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.

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.

오염물질 확산모델링시 기존의 유한차분모델의 단점을 보완하기 위해 입자추적법이 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Princeton Ocean Model에 결합하여 사용할 수 있는 3차원 입자추적모델을 개발하였으며 이를 다양한 수치실험을 통해 검증하였다. 또한 미국 플로리다 주 템파만의 해양방류구 모델링에 적용하므로써 모델의 유용성을 확인하였다. 예상대로 입자추적모델은 기존의 유한차분모델에 비해 적은 확산범위를 나타내었으며, 이는 기존의 유한차분모델이 안고 있는 수치확산에 따른 오차로 추정된다. 새로이 개발된 모델은 다양한 해양확산모델링에 유용하게 응용될 것으로 기대된다.