• 상하수도학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.717-725
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• 2002

A bench-scale submerged-type membrane filtration system (SMFS) was constructed to study a feasibility of membrane filtration for solid-liquid separation in water and wastewater treatment processes. In the case of applying the SMFS to a biological wastewater treatment process, so-called membrane bioreactor, aeration underneath membrane modules is usually employed in order to provide oxygen demand for microbial growth as well as to control membrane fouling. A study was investigated the effects of operation parameters by aeration intensity, feed concentration, foulant type and airlift pore size on critical flux. Critical flux tends to increase with aeration rate. Optimal aeration flow rate was found to be 10 L/min/module. Feed concentration and foulant type has a significant effect on membrane fouling and filtration performance. But downward position and pore size of airlift has no a significant effects on membrane fouling and filtration performance.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.225-237
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• 2011

In this study, response of reversibility of membrane flux during chemically enhanced backwash (CEB) to changes in filtration time, filtration flux and coagulant concentration dosing during ultrafiltration (UF) process was investigated using a regression model. The model was developed via empirical modelling approach using response surface methodology. In developing the model, statistically designed UF experiments were conducted and the results compared with the model output. The results showed that the performance of CEB, evaluated in terms of the reversibility of the membrane flux, depends strongly on the changes in coagulant concentration dosage and the filtration flux. Also the response of the reversibility of membrane flux during CEB is independent of the filtration time. The variance ratio, VR << $F_{value}$ and $R^2$ = 0.98 obtained from the cross-validation experiments indicate perfect agreement of the model output with experimental results and also testify to the validity and suitability of the model to predict reversibility of the membrane flux during CEB in UF operation.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.501-510
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• 2017

In this study, it is estimated that ceramic membrane process which can operate stably in harsh conditions replacing existing organic membrane connected with coagulation, sedimentation etc.. Jar-test was conducted by using artificial raw water containing kaolin and humic acid. It was observed that coagulant (A-PAC, 10.6%) 4mg/l is the optimal dose. As a results of evaluation of membrane single filtration process (A), coagulation-membrane filtration process (B) and coagulation-sedimentation-membrane filtration process (C), TMP variation is stable regardless of in Flux $2m^3/m^2{\cdot}day$. But in Flux $5m^3/m^2{\cdot}day$, it show change of 1-89.3 kpa by process. TMP of process (B) and (C) is increased 11.8, 0.6 kpa each. But, the (A) showed the greatest change of TMP. When evaluate (A) and (C) in Flux $10m^3/m^2{\cdot}day$, TMP of (A) stopped operation being exceeded 120 kpa in 20 minutes. On the other hand, TMP of (C) is increased only 3 kpa in 120 minutes. Through this, membrane filtration process can be operated stably by using the linkage between the pretreatment process and the ceramic membrane filtration process. Turbidity of treated water remained under 0.1 NTU regardless of flux condition and DOC and $UV_{254}$ showed a removal rate of 65-85%, 95% more each at process connected with pretreatment. Physical cleaning was carried out using water and air of 500kpa to show the recovery of pollutants formed on membrane surface by filtration. In (A) process, TMP has increased rapidly and decreased the recovery by physical cleaning as the flux rises. This means that contamination on membrane surface is irreversible fouling difficult to recover by using physical cleaning. Process (B) and (C) are observed high recovery rate of 60% more in high flux and especially recovery rate of process (B) is the highest at 95.8%. This can be judged that the coagulation flocs in the raw water formed cake layer with irreversible fouling and are favorable to physical cleaning. As a result of estimation, observe that ceramic membrane filtration connected with pretreatment improves efficiency of filtration and recovery rate of physical cleaning. And ceramic membrane which is possible to operate in the higher flux than organic membrane can be reduce the area of water purification facilities and secure a stable quantity of water by connecting the ceramic membrane with pretreatment process.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.863-869
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• 2006

The behavior of submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) filtration systems utilizing rapid air backpulsing as a cleaning technique to remove reversible foulants was investigated using a genetic algorithm (GA). A customized genetic algorithm with suitable genetic operators was used to generate optimal time profiles. From experiments utilizing short and long periods of forward and reverse filtration, various experimental process parameters were determined. The GA indicated that the optimal values for the net flux fell between 263-270 LMH when the forward filtration time ($t_f$) was 30-37 s and the backward filtration time ($t_b$) was 0.19-0.27 s. The experimental data confirmed the optimal backpulse duration and frequency that maximized the net flux, which represented a four-fold improvement in 24-h backpulsing experiments compared with the absence of backpulsing. Consequently, the identification of a region of feasible parameters and nonlinear flux optimization were both successfully performed by the genetic algorithm, meaning the genetic algorithm-based optimization proved to be useful for solving SMBR flux optimization problems.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.445-448
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• 2008

The application of the membrane filtration process has been increased for the drinking water treatment system because of excellent quality of treated water compared with the sand filtration process. The selection of suitable pre-treatment processes and optimum flux according to the characteristics of raw water are important factors for the design of membrane processes. In this study, the most efficient pre-treatment processes for drinking water was selected by investigating the effects of pre-treatment processes on the operational stability of the membrane filtration process. Both lab-scale and pilot-scale experiments were conducted. In the lab-scale test, the effect of pre-treatment processes on the stability of the membrane filtration process was investigated indirectly by comparing the performance of membrane flux for raw water, pre-treated water, and membrane permeated water. In the pilot-scale test, the usefulness of prefiltration processes was assessed by comparing the performance of single membrane process and hybrid coagulation-membrane process. The results indicated that the coagulation process contributed to the stabilization of trans-membrane pressure (TMP) by removing contaminants on membranes, though the pre-filtration process had little effect on the TMP.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2002

Abundant growth of algae in raw water sources caused by eutrophication brings about significant side effects on water supply, such as taste and order problem, oxygen depletion, toxic material secretion, and filter clogging problem in water treatment process, etc. The purpose of this research is to remove the algae and phosphorus compounds in the Pal-dang reservoir promptly by using the upflow filtration system with coagulant addition. The filter tower consisted of sand media and sieve filter with air back-washing process. By using coagulation and filtration with $132{\mu}m$ pore size filter, about 55% and 70% of algae and phosphorus compounds were removed respectively. The experimental conditions were as follows; head loss of 0.2m, linear velocity of 200m/day, and filtration flux of 1000($L/m^2/day$). In the case of filtration with cartridge type filter of $25{\mu}m$ pore size, the filtration flux was about 7800 LMH, and the removal ratios of COD, SS, T-P, and Chlo-a. were 61%, 99%, 54%, and 98%, respectively. However, high pressure air back-washing process with should be required for the maintenance of such high filtration flux.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 1989

항생물질 발효액의 균사체 분리에 있어서 Modified regenerated cellulose 막을 이용한 Cross-flow filtration으로 높은 Flux를 얻을 수 있었다. 막분리시 가급적 높은 유속, 높은 온도, 특정 균사체농도(약 20% PMV)에서 높은 Flux를 보여주었으며 Fouling 정도는 균사체 농도가 높을수록 또한 유속이 낮을수록 심각한 것으로 나타났다. 발효액을 농축 분리할 때의 Flux profile은 1단계 Sublayer형성에 의한 급속감소, 2단계 평형, 3단계 Fouling에 의한 급속감소의 세 구간으로 나눌 수 있었으며 Diafiltration의 적용으로 3단계의 Flux 감소 현상을 현저히 완화시킬 수 있었다. 한편 Diafiltration에 의한 항생물질 회수시 초기부터Diafiltration하는 것보다는 특정 PMV까지 농축시킨 후 Diafiltration하는 경우에 작업시간과 여액의 Volume을 최소화 할 수 있었으며 본 실험에서는 98%의 회수율을 얻기 위해서 Di-afiltration을 시작하는 Optimum PMV는 20%였다.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1999년도 The 7th Summer Workshop of the Membrane Society of Korea
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• pp.95-96
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• 1999

The ultrafiltration behavior of dilute colloidal solution containing Si particles has been investigated. The experiments in cross flow mode have been performed at different operating condition by using the membrane with 20 kDa cut-off. The flux decline was due to the development of membrane fouling which was a dynamic process of two distinctive stages. For the high trans-membrane pressure, the pore blocking resistance was dominant at the initial period of filtraion and was followed by the cake resistance. And for the low cross flow velocity, the membrane fouling was governed by the cake filtration model at the initial stage of filtration process. Flux jump was observed temporally during the membrane filtration of mixed feed solution.

• 멤브레인
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2019

알루미나 콜로이드 용액의 막여과에서 막모듈의 중력에 대한 경사각 변화로 유발된 자연대류 불안정 흐름(natural convection instability flow, NCIF)의 콜로이드 물질의 막오염 제어 효과를 정압(constant-pressure) 막여과 시 플럭스 증가와 정투과량(constant-flux) 막여과 시 막차압 감소 정도로 측정하고, 플럭스 결과를 막힘여과 모델로 해석하였다. 막모듈의 경사각이 0°에서 180°로 커지면 NCIF 유발이 증가하여 막오염 제어 효과가 커져 2시간의 막여과에서 플럭스는 최대 2.8배까지 증가하고, 막차압은 최대 85%까지 감소하였다. 막힘여과 모델을 적용하여 NCIF의 유발에 따른 플럭스 결과를 해석하여 운전 시간 15분 이내에서는 중간막힘모델 그 이후에는 케이크여과모델로 평가하는 것이 타당하였다. 막모듈 경사각 180°에서 유발된 NCIF는 15분 이내의 운전 초기에는 중간막힘 오염을 52% 감소시키고, 그 이후의 운전 시간에서는 케이크층 오염을 93% 감소시켰다. 따라서 막모듈에 유발된 NCIF의 주된 막오염 제어기작은 막표면에의 입자상 콜로이드 물질의 케이크층 형성을 억제시키는 것으로 평가하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 대기공 정밀여과(Large Pore Micro-Filtration, LPMF)막의 수처리 응용을 위한 실험실 규모에서의 성능을 평가한 것으로 이를 통해 문제점 및 해결방안을 제시하는 것이다. 본 연구에 사용된 평균 기공이 $5{\mu}m$ LPMF막은 PET Braid가 보강되어 있는 PVDF 재질의 외압형 중공사막으로 여과실험은 30 cm의 수두차 혹은 1.5 bar 이하의 압력차로 수행하였으며, 역세는 여과수에 압축공기로 약 4 bar의 압력을 가한 후 수초 내에 순간 역세하는 가압역세였다. 0.2 bar의 TMP (Trans Membrane Pressure)에서 $0.05{\mu}m$ UF로 전처리한 시수로 $0.4{\mu}m$의 MF와 flux를 비교한 결과 UF에 비해 LPMF의 flux가 약 2배 정도 높았으며, 동일한 시수에 대해 15~30 cm의 수두차에 따른 flux를 측정한 결과 30 cm 수두차에서 800 LMH 이상의 높은 flux를 확인하였다. 또한 여과수의 탁도 향상과 여과 flux의 안정적 유지를 위해 여러 가지 무기응집제에 대한 $5{\mu}m$ 기공의 여지를 이용한 Time-To-Filter (TTF)를 통해 적정 응집제 및 그 주입량을 결정하였다. 고농도 무기응집제 주입 및 30 cm 이상의 수두차로 LPMF를 중력식으로 운전하였을 때 flux는 80 LMH 이상이었고, 탁도 제거율은 93.5~99.5%이었다. 특히 약 4 bar의 압력의 순간 가압역세를 한 결과 막의 충진율이 19%인 경우 여과수의 회수율을 약 97%로 유지하면서도 여과 flux가 안정적으로 유지되었으나, 막충진율을 약 43%인 경우 순간 가압역세만으로는 역세가 불안정하였던 관계로 여과압력이 지속적으로 상승하는 등의 여과공정이 불안정한 문제점을 보였다.