Evaluation on Decomposition Processes of Laundry wastewater produced from Steam Generator

증기발생기 세정폐액 처리 공정 평가

For the decomposition of laundry wastewater containing Fe-EDTA produced from the steam generators in nuclear power plants, Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) Process, Photocatalytic Oxidation (PO) Process, and Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Process were evaluated. Even though EDTA was converted over 99.98 % by the SCWO process, it was estimated that the countermeasure against corrosion of the equipment should be reinforced for the process stability. It was considered that the PO process is not appropriate for the decomposition of high concentrated laundry wastewater since the conversion ratio of EDTA was around 10 %. Finally, High efficiency of the decomposition of organic matter (methylene blue) was obtained using DBD process even low energy was supplied. However there is still room for the evaluation of EDTA decomposition in order that the DBD process should be applied for the field samples.

국내 원전에서 증기발생기 세정 후 발생되는 Fe-EDTA 함유 폐액 처리를 위한 초임계수 산화공정 (Supercritical Water Oxidation Process), 광촉매 산화 공정 (Photocatalyst Oxidation Process) 및 DBD 상온 플라즈마 공정 (Dielectric Barrier Discharge Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Process)이 평가되었다. 초임계수 산화 공정에 의해 99.98 %이상의 EDTA 전환율을 나타내어 EDTA 처리를 위한 효과적인 반응공정임을 확인하였으나 공정의 안정성, 부식 방지대책 등이 마련되어야 할 것으로 판단된다. 광촉매산화공정으로는 10 % 정도의 낮은 EDTA전환율을 보여 세정폐액 처리 공정으로는 부적합한 것으로 나타났다. DBD를 이용한 Methylene Blue 분해 결과 저 에너지 소비율로 높은 유기물 분해 효율을 얻을 수 있었으나 실 EDTA 공정에의 적용 및 공정 규모 확장 등에 대한 향후 연구 평가가 필요한 것으로 사료된다.