Single-staged anaerobic fluidized ceramic membrane bioreactor (AFCMBR) was operated at 25oC for the treatment of low-strength synthetic wastewater with chemical oxygen demand averaging 260 mg/L. Tubular ceramic membrane consisting of aluminun dioxide (Al2O3) with 0.5 μm pore size was used. Overall COD removal was achieved as 87-95% with effluent COD concentration of 15-30 mg/L at hydraulic retention time (HRT) ranging from 1 to 3 hr depending upon permeate flux. Maintenance cleaning with NaOCl solution improved GAC scouring to reduce biofouling effectively, which allowed TMP less than 0.15 bar at 20 L/m2.hr. Energy required to operate the AFCMBR was reduced to 0.038 Kwh/m3 at 17 L/m2.hr, which was about 17% of the electrical energy converted by methane produced by AFCMBR.

급격한 산업화 및 인구증가로 물부족 문제가 가속화됨에 따라 최근 수처리 공정은 방류수 수질기준을 준수하여 방류하는 단순한 수준을 넘어서 보다 엄격한 수질을 만족시켜야하는 방향으로 발전하고 있는 추세이다. 이러한 노력의 일환으로 많은 하⋅폐수 처리장에서 생물학적 처리와 멤브레 인이 결합된 MBR 공정을 적용하고 있으나, 적용 현장별 특징을 충분히 반영하지 못한 설계로 MBR 공정의 우수한 처리성능을 제대로 활용하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 산업단지 내에 설치되는 폐수처리시설의 입지여건과 특성을 반영하여 저유량 및 수질의 불균질화 문제를 해결하기 위한 설계사례 등 을 제시하고자 하였다.

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.

본 총설논문에서는 과거 방사능누출 사고사례를 제시하고 그에 따른 위험성을 논하였다. 또한 방사성 폐액 내의 방사성 이온들을 제거하기 위한 방법을 대별하고 실증사례들을 열거하였다. 여러 가지 방법을 복합적으로 사용한 실험결과 및 특허가 많이 있지만, 국내기술이 해외기술에 비해 미미한 실정이다. 후에 일어날 수도 있는 사고에 대비해서라도 국내 기 술력의 발전과 경쟁력은 꼭 필요하다. 본 논문을 통해 방사성 이온 제거에 대한 현재 기술상황을 고찰하고 발전가능성에 대 해 알아보고자 하였다.

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.

In this study, we applied a membrane distillation process to investigate a feasibility of treating a wastewater with high concentration of organic matters including nitrogen and phosphorus. The laboratory scale experiment was performed by using a hydrophobic PVDF membrane with the pore size of 0.22 μm and porosity of 75%. The installation was direct contact type where the temperature difference between a feed and permeate side was controlled to have a range from 20 to 60°C. We observed a flux variation and a concentration changes of COD, PO4 3-－P, NH4 + -N and conductivity of feed side as well as permeate side with various temperature differences (20 to 60°C), cross flow velocities (0.09 to 0.27 m/s) through the module, and pH (6.6 to 12.0) of the feed that has the initial concentration of COD about 1,000 mg/L, total nitrogen 390 mg/L, total phosphorus 10 mg/L, conductivity of 7,000 μs/cm. The results showed that the average flux was ranged from 4 to 40 L/m2/hr which was almost similar with the flux of NaCl and deionized water used as a feed solution. The lowest flux was obtained at the operating condition with the temperature difference of 20°C and cross flow velocity of 0.09 m/s while the highest one was measured with 60°C and 0.27 m/s. Above 99% of COD and PO4 3- -P in the feed could be rejected regardless of an operating condition. However, the removal rate of ammonium nitrogen was varied from 64 to 99% depending on the pH of feed solution.

Response surface methodology (RSM) based on a Box-Behnken Design (BBD) was applied to optimize the thermal-alkaline pre-treatment operating conditions for anaerobic digestion of flotation scum in food waste leachate. Three independent variables such as thermal temperature, NaOH concentration and reaction time were evaluated. The maximum methane production of 369.2 mL CH4/g VS was estimated under the optimum conditions at 62.0°C, 10.1% NaOH and 35.4 min reaction time. A confirmation test of the predicted optimum conditions verified the validity of the BBD with RSM. The analysis of variance indicated that methane production was more sensitive to both NaOH concentration and thermal temperature than reaction time. Thermal-alkaline pretreatment enhanced the improvement of 40% in methane production compared to the control experiment due to the effective hydrolysis and/or solubilization of organic matters. The fractions with molecular weight cut-off of scum in food waste leachate were conducted before and after pre-treatment to estimate the behaviors of organic matters. The experiment results found that thermal-alkaline pre-treatment could reduce the organic matters more than 10kD with increase the organic matters less than 1kD.

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.

large amount of effluent water would be produced from low temperature coal catalytic gasification (LTCCG) developed by ENN Co, Ltd, which located at Langfang, Hebei Province. Many phenol homologous compounds and a large amount of other organic compounds were contained in this effluent water, but the overall concentration of the organic compounds was not very high (CODCr value was about several thousands mg/L). Too high cost would occur if treating it with a traditional liquid-liquid extraction process, and it was a waste of resources if the effluent water was directly purified with biochemical technology. In this paper, a decontaminating and recycling technique was developed for an effluent water, and a two-step technique includes flocculation-recycling and ion exchange adsorption-elution processes. By this two-step process, the CODCr value of the final outlet water was decreased to meet the related national standards, and at least 90% of the organics in the effluent water could be recovered.

A coagulation-flocculation (CF) process using aluminum sulfate as a coagulant was employed to treat highly suspended solids in tunnel wastewater. Response surface methodology (RSM) based on a Box-Behnken design was applied to evaluate the effects of three factors (coagulant dosage, pH and temperature) on total suspended solids (TSS) removal efficiency as well as to identify optimal values of those factors to maximize removal of TSS. Optimal conditions of coagulant dosage and pH for maximum TSS removal changed depending on the temperature (4 ~ 24°C). As temperature increased, the amount of coagulant dosage and pH level decreased for maximum TSS removal efficiency during the CF process. Proper adjustment of optimal pH and coagulant dosage to accommodate temperature fluctuations can improve TSS removal performance of the CF process.

The object of this study is to investigate the relationship between the air dilution sensory test and the threshold odor number (TON) method for evaluating the odor of domestic wastewater, plating plant wastewater, food plant wastewater and lake water. The dilution factor of raw wastewater evaluated by the air dilution sensory test was in the order of food plant > plating plant > domestic > lake, and that evaluated by the threshold odor number method was in the order of food plant > domestic > plating plant > lake. The same results were obtained when the raw wastewater and lake water were diluted 2 and 5 times with pure water. The relative geometric standard deviation determined from the threshold values of each panel on the air dilution sensory test was much larger than that calculated from results derived from the threshold odor number method. The relative geometric standard deviation obtained from samples with a low dilution factor was greater. There was a very good linear correlation (correlation coefficient = 0.968~1.000) between the air dilution sensory test and the threshold odor number method. But, the reduction in odor intensity (the slopes of regression curves) by dilution was dependent on the types of the odor-emission sources.

The predictive capacity of wastewater treatment facility in the industrial park was estimated by the traditional method and on-the-spot survey such as certification of wastewater report and the invoices of water supply and ground water supply. The ratios of a converted wastewater to supplied industrial water between traditional method and on-the-spot survey in the estimation methods were different. By using traditional method, the business type of clothes, accessary and fur production had 77.18 % of waste ratio of wastewater and 10.72 m3/day·1000 m2 unit mass of wastewater as the highest among 9 business types. With the respect to the on-the-spot survey, food manufacturing business type had 75 % of waste ratio of wastewater and 8.35 m3/day·1000 m2 unit mass of wastewater as the highest values. The amount of wastewater from on-the-spot survey method was 541 m3/day less than one from traditional method.

This study was carried out to investigate the response characteristics of a hydrogen sulfide electrochemical gassensor for several wastewater odors. At first, it was found that bubbling sampling method was superior toheadspace sampling method in terms of sensor sensitivity. High correlation between odor concentration and sensorresults was shown for two wastewater which were r=0.977 for food-waste recycling wastewater and r=0.997for food industry wastewater. On the other hand, no correlation (r=0.258) was found for plating wastewater,because hydrogen sulfide was not the main odorant for that.