This study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of nutrient recovery and reuse from centrate, which was produced by the centrifugal dewatering of anaerobic digested sludge. A continuous stirred reactor was operated for 3 months to recover phosphorous and nitrogen as magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) crystals from the centrate. More than 95% of phosphate could be recovered from the centrate into the crystalline materials. The contents of TP and TN in the crystalline materials were 28.1% and 5.17%, respectively. Some heavy metals were identified, but remained under Korean standards for organic fertilizer. On the other hand, X ray diffraction analysis clearly showed that the crystalline materials was MAP crystals. However, chemical analyses suggested that some undesirable crystals like magnesium potassium phosphate or hydroxyapatite might be formed during the MAP crystallization. Nevertheless, both results strongly confirmed that the MAP crystals could be a useful and valuable nutrient fertilizer, which slowly and continuously releases essential nutrients in response to the demand from farming and planting.

Phosphorus (P) is an essential and major nutrient for both plants and animals. However, anthropogenic P in the environment may cause severe problems such as the deterioration of water quality. Therefore, it is essential for the Korean government to manage P in the agricultural sector. The annual P budget for Korea was 46 kg P ha-1 in 2013, placing Korea in second among Organication for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. P surplus and deficiency in agricultural lands can be estimated according to the P budget, which is one of the OECD agri-environment indicators. In the P budget, it is important to ensure consistency in the input-output data sources, in order to apply national and regional policies for the environmentally sound management of agricultural P. This study examines the impacts on the input-output data sources in the regional P budget in Korea. P budgets were between 99-145 kg-P/ha, depending on different data sources. We suggest two recommended data combinations (DC 1 and DC 2) for reliability of the data. P budgets calculated using DC 1 and DC 2 were 128 kg-P/ha and 97 kg-P/ha, respectively. According to the results, one of the core factors affecting P budgets was crop production. In this study, DC 2 was recommended rather than DC 1 in order to consider the cultivated areas for various crops. It is also necessary to analyze the sensitivity of the coefficients used in P budget in the future.

국제연합식량농업기구(FAO)는 2050년, 전 세계 인구 수가 약 90억에 이를 것으로 예측하였다. 이와 같은 인구 증가는 여러 식량 및 환경 문제들을 야기할 수 있다. 또한 식량 및 에너지원 생산과정에서 자연계에 과잉으로 배출되는 질소, 인은 토양 산성화 및 부영양화 등의 환경문제를 유발할 수 있다. 이에 대한 해결책으로 FAO에서는 ‘곤충’을 자원(식･약품, 사료, 비료 등)으로 활용하는 것을 제시하였다. 현재 국내 연구는 곤충의 이용가능성 여부 및 활용기술개발 위주의 연구에 치중되어있어 곤충활용에 따른 환경성 연구는 전무한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내에서 식용곤충으로 인정받은 곤충 6종 중 갈색거저리와 벼메뚜기를 선정하여 곤충의 활용방안에 따른 환경성 평가를 진행하였다. 갈색거저리는 최근 식량자원으로써 각광받고 있는 종이며 번데기까지 사용할 수 있는 완전변태 곤충이다. 벼메뚜기는 예로부터 식품으로 이용된 친숙한 종이며 대표적인 불완전변태 곤충이다. 본 연구의 목적은 곤충 분류(번데기의 유무)에 따른 활용방안의 환경성을 비교･평가하고 이를 기존 단백질원과 비교하는 것이다. 갈색거저리와 벼메뚜기의 환경성 평가는 질소, 인 흐름분석 및 전과정평가를 사용하였다. 이는 인간이 곤충을 단백질원으로 섭취하였을 경우와 곤충 사료로 키운 가축을 섭취하였을 경우로 나누어 분석하였다. 이를 토대로 물질흐름의 각 단계를 비료, 작물, 곤충, 가축, 사람으로 나누어 유입, 유출되는 질소와 인의 양을 산정하고 이에 따른 질소, 인 이용효율을 산정하였다. 또한 갈색거저리와 벼메뚜기 사육 시 발생하는 온실가스 량을 기존의 단백질원 생산과 비교 하였다.연구 결과 갈색거저리가 기존 단백질원인 한우와 벼메뚜기보다 질소, 인이용효율이 높았으며 온실가스 발생량이 적었다. 또한 갈색거저리는 번데기까지 사료로써 이용이 가능하기 때문에 활용범위가 넓을 것이라 생각한다.

국내 하폐수 고도처리 공법 중, A2O 계열이 가장 많은 양의 하폐수를 고도처리하고 있으나, A2O 계열의 공법은 강화된 방류수 수질기준에 비하면 여전히 인 제거효율이 낮다고 할 수 있다. 강화된 수질기준을 만족시키기 위해 응집처리와 같은 물리화학적 처리를 추가적으로 실시하는 실정이며, 그 중에서도 인 제거를 위해 주입되는 응집제는 전체 약품 사용량의 35.8%를 차지하고 있으며, 연간 약 180억원이 사용되고 있어(환경부, 2015), 경제적이고 높은 인 제거효율을 갖는 새로운 기술이 절실히 필요한 실정이다. 미세조류는 하천이나 해수에서 부유하며 성장하는 미생물의 일종이며, 광합성 색소를 가지고 있기 때문에 생태계에서 1차 생산자의 역할을 한다. 미세조류는 물속의 질소와 인을 섭취하면서 성장하기 때문에 녹조나 적조 등의 문제를 일으키기도 하지만, 하폐수 고도처리에 미세조류를 적용할 경우 높은 효율로 영양염류를 제거할 수 있고, 광합성 과정에서 발생하는 산소로 인하여 기존 하폐수 고도처리 공정에서의 폭기 비용을 절감할 수 있다. 또한, 고도처리 후 잉여 미세조류를 수확하여 바이오 에너지로의 활용이 가능하기 때문에 차세대 에너지원으로 각광받고 있다. 미세조류의 성장을 이용한 하폐수 처리는 반세기가 넘도록 연구되어 왔다(Woertz et al., 2009). 그러나 자연계에서 인이 부영양화에 제한인자로 알려져 있음에도 불구하고, 미세조류를 적용한 수처리 연구는 대부분 질소제거에만 집중되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 유기물의 존재 하에 mixotrophic 대사가 가능한 미세조류 Chlorella vulgaris를 이용하여, 인에 대한 제거능을 평가하고자 하였으며, 더 나아가 미세조류의 배양에 있어서 매우 중요한 인자 중 하나인 광도에 따른 미세조류의 인 제거능을 평가하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, autotrophic 조건에서는 광 저해점 이하의 광도 범위에서, 광도가 증가할수록 단위 MLSS 당 인 제거속도는 증가하였으나, 유기물을 주입해 준 mixotrophic 조건에서는 광도가 증가하여도 단위 MLSS 당 인 제거속도에는 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다.

국내 하수처리장에서는 방류수에 총인 규제의 강화에 대응하기 위해 응집제와 여과 혹은 가압 부상 등의 방법을 이용하여 인을 물리·화학적으로 처리고 있으며, 사용되는 응집제는 주로 황산반토, PAC(poly aluminum chloride)등을 이용되고 있다. 그리고 처리 과정에서 발생되는 슬러지(이하에서는 총인 슬러지라고 함)는 별도로 탈수하거나 처리장의 여건에 따라 소화 슬러지와 통합하여 탈수하여 처분되고 있는 실정이다. 총인 슬러지에는 다량의 알루미늄과 인이 함께 함유되어 있으며, D시 하수처리장에 발생되는 총인 슬러지를 대상으로 하여 분석한 결과, 알루미늄이 150~220g/kg, 총인이 16~23g/kg정도 함유되어 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 함유량은 다량의 응집제를 사용하는 정수 공정에서 발생되는 슬러지의 알루미늄 함유량(110~140g/kg)에 비해서도 높은 값임을 알 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 D시의 하수처리장 중에서 총인 슬러지를 별도로 탈수 처리하고 있는 처리장의 슬러지를 대상으로 비료의 원료로 사용할 수 있는 인과 응집제로 재사용을 위한 알루미늄의 회수를 위한 기초적 조건을 검토하고 회수한 응집제의 인의 회수능과 분리 회수한 인의 순도에 대한 검토를 실시하였다. 회수한 응집제의 경우는 황산반토와 유사한 인의 제거능을 보였으나, Hydroxylapatite의 형태로 회수한 인의 경우는 알루미늄과의 완전한 분리가 이루어지지 않아 중량 단위로 인에 비해 3배 이상의 알루미늄이 되어 있는 것으로 나타났지만, 총인 슬러지에 있어서 인의 함유량이 알루미늄의 약 10배 정도임을 감안한다면, 약 70%의 알루미늄을 제거한 알루미늄과 결합되어 있을 가능성이 높은 Hydroxylapatite를 얻을 수 있었다.

세계 인구가 증가하면서 식량문제가 발생하며 이러한 식량을 생산하는 과정에서 발생하는 온실가스는 기후변화문제를 유발하고 있다. 질소는 단백질의 주요 요소로 동물이나 식물에게 필수적인 성분이나 과잉 공급되어 주변 수계로 배출되어 부영양화문제가 발생하고 있다. 인은 계속 수요가 증가하는데 한정적인 인광석양으로 인해 자원고갈문제가 발생하고 있다. 따라서 질소와 인의 손실을 예방하고 효율적으로 이용하기 위한 흐름파악이 필요하다. 그리고 물질을 효과적으로 순환시키는 것이 필요하다. 이러한 문제를 해결할 대책으로 국제연합식량 농업기구(FAO)는 곤충을 적극 권장하고 있다. 누에는 다른 곤충들과 달리 오래전부터 우리나라에서 많이 길러왔으며 최근 양잠산업을 웰빙･친환경･기능성 산업으로 육성하기 위한 제2차 양잠산업 육성 5개년 계획이 확정되어 양잠산업의 규모는 점점 커질 것으로 보인다. 누에는 식품으로 이용할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 잠용박을 이용하여 사료를 만들 수도 있다. 또한 잠분은 유기질 비료로 사용할 수 있다. 최근 원유가 상승 및 원유 자원의 고갈문제가 대두되고 자연 상태에서 분해되지 않는 물질을 소각하거나 매립하면서 발생하는 환경문제가 증가하면서 원유로부터 추출한 물질로 합성하여 만든 플라스틱을 대체할 수 있는 누에의 산물인 실크 피브로인을 이용한 생분해성소재(biomaterial)개발이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 누에의 활용에 따른 질소, 인 흐름을 분석하여 질소, 인 이용 효율을 평가하고 온실가스 배출량을 평가하였다. 질소, 인 흐름 분석 시 사용하는 문헌자료 및 통계수치는 국내 자료와 외국자료를 비교하여 사용하였다. 통계자료는 최근 자료를 기준으로 사용한다. 누에를 식품화 하는 경우는 누에5령3일을 이용하여 누에가루를 만들었을 경우와 번데기를 식품으로 섭취하는 경우 모두 고려한다. 단백질 중 질소 함량은 16%로 계산하였다. 질소, 인의 흐름 분석 시 자연적, 인위적 질소, 인 모두 고려한다. 효율은 유출량을 유입량으로 나누어 구한다. 온실가스 배출량은 전과정평가를 통해 산정한다.

국제연합식량농업기구(FAO)는 2050년, 전 세계 인구 수가 약 90억에 이를 것으로 예측하였다. 이와 같은 인구 증가는 식량 부족, 물 부족, 기후변화, 자원고갈 등 여러 문제들을 야기할 수 있다. 또한 식량 및 에너지원 생산과정에서 자연계에 과잉으로 배출되는 질소, 인은 토양 산성화 및 부영양화 등의 환경문제를 유발할 수 있다. 이에 대한 해결책으로 FAO에서는 ‘곤충’을 자원으로 활용하는 것을 제시하였다. 이는 곤충을 식･약품, 사료, 비료 등으로 활용하는 것으로 식량 부족문제 및 환경문제 해결을 꾀하는 것이다. 현재 국내 연구는 곤충의 이용가능성 여부 및 활용기술개발 위주의 연구에 치중되어있어 곤충활용에 따른 환경성 연구는 전무한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내에서 식용곤충으로 인정받은 곤충 6종 중 하나인 벼메뚜기를 선정하여 벼메뚜기의 활용방안에 따른 환경성 평가를 진행하였다. 벼메뚜기는 예로부터 식품으로 이용된 친숙한 종이다. 벼메뚜기의 성분함량을 기존의 식품 및 사료와 비교하였을 때 유사하거나 높기 때문에 단백질원 및 사료로써의 이용가능성은 충분하다. 벼메뚜기의 환경성 평가는 활용방안에 따른 질소, 인 흐름분석 및 온실가스 배출량을 산정하여 진행하였다. 이는 인간이 벼메뚜기를 단백질원으로 섭취하였을 경우와 벼메뚜기 사료로 키운 가축을 섭취하였을 경우로 나누어 분석하였다. 이를 토대로 물질흐름의 각 단계를 비료, 작물, 벼메뚜기, 가축, 사람으로 나누어 유입, 유출되는 질소와 인의 양을 산정하고 이에 따른 질소, 인 이용효율을 산정하였다. 질소와 인의 산정은 환경오염사전예방 측면에서 SCOPE 3(기타 간접 배출)에 속하는 온실가스 배출원을 포함하여 간접손실 항목에 추가하였다. 이는 기존 이용효율성 평가의 시스템 경계를 확장한 것이다. 또한 벼메뚜기 사육 시 발생하는 온실가스 량을 기존의 단백질원 생산과 비교하였다.

This study evaluated the feasibility of recovering and recycling nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from livestock excreta as struvite (MgNH4PO4·6H2O) in South Korea. Our experimental results showed that struvite precipitation was a very effective way to recover N and P from livestock excreta. Moreover, our study demonstrated that struvite precipitates from livestock excreta (SPL) contain higher concentrations of N, P, and magnesium (Mg) as compared to compost and liquid manure from livestock excreta. In addition, although SPL contain high concentrations of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), they meet the fertilizer criteria for concentrations of heavy metals. In South Korea, SPL cannot currently be used as a fertilizer due to legal constraints. Legal permission for SPL use would offer greater choice in livestock excreta management. In conclusion, recovery and recycling of N and P from livestock excreta as struvite can be an effective tool for managing nutrients in livestock excreta.

Even though phosphorus (P) is essential element for plant growth and development, it is not enough for crop production in soil. To breed more P deficient tolerance rice, screening and selection in rice population is needed. We tried to develop more simple and rough screening method for breeding of P deficient tolerance rice. In P deficient condition, tiller number was dramatically decreased among yield components in rice. Though this result, we confirmed tiller number could be the best marker in screening of P deficient tolerance rice. 480 rice genetic resources were cultivated in rice bed tray filled with P deficient soil for four weeks and each dry weight was measured. Among them, the 55 kinds of genetic resource were selected then cultivated in paddy field with 3 fertilizer conditions. Plant dry weight and tiller number in ripening stage were shown significant difference according to P condition. Plant dry weight and tiller number in ripening stage was highly correlated especially in P deficient condition. Furthermore, the tiller number in ripening stage and plant dry weight in rough screening were shown high degree correlation. Though these results, we might expect measuring of plant dry weight after cultivation in rice bed tray filled with P deficient soil could be a simple and effective screening method in selection of P deficient tolerance rice.

In this study, enhancement of phosphorus and nitrogen recovery efficiency from livestock manure through Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate (MAP) crystallization method has been suggested as an alternative to solve the problems of the existing phosphorus resource recovery method. It can become a useful fertilizer. This study focused on improvement of phosphorus resource recovery by changing energy density of ultrasonic dose for MAP crystallization. Solubilization rate (as phosphate/phosphorus) of phosphorus in livestock manure was measured by ultrasonic treatment. The energy density range of 100-50,000 of ultrasonic dose was determined. Optimal ultrasonic energy density was 1,000 dose as 64.5% of phosphate ratio. However, when the higher than 1,000 dose of ultrasonic energy density did not more improve phosphate solubilization ratio. Consequently, when use ultrasonic treatment at 1,000 dose of energy density, the phosphorus could recover approximately 65% from livestock manure by MAP crystallization. Moreover, this MAP becomes more valuable due to its nature as a slow-release fertilizer.

Method for Protect of the river levee was method for installing concrete revetment block and concrete mat method in Korea. But this method is non-environmental approach because the vegetation can not take at all. To solve these problem, the method has been applied using porous vegetation concretes. Porous vegetation concrete has filler technique to provide water retention and nutrient a into the porous interior in order to facilitate plant growth. But filler used increasing the cost and the construction period. Therefore in order to not use a filler, a high absorption rate and good absorption capacity needed aggregate. Current, Blast furnace slag aggregate has been used in architectural and civil engineering field as an alternative aggregate resources. Blast furnace slag aggregate is high absorption rate and lighter in weight per unit. This study evaluated the absorption capacity of the blast furnace slag aggregate. Phosphorus Sorption experiment was carried out to produce a cylindrical acrylic(diameter 11cm, height 90cm). There filling the aggregate, for supplying the test solution was using as a pump from bottom to top. And The water of having passed through the solution was analyzed. Results, blast furnace slag aggregate showed absorption capacity of 64~77% of PO43-P and T-P. Crushed aggregate show absorption capacity of 6~24% of PO43-P and T-P. Blast furnace slag aggregate showed excellent result of good absorption capacity compared to the crushed aggregate showed excellent result.

Three hundred thousand tons per year of water works sludge are produced in Korea. End disposal of the sludge is mainly based on recycle such as supplementary material for cement kiln, raw material for construction materials and fill material. The dry clarifier sludge organic content is about 30% and the major elements determined are aluminum(about 14%), iron(about 4%), potassium(1.8%), and manganese(0.5%). The recovery of coagulant has high economic advantage and recommended as a suitable treatment option for the disposal of water works sludge. Chemically, coagulant(aluminum) recovery from the water works sludge is a simple process. This process is however, somewhat complicated by pH control in the mixture of dewatered clarifier sludge and sulfuric acid solution. Also, the thickened water works sludge(TWS), which is withdrawn from the bottom of the thickener in water works plant, is difficult to dewater. In addition coagulation is used to remove total phosphorus(T-P) from municipal wastewater in oder to strengthening discharge water quality standard for T-P in municipal wastewater treatment plant(MWTP). Nevertheless it has the drawback of producing a large amount of sludge which together with the coagulants such as alum and polyaluminum chloride used to treat T-P in municipal wastewater increases the operating cost. Reject water originates from the dewatering of digested sludge in the MWTP. It contains heavy metals and large amounts of nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen. Traditionally, reject water is recycled back to the main flow line on of the MWTP. Although this method seems to be simple, it also has its drawbacks. First of which is the increase in the load of the MWTP as the reject water characteristics is very much different from the normal municipal wastewater. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of thickened water works sludge as an adsorbent of phosphorus from the reject water. In this study, batches of experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of dosage of TWS for reject water on its phosphorus adsorption properties. Increasing the TWS dosage to 30%(vol/vol), T-P and COD of reject water decreased to 55% and 20% respectively. Experimental results show that the potential of the TWS as coagulant in phosphorus and organic matter immobilization, thus converting they from rejector water to a useful material in pollutant control.

Extensive land subsidence and submergence occurred in the coal mining areas (Huainan and Huaibei) in Anhui Province, China. As a result, lots of subsided lakes have been formed due to their unique geological features. Four typical lakes were selected to evaluate the internal phosphorus (P) releasing risk based on the specification of P, Fe and Al from the sediments. Sediment P, Fe and Al in the top 5 cm were extracted sequentially, aiming at obtained fractionation for environmental indicators. Experiments of P isothermal adsorption were conducted to characterize P sorption ability. The results suggested that P internal loading potential was related to Al and Fe compounds in sedimentary environments of soil inundation, primarily determined by regional soil properties. Internal P releasing risk was mainly controlled by the properties of calcareous soils in the Huaibei; whereas controlled by Fe and Al in the Huainan. Overall, the obtained results fit well with the model proposed by Kopáček et al.(2005), which predicted low P flux as molar ratio of [NH4Cl-Al + BD-Al + NaOH-Al] : [NH4Cl-Fe + BD-Fe] >3 or [NaOH-Al] : [NH4Cl-P + BD-P] >25 from sediments when anoxia is developed. However, this threshold has site-specific flexibility, with its lower limit approaching 20:1 applicable for the three lakes in Huainan. Higher loads of external input organic matters or enriched Fe oxides bound P tend to change this limit and lead to internal loading risk with environmental anoxia.

This study examined pollution level of sediment in Sookchun lake, and studied dredging validity by examining phosphorous release characteristics on surface polluted soil. Total phosphorous, the principal cause of algal blooms, exceeded dredging assessment standards regarding Daechung lake (1.5 mg/g) at all points. Also at all points, total nitrogen exceeded the dredging assessment standard regarding Paldang Lake (1.1 mg/g), but fell short of the standard regarding Daechung lake (3.0 mg/g). Dredging zone was suggested in this study is Chuso water body (WS-6∼WS-12) in Sookchun lake. In relation to sediment pollution levels measured at different depths, LOI tended to decrease as it became deeper. The concentrations of T-N varied depending upon the depth as well as points, but no regular pattern was observed. The depth and site did not significantly influence T-P. From the results of phosphorous release tests, it was shown that total phosphorous release flux was calculated to be 7.2∼15.4 mg/m2/d for anaerobic condition, 0.5∼2.0 mg/m2/d for aerobic condition and 2.0∼4.1 mg/m2/d for facultative condition. Release flux and T-P concentration of surface sediments had positive correlation (R2 0.7871). And The corelation between release flux and DO condition in reactor had strong negative correlation (R2 0.8824).

New QTLs were identified for high grain yield with long panicle in rice. A total of 137 F15 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between Dasanbyeo (Tongil) and TR22183 (japonica), together with the parents were evaluated for 16 agronomic traits at IRRI in dry and wet seasons under different phosphorus (P) and irrigation conditions. A linkage map was constructed using 236 polymorphic markers in 384-plex Bead Xpress indica-japonica single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) platform. P and water effects were significant in both wet and dry seasons. Both parents and RILs showed varying degree of sensitivities to scarcities in water and phosphorus in terms of panicle length. Collocating with 20 yield-related QTLs, the panicle QTLs on chromosomes 1 (pl01) ,2 (pl02), 9 (pl09), and 11 (pl11) under low P and rainfed conditions were identified. RILs with TR22183 allele at pl11 showed longer panicle length under low P input rainfed condition in dry and wet seasons. The whole-genome sequences of the two varieties are being compared to design the molecular markers for fine-mapping and candidate gene identification. Based on Nipponbare MSU 7.0 annotation, a total of 1464 genes with predicted function were identified within the four QTL regions. Candidate genes identified in other studies for QTLs under low P and water conditions, such as calmodulin and dehydrin genes, were targeted for designing molecular markers for fine-mapping and expression analysis. Pyramiding the panicle length QTLs correlating with yield QTLs will provide an opportunity of improving yield traits.

Incinerated sewage sludge ash (ISSA) is regarded as a valuable resource having great potential for the recycling ofphosphorus. The P content of ISSA is known as around 10% as a P. Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigatethe precipitation and separation characteristics of phosphorus from the acid-extracted solution of ISSA. The incineratedsewage sludge ash was leached by 1N sulfuric acid with solid/liquid ratio of 10 for 30min. The extracted solutioncontained about 1.1% of P and other metals, Al, Fe, Ca and Mg, with over than 1,000mg/L. Some heavy metals suchas Cu, Pb and Cr are presented as impurities as well. Most of Al and Fe in the extracted solution were precipitated withP when titrating it to pH 3.6. The precipitated form were assumed to AlPO4, FePO4·2H2O respectively, and Pb and Crwere precipitated in this stage as well. At this experiment, about 62.9% of the initial P was precipitated and removedfrom the solution. It was also find that all of the P extracted can not be recovered as a precipitate with a simple additionof NaOH, even though titrated to pH 11.6. The precipitated P also contained some impurities such as Al, Fe, and someheavy metals, which means that further researches are needed for the efficient separation and recovery of P from ISSA.

The characteristics of phosphorus removal from the wastewater containing high concentrations of PO43− and NH4+ bystruvite formation in a jet loop crystallizer was investigated. By adding air into the jet loop crystallizer, the initial pH ofthe wastewater (pH=7.2) was gradually increased to 8.0 due to the CO2 stripping. As a result, the amount of causticchemicals added to maintain a desired level of operational pH of 8.5 could be reduced. The molar ratio of Mg:P in thewastewater used was always below 1. Therefore, the magnesium concentration was the limiting factor for struviteformation. To find the effective magnesium source, MgCl2, MgSO4, MgO, MgO+MgCl2, and MgO+MgSO4 were usedas a magnesium source. Among these chemicals, MgO+MgSO4 was the most effective in saving the operational cost.Throughout the experiments, a high percentage (89%) of phosphorus removal was achieved when MgCl2 was used asan Mg source. The removal efficiencies of phosphorus in the jet loop crystallizer with aeration were higher than thosein the crystallizer without aeration.

The pilot plant experiment was performed to investigate phosphorus and nitrogen removal from domestic wastewater by MLE process combined with aluminum corrosion reactor. When operating 0.5Q and 1Q to internal recycle and sludge recycle in the MLE process, the effluent CODMn concentration of internal recycle 0.5Q were higher than internal recycle 1Q, the removal efficiency rates of NH3-N in the internal recycle 0.5Q were was higher than internal recycle 1Q. Denitrification rates were about 86.8% in internal recycle and sludge recycle 0.5Q. When operating 0.5Q to internal recycle and sludge recycle in the MLE process, the removal efficiency rates of total nitrogen was the highest. The removal efficiency rates of total phosphorus was about 91.5% in the aluminum corrosion reactor.

This study was performed to evaluate the removal feasibility of nitrogeneous malodor compounds using AlPO4 zeolite manufactured by total phosphorus sludge (herein after TPS), which was produced from sewage treatment plant. Adsorbents in this study were activated carbon treated by H3PO4 (herein after AC), bead (herein after B-TPS) and pellet type adsorbents (herein after P-TPS) manufactured from total phosphorus sludge which was generated from sewage treatment plant. The breakthrough time of AC for ammonia gas (herein after NH3) removal was approximately 320 min, while those of BTPS and P-TPS were 1,140 min and 820 min, respectively. For trimethylamine (herein after TMA) removal, the breakthrough time of AC was 400 min, B-TPS and P-TPS were 1,180min and 1,100 min, respectively. From the results, it judged that adsorbents produced by TPS could be used to replace AC.

This study was conducted to investigate the changes in nitrogen and soluble reactive phosphorus(SRP) contents from hanwoo manure using probiotics to feed and manure additives during 5 weeks. A total of 45 hanwoo(24 months old) with averaging 580±20 kg in weight were randomly assigned to 3 dietary treatments with 3 replicates per treatment(5 hanwoo per pen, 5 x 8 m). The treatment were supplemented, control, T1(10 kg roughage + 2 kg concentrate(2% probiotics as-fed basis)), and T2(10 kg roughage + 2 kg concentrate(2% probiotics as-fed basis) + 7 kg probiotics on the surface of hanwoo manure (top-dressing)). During the experimental period, there were statistically significant differences(P<0.05) in pH values at 3 and 5 weeks; TN contents at 5 weeks; and SRP contents at 5 weeks in all treatments. Adding probiotics to feed or feed and manure increased manure pH in comparison with controls. As time increased, changes in TN contents decreased in the order: T2 > Control > T1. Especially, the reduction in SRP contents in all treatments at 5 weeks was in following order: T1 > T2 > Control. This result suggests that it is possible to make efficient use of probiotics as feed and manure additives for reducing environmental pollution or to provide fundamental information on livestock managements to producers.