The intensive development of the petrochemical industry globally reflects the necessity of an efficient approach for oily sludge and wastewater. Hence, for the first time, the current study utilized magnetic waxy diesel sludge (MWOPS) to synthesize activated carbon coated with TiO2 particles for the removal of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and COD from oily petroleum wastewater (OPW). The photocatalyst was characterized using CHNOS, elemental analysis was performed using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), Raman, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), MAP thermo-gravimetric analysis/ differential thermo-gravimetric (TGA–DTG), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The optimization of synthesized highly porous AC/Fe3O4/TiO2 photocatalyst was conducted considering the impacts of pH, temperature, photocatalyst dosage, and UVA6W exposure time. The results demonstrated the high capacity of the MWOPS with inherent magnetic potential and desired carbon content for the removal of 91% and 93% of TPH and COD, respectively. The optimum conditions for the OPW treatment were obtained at pH 6.5, photocatalyst dosage of 250 mg, temperature of 35 °C, and UVA6W exposure time of 67.5 min. Moreover, the isotherm/kinetic modeling illustrated simultaneous physisorption and chemisorption on heterogeneous and multilayer surfaces. Notably, the adsorption efficiency of the AC/Fe3O4/TiO2 decreased by 4% after five adsorption/desorption cycles. Accordingly, the application of a well-designed pioneering photocatalyst from the MWOPS provides a cost-effective approach for industry manufacturers for oily wastewater treatment.

아크릴폐수를 광촉매로 전처리하여 막오염인자를 최소화한 후 막조합공정에 적용하였다. 한외여과막과 정밀여과막을 역삼투막과 조합을 이루어 막조합공정을 구성하였으며 광촉매처리수를 온도 및 압력변화에 따라 막조합공정에 적용하여 분리특성을 확인하였다. 정밀여과막 모듈 혹은 한외여과막 모듈의 투과수는 역삼투모듈로 보내지며 역삼투 모듈의 최종적인 투과량은 모듈 set 2 (MWCO 200,000 UF+RO)의 역삼투 모듈이 우수하였다. UF 및 MF 모듈에서 TDS, T-N 및 COD의 제거효율은 온도 및 압력변화에 영향을 받지 않고 제거효율 또한 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 그러한 결과로 RO 모듈에서 TDS, T-N 및 COD가 우수한 제거효율을 보였다. UF 및 MF모듈에서의 탁도 제거효율은 우수한 경향(제거효율 99% 이상)을 보였다. 막조합공정에서 처리된 광촉매처리수는 배출 허용기준치를 충족하고, 재활용이 가능하였다.

광산에서 순도 높은 금은을 추출하기 위해 청화법을 이용해 왔다. 이러한 광산 활동에서 많은 양의 시안이 사용되어 왔으며 이에 따라 고농도의 시안을 함유한 광산폐수가 발생되어 광산 주변 지역의 수계를 오염시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 시안함유 광산폐수 및 침출수로부터 시안을 제거하기 위하여 TiO2 광촉매와 UV-LED 광원을 이용한 광산화 공정에 대하여 연구하였다. 기존 광산화 공정에서는 주로 UV 램프가 광원으로 많이 사용되었지만 여러 가지 단점으로 인하여 본 연구에서는 그 대체 광원으로 UV-LED의 적용 가능성을 평가하였다. 세 종류의 TiO2의 광산화 효율을 평가한 결과, 아나타제와 루틸이 혼합된 Degussa P25가 광산화 효율이 가장 좋은 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 형태와 파장이 다른 네 종류의 UV-LED를 비교 평가한 결과, 365 nm 램프형 > 365 nm 캔형 > 280 nm 캔형 > 420 nm 램프형 순으로 제거효율이 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 UV-LED는 기존의 UV 램프의 단점을 극복할 수 있는 대체광원으로서 광산화 공정에 적용 가능하다는 것을 입증하였으며, 시안의 광산화 효율은 TiO2 광촉매의 종류에도 영향을 받는다는 것을 확인하였다.

The separation of TiO2 wastewater carried out by an electrocoagulation/flotation process, which had various operating parameters. The effect of electrode material (aluminum and four dimensionally stable electrode), applied current (0.07∼0.5 A), electrolyte concentration (0∼1 g/L), solution pH (3∼11), initial turbidity (1000∼20000 NTU) and suspended solid concentration (5000∼25000 mg/L) were evaluated. Turbidity removal efficiency of the soluble anode (aluminum), which could produce metal ions, was higher than that of the dimensionally stable electrode. Considering operation time, turbidity removal and electric power, optimum current was 0.19 A. The more NaCl dosage was high, the less electric power was required. However, optimum NaCl concentration was 0.125 g/L considered removal efficiency, operation time and cost. Initial TiO2 concentration did not affected turbidity removal on the electrocoagulation/ flotation operation. The electrocoagulation/flotation process was proved to be a very effective separation method in the removal of TiO2 from wastewater.

Currently, the application of TiO2 photocatalyst has been focused on purification and treatment of wastewater. However, the use of conventional TiO2 slurry photocatalyst results in disadvantage of stirring during the reaction and of separation after the reaction. And the usage of artificial UV lamp has made the cost of photocatalyst treatment system high. Consequently, we studied that solar light/TiO2 film system was designed and developed in order to examine disinfection characteristics of sewage wastewater treatment. The optimum conditions for disinfection such as solar light intensity, characteristic of sewage wastewater, amounts of TiO2 and comparison of solar ligth/TiO2 systems with UV light/TiO2 system was examined. The results are as follows: (1) photocatalytic disinfection process with solar light in the presence of TiO2 film more effectively killed total coliform (TC) than solar light or TiO2 film absorption only. (2) The survival ratio of TC and residual ratio of organic material (BOD, CODcr) decreased with remain resistant material. (3) The survival ratio of TC and residual ratio of organic material (BOD, CODcr) decreased with the increase of amounts of TiO2. (4) TC survival ratio decreased linearly with increasing UV light intensity. (5) The disinfection effect of solar light/TiO2 slurry system decreased more than UV light/TiO2 film systems. (6) The disinfection reaction followed first-order kinetics. We suggest that solar light instead of using artificial UV light was conducted to investigate the applicability of alternative energy source in the disinfection of TC and the degradation of organic material.