In this study, we investigated influent and effluent water pollutants in 53 Public Sewage Treatment Works (PSTWs) where industrial wastewater or landfill leachate is combined four times for two years from 2014 to 2015. Also, we analyzed the characteristics of heavy metals and volatile organic carbons at influent and effluent of these PSTWs caused by sewage treatment combined with industrial wastewater or landfill leachate. As a result, six heavy metals such as barium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel and zinc, and four volatile organic carbons (VOCs) including phenols, di(2-)ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), formaldehyde and toluene were observed above detection limits in most of PSTWs. Also, it was revealed that six heavy metals such as hexavalent chromium, mercury, cadmium, chromium, nickel and selenium, and four VOCs including 1,1-dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, naphthalene, and epichlorohydrin were observed more frequently according to precipitation. As a result of reviewing the monitoring data on “Water Quality Monitoring Networks” in lower watersheds of PSTWs, both heavy metals and VOCs were below detection limits, indicating that the effluent water had little influence on the watershed. Nevertheless for the better management of influent and effluent pollutants in PSTWs, it is necessary to establish the advanced management plans for water pollutants in PSTWs, which include a list of priority substances management, monitoring plans, and guidelines for industrial wastewater and landfill leachate combined in PSTWs.

최근 셰일가스 산업의 호황과 더불어 셰일가스전에서 배출되는 폐수처리가 중요한 환경문제로 부각되고 있다. 셰일가스전 폐수는 총 용존고형물의 농도가 10에서 200g/L로 높기 때문에 역삼투 담수공정을 적용하기에 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 셰일가스전 폐수를 처리하기 위해 저압에서 운전 가능한 정삼투 공정(FO)의 적용 가능성을 연구하였다. 특히 대표적으로 널리 활용되고 있는 유도용액인 NaCl과 NH3-CO2를 사용하여 셰일가스전 폐수에 포함되어 있는 2가 양이온이 FO공정에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. FO공정 유도용액의 역확산은 막의 플럭스와 스케일로 인한 막오염에 중요한 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 FO공정의 폐수 성상에 따라 유도용액 종류 선택 및 공정 디자인의 중요성이 입증되었다.

혐기성 MBR은 에너지 소비가 높은 기존 호기성 처리를 대체할 수 있는 에너지 중립형 기술로서 최근 하폐수 처리의 차세대 기술로 주목받고 있다. 혐기성 MBR은 다양한 장점을 가지고 있지만, 분리막 파울링은 해결해야하는 과제이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 막 파울링 억제를 위하여 섬유볼 미디어와 회전판을 이 용하여 혐기성 MBR의 막 파울링을 제어하였다. 혐기성 MBR을 이용하여 저농 도의 유기물 부하 조건에서 안정적인 처리수질을 보였으며, 유기물 부하가 높을 수록 높은 메탄가스 생산량을 보였다. 이를 토대로 혐기성 MBR의 적용에 효율적일 것으로 보이는 고농도 폐수의 처리 가능성 확인하기 위하여 음폐수를 대상으로 혐기성 MBR의 처리 특성을 살펴보고 고효율 혐기성 MBR 기술의 에너지 자립의 가능성을 평가하였다.

본 연구는 구리 아연 금속합금의 산화 환원 반응과 합성 알루미늄 실리케이트의 흡착 반응을 이용한 폐수 중 중금속 처리에 관한 연구이다. 극세사 형태로 제조된 구리 아연 금속합금이 수용액 중에 서 산화 환원반응에 의해 아연보다 이온화 경향이 작은 중금속은 환원 처리되고, 이온화 된 아연 및 미 반응 중금속은 흡착 처리하여 제거하는 연구이다. 극세사 형태로 제조된 금속합금 물질은 표면적이 커서 1회 처리만으로도 반응 평형에 도달하게 하여 효율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 크롬(Cr+3)은 redox 반응 1 회 처리만으로도 100.0 % 제거 되었으며, 수은은 98.0 %, 주석 92.0 %, 구리는 91.4 % 정도 제거되었 다. 카드뮴, 니켈, 납도 각각 40.0 %, 50.0 %, 58.0 %가 제거 되었다. 크롬(Cr+3)은 아연과 이온화 경향 차이가 거의 없지만 제거 효율이 높은 것으로 나타났는데 이는 3가 크롬은 이온 상태로 존재하면 redox 반응에서 발생한 OH- 이온과 결합하여 수산화물 침전을 형성하는 것으로 판단된다. Redox 반응 후 증 가한 아연 및 미반응 중금속 농도를 알루미늄실리케이트를 1회 통과하여 거의 100.0 % 제거할 수 있었 다. 이는 합성 알루미늄 실리케이트의 비표면적이 크고 금속 이온의 흡착능력이 우수한 것으로 나타났으 며, 반응 후 알루미늄 이온은 증가하지 않는 것으로 보아 이온 교환이 아닌 흡착으로 아연 및 중금속 이 온들을 제거할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

This study was performed to improve the foaming generated in the effluent of wastewater treatment plant from March 2015 to July 2016. The main cause of foaming was air entrainment by an impinging jet and the internal accumulation by the diffusion barrier. Particularly, the foam growth was most active when there is low tide and larger discharge. To solve this problem, we experimented after installing fine mesh screen and the artificial channel device with underwater discharging outlet in the treated wastewater discharge channel and the outlet, respectively. As a result, the effects of foam reduction by devices ranged 85.0~92.0% and 70.7~85.6%, respectively. In addition, the foam and the noise were easily solved, first of all look to contribute to the prevention of complaints. Our device studies were applied to a single wastewater treatment plant. However, it is considered to be able to apply in other similar cases of domestic sewage treatment plants.

Recently, pollution problem in coastal water has become more serious and pollution including red tide serves as a main reason for reduction of fishes resources. Particularly, nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus are the most serious pollutants. Normally, biological wastewater treatment process is used in removing such nutrients. However, it is difficult to adopt the biological wastewater treatment process to a small-scale fish processing factory in case of using seawater as wash water. Thus, removing nutrients through struvite crystallization is investigated in this study for treating shrimp processing wastewater. Experiments were conducted by varying molar ratio of Mg2+:NH4-N:PO4-P from 1:1:1 to 2:1:1. It can be concluded that optimum molar ratio is 1:1:1. Struvite crystallization process is compared with chemical coagulation process using PAC and struvite crystallization process is proven as the more effective process in removing nutrients from wastewater. In view of results obtained from these experiments, struvite crystallization process is a promising method in removing nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater; however, not so good in removing organics. Thus, struvite crystallization process is suitable as the pre-treatment process in treating shrimp processing wastewater and additional biological process is needed to remove organics.

Development of shale gas has drawn increasing attention since it is one of promising alternative energy resources. However, contamination of groundwater and surface water during the extraction of shale gas is becoming a serious environmental issues, which brings the needs to treat wastewater generated from hydraulic fracking. In this study, the feasibility of membrane distillation (MD) for the treatment of shale gas wastewater was investigated using a laboratory scale experimental setup. Flat-sheet MD membranes were used to treat produced water from a shale gas well in the United States. Different configurations such as direct contact MD (DCMD) and air gap MD (AGMD) were compared in terms of flux and fouling propensity. The foulants on the surface of the membranes were examined. The results suggest that MD can treat the shale gas produced water containing more than 200,000 mg/L of total dissolved solids, which is impossible by other technologies such as reverse osmosis (RO) and forward osmosis (FO). In this study, we investigated the possibility of processing and characterization of shale gas produce wastewater using membrane distillation. Laboratory scale membrane distillation experimental device was developed. It was compared the flat-sheet direct contact membrane distillation and flat-sheet air gap membrane distillation. AGMD flux in lower than the flux of DCMD, it was expected that the contamination caused by organic matters.

새롭게 제조된 납석기반 세라믹 멤브레인의 기본성능을 관찰하였다. 실규모 하수처리 membrane bioreactor (MBR) 미생물 고농도 현탁액을(MLSS : 약 6 g/L) 처리하는 납석기반 멤브레인 파울링 현상을 서로 다른 공기 폭기량과 막 간격에 대해 관찰하였다. 공극크기가 약 1.0 μm인 비코팅 납석기반 세라믹 멤브레인 지지체의 순수투과도의 경우 약 1100 L/m2⋅hr⋅bar로 측정되었으나 알루미나로 코팅된 납석기반 세라믹 멤브레인은 공극크기의 감소로(0.3 μm) 순수 투과도는 두 배가량 감소하였다. 실규모 MBR 미생물 현탁액을 적용한 침지식 여과실험에서 납석 기반 세라믹 멤브레인 지지체의 경 우 투과플럭스 20 LMH에서 공기폭기량을 증가시켰을 때 파울링은 감소하였다. 그러나 공기폭기가 파울링에 미치는 영향은 막간 간격에 상당히 의존하였다. 일정한 공기폭기 유량에서 막간간격의 증가는 파울링을 감소시켰으나 막간 간격을 3.5에서 5.4 cm로 증가시켰을 때 파울링 속도는 오히려 증가하였다. 알루미나 용액으로 표면코팅된 납석기반 지지체의 경우 유사한 결과가 관찰되었으나 파울링 속도는 코팅층이 없는 지지체에 비해 상대적으로 낮았다. 표면코팅에 상관없이 납석기반 지지체 와 멤브레인의 경우 거의 완벽한 SS 제거효율을 나타내었다. 또한 납석 지지체 알루미나 표면코팅은 PEG (분자량 8,000 kDa)을 적용하였을 시 멤브레인의 유기물 배제율을 향상시켰다.

This study was conducted to suggest the cause analysis and mitigation measures of foaming generated in the effluent of wastewater treatment plant. The foam generated in the outlet connected with the tidal river system was identified as structural problems. And the main cause of foaming was air entrainment by an impinging jet and the internal accumulation by the diffusion barrier. In consideration of these conditions, it present the effective ways such as micro-screen and submerged outlet, to mitigate the foaming generated in the water channel and outlet end.

The metal plating industry produces a large amount of wastewater generally containing heavy metals with various chemical compounds; as such, treating the wastewater is both an environmental and an economic challenge. A vacuum evaporation system has been developed to effectively reduce the volume of plating wastewater. However, the gas stream discharged from the distillation unit of the evaporator is often contaminated with high concentrations of odorous compounds such as ammonia and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS). In this study, a non-thermal plasma process operated in wet conditions was applied to remove the odorous compounds, and it showed high removal efficiencies of greater than 99% for ammonia and 95% for DMDS. However, the gas flowrate more substantially affected the efficiency of ammonia removal than the efficiency of DMDS removal, because the higher the gas flowrate, the shorter the contact time between the odorous compound and the mist particles in the wet plasma reactor. The analyses of the maximum removal capacity indicated that the wet non-thermal plasma system was effective for treating the odorous compounds at a loading rate of less than 20 mg/m3/min even though the lowest amount of electrical power was applied. Therefore, the wet-type non-thermal plasma system is expected alleviate to effectively abate the odor problem of the vacuum evaporator used in the treatment of plating wastewater.

This study was performed to evaluate the alternative improvement plans for removal efficiency of plating wastewater treatment processes with high concentrations of heavy metals and total nitrogen in the influent. The average removal efficiency rates of the existing wastewater treatment plant were 58% of CODcr, 74% of CODmn, 78% of TN, 99% of TP, respectively. However, the concentration of SS (about 250 mg/L) was over the emission standard (120 mg/L). TN and Cu2+ concentrations were over the emission standard; about 62 mg/L and 5.2 mg/L, respectively. Carbon source quantity, fed into the anoxic tank of the biological wastewater treatment process, was controled by calculating the optimum required COD amount for denitrification. The removal efficiency rates of Zn2+, Cu2+, and Ni2+ were achieved using an electrolysis reactor 89%, 89%, and 99%, respectively. Therefore, it was recommended to modify the existing wastewater treatment process including the chemical precipitation to the electrolysis reactor as an efficient and environmentally effective alternative.

Developing two process models to simulate wastewater treatment process is needed to draw a comparison between measured BOD data and estimated process model data: a mathematical model based on the process mass-balance and an ANN (artificial neural network) model. Those two types of simulator can fit well in terms of effluent BOD data, which models are formulated based on the distinctive five parameters: influent flow rate, effluent flow rate, influent BOD concentration, biomass concentration, and returned sludge percentage. The structuralized mass-balance model and ANN modeI with seasonal periods can estimate data set more precisely, and changing optimization algorithm for the penalty could be a useful option to tune up the process behavior estimations. An complex model such as ANN model coupled with mass-balance equation will be required to simulate process dynamics more accurately.

This study developed an up-flow wetland providing either an eco-friendly follow-up process of medium-sized public treatment facility for livestock manure or a non-point source pollution controller near livestock farms. The four bench-scale up-flow wetlands were operated with four different bed media sets. The removal efficiencies of the wetland effluent for CODCr, TN, TP, SS were 35.2 %, 29.5 %, 31.2 % and 52.2 % for set 1(Blank, without reed, with bio-ceramic), 40.6 %, 43.4 %, 42.2 % and 55.4 % for set 2(with bio-reed&without bio-ceramic), 45.2 %, 48.7 %, 46.6 % and 66.3 % for set 3(with bio-reed&bio-ceramic), 32.9 %, 27.3 %, 29.3 % and 54.1 % for Set 4(with reed&bio ceramic), respectively. The set 3 condition having a mixture of bio-reed and bio-ceramic showed the highest efficiency in the bench-scale evaluation. This study suggests a mixture of bio-reed and bio-ceramic as suitable bed media in the construction of artificial wetlands near livestock farms. Soils including the bed media were monitored during the evaluation for trace elements. Soil analysis results were satisfied with the Korean Soil Contamination Standard. This study showed that the up-flow constructed wetland was feasible to treat the effluent livestock wastewater treatment facility.

저농도 합성폐수를 처리하는 membrane bioreactor (MBR) 시스템에서 공기폭기와 PET (polyethertaraphtalate) 입상메디아 혼합사용이 멤브레인 파울링과 처리효율에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 일정한 공기폭기유량과 투과플럭스로 실험한 결과, PET 메디아를 첨가 시 메디아를 첨가하지 않은 경우보다 낮은 파울링 속도가 관찰되었다. MBR 반응기에서 입상 메디아에 의한 파울링 감소효과는 중공사막 모듈에 비해 평막 모듈이 더욱 효과적이었다. 공기폭기와 함께 멤브레인 표면을 따라 움직이는 입상 메디아의 접근성과 접촉성이 중공사막보다 효과적이었던 것으로 사료된다. MBR 적용에 있어 PET 메디아의 적용은 메디아를 적용하지 않았을 때와 비교 시 MBR 처리효율에 큰 영향을 주지 않았다.

최근 셰일가스전 산업이 발전함에 따라 시추 용수 공급 및 폐수처리가 셰일가스전 개발의 중요한 과제로 부각되고 있다. 셰일가스전 폐수는 총용존고형물의 농도가 10에서 200g/L로 높아 기존의 폐수처리 공정으로 처리하기에는 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 정삼투막을 이용하여 셰일가스전 폐수를 농축하는 공정을 다루고 있다. 260g/L의 NaCl을 유도용액으로 사용하고, 폐수 및 유도용액의 농도 변화에 따른 정삼투막의 플럭스를 측정하였다. 정삼투막 내,외부 농도 분극 현상을 감안한 모델식은 실측된 정삼투 플럭스와 유사함을 확인하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 정삼투 모듈의 성능을 예측하였다. 정삼투 공정은 유도용액을 희석시켜 시추 용수로 재이용하며, 발생폐수의 부피를 줄여 폐수 운반비용을 줄이는 효과를 얻을 수 있다.

The economic effects of sewage and wastewater treatment service (SWTS) sector on other sectors have been rarely investigated in the literature. This paper attempts to apply an inter-industry analysis to looking into the economic effects of the SWTS sector. To this end, the most recently published 2012 input-output table is used here. In particular, the SWTS sector is specified as exogeneous to identify the economic effects of the SWTS sector on other sectors. Production-inducing effect, value-added creation effect, and employment-inducing effect are quantified based on demand-driven model. Supply shortage effect and price pervasive effect are also analyzed employing supply-driven model and Leontief price model, respectively. The results show that production-inducing effect and value-added creation effect of a unit of investment or production in SWTS sector are estimated to be 1.7076 and 0.7392, respectively. The employment-inducing effect of one billion of investment or production in the SWTS sector is computed to be 11.0498 persons. The shortage effect of the SWTS sector amounts to 0.8417 won. The overall price effect of the 10% increase in the price of SWTS sector is calculated to be 0.0115%. This quantitative information can be utilized in predicting the economic effects of the SWTS sector-related activities or policy-making.

This study were performed to control color and satisfy discharge permission standard of effluents operating a small dyeing factory based on a fiber. The color removal efficiency was very high when the injection site of Sodium Hypochlorite(NaOCl) was more discharge site of second sedimentation tank than of first sedimentation tank. Although NaOCl usages was reduced from 1.0 ㎥/day to 0.8 ㎥/day, the removal efficiency of BOD, COD and SS were similar. At the time, the optimal Hydraulic Retention Time(HRT) was calculated to twenty five minute after NaOCl injection until effluent discharged finally. After controlling NaOCl usages and HRT, the effluent quality of BOD, COD, SS, Color and Chloroform were 8.6 mg/L, 24.7 mg/L, 43.3 mg/L, 191.2 degree and 0.346 mg/L, respectively, so that was satisfied to discharge permission standard.

This paper presents PKES(PuKyung -Excel based Simulator) for WWTPs(wastewater treatment plants) by using MS Excel and VBA(Visual Basic for Application). PKES is a user-friendly simulator for the design and optimization of the whole plant including biological and physico-chemical processes for the wastewater and sludge treatment. PKES calculates the performance under steady or dynamic state and allows changing the mathematical model by the user. Mathematical model implemented in PKES is a improved integration model based on ASM2d and ADM1 for simulation of AS(activated sludge) and AD(anaerobic digestion). Gaseous components of N2, N2O, CO2 and CH4 are added for estimation of GHGs(greenhouse gases) emission.The simulation results for comparison between PKES and Aquasim(EAWAG) showed about the same effluent concentrations. As a result of verification using by measured data of BOD, TSS, TN and TP for 2 years of operation, calculated effluent concentrations were similar to measured effluent concentrations. The values of average RMSE(root mean square error) were 1.9, 0.8, 1.6 and 0.2 mg/L for BOD, TSS, TN and TP, respectively. Total GHGs emission of WWTP calculated by PKES was 138.5 ton-CO2/day and GHGs emissions of N2O, CO2 and CH4 were calculated at 21.7, 28.9 and 87.9 ton-CO2/day, respectively. GHGs emission of activated sludge was 32.5 % and that of anaerobic digestion was 67.5 %.