• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1-1
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• 2017

녹조현상은 부영양화된 호수나 유속이 느린 하천에서 부유성의 조류(식물 플랑크톤)가 대량 증식하여 수면에 집적하게 되고 물의 색을 현저하게 녹색으로 변화시킴으로써 발생된다. 최근에는 이러한 녹조 현상이 광역화, 독성화, 장기화의 특성을 띠며 빈번히 발생되고 있다. 녹조현상은 독소를 발생시키는 남조류에 의해 수생식물에 악영향을 주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 예를 들면 독소에 의한 가축에의 영향, 생태계 파괴로 인한 생태학적인 문제, 산소결핍으로 인한 물고기 및 각종 수중생물 폐사 등의 심각한 문제를 야기한다. 또한 조류는 식수에서 맛과 냄새를 유발할 뿐 아니라 Microcystin-LR과 같은 유해한 독소를 배출하여 공중 보건을 위협한다. 이에 식수원으로 사용되는 하천의 조류 번식에 따른 대응방안 마련이 절실히 요구된다. 유입되는 조류로 부터의 정수처리 설비의 처리 부하를 줄이기 위해서는 취수시스템과 연계한 고속 전처리 조류 제거 시스템을 개발이 필요하다. 기존의 전기응집부상공정(Electro-Coagulation and Flotation, ECF)은 화학 약품(응집제) 투여량이 적은 이점이 있지만 비교적 긴 전기 분해 시간이 필요하여 기존 정수처리 시스템과 연계성에 있어 한계가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 전기 분해 시간을 줄여 유입된 조류를 수 초 내에 응집하여 1분 이내에 조류를 분리하는 초고속 조류 전처리 기술을 개발하였다. 개발된 기술의 현장적용 및 실험 결과, 응집과정이 없이도 Chlo-a는 약 45 %의 제거 효율을 나타났다. 또한 응집제의 투입 및 전극에 의한 부상시스템에 의해 Chlo-a가 약 80 %로 제거되는 것으로 나타나 빈번하게 발생되는 조류로부터 안정적인 물 공급을 위한 전처리 공정으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.325-326
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• 2006

현 화학플랜트에서 사용되고 있는 ABS 수지 응집 공정의 경우 교반기 내부의 불균일한 유동분포와 유동메커니즘의 문제점은 공정 제품의 생산성을 저하 시키는 원인으로 작용하고 있다. 그러나 우수한 성능의 산업용 교반기를 설계하기 위해선 반드시 교반성능에 영향을 미치는 다양한 내부의 유동특성의 정량적인 실험 데이터 확보가 필요하나, 3차원적 비정상 특성을 나타내는 복잡한 구조의 내부 유동특성에 관한 정량적 해석은 현재까지도 상당한 어려운 문제로 남아있다. 이에 이런 문제점을 개선하여 생산성을 향상시키기 위해서는 PIV 기법을 이용한 교반기 내부의 유동분포와 유동메커니즘을 규명하여 교반기 내부의 최적화된 유동을 형성시키는 임펠러의 형상을 개발하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.356-359
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• 2005

하수를 처리하는 공정에서 해마다 슬러지의 발생량은 증가하고 있으며, 이를 효과적으로 처리하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 따라서, 본 연구는 경제적이면서도 측정이 간편한CST(Cap-illary Suction Time)을 통해 슬러지 의 탈수성 과 적 정 주입량을 산출하는 방법을 연구하였다. 이를 위하여 본 실험의 대상인 도시 하수슬러지에 대하여 함수율 및 pH변화, 무기 및 유기 응집제의 주입량 변화, 그리고 응집제 투입 후 침전된 응집제량을 조사하여 탈수성을 조사하였다. 슬러지의 함수율을 97%, 98%, 99%로 했을 때, CST는 99%일 때가 가장 적은 값으로 나타났다 응집제 주입 후 침전된 슬러지의 생성량은 응집제가 증가됨에 따라 증가하다가, 최적 주입량보다 더 많은 응집제를 주입할 경우에는 그 양이 감소했다. 이는 형성된 응집물의 구조적 특성의 변화를 나타내고 있음을 알 수 있다. 위와 같은 실험 결과를 통해 CST는 수분이내(< Smin)에 슬러지의 탈수성을 신속하게 측정할 수 있는 방법이며 비교적 정확하게 측정할 수 있음을 알 수 있다. 뿐만 아니라 응집제의 최적 주입량 및 응집물의 구조적 특성을 평가하는 데에도 유용하게 사용할 수 있다.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.67-72
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• 2020

Recycling processes of spent copper wires cosisnt of several steps of cutting and chopping processes for peeling covering materials followed by gravity separation processes, where copper is recovered. Because copper thin wires could be lost during further recycling processes, the wire may need to be further treated. In the present study, the copper thin wire was treated with ball milling to prevent the loss. Since the aggregation of the copper wire could be formed by bending and entangling the copper wire each other, the degree of flexion of the copper wire was measured after ball milling. When the 0.5 cm and 3 cm copper wires were used, the 0.5 cm copper wire was not bent and the 3 cm copper wires were aggregated regardless of the ball addition. When the 1 cm and 2 cm copper wires were used, the degree of flexion was remarkable when the balls were added. In the tests using 2 cm copper wires, the aggregation ratio of the copper wire gradually increased with the amount of the 20 mm alumina ball, and when 200 ml of 30 mm alumina ball was used, the aggregation ratio increased to 89.29 %, but after increasing the ball amount further, the aggregation ratio decreased. Thus, it is expected that the loss of the copper wire could be reducedif when the copper thin wire is treated with ball milling by the aggregation of copper thin wires.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.20 no.3 s.57
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• pp.36-43
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• 2005

Prior to the study of the sewage treatment methods, water quality for Gwangju sewage of fluent was investigated from January to December, 2004 for sewage water reuse. Monthly mean values of BOD, SS, turbidity, total phosphorus and color were 4.1 mg/L, 2.9 mg/L, 0.8 NTU, 1.3 mg/L, and 27 unit, respectively. Jar-test was performed to investigate the removal efficiency of pollutants under the coagulation conditions of fast mixing for 5 min, slow mixing for 15 min and precipitation for 1hr. Here, alum and polyaluminium chloride (PAC) were used as coagulants to reduce color, turbidity, total phosphorus (TP) and total organic carbon (TOC) in sewage effluents. The results showed that PAC gave better efficiency in removing turbidity and dissolved phosphorus than alum. It was also found from the relative molecular weight (RMW) distribution analysis that organic matter over 1,000 Dalton (Da) was easily removed by coagulation and subsequently MF treatment, while it was not effective for less than 500 Da. Based on tis result, Natural organic matter (NOM) with lower molecular weight (< 500 Da) may cause harmful disinfectant by-product (DBP) after chlorine treatment. Thus, activated carbon adsorption seems to be required for the complete removal of DBP in the hybrid system.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.590-596
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• 2012

Enhanced coagulation is best available technologies to treat NOM in water to produce clean drinking water. In this research, the comparison experiments between conventional coagulation (CC) and enhanced coagulation (EC) using 4 type coagulants i.e., ferric chloride, aluminium sulphate (alum), poly aluminium sulphate organic magnesium (PSOM) and poly aluminium chloride (PACl) were performed in terms of surrogate parameters such as dissolved organic carbon (DOC), trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP), haloacetic acid formation potential (HAAFP) and zeta potential variation in order to find out the most effective coagulant and conditions to fit Nakdong River water. When applied to EC process, the turbidity removal efficiency did not increased gradually compared to the CC process when adding coagulants. Furthermore, the removal efficiency of turbidity became decreased much more as coagulants were added increasingly whereas the removal efficiency of DOC, THMFP and HAAFP became increased by 13~18%, 9~18% and 9~18% respectively compared to the CC process. The characteristics of turbidity removal showed relatively high removal efficiency considering the pH variation in entire pH range when using $FeCl_3$ and PACl. Additionally, in case of alum and PSOM steady removal efficiency was shown between pH 5 and pH 8. In terms of DOC surrogate the coagulants including 4 type coagulants indicated high removal efficiency between pH 5 and pH 7. The removal efficiency of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in EC between less than 1 kDa and more than 10 kDa augmented by 11~21% and 16% respectively compared to the CC process. The removal efficiency of hydrophobic and hydrophilic organic matter proved to be increased by 27~38% and 11~15% respectively. In conclusion, the most effective coagulant relating to EC for Nakdong River water was proved to be $FeCl_3$ followed by PSOM, PAC and alum in order.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.318-321
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• 2003

비소로 오염된 토양, 하천 퇴적물 및 광미의 복원할 때, 토양 세척 공정에서 중요한 인자인 비소의 화학적 결합형태와 세척제에 따른 용출특성과 고효율 세척 및 세척액의 재활용도를 높이기 위한 공정을 바탕으로 토양세척장비를 설계하였다. 화학적 결합형태에 있어서 토양은 잔류 결합형태가 주되고, 퇴적물의 경우는 철산화물과의 결합형태가 강하며, 광미는 황화물과의 결합에 따른 잔류형태와 철산화물과의 결합형태가 상당부분을 차지한다. 세척제에 따른 용출특성으로부터, 철산화물과 황화물과 결합하고 있는 비소의 화학적 결합형태를 파괴하면서 비소를 추출할 수 있는 용제로 HCl, Oxalate, EDTA, M$_2$O$_2$를 사용하였다. 추출 결과, 비소가 철산화물과 결합한 형태가 비중이 높을수록 EDTA 나 Oxalate가 효율이 높으며, 황화물에 대해서는 HCl과 $H_2O$$_2$이 상대적으로 높은 추출 효율을 보였다. 구성된 세척조는 밀폐실린더형과 스크류이송형 세척조로 구성되어 각각 혼합교반에 의한 세척과 토양입자 분급에 따른 세척이 가능하다. 세척 공정중 최적 산도 조절이 중요한 인자가 되며, 세척액의 재활용도를 높일때, 세척수에 용해되어 있는 비소 및 중금속과 미립자의 동시 제거를 위한 응집 침전조에서 응집제에 의해서 미립자와 함께 제거하는 응집, 침전 및 분리공정을 배치하였다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.230-239
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• 2004

Treatment of a dyeing wastewater was carried out using polyamide RO-membranes. Before applying the wastewater to the membrane process, it was pretreated with various chemical coagulants such as alum, ferric chloride and HOC-100A. In order to see the effect of the pretreatment on the membrane separation process, the optimum conditions for the coagulation and sedimentation process were sought. As a result, by the pretreatment, for all the coagulants used, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and UV-absorbance of the wastewater were lowered by more than 70%. The pretreated wastewater was then applied to the membrane process. The effect of the coagulants used for the pretreatment on the membrane fouling was studied. From this study, it was found that the HOC-100A was the best out of the coagulants used for the removal of the materials that could cause membrane fouling.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.41-47
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• 2018

Radioactive substances, especially $^{137}Cs$ discharged in the course of Nuclear Power Plant Accident or maintenance of power plants, cause contamination of the soil. For habitation of residents and reuse of industrial land, it is inevitably necessary to decontaminate the soil. This study examines a soil washing process that has actually been used for washing of radioactive-contaminated soil. The soil washing process uses a washing agent to weaken surface tension of the soil and cesium, separating cesium from the soil. In this study, in order to raise the efficiency of the process, a flocculating agent was added to the washing water to remove fine soil and cesium. The cesium concentrations before and after applying the flocculating agent to cesium solution were measured through ICP-OES. When using 0.1 g of J-AF flocculating agent in the experiment, the maximum Cs removal performance was approximately 88%; the minimum value was 67%. Species combinations between cesium and soil were predicted using Visual MINTEQ Code; the ability to reuse the washing water or not, and the removal rate of the fine soil, determined via measurement of the turbidity after applying the flocculating agent, were determined.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.203-207
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• 2009

The concern of seriousness and harmful effects of environmental pollution is rising by the various water pollutions, appearances of new micro-noxious substances and increase of sustainable pollutants. The method is suggested that can effectively increase the removal of organic substances and several pollutants using a coagulation process. The experiment for characteristics of $ZrSiO_4$ (zirconium silicate) as a coagulation-aid was carried out for application to coagulation process with domestic wastewater and lake water, and the removal rate of the organic substances depending on a dosage was evaluated by PDA (Photometric Dispersion Analyzer) in this study. Zeta-potential of zirconium silicate solution was -32.22 mv at pH 7 and the lower negative(-) charge was detected in the more acidic conditions. Absorbance on $UV_{254}$ presented higher when zirconium silicate was added than in a domestic wastewater itself. Besides, the results by PDA experiment represented that injection of zirconium silicate could promote growing of floc. Tests for coagulation process were conducted by three ways which are pre-injection, co-injection and post-injection of zirconium silicate with alum. Accordingly, removal efficiency of organic substances increased over 15% in co-injection than in using of alum as a sole reagent. When a 20 mg/L of alum was used with a 10 mg/L of zirconium silicate, the removal efficiency was high up to 90%. Removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$ was improved more than 15% in case of dosage of coagulant either PAC (Poly aluminium chloride) or PACS (Poly aluminium chloride Silicate) together with zirconium silicate. As a result, the removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$ were 5~10% higher in a co-injection of zirconium silicate with a coagulant than a pre-injection and a post-injection but it of soluble substances was lower in a co-injection.