Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor(MABR)는 하수처리 공정의 에너지 효율을 획기적으로 개선할 수 있는 차세대 기술로 주목받고 있다. 기존 활성슬러지 공정의 기포형 산기 시스템은 산소전달효율(OTE)이 낮고 전체 에너지 소비의 80%까지 차지하는 등 에너지 비효율성을 내포하고 있다. 반면 MABR은 기체 투과성 막(membrane)을 통해 생물막으로 산소를 직접 공급함으로써, 이론적으로 100%까지 OTE 달성이 가능하다. 본 논문은 MABR의 산소전달 메커니즘과 구조적 특징을 정리하고, OTE, 산소전달속도(OTR), 폭기 효율(AE) 등의 에너지 효율 지표를 중심으로 파일럿 및 실규모 적용 사례 11건을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, AE는 기존 활성슬러지 공정 대비 약 4-5배 향상된 수치이다. 그러나 OTE와 OTR 간의 상충관계, 공정 규모, 기질 농도 등 다양한 운영 변수에 따라 성능이 상이하게 나타났으며, 현장 적용에서는 이론적 효율을 하회하는 사례도 확인되었다. 이러한 한계를 극복하기 위한 기술적 접근으로는 간헐 공기 공급, 주기적 환기, 막 소재 개선, 막 이완 제어 등이 시도되고 있다. 동시에, 실증 연구들 간 실험 조건 및 효율 지표 산정 기준의 상이함은 결과 해석의 일관성을 저해하는 요인으로 지적된다. 따라서 본 연구는 향후 MABR 기술의 실용화를 위해 에너지 효율 평가 기준의 표준화와 대규모 현장 검증의 필요성을 강조한다.

본 연구는 중소규모 고도정수처리시설(Y 정수장)에 적용된 세라믹막 여과공정의 운영 효율을 평가하고, 막오염의 주요 원인을 규명하며 실질적인 개선 방안을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 최근 세라믹막은 내구성과 내약품성이 우수하여 전오존 및 입상활성탄(GAC) 공정과의 조합에 적합한 기술로 주목받고 있으나, 막차압(TMP) 상승 및 장기 안정운영에 어려움이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 2017년 실제 운영 데이터를 바탕으로, 망간 및 용존유기탄소(DOC)를 중심으로 한 원수 수질과 TMP 변화 간의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 수온역전이 발생하는 봄⋅가을철에 조류와 망간 농도가 증가하면서 TMP가 급상승하는 경향이 확인되었다. 또한 LC-OCD 분석을 통해 조류 유입 시기에는 바이오폴리머 농도가 증가하며 막오염에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 화학세정 실험에서는 pH 0.7의 황산이 망간, 철, 알루미늄 등의 무기성 침착물 제거에 가장 효과적인 것으로 확인되었으며, 세정 조건의 최적화 필요성이 강조되었다. 아울러 여과 유속의 불균형 및 계열 간 부하 집중이 TMP 상승에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인으로 분석되었고, 이에 따라 유량 제어 및 청정 주기 조정 등의 개선 전략이 제시되었다. 본 연구는 세라믹막 여과공정의 파울링 특성과 제어방안을 실증적으로 규명하였으며, 계절적 수질 변동에 대응하는 정수처리시설의 효율적인 운영 및 설계에 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

A total of 10,977 individual sewage treatment facilities(ISTFs) have been installed and operated on Jeju island as of 2022. The number of ISTFs has increased rapidly in the hillside area, where the elevation is above 200 m and is recognized as a major area for groundwater recharge. A total of 80 ISTFs were selected for this study, with a particular focus on their management status and effluent water quality. This was carried out in two areas, Aewol-eup and Jocheon-eup, which are known to have the highest density of ISTFs in Jeju island. Consequently, 23.9% of ISTFs failed to remove sludge regularly, and 41.3% of ISTFs did not run the blower. The effluent water quality revealed that violating percentage of the legal standards for BOD, SS, T-N, and T-P were 75.0%, 62.5%, 100%, and 86%, respectively. To assess the efficiency of effluent quality by management, an independent t-test and ANOVA were conducted. The BOD and TOC differed significantly according to the building usage. Therefore, it can be concluded that the effluent from ISTFs should be managed according to the building usage. Furthermore, no distinction was observed in contamination components due to blower operation, with the exception of DO. However, the mean value of the NH4 +-N/T-N ratio was found to decrease with DO, indicating that blower operation may potentially reduce the contamination burden of ammonium in groundwater.

This study evaluates the potential of various coagulants to enhance the efficiency of total phosphorus removal facilities in a sewage treatment plant. After analyzing the existing water quality conditions of the sewage treatment plant, the coagulant of poly aluminium chloride was experimentally applied to measure its effectiveness. In this process, the use of poly aluminium chloride and polymers in various ratios was explored to identify the optimal combination of coagulants. The experimental results showed that the a coagulants combination demonstrated higher treatment efficiency compared to exclusive use of large amounts of poly aluminium chloride methods. Particularly, the appropriate combination of poly aluminium chloride and polymers played a significant role. The optimal coagulant combination derived from the experiments was applied in a micro flotation method of real sewage treatment plant to evaluate its effectiveness. This study presents a new methodology that can contribute to enhancing the efficiency of sewage treatment processes and reducing environmental pollution. This research is expected to make an important contribution to improving to phosphorus remove efficiency of similar wastewater treatment plant and reducing the ecological impact from using coagulants in the future.

This study explored effects of a sludge-based biochar addition on nitrogen removal of membrane bioreactor (MBR) for wastewater treatment. The membrane fouling reduction by the biochar addition was also investigated. A dose of 3 g/L of the biochar was applied to an MBR (i.e., BC-MBR) and treatment efficiencies of organic matter and nutrient were analyzed. The MBRs with powdered activated carbon (i.e., AC-MBR) and without any additives were also operated in parallel. The average removals of COD and TN were improved with the biochar addition compared to those with the control MBR. Interestingly, operational duration was also increased with biochar addition. The CLSM analysis revealed that biomass amounts of BC-MBR and AC-MBR were reduced by more than 40%, and thickness of the biofilm attached to the membrane surface also was decreased. The physical properties of biochar surfaces were compared with a commercial powdered activated carbon. The specific surface area with 38 m2/g and pore volume with 0.13 cm3/g of the biochar were much smaller than those of the powdered activated carbon, which were 1100 m2/g and 0.67 cm3/g, respectively. Manufacturing conditions for the biochar production needs to be further investigated for enhancing physical properties for adsorption and biological improvement.

The object of this study is to feasibility assesment for co-digestion efficiency of food waste recycling wastewater(FWR) with thermal hydrolysis process dehydration cake (THP Sludge). As a result of THP pre-treatment experimental conditions to 160oC and 30 minutes, the solubility rate(conversion rate of TCOD to SCOD) of the THP sludge increased by 34%. And the bio-methane potential in the THP sludge increased by about 1.42 times from 0.230 to 0.328 m3 CH4/kg VS compared to the non-pre-treatment. The substrates of the co-digestion reactor were FWR and THP sludge at a 1:1 ratio. Whereas, only FWR was used as a substrate in the digestion reactor as a control group. The experimental conditions are 28.5 days of hydraulic retention time(HRT) and 3.5 kg VS/m3-day of organic loading rate(OLR). During the 120 days operation period, the co-digestion reactor was able to operate stably in terms of water quality and methane production, but the FWR digestion reactor deteriorated after 90 days, and methane production decreased to 0.233 m3 CH4/kg VS, which is 67% of normal condition. After 120 days of the experiment, organic loading rate(OLR) of co-digestion reactor was gradually increased to 4.5 kg VS/m3-day and operated for 80 days. Methane production during 80 days was evaluated to be good at the level of 0.349 m3 CH4/kg VS. As a result of evaluating the dehydration efficiency of the sludge before/after 150-180oC THP using a filter press, it was confirmed that the moisture content of the sludge treated before THP at 180oC was 75% and improved by 8% from 83-85% level. Therefore, it is expected that the co-digestion reactor of FWR and THP sludge will ensure stable treatment water quality and increase bio-methane production and reduction effect of dehydration sludge volume.

Indirect oxidation using chlorine species oxidizing agents is often effective in wastewater treatment using an electrochemical oxidation process. When chlorine ions are contained in the wastewater, oxidizing agents of various chlorine species are produced during electrolysis. In a ballast water management system, it is also used to treat ballast water by electrolyzing seawater to produce a chlorine species oxidizer. However, ballast water in the brackish zone and some wastewater has a low chlorine ion concentration. Therefore, it is necessary to study the chlorine generation current efficiency at various chlorine concentration conditions. In this study, the chlorine generating current efficiency of a boron-doped diamond(BDD) electrode and insoluble electrodes are compared with various chloride ion concentrations. The results of this study show that the current efficiency of the BDD electrode is better than that of the insoluble electrodes. The chlorine generation current efficiency is better in the order of BDD, MMO(mixed metal oxide), Ti/RuO2, and Ti/IrO2 electrodes. In particular, when the concentration of sodium chloride is 10 g/L or less, the current efficiency of the BDD electrode is excellent.

본 연구는 비용매 상분리법(nonsolvent induced phase separation, NIPS)을 사용하여 제조한 분리막의 배출수 처리 현장 적용성 test를 위한 최적 유효막 길이 선정 하기 위해, 동일한 원수, 기본 공정 조건으로 유효막 길이를 변화시켜 운전에 따른 역세 효율 및 운전압을 관찰하였다. 동일한 공정조건에서 유효막 길이의 변화를 주어 500㎜, 1,000㎜, 1,500㎜의 유효막 길이에 따라 1.5일간 고탁도의 가혹한 조건에서 공정을 지속하여 측정을 실시하였다. 유효막 길이별 운전 결과 유효막 길이에 따른 역세에 의한 효율차이를 확인할 수 있었으며 고탁도의 원수를 사용하여 중공사 막의 내부 폐색이 진행되었으며 유효막 길이가 길수록 폐색되지 않은 bore쪽으로만 역세가 진행되어 여과 후 역세에 의한 회복이 현저히 떨어짐을 확인하였다.

굴 패각과 같은 반응성 재료는 사용 목적에 적합한 전처리 조건을 선택할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 인 농도 제어를 목적으로 효율적인 굴 패각 사용을 위한 전처리 조건을 제안하는데 목적을 둔다. 굴 패각의 전처리(소성 온도, 소성 시간, 입자 크기)에 따른 인산염 제거 효율을 조사하였다. 또한 XAFS 분석 및 등온 흡착 실험을 통해 굴 패각의 인산염 제거특성에 대해 조사하였다. 실험 결과 소성 온도는 600°C, 소성 시간은 6 h, 입자 크기는 0.355~0.075 mm에서 우수한 제거 효율을 확인하였다. 등온 흡착 실험 결과 Langmuir 모델이 굴 패각의 흡착에 적합한 것으로 나타났다. XAFS 분석 결과 600°C에서 소성시킨 굴 패각에는 인산칼슘이 생성된 것이 확인되었다. 즉 굴 패각의 칼슘 이온 용출에 의한 인산칼슘 형성이 인산염의 농도 감소에 기여하고 있음을 확인하였다.

This study investigated phosphorus removal from secondary treated effluent using coagulation-membrane separation hybrid treatment to satisfy strict regulation in wastewater treatment. The membrane separation process was used to remove suspended phosphorus particles after coagulation/settlement. Membrane separation with 0.2 μm pore size of micro filtration membrane could reduce phosphorus concentration to 0.02 mg P/L after coagulation with 1 mg Al/L dose of polyaluminum chloride (PACl). Regardless of coagulant, the residual concentration of phosphorus decreased as the dose increased from 1.5 to 3.5 mg Al/L, while the target concentration of 0.05 mg P/L or less was achieved at 2.5 mg Al/L for the aluminum sulfate (Alum) and 3.5 mg Al/L for PACl. Moreover, alum showed better membrane flux as make bigger particles than PACl. Alum showed a 40% of flux decrease at 2.5 mg Al/L dose, while PACl indicated a 50% decrease of membrane flux even with a higher dose of 3.5 mg Al/L. Thus, alum was more effective coagulant than PACl considering phosphorus removal and membrane flux as well as its dose. Consequently, the coagulation-membrane separation hybrid treatment could be mitigate regulation on phosphorus removal as unsettleable phosphorus particles were effectively removed by membrane after coagulation.

무기실리카 입자로 구성된 고탁도 원수를 처리하는 침지식 정밀여과 운전에서 휴민산과 2가 양이온의 존재유무에 따라 시간에 따른 파울링 저항을 관찰하였다. 공기폭기로 인한 무기실리카 입자의 파울링 감소효과는 휴민산과 칼슘이 혼합 으로 존재 시 감소하였다. 파울링층의 전자현미경 관찰결과 칼슘의 존재 시 휴민산의 무기실리카 입자 표면흡착이 관찰되었 다. 이는 멤브레인 표면에 조밀한 파울링층을 형성시켜 공기폭기 효과를 감소시킨 것으로 판단된다. 용액의 조성에 따른 고탁 도 원수의 탁도 제거율에는 큰 변화가 없었으나 공기폭기량에 따라 칼슘과 무기실리카 입자의 혼합 존재 시 유기물질의 제거 율은 80% 이상으로 증가하였다. 이는 공기폭기 하에 무기실리카 입자 표면에 흡착된 일부 휴민산들이 멤브레인 표면으로부 터 함께 역수송 되어 유기물질 제거율을 증가시킨 것으로 사료된다.

Modified coagulants were investigated for the removal of phosphorus from secondary effluent of wastewater treatment. The modified coagulants were prepared by mixing alkali earth metal ions such as calcium and magnesium. The basicity of a coagulant influenced on the removal of phosphorus, and coagulants with basicity of 5.9% showed a better removal of total phosphorus than that of 38.5%. Also, coagulants with alkali earth metals enhanced the performance of coagulation by 10% and resulted in 67.1% for total phosphorus removal. Moreover, the removal of suspended solids and chemical oxygen demand was improved using coagulants with low basicity and earth metal ions. Results of this study demonstrated that the use of coagulants with low basicity, and calcium and magnesium ions is recommended to improve wastewater effluent quality.

CRISPRs(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) / CRISPR - associated(CAS) system has been used genome editing technology. Genome stage modification using CRISPR/CAS9 system can be used to wide research for the gene functional study and therapeutics. However, improving of CRISPR/CAS9 system in efficiency is essential for application in various fields. Here, we treated various chemicals during the procine early embryo development to increase the mutation of target site by NHEJ(non-homologous end joining). Firstly, we confirmed the chemical toxicity after parthenogenetic activation and then check embryo puality using by counting of total cell number and TUNEL Assay in blastocyst satge. To check any improvement on mutation rate by NHEJ pathway. AZT(3′-Azido-3′-deoxythymidine, antiretroviral drug – 0.1 μM) was treated after injection of cas9 and sgRNA target to OCT4 exon 5 during the zygote stage, followed by PCR sequencing. As a result, AZT treated group shows a significantly increased in knock-out efficiency as a consequence of NHEJ. Nocodazole(anti-neoplastic agent – 200ng/ml), RO-3306 (specific inhibitor of CDK1 - 10 μM) and NU-7026(PKC signalling inhibitor - 50 μM) was treated after injection of cas9 and sgRNA with eGFP vector during the zygote stage(hpa8~hpa20) and checked a efficiency of knock-in by PCR sequencing. Interestingly, nocodazole treatment groups increased of insertion of eGFP sequence in blastocyst stage compared with non-treat group(control : 8.33%, nocodazole treatment : 16.67%). However, RO-3306 and NU-7026 made a no impact. In summary, CRISPR/CAS9 system with treatment of chemicals during porcine embryogenesis can be improving of site-specific mutation and enhancement of CRISPR genome editing.

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.

저농도 합성폐수를 처리하는 membrane bioreactor (MBR) 시스템에서 공기폭기와 PET (polyethertaraphtalate) 입상메디아 혼합사용이 멤브레인 파울링과 처리효율에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 일정한 공기폭기유량과 투과플럭스로 실험한 결과, PET 메디아를 첨가 시 메디아를 첨가하지 않은 경우보다 낮은 파울링 속도가 관찰되었다. MBR 반응기에서 입상 메디아에 의한 파울링 감소효과는 중공사막 모듈에 비해 평막 모듈이 더욱 효과적이었다. 공기폭기와 함께 멤브레인 표면을 따라 움직이는 입상 메디아의 접근성과 접촉성이 중공사막보다 효과적이었던 것으로 사료된다. MBR 적용에 있어 PET 메디아의 적용은 메디아를 적용하지 않았을 때와 비교 시 MBR 처리효율에 큰 영향을 주지 않았다.

The heat treatment machine based on immersion was developed to reduce temperature difference during netting process and appraised it performance compared current heat treatment machine using high pressure. It was also reviewed the optimum heat treatment procedures for PBSAT monofilament net in accordance with the immersion time and temperature. The procedure was based on physical measurement such as breaking load, elongation and angle of the mesh for PBSAT monofilament. The water temperature gap of the treatment machine based on immersion was less than 1°C. and the energy consumption was also increased in high temperature condition. It was identified that the optimum temperature was 75°C and its optimum processing time was between 15 minutes and 20 minutes to get qualified physical properties.