Sulfide dissolved in wastewater is a potential source of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is an odorous substance that causes civil complaints and is a dangerous substance that threatens the corrosion of structures and the safety and health of workers. The removal efficiencies of the chemical oxidant and the coagulants were compared to evaluate the removal of dissolved sulfide. Since the effectiveness may vary depending on the characteristics of the wastewater, water was used as a control, and 5 mg/L of dissolved sulfide was dissolved in water and sewage wastewater. When oxidant was used, the results showed a high sulfide removal rate in sewage wastewater than water, and the removal efficiency was enhanced with increasing oxidant concentration. Sulfide removal efficiencies after one hour after injecting oxidants H2O2, NaOCl, NaClO2 to sewage wastewater were 70%, 90%, and 100%, respectively. After the oxidants were administered four times, the removal was 90%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. In the case of sulfide removal with the oxidizing agent, the removal efficiency was NaClO2, NaOCl, H2O2 (highest - lowest). NaClO2 showed 100% removal efficiency within 10 minutes under all conditions (A condition, B condition), making it the most sewage effective agent in this study. In the case of the coagulants, 100% of the sulfides dissolved in water were removed in the first 10 minutes under all conditions. In sewage wastewater, FeCl2 and FeSO4 also showed 100% removal efficiency under all conditions after one hour, and FeCl3 showed 90% and 99% removal rates under A and B conditions, respectively. That is, the monovalent iron coagulants (FeCl2, FeSO4) were found to be somewhat more effective in the removal of sulfides in sewage wastewater than the divalent iron (FeCl3) coagulants. When the sulfides were removed with coagulants, FeCl2 had the highest removal efficiency followed by FeSO4 and FeCl3. Moreover, it was found that NaClO2 has the best reaction efficiency at the minimum reaction time and the reaction concentration.

The most effective microbial strains with the best ability to reduce complex odor were isolated from earthworm and activated sludge and identified using a 16S rDNA method. The isolated strains, Staphylococcus cohnii HYC-3 and S. carnosus JYC-4, were inoculated into the odor vials that had been left for 48 hours in water containing sesame dregs, and after 3 days, the ammonia was reduced to 5 ppm and 3 ppm from the initial 25 ppm, respectively. Complex odor was reduced to 2.5 and 2.2, respectively, while the control group maintained an odor of 5. The isolates were grown in the order of 30°C > 40°C > 20°C > 10°C. For HYC-3 and JYC-4, the optimum pH was 7 and 10, respectively, and the strains grew well at neutral pH ranges. To monitor the amount of microorganisms remaining in the environment by using the strain as a preparation for odor reduction, a probe for real-time PCR was designed. Through the quantitative and sensitivity tests on the developed strains, it was found that they showed excellent sensitivity.

폐수 내 존재하는 인은 수질에 부영영화를 일으키며 생물학적 처리가 어렵다. 인을 처리하는 방법 중 Mg2+을 결정핵으로 이용하여 struvite로 회수하는 방법은 인 제거효율이 높고 회수 후 비료로 이용할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 축산폐수를 이용하여 struvite를 형성하는데 있어, pH 조절제에 따른 phosphate 제거율을 알아보기 위해, 8 N NaOH와 pH buffer solution으로 쓰이는 0.2 M glycine and 0.2 M NaOH, 0.2 M Na2CO3 and 0.2 M NaHCO3, 및 0.05 M borax and 0.2 M NaOH를 사용하였으며, struvite가 잘 형성되는 pH9로 조절하였다. 폐수 내의 인의 농도는 음이온 컬럼(A supp 5 150, Metrohm)이 장착된 ion chromatography(883 basic IC plus, Metrohm)를 이용하여 측정하였고, 표준곡선은 Multi Element IC Std 1 Solution A(highpuritystandards, USA)을 이용하여, 2 ppm ~ 20 ppm 사이의 농도로 작성하였다. Struvite 결정화 반응 5분 후에 인산염 제거율이 각각 100%, 100%, 97.31%, 96.5%, 95.93%로 나타냈으며, 각 pH 조절제를 첨가한 실험구의 결정화 후 pH는 각각 9.02, 9.22, 9.05, 9.11이었다. 회수된 struvite는 증류수에 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, 0.5%(w/v)로 용해시켜, 시간의 변화에 따른 용해율을 알아보았다. 대조군으로는 시중에 판매되는 양액을 기준으로 비교하였다. 그 결과, 양액의 인산농도는 117.788 mg/L로 일정한 반면, struvite가 들어간 실험군은 용해 초기 값인 42~67 mg/L에서 36시간 결과 후 3~4배(172.13~194.1 mg/L)로 인산염 농도가 증가하였다. Struvite 0.1 g를 황산 95%(Duksan, Korea) 25 mL에 용해시켜 녹인 후, 증류수 25mL를 첨가하여 최대 용해되는 struvite 인산염 농도는 2000 mg/L였다. 그러므로 struvite 용해 실험은 더 진행해야 할 것이며, struvite는 서서히 용출되는 완효성비료로 사용가능할 것이다.