본 연구의 목적은 도시 하수처리를 위한 막결합형 A2O공정에 관해 실제적인 정보를 얻고자 하는 것이다. 공경 0.25;μm의 평판형 정밀여과막을 공기가 주입되는 호기조에 침지시켜 처리수는 저압으로 여과된다. 인공폐수를 대상으로 최적의 처리수질과 장기운전의 안정성 확보를 위한 내부반송율과 MLSS 농도 등의 최적 운전인자를 산정하고자 하였다. 내부반송은 각각 호기조에서 무산조로 반송한 것을 type 1, 무산조에서 혐기조로 반송한 것을 type 2라고 규정지었다. 플럭스는 15 LMH, type 1을 2Q로 고정하고 실험하였을 때 최적의 운전 조건은 MLSS 농도는 11,000 mg/L, type 2가 IQ로 나타났다. 이때, BOD CODcr, T-N, T-P의 제거율이 각각 97.3%,;94.2%,;64.0%,;63.0%로 타 내부반송율보다 효과적이었다.

In this study, an operational data set was analysed by establishing a path model to figure out the actual cause-effect relationship of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); in particular, for the effluent concentrations of T-N and T-P. To develop the path models, data sets of operational records including effluent concentrations and operational factors were obtained from a field scale WWTP of 680,000 m3 of treatment capacity. The models showed that the relationship networks with the correlation coefficients between variables for objective expressions indicated the strength of each relationship. The suggested path models were verified according to whether the analyzation results matched known theories well, but sophisticated minute theoric relationships could not be cropped out distinctly. This indicates that only a few paths with strong theoric casual relationships were represented as measured data due to the high non-linearity of the mechanism of the removal process in a biological wastewater treatment.

Laboratory scale experiments were conducted to investigate the removal characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus in two sequencing batch biofilm reactors (SBBRs). SBBR1 had a short first non-aeration period and SBBR2 had a long first non-aeration period. The removal characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus in each SBBR were precisely observed according to the variation of influent TOC concentration, and the operation control parameters (pH, DO concentration, ORP) in each reactor were measured. In biological nitrogen removal, there was little difference between SBBR1 and SBBR2 and the nitrogen removal efficiencies were very low. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal characteristics in high influent TOC concentration were different from those in low TOC. Nitrogen removals by simultaneous nitrification/denitrification (SND) were occurred in both SBBR1 and SBBR2. The P removal in SBBR1 was superior to that in SBBR2. The second P release was observed in SBBR1 which had long second non-aeration period.