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A Study on the Applicability of Torrefied Wood Flour Natural Material Based Coagulant to Removal of Dissolved Organic Matter and Turbidity

용존성 유기물질 및 탁도 제거를 위한 반탄화목분 천연재료 혼합응집제의 적용성에 관한 연구

  • PARK, Hae Keum (Department of Biobased Materials, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • KANG, Seog Goo (Department of Biobased Materials, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2019.09.04
  • Accepted : 2020.05.14
  • Published : 2020.07.25

Abstract

With the emergence of abnormal climate due to the rapid industrialization, the importance of water quality management and management costs are increasing every year. In Korea, for the management of total phosphorus and total nitrogen, the major materials causing the water quality pollution, coagulants are injected in sewage treatment plants to process organic compounds. However, if the coagulant is injected in an excessive amount to PAC (Poly Aluminium Chloride), a secondary pollution problem might occur. As such, a study on the applicability of natural material-based coagulant is being conducted in Korea. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the applicability of a mixed coagulant developed by analyzing water quality pollutants T-P, T-N as well as their turbidity, in order to derive the optimum mixing ratio between PAC and torrefied wood flour for the primary settling pond effluent. Under the condition where the content of PAC (10%) and torrefied wood flour is 1%, T-P showed the maximum removal efficiency of 92%, and T-N showed approximately 22%. This indicates that removal of T-N which includes numerous positively charged organic compounds that are equivalent to mixed coagulant is not well accomplished. Turbidity showed the removal efficiency of approximately 91%. As such, 1% of torrefied wood flour was determined to be the optimum addition. As a result of analyzing the removal efficiency for organic compounds by reducing PAC concentration to 7%, T-P showed a high maximum removal efficiency of 91%, T-N showed 32%, and turbidity showed the maximum of 90%. In addition, a coagulation process is performed by using the mixed coagulant based on 1% content of torrefied wood flour produced in this study by performing a coagulation performance comparative experiment with PAC (10%). As a result, PAC concentration was reduced to 30-50%, a similar performance with other coagulants in market was secured, PAC injection amount was reduced that an economic effect can be achieved, and it is considered to perform a stable water treatment that reduces the secondary pollution problem.

급격한 산업화로 인한 이상기후의 발생으로 매년 수질관리 중요성과 관리비용이 증대되고 있는 실정이다. 이에 국내의 경우 수질오염의 주요 원인물질인 총인, 총질소의 관리를 위해 하수처리장에서 응집제를 투입하여 유기물질을 처리하고 있다. 그러나 PAC(Poly Aluminium Chloride)의 경우 응집제 과다 주입 시 2차 오염문제가 발생될 수 있다. 이에 국내에서는 천연재료를 혼합한 응집제를 이용한 응집제의 적용성에 관한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 하수처리장의 1차 침전지 유출수를 대상으로 PAC와 반탄화목분의 최적 혼합비율을 도출하기 위해 수질 오염물질인 T-P, T-N 및 탁도를 분석하여 개발한 혼합응집제의 적용성 평가를 하고자 한다. PAC(10%)와 반탄화목분 함유량이 1%가 되는 조건에서 T-P의 경우 최대 92%의 제거효율이 나타났으며, T-N의 경우 약 22%의 제거효율이 나타났다. 이는 혼합응집제와 동일한 양전하성 유기물질이 다수 포함된 T-N의 제거가 잘 이루어지지 않은 것으로 판단된다. 탁도는 약 91%의 제거효율이 나타났다. 이에 반탄화목분 1%가 최적 첨가량이라고 판단하였으며, PAC 농도를 저감하여 유기물질 제거효율을 분석한 결과, PAC 농도 7%에서 T-P의 경우 최대 91%의 높은 제거효율이 나타났으며, T-N의 경우 32%의 제거효율이 나타났다. 탁도의 경우 최대 90%의 제거효율이 나타났다. 또한, PAC(10%)와 응집성능 비교실험을 수행하여 본 연구에서 제조한 반탄화목분 1% 함유량 기준에서 혼합응집제를 이용하여 응집공정을 수행할 경우 PAC 농도를 30-50%로 저감할 수 있으며, 시판 응집제와 유사한 성능을 확보할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 PAC 주입량이 저감되어 경제적 효과를 확보하고, 2차 오염 문제를 저감하는 안정적인 수처리를 수행할 수 있을 것이라고 사료된다.

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