applied in the DAF system. For the modeling of turbulent 2-phase flow in the reactor, the standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ mode I(liquid phase) and zero-equation(gas phase) were used in CFD code because it is widely accepted and the coefficients for the model are well established. Particle-bubble collision efficiency was calculated using predicted turbulent energy dissipation rate and gas volume fraction. As the result of this study, the authors concluded that bubble size and recycle ratio play important role for flow pattern change in the reactor. Predicted collision efficiency using CFD showed good agreement with measured removal efficiency in the contact zone. Also, simulation results indicated that collision efficiency at 15% recycle ratio is higher than that of 10% and showed increasing tendency of the collision efficiency according to the decrease of the bubble size.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.82-88
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• 2007

용존공기부상법과 중력침전법을 이용하여 제지공장의 팽화슬러지를 농축에서 폐 굴패각 분말을 첨가제 사용하였을 때의 효과를 조사하였다. 굴패각의 투입량과 크기분포와 같은 인자가 연구되었다. 혼합 굴패각(크기 범위 : $\sim250{\mu}m$)의 최적 투입량은 0.8 g/L인 것으로 나타났다. 침전공정에서 굴패각 5.0 g/L 첨가시 농축 슬러지 농도는 3.25배 증가하였다. 용존공기부상법에서 5.0 g/L의 굴패각 첨가시 Buckler funnel test 장치를 이용하여 측정한 슬러지의 함수율은 95.5%에서 82.7%로 감소되었다. 혼합 굴패각을 4가지 크기($\sim53{\mu}m$, $53\sim106{\mu}m$, $106\sim150{\mu}m$, $150\sim250{\mu}m$)로 나누었을 때 부상과 탈수공정에서 최적 굴패각 입도 범위는$53\sim106{\mu}m$로 나타났다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.208-214
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• 2004

Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is an effective solid/liquid separation process for low density floc particles such as algal, color-alum and clay-alum flocs produced from low turbidity water. The removal of taste and odor-causing organics (2-mthylisoboneol and geosmin) originating from algae in drinking water is a local and worldwide concern. Although DAF has been effectively applied for the removal of suspended solid, its application for the treatment of dissolved organic carbon is very limited. In this study, a new hybrid system consisting of adsorption and DAF processes was introduced for the simultaneous removal of algae and taste and odor-causing organics. Powdered activated carbon (PAC) was used as an adsorbent. In this proposed system, the major concern of eliminating the spent PAC from the system was also addressed. It was found that zeta potential of algae and PAC was increased with coagulant dosage, and the removal efficiency in DAF was also enhanced up to 90~95% under the given experimental conditions. Based on this study, the hybrid process was found to be a promising technology for the simultaneous removal of algae and dissolved organic pollutants.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.855-860
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• 2011

용존공기부상조의 파일럿실험장치 설계를 위한 사전 검증 작업으로서 부상조의 유동을 이차원 이상유동으로 가정하여 수치적으로 모사하였다. 형상이 변경된 다양한 부상조와 기준부상조와의 간접적인 성능 비교를 위하여 분리조에서의 하강속도를 비교하였다. 해석 결과 기준부상조의 분리조에서는 잘 설계된 High-rate DAF 의 전형적인 유동 패턴이 관찰되었다. 이러한 유동패턴은 Baffle 각도나 접촉조의 폭과 같은 다른 형상 변수와 상관없이 Baffle 이 충분히 높을 때 잘 유지되었다. 그러나 Baffle 높이 및 각도, 접촉조의 폭 및 다공판의 설치유무는 분리조에서 하강속도의 균일성에 영향을 미쳤다. 기준부상조에서 Baffle의 높이를 제외한 다른 형상을 변화시키지 않았을 때, 분리조에서의 하강속도가 균일한 것으로 나타났다. 이것은 기준부상조의 형상최적화가 잘 되어있음을 의미한다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2010

에너지원 및 다양한 화학제품의 원료로 유류의 소비량이 증가함에 따라 유류의 유출사고가 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 유류오염 지하수 처리를 위해 용존공기부상법이 사용되어지고 있으나 용해성 기름을 효과적으로 제거하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 지하수내 주오염원인 자유상 유류와 친수성(oil-in water) 또는 친유성 에멜젼(water-in oil) 상태의 기름과 용해성 기름을 효과적으로 저감하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 용존공기부상법에 펜톤 산화 공법을 사용하여 효과적인 유류 오염 지하수 처리를 연구하였다. 펜톤 실험 결과 TPH(Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon) 제거를 위한 최적 조건은 pH 3, $H_2O_2$ 주입농도 25mM과 $Fe^{2+}$ 주입농도 25mM으로 나타났다. DAF와 펜톤 산화 실험을 수행한 결과 7분내에 TPH(Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon)와 COD(Chemical Oxygen Demand) 농도가 각각 1.5mg/L와 40.0mg/L 이하로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 펜톤 산화 반응으로 인하여 슬러지 농도가 약 5배 가량 증가하여 후단에 침전조를 설치하는 것이 바람직하다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2018

Large amounts of oily wastewater discharged from various industrial operations (petroleum refining, machinery industries and chemical industries) cause serious pollution in the aquatic environment. Although dissolved air flotation (DAF) separating oil pollutants using microbubbles represents current practice, bubble size cannot be selectively controlled, and lots of power is required to generate microbubbles. Therefore, to investigate performance of the DAF process, this study examined the distribution of different sizes of microbubbles resulting from changes in physical shear force via modifying shapes of a slit-nozzle without an additional power supply. Three types of slit-nozzles (different angle, shape and length of the slit-nozzle) were used to analyze the distribution of bubble size. At a slit angle of $60^{\circ}$, shear force was 4.29 times higher than a conventional slit, and particle size distribution (PSD) in the range between 2 and $20{\mu}m$ more than doubled. Treatment efficiency of synthetic oily wastewater through the coagulation-DAF process achieved 90% removal of COD by injecting $FeCl_3$ and PACl of 250 mg/L and 100 mg/L, respectively, and the same performance resulted using $FeCl_3$ of 200 mg/L and PACl of 80 mg/L employing a slit-nozzle angle of $60^{\circ}$. This study shows that a coagulation-DAF process using a modified slit-nozzle can improve the pre-treatment of oily wastewater.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.118-125
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• 1997

Conventional sedimentation method has some limitations for turbidity removal in water treatment because drinking water sources are getting polluted. Removal rates of turbidity using DAF and sedimentation process were compared for various water conditions to know whether DAF is effective to improve sedimentation process. Water samples were clay(gravity 2.65) water 100mg/l, H raw water, mixed water of H raw water and clay 100mg/l, and mixed water of HA(Humic Acid) 5mg/l and clay 100mg/l. Other parameters were temperature, coagulants(Alum, $FeCl_3$), and treatment time. Water temperature greatly affected in removal rates of turbidity for sedimentation and DAF. Generally DAF was more effective in removal rates of turbidity than sedimentation at the same experimental condition. Removal rates of $UV_{254}$ were high to over 90%, and independent of temperature and coagulant.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.355-363
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• 2023

This study used a batch DAF (dissolved air flotation) jar tester to evaluate the algae removal efficiency of alum and PAC coagulants during coagulation, flocculation, and flotation. Optimal coagulant dosages were 0.06 ~ 0.15 mL/L (12.0 ~ 26.0 mg Al/L,17%), 0.08 ~ 0.20 mL/L (10.0 ~ 24.0 mg Al/L, 12%), 0.25 ~ 0.30 mL/L (25.0 ~ 30.0 mg Al/L, 10%) for PAC, and 3.0 ~ 5.0 mL/L (81.0 ~ 135.0 mg Al/L, 2.7%) for alum. Turbidity of treated water was 1.0 ~ 2.0 NTU in optimal coagulation, flocculation, and flotation conditions for the four coagulants types. The amount of coagulant injected tended to decrease with increasing Al content in the coagulant, as follows : 17% PAC < 12% PAC < 10% PAC < 2.7% alum. Turbidity removal efficiencies were in the order of 12% PAC (93.6%) > 10% PAC (92.7%) > 17% PAC (91.3%) > 2.7% Alum (88.1%).

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.528-533
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• 2003

Bubble size is one of the most important parameters affecting DAF (Dissolved-Air-Flotation) process. It is generally known that small bubbles are preferred. However, the fact seems to be based on the particle removal efficiency at contact zone only, without considering separation zone. Besides, the effect of bubble size on the overall DAF process has not been fully investigated yet. Therefore, the effect of bubble size on collision efficiency, collision chances, and surface loading rate is calculated using theoretical models, and the results are discussed in this paper.