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Evaluation of Water Quality Change by Membrane Damage to Pretreatment Process on SDI in Wastewater Reuse

하수재이용에서 전처리 막 손상에 의한 수질변화가 SDI에 미치는 영향평가

  • Lee, Min Soo (Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology) ;
  • Seo, Dongjoo (Korea Conformity Laboratories) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Soo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Chung, Kun Yong (Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
  • 이민수 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경공학과) ;
  • 서동주 (한국건설환경시험연구원 대외사업본부 신사업기획팀) ;
  • 이용수 (한양대학교 건설환경공학과) ;
  • 정건용 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경공학과)
  • Received : 2022.05.06
  • Accepted : 2022.08.14
  • Published : 2022.08.31
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Abstract

This study suggests a guideline for designing unit process of wastewater reuse in terms of a maintenance of the process based on critical parameters to draw a high quality performance of RO unit. Defining the parameters was done by applying membrane integrity test (MIT) in pretreatment process utilizing lab-scale MF. SDI is utilized for judging whether permeate is suitable to RO unit. However, result said TOC concentration matching with particle count analysis is better for judging the permeate condition. When membrane test pressure (Ptest) was measured to derive log removal value in PDT, virgin state of membrane fiber was used to measure dynamic contact angle utilizing surface tension of the membrane fiber. Actually, foulant affects to the state of membrane surface, and it decreases the Ptest value along with time elapsed. Consequently, LRVDIT is also affected by Ptest value. Thus, sensitivity of direct integrity test descends with result of Ptest value change, so Ptest value should be considered not the virgin state of the membrane but its current state. Overall, this study focuses on defining design parameters suitable to MF pretreatment for RO process in wastewater reuse by assessing its impact. Therefore, utilities can acknowledge that the membrane surface condition must be considered when users conduct the direct integrity test so that Ptest and other relative parameter used to calculate LRVDIT are adequately measured.

본 연구에서는 하수 재이용을 위한 역삼투막 공정에서 전처리 정밀여과막(MF) 손상에 대한 누출되는 다양한 수질변화로써 막 손상 검지 방안을 제시하였다. 이를 위하여 역삼투막 유입수질 적합성 평가지표인 SDI (silt density index)를 3에서 5의 범위 내에서 막 손상 시 검지 감도를 정량화하기 위하여 전처리 분리막이 1에서 3가닥 파단에 따라 SDI는 1.92에서 6.11까지 증가한 결과를 확인할 수 있었다. 일반적으로 3을 기준으로 역삼투막 유입수질로 설정하였을 때 분리막이 3가닥까지 파단이 되어야만 막 손상 검지가 가능하다는 것을 의미하며 역삼투막의 오염은 잠재적으로 가속화되어 효율을 저하시킬 수 있다. 또한 이때 누출되는 입자성과 유기물질에 대하여 0.45 ㎛ 이상의 크기만 걸러주는 입자계수는 입도분포별 막 파단 개수에 따라 일정한 패턴을 확인할 수 없었으며, TOC 농도는 약 2배의 변화패턴으로써 SDI와의 상관관계로써 TOC가 막 손상 수질지표로써 신뢰성이 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 수질분석결과와 더불어 USEPA에서 제시하는 막 손상 검지 방법 중 압력손실시험과 이를 기반으로 LRVDIT 모델의 적합성 평가를 한 결과 막 손상 또는 역삼투막 공정으로 유입되는 막오염물질을 신속하게 확인할 수 있는 SDI 및 TOC를 포함한 LRVDIT 모니터링과 UCL 설정을 병행해야 한다.

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