Growth and Succession of Protozoa Population in the Activated Sludge Plant.

하수처리장의 원생동물 천이

  • 이찬형 (경북대학교 미생물학과) ;
  • 문경숙 (대구광역시 환경시설공) ;
  • 진익렬 (경북대학교 미생물학과)
  • Published : 2004.06.01

Abstract

This study concerns the succession process of protozoa populations in two activated sludge pilot plants. Protozoa populations with similar structures developed and succeeded each other in two plants. It was observed that initial sludge inoculum did not influence the protozoan composition but shorten the period of the plant stabilization. It seemed the protozoan in aeration tank was come from the influent. The composition of the influent sewage influenced the structure of protozoa in the pilot plants. The flagellates was very abundant during the initial starting phase. These rapidly decreased after growth peak. Then sarcodina, ciliates were increased in succession. In ciliates, free-swimming forms appeared at first and crawling forms and stalked forms were followed. After 36 days from the start, the sludge stabilization phase was characterized by a populations of ciliates dominated by stalked and crawling type and low value of effluent BOD was achieved.

Pilot Plant 에서 도시하수가 처리되는 경우와 전 처리된 분뇨가 하수에 섞여 처리되는 두 가지 종류의 처리장하수를 대상으로 식종과 무식종의 경우로 나누어 활성슬러지의 정착 단계까지 조사하였다. 원생동물의 천이과정은 편모충류, 육질충류, 섬모충류 순이며, 섬모충류 내에서는 자유 유영형이 먼저 출현하고 포복형과 고착형이 차츰 증가하여 활성슬러지 원생동물상을 구성한다. 정상적으로 가동되는 처리장 포기조의 원생동물분포는 시운전초기단계의 원생동물 분포와 다르며, 시운전 안정화 단계에서의 원생동물 분포와 유사하였다. 포기조의 원생동물은 유입수에서 유래하는 것으로 판단되며, 포기조에 유입된 후 환경조건에 맞는 종이 증식하여 활성슬러지를 구성한다. 슬러지식종은 활성슬러지 원생동물 군집구조 형성에 영향을 미치지 못했으나 활성슬러지의 안정화기간을 다소 단축시키는 효과가 있었다. 처리장별로 활성슬러지 원생동물의 종류는 비슷하나 개체수는 달라 유입수의 성상에 영향을 받는 것으로 판단된다. Pilot plant 가동 후반기에는 섬모충류 비율이 70%전후, 개체수도 3,000∼5,000 개체/$m\ell$이며, 유출수의 BOD 농도도 안정적으로 나타나 정상적으로 가동된다고 판단된다.

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