• Membrane Journal
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.291-312
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• 2017

Seawater desalination is currently considered to be one of the primary technologies to resolve the global water scarcity problem. A basic understanding of membrane filtration phenomena is significant not only for further technological development but also for integrated design, optimal control, and long-term maintenance. In this vein, the present work reviews the major transport and filtration models, specifically related to reverse osmosis phenomena, provides theoretical insights based on statistical mechanics, and discusses model-based physical meanings as related to their practical implications.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.545-551
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• 2016

This study compares characteristic of membrane fouling in MBR-RO systems. In lab. scale MBRs test, MBRs were operated at different Flux(10, 20, 30 & 40 LMH) and temperature(10, 15, 20, 25 & $30^{\circ}C$). The results show that MBR permeate was measured lower amounts of organic substances in Higher flux and lower temperature and led to lower RO fouling rates. The main cause was that due to cake fouling formed on membrane surfaces in MBRs. Under both cases, Cake layer of membrane surfaces formed in MBRs removed RO fouling factors, polysaccharide and protein, because of cake layer attached on membrane surfaces greater amounts of organic substances. This study implies that optimization of MBR with operating conditions is a crucial strategy to RO membrane fouling control.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.437-446
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• 2019

Reverse osmosis seawater desalination facilities can extend the cleaning cycle and replacement time of the reverse osmosis membrane by pretreatment process. Selection of pretreatment process depends on water quality. It was attempted in this study to select approriate pretreatment process for the Masan bay, which was high in particles and organic content. For this purpose, performances of pretreatment processes such as filter adsorber (FA), pore controllable fiber (PCF), and ultrafiltration (UF) were compared based on the silt density index (SDI). The SDI value of the filtrate should be less than 3. The study results showed that UF can produce the filtrate quality satisfying the requirement. However, the transmembrane pressure (TMP) of UF increased quickly, reaching 0.6 bar within 4 days. In order to secure stable operation, FA and PCF were combined with UF. The study results showed that combination of PCF and UF was able to extend the filtration duration (more than 2 months) until to reach TMP of 0.6 bar.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.23 no.11
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• pp.1363-1370
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• 1999

A study of scaling and heat transfer has been carried out for a vertical tube evaporator in which $CaSO_4$ saturated water flows upward. Experimental apparatus including vacuum chambers and heaters has been designed and manufactured to study scaling phenomena for three different pressures(1atm, 0.27atm and 0.16atm). Overall heat transfer coefficients have been measured and shown to decrease with time as scaling proceeds. After the end of experiments, the vertical tube has been cut to measure the thickness of scale at different heights. Below the height where the bulk fluid temperature does not reach saturated temperature, the thickness of scale increases, however, beyond that height occurring saturated condition, the thickness does not vary much or even decreases a little. The measured fouling resistances also support these variations of scale thickness.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.447-451
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• 2004

The various pretreatment processes were evaluated to remove organic pollutants of weathered oil contaminated seawater(WOCS) for reverse osmosis desalination process, Biodegradation, coagulation, ultrafiltration, advanced oxidation processes and granular activated carbon filtration were used to evaluate the potential of organic pollutants removal in WOCS. Dissolved Organic Carbon(DOC) was almost not removed by biodegradation in WOCS. DOC was removed by 25% and 10% with the addition of $FeCl_3$ and PAC in WOCS, respectively. The removal efficiency using ultrafiltration(WOCS 500) was about 20% of DOC and 40% of $E_{260}$, respectively. In AOP application of WOCS, the removal of organic materials was improved up to 60% by the combination of $UV/O_3$ compared to UV process. However, 98% of DOC in woes could be removed by granular activated carbon filtration. It is revealed that activated carbon filtration is the best process for the pretratment of DOC removal.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.573-579
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• 2011

As rapid advances in technologies continue, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination systems are now more energy-efficient than conventional thermal processes. Some SWRO desalination plants can achieve the specific energy consumption (SEC) below 2 kWh/$m^3$. Along with the development of new membranes and high-performance pumps, energy recovery devices (ERD), which recover the hydraulic energy of brine, have been developed to enhance energy efficiency. In this work, we reviewed general aspects of ERD technologies and their market trends. The advantages and disadvantages of various EDR technologies were compared to explore the future directions of ERD development.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.314-315
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• 2015

티타늄은 높은 비강도로 알려지고 있어 항공기산업이나 군사산업에 주로 사용된다고 생각하기 쉽다. 그러나 해수와 같은 염화물이온을 함유한 수용액에 대해서는 뛰어난 내식성을 나타내며, 해양토목과 조선관계자는 초 내식성재료로 반영구적인 내구성을 갖는 재료로 보고 있다. 일반적인 페인트 방식법은 일정기간 후에 다시 칠해야 하는데다, 박리된 도료가 환경에 미치는 악영향도 염려되고 있다. 따라서 다시 칠하는 것이 곤란한 초대형 해양 부유구조물에는 티타늄이 매우 효과적인 것으로 기대할 수 있다. 그러나 티타늄은 광석을 제련하여 금속티타늄으로 제조하는 염화 환원공정이 곤란하고 고가여서 선체나 매우 큰 부유식의 해양구조물에는 보급되지 못했다. 따라서 티타늄재료를 선체 등의 구조재로 사용하지 않고 염가의 강판위에 도금하여 내식성을 향상시키는 방법을 생각할 수 있다. 또 해양구조물에 한정하지 않고, 대형 공공시설의 지붕재료나 해수담수화 설비, 화학플랜트 배관에 응용을 기대할 수 있고, 보급이 진전되면 스테인리스제품을 대체할 수도 있다. 티타늄의 평활전해석출 도금기술은 표면처리공학에서 최대의 새로운 개척분야인 것으로 사료된다. 본고에서는 티타늄의 평활피막전해석출 결과와 문제점에 대하여 기술하였다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.112-121
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• 1992

최근 십여년동안 자원, 에너지, 환경의 모든 면에서 기능성막의 역할이 증대해짐에 따라 기능성막에 대해 큰 관심이 모아지고 있다. 기존하는 기능성막의 소재면에서 볼 때 고분자막(고체막), 액체막으로 대별할 수 있으며, 이들의 경우 해수의 담수화, 원료 및 제품의 분리, 농축, 정제, 회수공정 또한 석유화학분야에서 고효율$\cdot$고선택성 기체혼합물 분리, 산업용 폐수처리분야 뿐 만 아니라, 태양에너지의 효과적인 이용, 전도성, 감광성, 광학특성막 등을 이용한 각종 센서제조 등 실로 광범위한 분야에서 응용되어지고 있다. 기능성막의 관점에서 볼 때, 고기능$\cdot$고효율$\cdot$고선택성을 가지는 막은 생태계에 존재하는 생체막이 가장 이상적이라 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.495-502
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• 2013

This work was performed to investigate proper condition of coagulation treatment as UF process pretreatment that consider UF permeate flux and residual Al concentration. The coagulant used an alum as $Al_2(SO_4)_3{\cdot}16H_2O$ and PACl (r = 1.5) made this study. The experiment was tested in adjusting conditions such as alum dose, flocculation time and coagulation pH of seawater. Consequently, higher coagulant dose lead to elevation of UF permeate flux while residual aluminium also increased in condition of pH 8.0. The most suitable condition which has a good permeate flux and low residual aluminium, in this works, was coagulant dose of 0.7 mg/L (as Al, alum) and 1.2 mg/L (as Al, PACl) and coagulation pH 6.5. In addition, applying the flocculation time with 1.2 mg/L of PACI reduced. The flocculation time reduced UF permeate flux in using alum.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.314-322
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• 2019

A worsened drought in Chungnam province of Korea due to climate change and increasing water demand at Daesan industrial complex have motivated the 100,000 ㎥/d seawater desalination project. In this study, therefore, the comprehensive analysis of parameters affecting the reverse osmosis (RO) performance was conducted. Under the various conditions of feedwater salinity and temperature in Daesan, energy consumption was calculated as 2.39 ± 0.13 kWh/㎥. The decrease in membrane flux and recovery rate positively impacted annual operation cost. The average total dissolved solids (TDS) of the permeate and energy consumption with highly permeable membrane according to the membrane manufacturer were 3.84 mg/L and 2.22 ± 0.13 kWh/㎥, respectively. In addition, energy saving up to 0.29 kWh/㎥ or cost reduction of membrane module up to 15.6% is expected by changing the RO configuration from full two pass to partial or split partial two pass.