In this study, the treatment of livestock wastewater using an aerobic granular sludge based sequencing batch reactor was investigated. The reactor operation was carried out by general injection and split injection methods. The average removal efficiency of organic matter after the adaptation period was 71.5 and 87.4%, respectively. Some untreated organic matter was attributed to recalcitrant organic matter. The average removal efficiency of total nitrogen was 65.6 and 88.4%, respectively. These results indicate that the denitrification reaction by split injection was carried out smoothly. As for the solids, the ratio of aerobic granular sludge/mixed liquor suspended solid can be determined as the main factor of the process operation, and the ratio increased gradually and finally reached 86.0%. Correspondingly, the sludge volume index (SVI) was also improved, reaching 54 mL/g at the end of operation, and it is believed that the application of a short settling time contributed to the improvement of settleability.

The purpose of this study was to confirm the applicability of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in the advanced sewage treatment process. Simulated influent was used in the operation of a laboratory scale reactor. The operation time of one cycle was 4 h and the reactor was operated for six cycles per day. The volume exchange ratio was 50%. The influent was injected in divisions of 25% to increase the removal efficiency of nitrogen in every cycle. As a result, the removal efficiencies of CODCr and TN in this reactor were 98.2% and 76.7% respectively. During the operation period, the AGS/MLVSS concentration ratio increased from 70.0% to 86.7%, and the average SVI30 was 67 mL/g. The SNR and SDNR were 0.073 0.161 kg NH4 +-N/kg MLVSS/day and 0.071 0.196 kg NO3 --N/kg MLVSS/day respectively. These values were higher or similar to those reported in other studies. The operation time of the process using AGS is shorter than that of the conventional activated sludge process. Hence, this process can replace the activated sludge process.

우리나라 유기성 폐기물처리의 가장 큰 비중을 차지하던 해양투기 방법이 폐기물 해양배출을 금지하는 런던협약으로 인해 2012년부터 해양투기가 전면 금지됨에 따라 안정적이고 지속적인 육상처리 시설이 요구되고 있다. 환경부는 폐기물 관리법으로 온실가스 발생 억제 및 재활용 촉진을 위하여 유기성 슬러지의 직매립을 금지하였다. 그동안 유기성 폐기물을 자원화하기 위한 방법으로 퇴비화 기술이 많이 연구되어 왔으나 여러 가지 문제점들이 야기되고 있다. 소각방법은 다이옥신과 같은 2차 오염의 우려가 있으며, 퇴비화 과정에서는 발생되는 악취로 인하여 민원이 잦아지고 결국 퇴비화 시설이 폐쇄되는 경우가 많았다. 우리나라에서 쓰이고 있는 퇴비화는 비 연속식 처리로 퇴비 원료(유기성 폐기물)의 제한적 처리와 퇴비화 활성에 요구되는 시간이 길어 부지요구도가 높은 문제, 불안정한 최종 생성물, 감량화 실패, 장시간 온도조절 및 공기주입으로 인한 에너지 소비증가로 상용화에 어려움이 많다. 본 연구에서는 강릉시 하수종말처리장에서 배출되는 하수슬러지를 대상으로, 초고온 호기성 발효과정을 통해 하수슬러지의 퇴비화 진행에 따른 온도변화, 발효가스 분석, pH, C/N비, 수분함량, 고형물 유기물 변화, 부피 및 무게변화, 중금속 분석, 혼합 및 교반과 같은 반응인자들을 도출하여 운전 변수를 알아보았다. 한편 하수슬러지의 퇴비화 진행에 따른 시료와 발효 종료된 퇴비의 중금속 및 유해인자 분석을 통하여 퇴비의 발효 메커니즘 및 안정성을 검증하였다. 초고온 퇴비화 기술의 새로운 정립과 국내 연구가 전무한 초고온 발효공정의 data base 확보를 목적으로 하였다. 또한 퇴비화 과정에서 발생되는 악취도와 악취를 발생시키는 원인물질을 밝히고자 하였다.

국내 대표적인 유기성 폐기물은 음식물류 페기물이며, 음식물쓰레기는 환경적, 경제적, 사회적으로 많은 문제를 나타내고 있다. 음식물쓰레기는 파쇄-탈수-선별 전처리를 통해 고형물과 수분을 분리하여, 고형물은 재활용하고 수분은 음폐수로 배출되어 별도처리하며, 부형제(톱밥, 왕겨 등) 등을 섞어 처리하고 있다. 또한 매립, 소각, 바이오가스화 공법은 각각 2차적으로 대기, 수질, 토양에 오염을 일으킬 수 있다는 점과 최종 부산물(BGP,바이오가스부산물)의 처리가 어려움을 겪고 있다. 그동안 유기성 폐기물을 자원화하기 위한 방법으로 퇴비화 기술이 많이 연구되어 왔으나, 이 역시 퇴비화 과정에서 발생되는 악취로 인하여 민원이 잦아지고 결국 퇴비화 시설이 폐쇄되는 경우가 많았다. 그러나 초고온 호기성 발효공법(발효온도 95℃ 이상)은 수분조절제가 불필요하고, 음폐수가 발생하지 않으며, 악취저감 효과 및 폐기물 감량효과가 기존의 공법과 비교해 탁월하다. 본 연구에서는 강릉시 하수종말처리장에 초고온 호기성 발효 Pilot Plant를 설치하여, 강릉시에서 배출되는 음식물 쓰레기를 대상으로 초고온 호기성 발효공정을 통해 음식물쓰레기의 퇴비화 진행에 따른 온도변화, 발효가스 분석, pH, C/N비, 수분함량, 고형물 유기물 변화, 부피 및 무게변화, 중금속 분석, 혼합 및 교반과 같은 반응인자들을 도출하여 운전변수를 분석하였다. 음식물쓰레기의 퇴비화 진행에 따른 시료와 발효 종료된 퇴비의 중금속 및 유해인자 분석을 통하여 퇴비의 발효 메커니즘 및 안정성을 검증하고, 초고온 호기성 퇴비화 기술의 정립과 데이터베이스 확보를 목적으로 하였다. 또한 퇴비화 과정에서 발생되는 악취물질 및 악취도를 알아보기 위하여 악취방지법에 지정되어있는 복합악취와 지정악취물질 12개 항목을 알아보고자 하였다.

최근 도시 인구의 증가에 따라 하수 및 분뇨 발생량이 증가하고 있으며, 다양한 오염원으로부터 유입되는 하수에는 질병을 유발할 수 있는 다양한 병원성 미생물이 존재한다고 알려져 있다. 하수처리를 위한 다양한 공정에서는 미생물을 포함하고 있는 bioaerosol이 발생할 수 있으며, 하수 및 분뇨에 포함된 병원성 박테리라 등을 포함하고 있을 가능성이 높다. 따라서 호흡을 통해 하수처리장의 근무자 및 주변 주민에게 위해를 가할 수 있으므로, bioaerosol의 발생 특성 및 감소에 관한 연구가 필요한 현실이다. 하수처리공정 중 bioaerosol이 발생하는 대표적인 환경으로는 활성 슬러지 공정이 있으며, 폭기조에서의 대량 폭기로 인한 높은 농도의 bioaerosol이 발생한다고 알려져 있다. 최근에는 기존의 재래식 활성슬러지 공정(CAS, Conventional Activated Sludge)보다 소요 면적이 적고, 고농도의 미생물 농도를 유지하고 있어 수질 처리 효율이 좋은 호기성 MBR(Membrane bioreactor)의 사용이 증대되고 있다. 그러나 호기성 MBR은 고농도의 미생물 농도 유지 및 멤브레인의 파울링 감소를 위해서는 많은 양의 공기 폭기를 유지해야하므로, 상대적으로 높은 농도의 bioaerosol의 발생이 한정된 공간에서 이루어질 것으로 예상된다. 호기성 MBR의 특성상 운전 조건에 따라서 반응기 내 미생물의 농도 및 특성이 달라질 것이며, 이에 따라 bioaerosol의 발생량 및 특성도 영향을 받을 것으로 예상된다. 그러나 국내에서는 하수처리 과정 중 호기성 MBR 공정에서의 bioaerosol 발생에 관한 연구가 전무하며, 이에 대한 기초 연구 및 발생량 감소를 위한 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 하수처리장 MBR 공정에서 운전 조건에 따른 반응기 내 미생물 농도 및 특성을 확인하고, bioaerosol 발생량을 비교하고자 하였다. 더불어 bioaerosol 발생량을 저감할 수 있는 방안에 대한 연구를 추가적으로 진행하고자 하였다.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of physical characteristics. Twelve specific odorous compounds and various sources of bacteria were tested via treatment of food waste using an ultra-thermophilic aerobic composting process. Food waste was mixed with seed material and operated for 47 days. During composting, the temperature was maintained at 80-90°C. The variations in O2, CO2 and NH3 production suggested typical microorganism-driven organic decomposition patterns. After composting, the concentrations of 12 specific odorous compounds other than ammonia did not exceed the allowable exhaust limits for odor. After composting, thermophiles represented 50% of all bacteria. After composting, the percentage of thermophile bacterial increased by 15%. Therefore, both stable composting operation and economic benefit can be expected when an ultra-thermophilic composting process is applied to food waste.

The research was performed to compare to the biofilm characteristics and phenol removal efficiency in RBCs(Rotating Biological Contactor) using Rhodococcus sp. EL-GT(single population) and activated sludge(mixed population) as inoculum. Both reactors showed similar tendency on variations of dry weight, thickness and dry density of biofilm. However, the growth of biofilm thickness in 3 and 4 stage of single population reactor has sustained longer than that of the mixed population reactor. Unlike the mixed population reactor, the dry density of biofilm in the single population reactor had a difference between 1, 2 stage and 3, 4 stage. The single population reactor was stably operated without the decrease of phenol removal efficiency in the range of pH 6～9 and 15mM phenol was completely degraded in these pH ranges. But in case of the mixed population reactor, the phenol degradability was dramatically decreased at over 5mM phenol concentration because of the overgrowth and detachment of its biofilm.

Wastewater from the pigment industry has high levels of organics and is known as hardly biodegradable. The objective of this study is to evaluate the applicability of aerobic fixed-bed biofilm reactor packed with ceramic support carrier for the pigment wastewater treatment. Orange 2(widely used azo pigment) adsorption experiment onto biofilm and activated sludge, and continuous treatment experiments were performed. In batch adsorption experiment, maximum adsorption quantity of biofilm was at least two times higher than that of activated sludge. In continuous experiment using aerobic fixed-bed biofilm reactor, the influent concentration of COD and Orange 2 were 75∼500㎎/ℓ(0.45∼3.00㎏ COD/㎥.day), 5∼50㎎/ℓ (0.03-0.30㎏ Orange 2/㎥.day), respectively. At a COD loading rate of 2.5㎏ COD/㎥.day and Orange 2 loading rate of 0.18㎏ Orange 2/㎥.day, removal efficiency of COD and Orange 2 were over 95%, 97%, respectively.

This research was performed to investigate the dynamics of microbial community by RBC (Rotating Biological Contactor) using Rhodococcus sp. EL-GT and activated sludge. Cell counts revealed by DAPI were compared with culturable bacterial counts from nutrient agar. Colony counts on nutrient agar gave values 20∼25% and 1∼15% of cell counts (DAPI). The cell counts for the dynamics of bacterial community were determined by combination of in situ hybridization with fluorescently-labelled oligonucleotide probes and epifluorescence microscopy. Around 90∼80% of total cells visualized by DAPI were also detected by the bacteria probe EUB 338. For both reactors proteobacteria belonging to the gamma subclass were dominant in the first stage (1 and 2 stage) and proteobacteria belonging to the gamma subclass were dominant in the last stage (3 and 4 stage).

This study was conducted to evaluate capability of dyeing wastewater treatment for 3 type reactors. These reactors were Packed Bed Reactor(PBR), Fluidized Bed reactor(FBR) and Moving Media Complete Mixing Activated Sludge reactor(MMCMAS). Experiments of PBR and FBR were performed by various packing ratios and organic loading rates, experiments of MMCMAS were performed by various organic loading rates In order to obtain SBOD_5 removal efficiencies of more than 90%, the F/Mv ratios of PBR, FBR, MMCMAS were 0.11 ㎏BOD/㎏MLVSS·d, 0.12 ㎏BOD/㎏MLVSS·d, and 0.37 ㎏BOD/㎏MLVSS·d, respectively. So MMCMAS system which has more active microorganisms showed better capability of organic removal and also stronger dynamic and shock loadings than those of PBR and FBR. In PBR and FBR, the media packing ratio of 20% showed better performance of organic matters removal effciencies than 10% and 30%, but sludge production rate at media packing ratio of 30% was relatively lower than that of 10% and 20%. When more than 90% organic matters removal efficiency was obtained, the ratios of attached biomass to total biomass at PBR, FBR, MMCMAS were 89∼99%, 87∼98%, and 54∼80%, respectvely. The ratio of attached biomass to total biomass was low in MMCMAS. This was formation of thin biofilm due to shear force between rotating disc and water. The average sludge production rates(㎏VSS/㎏BODrem.) of PBR, FBR and MMCMAS were 0.20, 0.29 and 0.54, respectively.

The Soysauce wastewater removal characteristics of submerged biofilters filled with two filter media respectively were experimentally examined with constant temperature, pH value and variable BOD loading and recirculation ratio. The decreasing order of BOD removal is Netring(random plastic media), cubic wire meshes(plastic module). This is mainly due to the media characteristics such as void ratio, specific surface area and media shapes. The BOD removal ratio decreases with increasing BOD_5 volumetric loading rate, and the loading rate for the BOD removal over 85% is lower than 1.5㎏BOD_5/㎡d for the plastic media of Netring and cubic wire meshes. The BOD_5 removal rate increases with the recirculation ratio, but the rate of increase become smaller as the recirculation ratio increases over 20. When BOD_5 volumetric loading is 1.5㎏BOD_5/㎡d, the required recirculation ratio to obtain 85% BOD_5 removal is about 20 for Netring and it was about 30 for cubic wire meshes.