In this study, the performance of powdered activated carbon(PAC) contactor located in the Hakya water treatment plant(WTP) was evaluated. The result of tracer tests showed that the plug flow portion was more than 70 %. According to the total organic carbon(TOC) data of target WTP, there were no clear evidence that the addition of PAC contributed to the removal of organics. However, the results of jar test, conducted with the raw water taken from the Hakya WTP, proved that PAC could remove dissolved organic carbon(DOC) to some extent when the proper velocity gradient was maintained. It was estimated that the production rate of Hakya WTP, defined as the ratio of the operating flow rate to the design flow rate, was only 50 %. Because of this lower production rate, the mixing intensity in the contactor is much less than the designed value and, finally, the performance of PAC contactor was much less than what was expected.

본 연구에서는 상수원수 내 조류 이취미(taste and odor)에 대응하기 위한 수단으로 도입되고 있는 격벽식 분말활성탄(PAC) 접촉조의 효과적인 설계를 위해 전산유체역학 프로그램인 FLOW-3D를 도입하였다. 일차적으로 FLOW-3D의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 용량 288 리터의 PCA 접촉조를 대상으로 수행된 추적자실헐 결과와 FLOW-3D의 모의결과를 비교하였다. 또한, 이미 설계된 P정수장 PAC 접촉조에 적용하여 흐름특성을 예측하였다. 다양