• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.581-591
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• 2020

In this study, two types of reactors were operated to examine the properties of methanol uptake under the high-rate denitrification process. In a sequencing batch reactor, the denitrifying activity was enriched up to 0.80 g-N/g-VSS-day for 72 days. Then, the enriched denitrifying sludge was transferred to a completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR). At the final phase on Day 46-50, the nitrogen removal efficiency was around 100% and the total nitrogen removal rate reached 0.097±0.003 kg-N/㎥-day. During the continuous process, the sludge settling index (SVI30) was stabilized as 118.3 mL/g with the biomass concentration of 1,607 mg/L. The continuous denitrifying process was accelerated by using a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with a total nitrogen removal rate of 0.403±0.029 kg-N/㎥-day with a high biomass concentration of 8,433 mg-VSS/L. Because the reactor was open to ambient air with the dissolved oxygen range of 0.2-0.5 mg-O2/L, an increased organic carbon requirement of 5.58±0.70 COD/NO3--N was shown for the SBR in comparison to the value of 4.13±0.94 for the test of the same biomass in a completely anaerobic batch reactor. The molecular analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene showed that Methyloversatilis discipulorum and Hyphomicrobium zavarzinii were the responsible denitrifiers with the sole organic carbon source of methanol.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.87-103
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• 2021

Anaerobic digestion (AD) refers to the biological process which can convert organic substrates to biogas in the absence of oxygen. The aim of this study was to determine the capability of feedstock to produce biogas and to quantify the biogas yield from different feedstocks. A co-digestion approach was carried out in a continuous stirred tank reactor operated under mesophilic conditions and at a constant organic loading rate of 0.0756 g COD/ L.day, with a hydraulic retention time of 25 days. For comparison, mono-digestion was also included in the experimental work. 2 L working volumes were used throughout the experimental work. The seed culture was obtained from composting as substrate digestion. When the feedstock was added to seeding, the biogas started to emit after three days of retention time. The highest volume of biogas was observed when the seeding volume used for 1000mL. However, the lowest volume of biogas yield was obtained from both co-digestion reactors, with a value of 340 mL. For methane yield, the highest methane production rate was 0.16 L CH4/mg. The COD with yield was at 8.6% and the lowest was at 0.5%. The highest quantity of methane was obtained from a reactor of Euphorbiaceae peel with added seeding, while the lowest methane yield came from a reactor of Euphorbiaceae stems with added seeding. In this study, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) was used as a buffering solution to correct the pH in the reactor if the reactor condition was found to be in a souring or acidic condition.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.436-443
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• 2007

Anaerobic reductive dehalogenation of perchloroethene (PCE) was studied with lactate as the electron donor in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) inoculated with a mixed culture previously shown to dehalogenate vinyl chloride (VC). cis-1,2- dichloroethene (cDCE) was the dominant intermediate at relatively long cell retention times (>56 days) and the electron acceptor to electron donor molar ratio (PCE:lactate) of 1:2. cDCE was transformed to VC completely at the PCE to lactate molar ratio of 1:4, and the final products of PCE dehalogenation were VC (80%) and ethene (20%). VC dehalogenation was inhibited by cDCE dehalogenation. Propionate produced from the fermentation of lactate might be used as electron donor for the dehalogenation. Batch experiments were performed to evaluate the effects of increased hydrogen, VC, and trichloroethene (TCE) on VC dehalogenation which is the rate-limiting step in PCE dehalogenation The addition of TCE increased the VC dehalogenaiton rate more than an increase in the $H_2$ concentration, which suggests that the introduction of TCE induces the production of an enzyme that can comtabolize VC.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.633-641
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• 2015

선박, 발전소, 석유화학 등의 분야에서 운전되고 있는 많은 프로세스들은 강한 비선형성을 보일 뿐만 아니라 동시에 시변 특성도 가지고 있다. 이런 프로세스에 기존의 고정-파라미터 PID 제어기를 적용하면 성능이 나빠지고 경우에 따라서는 불안정해질 수도 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 복잡한 프로세스를 제어하기 위한 비선형 PID 제어기를 제안한다. 제안되는 제어기의 이득은 오차와 오차의 변화율의 비선형 함수로 기술되며, 사용자 파라미터들은 ITAE를 최소로 하는 관점에서 유전알고리즘으로 동조된다. 제안된 방법은 열분해반응 또는 촉매를 이용한 고분자합성에 널리 사용되는 연속 교반탱크반응기를 대상으로 시뮬레이션을 실시하며, 그 유효성을 보이기 위해 다른 두 비선형/적응 제어법과 비교한다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2010

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have advantages to reduce the processing time and mineralize contaminants dissolved in groundwater. Recently, remediation techniques for organic contamination in groundwater have been studied, and technology using $UV/H_2O_2$ is generally accepted as one of the most powerful and reliable alternative for the remediation of groundwater contamination. In this study, $UV/H_2O_2$ technology, which generates hydroxyl radical ($\cdot$ OH) as known for strong non-selective oxidant, was used to degrade chlorinated solvents (TCE and PCE), and it was expanded to apply continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) system (i.e. combinations of three CSTR). The tested parameters for CSTR system were retention time and groundwater/$H_2O_2$ injection volume ratio. To find optimum parameters for CSTR system, various retention time (6 min ~ 90 min) and groundwater/$H_2O_2$ injection volume ratio (5/1 ~ 119/1) were tested. Other conditions for CSTR were adapted from the batch test results, which concentration of $H_2O_2$ and UV dose were 29.4 mM (0.1%) and 4.3 kWh/L, respectively. Based on the experimental results, the optimum parameters for CSTR system were 20 min for retention time and 119/1 for groundwater/$H_2O_2$ injection volume ratio. Applying these optimum conditions, chlorinated solvents (TCE and PCE) were removed at 99.9% and 99.6%. Moreover, the effluent concentrations of TCE and PCE are 0.036 mg/L and 0.087 mg/L, respectively, which are satisfied the regulatory level (TCE 0.3 mg/L, PCE 0.1 mg/L). Consequently, the CSTR system using $UV/H_2O_2$ technology can achieve high removal efficiency in the event of treatment of groundwater contaminated by chlorinated solvents (TCE and PCE).

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제46권11호
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• pp.1069-1078
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• 2013

울산시의 주요 생활용수공급댐인 사연댐 상류 수몰지역 내에 국보 285호인 반구대 암각화가 위치하고 있다. 표고 53~57 m에 위치한 암각화 보존을 위한 여러 가지 방안 중, 사연댐 수위를 60 m에서 52 m로 낮추어 물 밖으로 끄집어내는 안이 주로 검토되어 왔다. 댐의 수위를 인위적으로 조절하는 경우 저수량 및 용수공급량 감소와 더불어 부영양화로 인해 수질이 나빠지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 사연댐 수위조절에 따른 수질악화로 댐의 기능상실과 수질변화로 인해 예상되는 여러 가지 문제점을 검토하였다. Vollenweider 모델과 CSTR (Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor) 모델을 이용하여 수위조절시 변화가 예측되는 대표적인 수질지표인 BOD 및 COD 그리고 조류성장의 주 원인이 되는 총인과 총질소의 농도변화를 분석하였다. 그 결과 사연댐의 수위를 60 m에서 52 m로 조절하는 경우, COD의 농도는 약간 낮아지지만 총질소와 총인은 약 130% 이상 농도가 증가되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 변화는 심각한 조류문제를 일으킬 수 있으며, 사연댐의 수질관리를 영양염류의 농도를 대상으로 하는 경우 수질이 악화되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 지표흐름 습지의 수질관리를 위하여 습지 내 오염물질을 적절히 모의할 수 있는 연속교반탱크반응기(CSTR) 모델을 구축하였다. 이 모델은 4차 Runge-Kutta법을 사용하고, 실측치와 계산치의 차이를 최소화 하는 최적화 기법으로 해를 구하며, 미국 EPA 습지 데이터베이스에 수록된 자료중 수질 및 수리자료가 충분하며, 분석이 용이한 하나의 수생대를 갖는 습지를 선택하여, 수질항목중 관심도가 높은 BOD, TSS (Total Suspended Solid)의 모의에 적용하였다. 습지의 체적이 일정할 경우와 체적 및 유량이 일정할 경우 각각에 대해 반응속도상수만을 고려할 경우, 물질흐름양만을 고려할 경우 및 반응속도상수와 물질흐름양 모두를 고려할 경우로 나누어 모의를 실시하였다. 모의 결과 기존의 반응속도상수만을 고려한 경우보다 반응속도상수 및 물질흐름양 모두를 고려하는 것이 실제현상을 잘 나타냈으며, 습지의 TSS 침강속도는 $0.3{\sim}0.4\;m/d$의 값을 나타내는 것으로 파악되었다. 이 모델은 습지의 수질관리에 적절히 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.331-339
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to investigate the biodegradability and performance of organic removal and methane production rate when treating piggery wastewater using a pilot scale two-phase anaerobic system operated up to a volumetric rate of $10m^3/day$. The pilot scale two-phase anaerobic process is consisted of a continuous-flow stirred-tank reactor (CFSTR) for the acidification phase and an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor (UASB) for the methanogenesis. The acidogenic reactor played key roles in reducing the periodically applied shock-loading and in the acidification of the influent organics. The acidogenic CFSTR was operated at organic loading rates (OLR) between 1.8 and $14.4kgCOD/m^3{\cdot}day$, and the UASB reactor was operated between 0.5 and $5.6kgCOD/m^3{\cdot}day$. A stable maximum biogas production rate was $81m^3/day$ and the methane conversion rate of the organic matter varied from 0.30 to $0.42L\;CH_4/g\;COD_{removed}$(0.40) at hydraulic retention time (HRT) above 3.5days. The methane contents ranged from 73 to 82% during the experimental period. It is known that most of the removed organic matter was converted to methane gas, and the produced biogas might be high quality for its subsequent use.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1127-1134
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• 2022

Herein , the effect of changes in the organic loading rate in anaerobic digestion was evaluated. The experiment was carried out by a laboratory -scale semi-continuous stirred tank reactor, and feedstock was food-waste leached. The organic loading rate was increased by 0.5 kgVS/m3 in each phase from 1.0 kgVS/m3 to 4.0 kgVS/m3. At the end of the operation, to check the failure of the reactor, the organic loading rate was increased by 1.0 kgVS/m3 in each phase and reached 6.0 kgVS/m3. This shows that the biogas yield decreased as organic loading rate increased. Biogas production seemed to be unstable at 3.5-6.0 kgVS/m3. Moreover, biogas production dramatically fell to approximately 0 mL at 6.0 kgVS/m3, which was decided as the operation failure on the 16th day of the las tphase. The result of the reactor analysis shows that the cumulation of volatile fatty acid increased as the organic loading rate increased. This seems to occur due to the decreasein pH in the reactor and led to extinction of anaerobic bacteria, which were the biogas products. Although the buffer compound (alkalinity) could prevent the decline in pH, the concentration of alkalinity was found to be lacking at a high organic loading rate

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 1997

An attempt was made to enhance anaerobic treatment efficiency by adopting the anaerobic sequencing batch reactor(ASBR) process at a thermophilic temperature. Operational characteristics of the ASBR process were studied using laboratory scale reactors and concentrated organic wastewater composed of soluble starch and essential nutrients. Effects of fill to react ratio (F/R) were examined in the Phase I experiment, where the equivalent hydraulic retention time(HRT) was maintained at 5 days with the influent COD of 10g/L. A continuous stirred tank reactor(CSTR) was operated in parallel as a reference. Treatment efficiency was higher for the ASBRs because of continuous accumulation of volatile suspended solids(VSS) compared to the CSTR. However, the rate of gas production and organic removal per unit VSS in the ASBRs was much lower than the CSTR. This was caused by reduced methane fermentation due to accumulation of volatile acids(VA), especially for the case of low F/R, during the fill period. When the F/R was high, maximum VA was low and the VA decreased in short period. Consequently, more stable operation was possible with higher F/R. Effects of hydraulic loading rate on the efficiency was studied in the Phase II experiment, where the organic loading rate was elevated to 3333mg/L-d with the F/R of 0.12. Reduction of organic removal along with rapid increase of VA was observed and the stability of reaction was seriously impaired, when the influent COD was doubled. However, operation of the ASBR was quite stable, when the hydraulic loading rate was doubled and a cycle time was adjusted to 12 hour. It is essential to avoid rapid accumulation of VA during the fill period in order to maintain operational stability of the ASBR.