• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.277-296
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• 2016

The aim of this research was to investigate the ability of nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes as a filtration unit for groundwater treatment for drinking water resources. Commercial membranes denoted as TS40, TFC-SR3 and GHSP were used to study the performance based on rejections and fluxes. The investigation has been conducted using natural groundwater obtained from a deep tube well with initial concentration of iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) at 7.15 mg/L and 0.87 mg/L, respectively. Experimental results showed that NF membranes exhibited higher fluxes than UF membrane with pure water permeability at 4.68, 3.99 and $3.15L.m^{-2}.h^{-1}.bar^{-1}$, respectively. For metal rejection, these membranes have performed higher removal on Fe with TS40, TFC-SR3 and GHSP membranes having more than 82%, 92% and 86% respectively. Whereas, removal on Mn only achieved up to 60%, 80% and 30%, for TS40, TFC-SR3 and GHSP membranes respectively. In order to achieve drinking water standard, the membranes were efficient in removing Fe ion at 1 and 2 bar in contrast with Mn ion at 4 and 5 bar. Higher rejection of Fe and Mn were achieved when pH of feed solution was increased to more than 7 as TFC-SR3 membrane was negatively charged in basic solution. This effect could be attributed to the electrostatic effect interaction between membrane material and rejected ions. In conclusion, this study proved that NF membrane especially the TFC-SR3 membrane successfully treated local groundwater sources for public drinking water supply in line with the WHO standard.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.682-689
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to find out the variation between molecular size distribution (MSD) of natural organic matter (NOM) in raw waters after different water treatment processes like conventional process (coagulation, flocculation, filtration) followed by advanced oxidation process (ozonation, GAC adsorption). The MSD of NOM of Suji pilot plant were determined by Liquid Chromatography-Organic Carbon Detection (LC-OCD) which is a kine of high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) with nondispersive infrared (NDIR) detector and $UV_{254}$ detector. Five distinct fractions were generally separated from water samples with the Toyopearl HW-50S column, using 28 mmol phosphate buffer at pH 6.58 as an eluent. Large and intermediate humic fractions were the most dominant fractions in surface water. High molecular weight (HMW) matter was clearly easier to remove in coagulation and clarification than low molecular weight (LMW) matter. Water treatment processes removed the two largest fractions almost completely shifting the MSD towards smaller molecular size in DW. No more distinct variation of MSD was observed by ozone process after sand filtration but the SUVA value were obviously reduced during increase of the ozone doses. UVD results and HS-Diagram demonstrate that ozone induce not the variation of molecular size of humic substance but change the bond structure from aromatic rings or double bonds to single bond. Granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration removed 8~9% of organic compounds and showed better adsorption property for small MSD than large one.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to determine the performance characteristics of the paint particulate and volatile organic compounds(VOCs) simultaneous removal from the spraying paint booth in the laboratory and real site by sticky paint particulate and VOCs simultaneous removal demonstration unit. The sticky paint particulate and VOCs simultaneous removal unit is composed of the horizontal type pleated filter modules and the zig-zag type granular activated carbon packing modules. The test conditions at the laboratory are $50.15g/m^3$ of average paint aerosol concentration and 300 ppm of VOCs concentration which were same as the working conditions of spraying paint booth in the real site. But, the demonstration conditions at the real site are varied according to the working condition of spraying paint booth for the kind of passenger car bodies. The test results at the laboratory obtained that 99% of total particulate collection efficiency at 0.62 m/min of filtration velocity and 84% at 1.77 m/min of filtration velocity. The VOCs removal efficiencies are 97% at $3500hr^{-1}$ of gas hour space velocity and 59% at $10,000hr^{-1}$ of gas hour space velocity. In the real site test, the average removal efficiency of PM10 was measured to be 99.65%, the average removal efficiency of PM2.5 was 99.38%, the average removal efficiency of PM1 was 98.52%, and the average removal efficiency of VOCs was 89%.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.302-308
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• 2021

Air filters are being used in countless places from industrial sites to everyday life. The spread of the COVID-19 virus, which started in 2019, is disrupting people's daily lives, and the importance of air filters as a basic means to prevent the spread of these diseases is further highlighted. In this study, the purpose was to develop another type of air filter media with excellent barrier properties that can replace PP meltblown nonwoven fabrics widely used commercially due to its excellent electrostatic properties, differential pressure and filtration efficiency. Therefore, wet-laid nonwoven for air filters were manufactured using plexi-filaments formed through flash spinning and having various fiber diameter from hundreds of nanometers to tens of micrometers, and its applicability as an air-filter media was investigated compared to the meltblown nonwoven. As a result of the performance evaluation, it was found that the filtration efficiency and barrier performance at 0.3㎛ was superior to that of the meltblown nonwoven of the same weight, although the differential pressure was high due to morphological properties of the plexi-filament.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.588-597
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• 2004

In this research, we investigated the variation of transmembrane pressure and permeate water quality with pre coagulation and sedimentation with iron based coagulant and chlorination of feed water for PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) based MF membrane filtration. NaCIO was fed to the membrane module with dosage of 0.5mg/L and maintained during filtration. To observe the effect of raw water, three types of raw and processed waters, including river surface water, coagulated water and coagulated-settled water, were applied. In case of river surface water, the transmembrane pressure increased drastically in 500 hours of operation. On the contrary, no significant increase in transmembrane pressure was observed for 1,200 hours of operation for coagulated water and coagulated-settled waters. The turbidity of permeate was lower than a detection limit of equipment for all raw waters. The removal efficiency of humic substances of coagulated water and coagulated-settled water was approximate ten times of that of surface river water. And, the removal efficiency of TOC and DOC was approximate two times of that of surface river water. From the results of plant operation, stable operation was maintained at $0.9m^3/m^2{\cdot}day$ filtration flux through the combination of pre-coagulation and pre-chlorination. However, the water quality of permeate was the best when pre-coagulation-sedimentation process was combined with pre-chlorination.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.567-573
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• 2019

DABF(Dissolve Air Flotation with Ball Filter) is developed as the DAF with the addition of a fiber ball at the lower part of the DAF. The DABF with a capacity of 4,500 ㎥/h was constructed at Gijang SWRO plant in Busan. Since the ball filter has high filtration rate, the loading rate of DABF was designed from 20 to 42 ㎥/h/㎡. When one DABF basin is in the back washing mode, the loading rate of other two DABF basins is increased to 42 ㎥/h/㎡. Turbidity at the BF outlet in DABF is <2 NTU at turbidity of 5-10 NTU at the BF inlet. If there is no algae bloom and turbidity is low in raw seawater, only BF in DABF is operated and meets <2 NTU at the BF outlet. Even if BF is operated at high hydraulic loading rates, no significant differential pressure increases and reduction in the turbidity removal rate is minimal in a day. Thus, DABF is the pre-treatment technology that provides stable water quality even with BF onlyoperation without DAF operation. Compared with the DAF, DABF requires additional facilities such as valves, piping, and drainage systems for backwashing the BF. But in terms of footprint and operating costs, DABF has more advantages than DAF. With DABF application, the load of the downstream filtration equipment is decreased so that the capacity of the filtration equipment can be reduced. Also, if the downstream filtration equipment is to be maintained the same regardless of DABF, the operating cost of DABF is less than DAF.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.919-926
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• 2000

정수장 여과지 모형실험장치를 이용하여 수중입자입도분석에 의한 모래 및 이중여재 여과지에 대한 여과특성 및 효율 평가를 탁도분석과 비교하여 실시하였다. 수중입자입도분석은 여과지의 효율 평가를 위한 훌륭한 평가방법으로 탁도분석에 비해 민감도가 뛰어나 여과유출수의 탁질누출 현상을 뚜렷이 관찰할 수 있었다. 모래여과지의 경우는 여과지속시간 내내 비교적 양호한 수질을 보여, 허용수두하에서는 초기탁질누출보다는 여과말기의 수위상승에 대한 주위가 필요하다. 반면에 이중여재 여과지의 경우는 내부여과에 의한 탁질의 침투가 이루어지므로 최적운영을 위해서는 적절한 여재구성과 각 여과지별로 연속적인 수질모니터링에 의한 탁질누출제어가 요구된다. 또한 보다 안정적이고 효율적인 수질의 확보를 위해서는 여과보조제의 사용도 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.673-680
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• 2009

지표수 부족과 수질에 대한 불신 때문에 대체 수자원의 확보가 요구되고 있으며, 유력한 대안으로 강변여과에 관심이 모아지고 있다. 국내 최초의 강변여과는 경남 창원에서 2001년에 시작되었으며, 현재 창원시 수돗물의 100%를 여기에 의존하고 있다. 본 연구는 강변여과 취수장 부근 지하수위를 설명하는 시계열 모형의 개발에 관한 것이다. 연구 대상지역은 창원시 대산면 현장으로 11개 관측정으로부터의 5년간(2003년 1월$\sim$2007년 12월) 지하수위 자료를 이용했다. 지하수위의 장기변동을 알아보기 위해 분단위 자료를 월자료로 변환하고, 결측치를 보완하여 Box-Jenkins 방법에 따라 시계열분석을 실시했다. 대상지역의 지하수위 자료는 계절형 ARIMA 모형으로 잘 설명되는 것이 입증되었다. 본 연구는 향후 증가할 강변여과를 이용한 상수 공급시설의 안정적인 운영을 위해 반드시 필요한 지하수위 예측능력을 확보하기 위한 하나의 원형이 될 것이다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.503-510
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• 2006

강변여과는 원수를 강변의 대수층에 통과시켜 지층의 자체 정화능력을 이용하여 원수 중의 오염물질을 상당량 저감한 후 상수를 공급하는 방식이다. 본 연구에서는 지질정수를 추정하는 방법 중 하나인 역해석을 이용하여 강변여과 지역의 투수량계수를 추정하였다. 역해석이란 현장에서 직접 측정한 값과 프로그램을 통해 계산된 값의 차를 목적함수로 두고 이를 최소로 하도록 미지의 매개변수를 결정하는 것이다. 최적화 기법으로 BFGS(Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno)를 이용하였고, 정해석을 위해서는 지하수흐름을 2차원적으로 모의할 수 있는 MOC을 사용하여 역해석 프로그램을 개발하였다. 프로그램의 적용성을 검증하기 위해 실제 강변여과를 하고 있는 경남 창원시 대산면의 관측 지하수위를 이용하여 그 지역의 투수량계수를 추정하였다. 개발된 프로그램은 상이한 지하수위 조건에서의 역해석에서도 좋은 수렴성을 보였으며, 상용 역산모델과의 비교에서도 우월한 결과를 나타냈다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.642-649
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• 2007

The effectiveness of add-on tertiary treatment processes for the polishing of the effluent of a biological nutrient removal (BNR) system from a modified $A^2/O$ process has been examined under the field condition with pilot-scale plants. The add-on treatment processes of 1) combined biofilm anoxic reactor and sand filtration, and 2) two-stage denitrification filter had been operated with various operating conditions. The experimental results indicated that two-stage denitrification filter could produced a better polished tertiary effluent. Filtration rate of $150m^3/m^2{\cdot}d$ for the 2-stage denitrifying filter could decrease the nitrate removal probably due to shorter detention time that caused insufficient reaction for denitrification. Two stage denitrification filter operated with M/N ratio of 3.0 and filtration rate of $100m^3/m^2{\cdot}d$ produced the tertiary effluent with nitrate and SS concentraitons of 2.8 mg/L and 2.3 mg/L, respectively. When the operating temperature reduced $30^{\circ}C$ to $18^{\circ}C$, $NO_3{^-}-N$ removal efficiency decreased from 73% to 68%.