This study was initiated to isolate the microorganisms removing phosphorus (P) from domestic sewage and to investigate the effects of environmental factors on the growth and P removal of the isolated bacteria. Microorganisms isolated from the sewage were identified as Chryseobacterium sp., Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Bacillus licheniformis. Among them, Bacillus licheniformis was selected as the P removal microorganism. The environmental factors considered in this study included initial phosphorus concentration, temperature, pH, and carbon source. At initial P concentrations of 10, 20, and 30 mg/L, the P removal efficiencies were 100.0%, 84.0%, and 16.5%, respectively. At 20°C, 30°C, and 40°C, the P removal efficiencies were 0%, 75.8%, and 60.6%, respectively. The removal efficiencies of phosphorus according to pH were 1.6%, 91.7%, and 51.1% at pH 5, pH 7, and pH 9, respectively. Using glucose, acetate, and glucose + acetate as carbon sources yielded P removal efficiencies of 80.9%, 33.6%, and 54.1%, respectively. Therefore, the results from the study demonstrated that the P removal efficiencies of Bacillus licheniformis were the highest when the initial P concentration, temperature, pH, and carbon source were 10 mg/L, 30°C, 7, and glucose, respectively.

This study executed evaluation of drying characteristics based on the polymer injection rate (8%, 10% and 12%) and the drying method[NIF(near-infrared ray). According to this study analyzed VS, VS/TS, and calorific value compared with ‘the auxiliary fuel standard of the thermoelectric power plant and the combined heat & power plant’. The results are as follows. In the case of NIR, the VS was slightly changed at the early stage of the material preheating period and the constant drying rate period with low moisture evaporation. But VS reduction was shown higher as moisture was dried. In the case of non-digested sludge with high VS content, the VS reduction rate by drying was shown lower than that of digested sludge. As the flocculant injection rate increased, the VS loss due th drying was found to be small. Also, the higher the flocculant injection rate was the longer the drying time. Especially, in the case of the NIR drying equipment, as the moisture content of sewage sludge decreased(moisture content 20∼40%), the loss of net VS also showed a tendency to increase sharply. It is shown that the high calorific value according to the drying time of the non-digested sludge was changed from 590 ㎉/㎏ to 3,005 ㎉/㎏ and from 539 ㎉/㎏ to 2,796 ㎉/㎏.

본 연구는 현장에 설치 된 하수관거 내부 상태 평가를 위하여 CCTV 카메라 기반의 자주식 로봇차를 투입하여 촬영 및 녹화를 진행하였고, 장비 차량에 탑재된 TV를 통해 하수관거의 돌출부, 파손, 누수여부 등을 판단 할 수 있었다. 또 한 경사계와 스트레인게이지를 하수관거에 부착하여 관로의 이상침하 및 구배를 분석하고, 변형률 데이터를 취득 할 수 있는 자동화 계측시스템을 구성하여 현장 하수관거 장기 내구성 모니터링 평가 방법을 제시한다.

This study was performed to test the feasibility of thermophilic (55oC) co-digestion of municipal sewage sludge and food wastes. The management variables of co-digestion were the mixed ratios of municipal sewage sludge and food waste hydraulic retention times (HRTs). During the operation of thermophilic co-digestion, the reactor pH ranged from 7.0 to 7.5 and the reactor alkalinity remained above 3,200 to 4,000 mg/L as CaCO3. The volatile fatty acids concentration increased as the HRT shortened from 20 days to 10 days and the mixture ratio increased to 1:4, but did not reach toxic levels for co-digestion of sewage sludge and food wastes. Methane productivity increased gradually as the organic loading rate increased. Maximum methane productivity reached 1.03v/v-d at an HRT of 10 days and at the mixture ratio of 1:4. The TVS removal efficiency decreased from 70.6% to 58.3% as the HRT shortened from 20 days to 10 days. TVS removal efficiency ranged from 57.0% to 77% during the entire operation. It is likely that thermophilic co-digestion of sewage sludge and food wastes is a very effective method both to environmentally treat food waste and to economically produce gas for energy.

In this study, an operational data set was analysed by establishing a path model to figure out the actual cause-effect relationship of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); in particular, for the effluent concentrations of T-N and T-P. To develop the path models, data sets of operational records including effluent concentrations and operational factors were obtained from a field scale WWTP of 680,000 m3 of treatment capacity. The models showed that the relationship networks with the correlation coefficients between variables for objective expressions indicated the strength of each relationship. The suggested path models were verified according to whether the analyzation results matched known theories well, but sophisticated minute theoric relationships could not be cropped out distinctly. This indicates that only a few paths with strong theoric casual relationships were represented as measured data due to the high non-linearity of the mechanism of the removal process in a biological wastewater treatment.

The nonpoint pollution source (NPS) is irregular in the amount of generated and runoff. About 70% of the water pollution sources in Korea are NPS. Most of the rural areas are small towns with less than 50 families. This is where sewerage supply is poor. This is where the domestic swage of the house flows directly into the small stream. This study investigated the amount and concentration of domestic swage. And investigated NPS for public officials. We have suggested an improvement plan here. Local government officials lack the concept of NPS. Rural residents also do not know about NPS. Therefore, we proposed NPS public relations and education linked to public administration. This is an extension of the national budget and interest. The domestic swage is discharged at about 272 liters per day in a house. We proposed the introduction of small facilities. If the capacity remains, it is suggested to link to cattle shed, pigsty and so on. The BOD, COD, TN, TP, and SS concentrations were all high. This suggested a reduction in concentration in combination with natural water. Finally, NPS facilities were proposed to be put into rural areas. And it was determined that continuous monitoring was necessary. The results of this study were expected to be applied to NPS management.

The treatment of sewage sludge using hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) can be an attractive alternative to conventional sludge disposal, but it should be accompanied by a drying process that uses Refuse-derived Fuel (RDF). However, the largest proportion of the energy demand in sludge-drying techniques is for heat sources, which has led to increased operation and maintenance costs. Recovering residual heat to apply to sludge drying significantly reduces both the operating cost and the greenhouse gas emissions. Suitable integration can be realized between drying technology and waste-to-energy (WtE) plants through the recovery of waste heat in WtE conversion as a heat source for sludge drying. This present paper investigates the indirect disk drying performance of the hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge using a low-temperature heat source in a laboratory and proposes an integration process with the drying technology of hydrothermal carbonization using waste heat. This paper concludes with experimental results that indirect disk drying technology can be applied in waste-heat recovery systems.

The purpose of this study was to minimize salt water intrusion into freshwater aquifers and limit the development of freshwater aquifers, by selecting an appropriate excavation depth of in the western coastal area of Jeju Island. The study site was mostly basaltic lava, which was mainly composed of trachy basalt. A vertical logging test was conducted to investigate the vertical distribution of the groundwater and saline groundwater interface in the study well. It was found that freshwater groundwater, saline groundwater, and freshwater groundwater are distributed from the surface to approximately 16 m, 16∼50 m, and 50∼60 m, below the ground, respectively. In order obtain saline groundwater and minimize the inflow of freshwater into this well, the drilling depth should be limited in the range of 16∼50 m from the surface. Thus, saline groundwater well development should be carried out with reference to the measurement results, which depend on the drilling depth and EC (electrical conductivity) obtained with drilling apparatus for geology and ground handling.

In this research, the target process was a modified type of a conventional aeration tank with four different influent feeding points and alternated aeration to obtain nitrogen removal. For more accurate switching of influent feeding, the process was operated under a designed control strategy based on monitoring of NH4-N and NOX-N concentrations in the tank. However, the strategy did have some limitations. For example, it was not sensitive to detecting the end of each reaction when losing the balance between nitrification and denitrification of each opposite part of biological tank. To overcome the limitations of the existing control strategy, a diagnosis-based control strategy was suggested in this research using the diagnosis results classified as normal (N), ammonia accumulation (AA) and nitrate accumulation (NA). Using the pre-designed rules for control actions, the aeration and volume of the aerated part of the reactor could be increased or decreased at a fixed mode time. In simulations of the suggested diagnosis-based control strategy, the NH4-N and NOX-N removal rates in the reactor were maintained at higher levels than those of the existing control strategy.

The amount of sewage sludge emission is gradually increasing every year. However, the Ocean dumping of sewage sludge was prohibited since 2012 by london convention 96 protocol. Therefore, ground disposal method for recycling organic waste or utilizing to energy technology was needed. The heat is generated when sewage sludge has decomposed with the aerobic microbes. In this study, the heat would be applied to dehydrate sewage sludge. The drying efficiency was evaluated according to Air Flow Rate(AFR) and the mixing proportion of the returned sludge. At the experiments used returned sludge Which was dried at 40% moisture content. As a result, the most high temperature was indicated when it mixed 30% and optimal AFR for maintaining aerobic condition was 200 mL/min.kg. During 14days of Biodrying, the highest temperature of reactor was 46℃ and maintained 5~7days are higher than 40℃. and also 18.8% of moisture was eliminated. These results show that using Biodrying to sewage sludge has economic potential compared to hot-air drying and can be one of the method to produce SRF with additional treatment.

최근 환경기준이 강화되면서 하수 처리공정에서 생물학적 처리와 탈인시설을 조합한 하이브리드형 고도처리 공정이 빠르게 도입되고 있다. 현재 도입되고 있는 탈인시설은 대부분 응집제 투여를 바탕으로 하는 화학적 처리공정으로 비교적 처리공정과 유지관리가 간단하여 처리효율의 신뢰도가 높은 장점이 있는 반면에 화학약품 비용과 발생된 슬러지의 처분비용 등이 매우 높다는 단점이 있다. 이에 반해 하이브리드형 고도처리시스템을 구축하는데 있어 가장 단순하고 안정적인 단위공정의 하나로 알려진 흡착법은 이온성 물질의 동시제거가 가능하면서도 기후 및 농도에 관계없이 처리효율이 비교적 일정하고, 부생독성물질을 생성시킬 위험성이 없다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 흡착법이 하수처리의 탈인공정으로 널리 활용되지 못하는 이유는 인산이온만을 선택적으로 흡착할 수 있는 흡착제가 없기 때문이다. 최근 저자들은 하수처리수를 이용한 컬럼실험을 통해 강염기성은 물론 약염기성 음이온교환수지 모두 하수 중에 다량 함유되어 있는 황산이온의 방해로 인산이온을 거의 흡착하지 못함을 확인하였다. 즉, 고정층 컬럼 실험을 통해 얻은 인산이온의 흡착량은 인산이온만 있을 경우 134 mg/g인데 반해 실폐수의 경우 Cl과 SO4이온의 흡착경쟁 때문에 10.4 mg/g으로 감소하여 실폐수 적용이 불가능하였다.

최근 세계적으로 신재생에너지에 대한 관심이 커지고 있으며, 국내의 경우 폐바이오매스를 이용하는 친환경적인 에너지원으로써 활용할 수 있는 연료화 기술이 각광받고 있다. 국내 폐바이오매스는 크게 식품폐기물, 축산폐기물, 농산부산물, 임산부산물 및 하수슬러지 등으로 구분할 수 있으며, 이를 에너지원으로 전환하는 공정은 생물학적, 열화학적 공정으로 크게 구분할 수 있다. 국내 하수슬러지의 경우, 해양투기가 금지된 이후 에너지로 전환하여 재활용하기 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 2014년 환경부에 따르면 전국 하수슬러지 처리시설은 98개 지자체에서 96개의 하수슬러지 처리시설이 운영되고 있고, 추가적으로 18개의 시설이 설계 및 건설되고 있다. 이 중 대부분의 시설은 고화 및 건조연료화를 통해 하수슬러지 처리량 저감을 하고 있으나, 고화 및 건조 연료화를 통한 하수슬러지 저감은 슬러지 자체의 높은 수분함량으로 인해 상대적으로 많은 에너지를 필요로 한다. 본 연구는 하수슬러지의 연료화를 위해 열화학적 공정 중 하나인 반탄화 공정을 이용하여 10 TPD급 폐바이오매스 반탄화 반응 시스템을 구성하였다. 원료물질인 하수슬러지의 높은 수분함량에 따른 열량 부족 문제를 극복하기 위해 폐목재를 혼합하여 사용하였으며, 반응온도(250-350℃)와 하수슬러지와 폐목재 혼합물의 혼합비(6:4, 4:6)에 대하여 운전 조건의 최적화 연구를 수행하였으며, 결과적으로 반탄화물 수율 70% 이상, 생성된 탄화물의 고위발열량 4,000 kcal/kg 이상의 운전조건을 도출할 수 있었다. 이와 더불어 생산된 반탄화물의 원소분석에 따른 C, H, O의 구성비는 저품위 석탄과 유사하게 나타남을 확인할 수 있었다.

In this study, the organic matter of effluents from sewage treatment plants, located in the Nakdong watershed was investigated. Regression equations were computed using treated sewage data to convert the chemical oxygen demand(COD) concentrations, which are mostly available from an open database, into total organic carbon(TOC) concentrations. The average concentration of organic matter in the sewage treatment plant effluents were 2.2 16.8 mg/L for COD and 3.4 14.3 mg/L for TOC. The concentrations of COD were positively correlated with the TOC concentrations. The correlation between COD and TOC was relatively high, at 0.865(p<0.01). Based on these results, regression analysis was conducted. The regression equation for TOC was 1.651×CODMn-0.084 (R2=0.84). Furthermore, organic matter-related databases for more sewage treatment plants need to be built in order to establish TOC standards and manage the water quality.

The purpose of this study was to confirm the applicability of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in the advanced sewage treatment process. Simulated influent was used in the operation of a laboratory scale reactor. The operation time of one cycle was 4 h and the reactor was operated for six cycles per day. The volume exchange ratio was 50%. The influent was injected in divisions of 25% to increase the removal efficiency of nitrogen in every cycle. As a result, the removal efficiencies of CODCr and TN in this reactor were 98.2% and 76.7% respectively. During the operation period, the AGS/MLVSS concentration ratio increased from 70.0% to 86.7%, and the average SVI30 was 67 mL/g. The SNR and SDNR were 0.073 0.161 kg NH4 +-N/kg MLVSS/day and 0.071 0.196 kg NO3 --N/kg MLVSS/day respectively. These values were higher or similar to those reported in other studies. The operation time of the process using AGS is shorter than that of the conventional activated sludge process. Hence, this process can replace the activated sludge process.

도시유역에서 발생한 유출은 지표면뿐만 아니라 하수관망을 통해 배수되며, 도시침수 모의 수행시 하수관망을 수문학적 배수 시스템의 한 구성요로서 고려하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 그러나 도시 침수 모의를 수행하는 대부분의 연구자들이 적절한 기준에 준하지 않고 직관적으로 하수관망을 단순화시켜 모의를 수행하는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 1D-2D 결합 도시침수 해석 모형을 이용하여 수지상 구조에 구분법에 기반하여 단순화 된 하수관망의 도시침수 해석 결과에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 하수관망 해석을 위한 1차원 모델은 Lee et al. (2017)에 의해 소개된 모형으로서 지표면과 하수관망 사이의 유입과 역류를 동시에 모의할 수 있고, 2차원 지표면 모델은 불규칙 삼각망을 이용하여 지표수 흐름을 모의하며 1차원 하수관망 해석모형과 연계되어 도시침수를 모의할 수 있다. 하수관망은 수지상 구조 구분법에 기반하여 2차, 3차 그리고 단순화 하지 않은 경우로 구분할 수 있으며, 구분된 각 하수관망은 서울시 사당역 인근에 많은 침수 피해를 발생시킨 2011년 7월 27일 강우 사상에 적용하여 제안된 방법의 적용성을 평가하였다. 모든 케이스에 대하여 침수면적, 지표면에서 하수관망으로의 유입 유량, 하수관망에서 지표면으로의 역류 유량 등을 비교하였으며, 마지막으로 하수관망 단순화를 위한 적절한 기준 제시에 대한 논의를 수행하였다.

최근 물 사용량의 증가와 잦은 가뭄 발생으로 인해 물 부족 현상이 심화되고 있다. 따라서 기존 취수원에 대한 의존도를 줄이고 버려졌던 물의 재이용을 활성화하여 친환경적이며 지속가능한 대체수원을 확보할 필요성이 부각되고 있다. 국내에서 활용가능한 물 재이용 방법은 빗물재이용, 중수재이용 및 하수재이용 등 크게 세 가지로 구분할 수 있으나, 아직 국내에는 물 재이용이 활발하게 추진되고 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 세 가지 물 재이용 방안 중 연중 발생량이 일정하고 이용가능 수량이 많으며, 수질이 비교적 양호한 하수재이용수의 활용방안을 모색하였다. 적용대상 지역으로 선정한 용인시는 총 26곳의 골프장이 운영 중에 있으며 이는 전국에서 운영 중인 골프장의 약 10%에 해당한다. 골프장은 시설 운영을 위해 많은 양의 용수를 소비하는 대규모 수요처이므로 재이용수를 활용한다면 큰 경제적, 사회 ․ 환경적 편익을 얻을 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 용인시를 대상으로 하수처리장 인근에 위치한 골프장 내 조경용수로 하수재이용수를 활용하였을 경우의 경제적 효과를 비용 및 편익 추정을 통해 분석하였다.

Using a mixture of sewage sludge and woody waste, optimal conditions for the bio-briquette process of carbonization residue were evaluated by compressive strength and bulk density. For the bio-briquette process, the optimal conditions were determined to be a molding temperature of 110oC and a moisture content of 10%. As the lignin in the carbonization residue can be used as a natural binder because of its plasticizing property, the bio-briquette process uses this property. To increase the compressive strength to >3.50 MPa, binders such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), guar gum, and starch were mixed in the carbonization residue. At 3 wt.% of PVA, 3 wt.% of guar gum, and 5 wt.% of starch, the conditions of binder usage were evaluated. To examine the cost in the bio-briquette production with the addition of the binder, the proportion of binder cost for the bio-briquette production were evaluated at 9.2% for PVA, 8.6% for guar gum, and 3.3% for starch, and starch was determined to be the best binder for the bio-briquette process.

The amount of sewage sludge that is emitted is gradually increasing every year. However, since 2012, because of the London Protocol, the oceanic dumping of sewage sludge has been prohibited. Therefore, for recycling organic waste, either the ground disposal method has to be used or technological solutions that develop energy from such waste have to be identified. Heat is generated when the sewage sludge has decomposed by aerobic microbes. In this study, to dehydrate sewage sludge, heat was applied and the drying efficiency was evaluated according to the air flow rate (AFR) and the proportional mixing of the returned sludge. For the experiments, returned sludge that was dried to 40% moisture content was used; consequently, the highest temperature was obtained when the moisture content was 30% and, for maintaining aerobic conditions, the optimal AFR was 200 ml/min·kg. During biodrying for 14 days, the highest temperature of reactor was 46℃, which was maintained at higher than 40℃ for 5-7 days; moreover, 18.8% of moisture was eliminated. These results show that using biodrying for treating sewage sludge has economic potential compared to hot-air drying; moreover, with additional treatment, biodrying can be one of the methods for producing Bio Solid Refuse Fuel (Bio-SRF).

In order to design the improvement process for T-N removal, the treatment process of Suyoung, Gangbyeon, and Noxan sewage treatment plants (STP) in Busan was anlayzed. Suyoung STP shows a T-N removal efficiency of about 69.8% with MLE(Modified Ludzack ettinger) and A2O+MBR. However, it is necessary to improve the process to maintain over DO of 1 mg/L and is required to install a flow control tank to minimize the rainfall effect. Gangbyun STP shows a about 70.2% T-N removal efficiency with A2O+GFF(gravity fiber filtration). However, in order to improve T-N removal efficiency, it is needed to install MLE process to treat recycle water. Noksan STP shows a T-N removal efficiency of about 71.0% with MLE+Chemical treatment and shows stable T-N concentration in effluent. However, it is required a toxic chemical management process because bad wastewater flows into the STP, also is necessary a process improvement in order to increase internal recycling ratio. Especially, it is required a process improvement to increase HRT of nitrification tank because Suyoung and Gangbyeon STPs shows low nitrification efficiency during winter season.