Wastewater management is increasingly emphasizing economic and environmental sustainability. Traditional methods in sewage treatment plants have significant implications for the environment and the economy due to power and chemical consumption, and sludge generation. To address these challenges, a study was conducted to develop the Intermittent Cycle Extended Aeration System (ICEAS). This approach was implemented as the primary technique in a full-scale wastewater treatment facility, utilizing key operational factors within the standard Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) process. The optimal operational approach, identified in this study, was put into practice at the research facility from January 2020 to December 2022. By implementing management strategies within the biological reactor, it was shown that maintaining and reducing chemical quantities, sludge generation, power consumption, and related costs could yield economic benefits. Moreover, adapting operations to influent characteristics and seasonal conditions allowed for efficient blower operation, reducing unnecessary electricity consumption and ensuring proper dissolved oxygen levels. Despite annual increases in influent flow rate and concentration, this study demonstrated the ability to maintain and reduce sludge production, electricity consumption, and chemical usage. Additionally, systematic responses to emergencies and abnormal situations significantly contributed to economic, technical, and environmental benefits.

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) provides the benefits on high effluent quality and construction cost without the secondary clarification. Despite of these advantages, fouling, which clogs the pore in membrane modules, affects the membrane life span and effluent quality. Studies on the laboratory scale MBR were focused on the control of particulate fouling, organic fouling and inorganic fouling. However, less studies were focused on the control of biofouling and microbial aspect of membrane. In the full scale operation, most MBR produces high effluent quality to meet the national permit of discharge regulation. In this study, the performance and microbial community analysis were investigated in two MBRs. As the results, the performance of organic removal, nitrogen removal, and phosphorus removal was similar both MBRs. Microbial community analysis, however, showed that Azonexus sp. and Propionivibrio sp. contributed to indirect fouling to cause the chemical cleaning in the DX MBR.

Complaints about foul odors are emerging as an issue, and the number of complaints is steadily increasing every year. Biofiltration is known to remove harmful or odorous substances from the atmosphere by using microorganisms, and full-scale biofilters are being installed and operated in various environmental and industrial facilities. In this study, the current status and actual odor removal efficiency of full-scale biofilters installed in publicly owned treatment facilities such as sewage, manure, and livestock manure treatment plants were investigated. In addition, the effects of design and operating factors on their efficiency were also examined. As a result, it was found that odor prevention facilities with less than 30% odor removal efficiency based on complex odors accounted for 40%-50% of the biofilters investigated. In investigating the appropriate level of operating factors on odor removal efficiency, it was found that compliance with the recommended values p lays a significant role in improving odor removal efficiency. In the canonical correlation analysis for the on-site biofilter operation and design data, residence time and humidity were found to be the most critical factors. The on-site biofilter operation and design data were analyzed through canonical correlation analysis, and the residence time and humidity maintenance were found to be the most important factors in the design and operations of the biofilter. Based on these results, it is necessary to improve the odor removal efficiency of on-site biofilters by reviewing the effectiveness of the operation factors, improving devices, and adjusting operating methods.

필로티 공간을 주차장으로 활용할 경우 차량 화재에 대한 위험성이 발생한다. 한 대의 차량에서 화재가 발생하게 되 면 차량 간의 거리가 밀접하므로 주차되어있는 여러 대의 차량에 화재가 빠르게 전이되며 차량의 높은 열방출율과 온도로 인해 폭발 위험성이 있다. 이러한 화재에 취약한 필로티 구조 특성으로 인해 짧은 시간 동안 주차공간이 화염에 휩싸이게 되며 화재 가 확대되어 주변 건물까지 화재 위험이 발생할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 필로티 주차공간 실화재 실험을 통해 화염의 성장크기 와 전파속도에 따라 필로티 기둥의 미치는 영향을 분석하였으며, 화재에 노출된 CN준불연 및 CFRP 보강 필로티 기둥의 내화 및 연소성능을 평가하고자 한다.

In this study, the removal performance of high-concentration H2S and complex odors was evaluated for bio-filters installed in sewage treatment plants and manure treatment plants. The amount of odor generation according to temperature was found to be higher in summer than in spring. It was found that the longer the empty bed retention time of the bio-filter, the higher the odor removal efficiency. Therefore, in order to effectively remove odors, it is necessary to maintain a sufficiently long residence time when designing a bio-filter. In addition, a case in which a bio-filter and a wet pre-treatment system were combined to remove high-concentration odors was studied. The result showed that the wet pre-treatment was effective in removing high-concentration odors. In particular, most of the hydrogen sulfide could be adequately removed by wet pre-treatment.

분리막을 이용한 생물학적 처리 공정(MBR)은 과다한 에너지 사용, 제품의 높은 단가 등이 단점으로 지목되었으나, 제품 및 시스템 개선이 이루어지고 있는 추세이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 MBR 공정의 운영시 발생되는 대부분의 막 오염은 슬러지 특성에 따른 유기물 오염이라고 할 수 있다. 일반적으로 슬러지 여과능과 TMP 증가 기울기는 연관성이 높은 것으로 알려져 있으며 MBR 공정에서 분리막의 막오염 제어를 위해 슬러지 여과능은 중요한 관리 지표가 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 슬러지 여과능에 대해 colloid 물질, 특히 EPS 와 SMP 유분이 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다.

In the current research, a seismic ceiling system as one of non-structural elements in buildings has been developed by applying newly designed vertical hanger clips combined with M-bar channel clips. In order to evaluate the seismic performance of the developed system, full-scale shaking table tests of one story frame structure with the conventional ceiling system or the developed seismic ceiling system were performed with time-history responses under earthquake loads. The developed system was also evaluated by the time-history dynamic analysis. From seismic test and analysis, it was shown that the developed seismic ceiling system could give improved seismic performances to minimize displacements and damages of ceiling systems as well as enhance seismic safety of the ceiling system.

This study investigated microbial communities and their diversity in a full-scale mesophilic anaerobic digester treating sewage sludge. Influent sewage sludge and anaerobic digester samples collected from a wastewater treatment plant in Busan were analyzed using high-throughput sequencing. It was found that the microbial community structure and diversity in the anaerobic digester could be affected by inoculation effect with influent sewage sludge. Nevertheless, distinct microbial communities were identified as the dominant microbial communities in the anaerobic digester. Twelve genera were identified as abundant bacterial communities, which included several groups of syntrophic bacteria communities, such as Candidatus Cloacimonas, Cloacimonadaceae W5, Smithella, which are (potential) syntrophic-propionate-oxidizing bacteria and Mesotoga and Thermovigra, which are (potential) syntrophic-acetate-oxidizing bacteria. Lentimicrobium, the most abundant genus in the anaerobic digester, may contribute to the decomposition of carbohydrates and the production of volatile fatty acids during the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. Of the methanogens identified, Methanollinea, Candidatus Methanofastidiosum, Methanospirillum, and Methanoculleus were the dominant hydrogenotrophic methanogens, and Methanosaeta was the dominant aceticlastic methanogens. The findings may be used as a reference for developing microbial indicators to evaluate the process stability and process efficiency of the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge.

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.

Anaerobic digestion is one of the most economical ways to treat organic wastes; the production of excessive sludge is limited; aeration is not required; operation cost is low; valuable energy resource (methane) is produced. However, propionate, an intermediate substance during the process, is known to inhibit biochemical process at high concentration; but it is difficult to be degraded biologically as its oxidation is thermodynamically unfavorable (△G>0). However, there are several microorganisms which could oxidize propionate fully by their syntrophic association. Therefore, in this research, the propionate enrichment culture was produced in large amount (~1L), and the main players which are responsible for utilizing propionate are identified. Furthermore, the kinetic parameter was obtained from this research. Seed came from two different full-scale anaerobic digesters which is located in Joongrang (JR) and Sincheon (SC). 16s rRNA gnee based metagenomics results indicated that Smithella propionica and Methanobacterium beijingense were the most dominant species in all seeds. The fact that bacterial family Syntrophomonadaceae and archaeal genus Methanosaeta were also found significantly in all seeds means that there might be symbiotic relationship among propionate oxidizing bacteria, butyrate oxidizing bacteria, hydrogenotrophic methanogens and acetotrophic methanogens in complete oxidation of propionate. Based on the first order kinetic which indicated propionate degrading rate, k (1/day) on JR and SC was represented 0.0243 and 0.0223, respectively. Also, based on Modified-Gompertz model, umax on JR and SC was represented as 0.024 and 0.016, respectively.

최근 수십년간의 산업화로 인해 인간중심의 하천 개발이 이루어진 결과, 하천의 직강화 및 복개화 등 오수 및 하수의 배출구로만 활 용되어 집중호우 등의 수해가 반복되어 발생하고 있어 이에 대해 하천 및 제방의 사면을 각종 공법을 통하여 손상을 방지하고 있으나, 관련 기 준에서는 비탈높이, 최소비탈경사 등 최소한의 기준만 제시하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 홍수해 방지를 위한 가장 중요한 특성인 소류력에 대한 검토는 전무한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실규모의 인공실험하천에서 다공성콘크리트 호안블록을 설치하고, 유입유량을 조절하여 각 실험조건에 따른 유속 및 수심을 측정하여 소류력을 평가하였다. 다공성콘크리트블록의 압축강도 및 공극률 시험결과 압축강도는 16.6~23.2 MPa의 범위로 측정되었고, 실측공극률은 10.1%로 나타나 국내 기준을 만족하는 것으로 판단되며, 소류력 시험결과 한계소류력은 47.202 N/m2으로, 하천설계실무요령에서 제시된 급류부의 소류력 범위인 67 N/m2은 만족하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 블록 및 기반층의 유 실이나 손상이 전혀 관찰되지 않았고, 기존 선행연구를 참고하여 볼때 그 이상의 소류력에도 저항력을 가질 수 있을 것을 추정하여 볼 수 있다. 따라서 추후 실험조건 등을 조정하여 실질적인 한계소류력 측정을 위한 실험을 다시 수행할 필요가 있다고 판단된다.

제방을 유수에 의한 침식으로부터 보호하기 위해 설치되는 호안의 덮기 재료는 호안블록과 같은 콘크리트가 주를 이루고 있어 하천의 오염과 경관 훼손의 원인으로 지적되고 있다. 이에 따라 최근 이런 콘크리트 재료의 단점을 보완한 다양한 재료들이 호안 덮기 재료로 대두되고 있다. 그 중에서 코코넛섬유 및 황마, 생분해성 합성섬유 등의 친환경 재료를 주로 사용하는 식생매트공법은 식생의 자연적인 활착을 통해 지반의 안정성을 확보하여 제방을 보호하는 공법으로 강한 수류가 발생하는 지점이나 수충부 등의 하천구간에서 사용하기 어려운 단점을 가지고 있지만 그 이외의 구간에서는 친환경적으로 제방을 보호할 수 있기 때문에 최근 각광받고 있는 공법이다. 식생매트공법은 식생이 활착하기 이전까지는 호안블록에 비해 매우 낮은 제방보호기능을 가지기 때문에 무식생 상태에서 식생매트의 제방보호기능의 판단 기준이 되는 식생매트 수리 안정성의 평가는 매우 중요하다. 그러나 아직까지 국내에서는 식생매트의 기본적인 물성치 외에 치수 안정성과 직접적인 관련이 있는 식생매트의 허용유속 등에 대한 수리 안정성 평가는 미흡한 실정이다.이에 본 연구에서는 현재 실재 하천에 사용되는 식생매트 1종을 선별하여 소하천을 재현한 실규모 실험수로에 설치하고, 국내에는 아직 식생매트의 평가기준이 없으므로 미국의 재료시험학회의 시험기준 ‘ASTM D 6040’을 참고하여 실험을 수행한 뒤 수리량에 따른 식생매트의 상태와 하부 기반층의 유실량 등을 측정하여 식생매트의 수리 안정성을 평가하였다.

건축물에서의 성능기반 화재안전 설계를 위해서는 우선적으로 구획 내에서의 화재성장 및 크기를 예측하고 이 결과를 통하여 연기제어 및 피난 활동 등을 평가할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실규모의 구획 화재실험을 통해 구획 공간에서의 화재성장 및 크기를 예측하고자 하였다.