• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.279-290
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• 2016

The performance of upflow anaerobic bioelectrochemical reactor (UABE), equipped with electrodes (anode and cathode) inside the upflow anaerobic reactor, was compared to that of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor for the treatment of acidic distillery wastewater. The UASB was stable in pH, alkalinity and VFAs until the organic loading rate (OLR) of 4.0 g COD/L.d, but it became unstable over 4.0 g COD/L.d. As a response to the abrupt doubling in OLR, the perturbation in the state variables for the UABE was smaller, compared to the UASB, and quickly recovered. The UABE stability was better than the UASB at higher OLR of 4.0-8.0 g COD/L.d, and the UABE showed better performance in specific methane production rate (2,076mL $CH_4/L.d$), methane content in biogas (66.8%), and COD removal efficiency (82.3%) at 8.0 g COD/L.d than the UASB. The maximum methane yield in UABE was about 407mL/g $COD_r$ at 4.0 g COD/L.d, which was considerably higher than about $282mL/g\;COD_r$ in UASB. The rate limiting step for the bioelectrochemical reaction in UABE was the oxidation of organic matter on the anode surface, and the electrode reactions were considerably affected by the pH at 8.0 g COD/L.d of high OLR. The maximum energy efficiency of UABE was 99.5%, at 4.0 g COD/L.d of OLR. The UABE can be an advanced high rate anaerobic process for the treatment of acidic distillery wastewater.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 1996

For treating tannery wastewater containing high sulfate and heavy metals, test was performed to assess their performance, competition between SRB (sulfate reducing bacteria) and MPB (methane producing bacteria), and the activity of MPB according to change of chromium concentrations. COD removal efficiency was above 70% at VLR (volumetric loading rate) of 2.0 gCOD/I.day and HRT (hydraulic retention time) of 18hrs at $35^{\circ}C$. In the competition between SRB and MPB, about 15% of the removed COD was utilized by SRB in the begining, but it became 43% at the end. It indicated that MPB was strongly suppressed by the occurrence of significant sulfate reduction since a large electron flow was uptaken by SRB. For the entire experiment, removal efficiencies of chromium concentration were more than 90%. Despite high removal efficiencies of chromium concentration, performance of reactor did not change significantly during the experimental periods. Expecially, chromium (III) is tannery wastewater is less toxic than chromium (VI).

• Membrane Journal
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.67-74
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• 2002

Submerged membrane bioreactor(SMBR) and reverse osmosis(R/O) systems treated dye wastewater for reusing of industrial water. The permeate fluxes of SMBR at 20-25 cmHg of lab. test and field test were 10 LMH($1/m^2$.hr) all test. Removal efficiencies of CODcr, $COD_{Mn}$ and T-N were 93%, 90% and 60% in the SMBR, respectively The advanced treatment of combined process(SMBR+R/0) was accomplished for increasing the removal efficiency of non-biodegradable materials and T-N. Therefore, the removal efficiency of T-N obtained in 80% above, then nitrogen concentration was under 15 mg/L. The combined process(SMBR+R/0) was suitable to reuse of the dye wastewater.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.220-228
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• 2007

In this study, effective simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reaction was accomplished in a completely mixed single bioreactor. As the important factors on the reaction, optimal DO concentration and effective range of influent C/N ratio was investigated with the synthetic wastewater. Experimental results show that stable nitrogen removals were accomplished with 0.5 mg/L DO concentration and over 7 C/N ratio. Nitrogen removal efficiency of the real municipal wastewater was low with 0.5 mg/L DO concentration because of its low C/N ratio. The increment of the C/N ratio at the inflow of the municipal wastewater with addition of external carbon source (glucose) over 7(up to 14) shows over 70% nitrogen removal in the single bioreactor.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.7-15
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• 2009

The objective of this study was to investigate difference in nitrogen, organic, phosphorus and $NH_3$-N removal efficiency according to organic loading, comparing M-DEPHANOX process which has two nitrification reactor with M-eBNR process which has one nitrification reactor. As a result of this study, $NH_3$-N removal efficiency of M-DEPHANOX and M-eBNR resulted in average level of 91.8%, 96.9%, respectively. M-DEPHANOX and M-eBNR processes showed high removal efficiency in view of $NH_3$-N removal efficiency. Comparing organic removal efficiency by M-DEPHANOX and M-eBNR processes, the average removal efficiency in terms of TCOD, SCOD was 84.1%, 78.2% and 83.4%, 75.6%. Also, the results that observed about $NH_3$-N removal efficiency regarding organic loading revealed that nitrification reactor of RBC type are little influenced by flowing organic without precipitating at settling tank. Therefore, although inflow characteristics of municipal wastewater changes, M-eBNR process appeared to remove $NH_3$-N reliably.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.401-407
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• 2018

For the treatment of heavy metals in the mine drainage from the closed mine area, various methods such as passive, active and semi-active treatments are considered. Among contaminated elements in the mine drainage, Mn is one of the difficult elements for the treatment because it needs high pH over 9.0 for its concentration to be reduced. In this study, the efficiency of various slag complex reactors (slag (S), slag+limestone (SL) and slag+Mn coated gravel (SG)) on Mn removal in the presence of Fe, which is a competitive element with Mn, was evaluated to investigate effective methods for the treatment of Mn in mine drainage. As a result of experiments on Mn removal without Fe during 358 days, using influent with $30{\sim}50Mn{\cdot}mg/L$ and pH 6.7 on the average, S reactor showed continuously high Mn removal efficiency with the average of 99.9% with pH 8.9~11.4. Using the same reactors, Mn removal experiments with Fe during 237 days were conducted with the influent with $40{\sim}60Mn{\cdot}mg/L$. The pH range of effluent reached to 6.1~10.0, which is slightly lower than that of effluent without Fe. S reactor showed the highest range of pH with 7.1~9.9, followed by S+L and S+G reactor. However, the efficiency of Mn removal showed S+L>S>S+G with the range of 94~100%, 68~100% and 68~100%, respectively in spite of relatively low pH range. S+L reactor showed the most resistance on Fe input, which means other mechanisms such as $MnCO_3$ formation by the carbonate prouced from the limestone or autocatalysis reaction of Mn contributed to Mn removal rather than pH related mechanisms. The evidence of reactions between carbonates and Mn, rhodochrosite ($MnCO_3$), was found from the X-ray diffraction analysis of precipitates sample from S+L reactor. From this study, the most effective reactors on Mn removal in the presence of Fe was S+L reactor. The results are expected to be applied for the Mn containing mine water treatment in the presence of Fe within the relatively low range of pH.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.37-45
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• 1995

The performance and the operational problems of UASB(Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket) reactor for treatment of dairy wastewaters were investigated. Synthetic milk wastewater was successfully treated up to the loading rate of 3.9kg $COD/m^3.day$, with a specific gas production rate of 1. 23 I/I. day and a COD removal efficiency of over 90%. However, the sludge rising was observed at the loading rate of 2.1kg $COD/m^3.day$, due probably to the formation of scum layer at the surface of settling compartment. The BMP(biochemical methane potential) of raw milk wastewater and ice cream wastewater, measured by using SBT(serum bottle test), were 0.135 and 0.66ml $CH_4/mg\;COD_{added}$, respectively. The sludge activity increased more than 8 times from 0.159g $COD-CH_4/g$ VSS. d during 90 days of operation.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.11
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• pp.1141-1145
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• 2005

A contactor coupled sequencing batch reactor composed of pre-anoxic contact zone and intermittently aerated zone was proposed and operated for nitrogen removal. Emphasis was placed on the fact that the contactor can be operated in a rapid reaction mode that results In biological uptake but incomplete metabolism of organic matter. Consequently, 61.2% of the sewage SCOD was adsorbed to activated sludge by 30-minute contact reaction. The specific uptake of organic matter was 22.3 mg SCOD/g MLVSS that enhanced the denitrification efficiency in the following denitrification stage. The removal efficiencies of the organic matter(SCOD) and the total nitrogen(T-N) were 86% and about 60% at the TCOD/TKN ratio as low as 6.0, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.425-425
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• 2021

북평산업단지내 공공폐수처리시설(6,500톤/일)의 가동률은 30% 이하로 매우 저조하며, 폐수배출업체는 29개소로 그 수가 적어 배출오염부하량 비율에 따른 처리비용이 일부 업체의 경우 과도하게 부과되고 있는 실정이다. 입주업체 운영비용 부담을 저감하기 위해 해당 지자체에서는 운영비용의 65% 이내에서 일정금액을 지원하고 있으나, 동일업종에 대한 원인자비용부담금 비율의 경우, 동해시 A업체는 30.18%로 타 지역 B업체의 4.83% 보다 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 지자체 지원금을 제외한 순수 처리부과금의 경우 A업체가 2배 이상 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이에 북평산업단지 공공폐수처리시설의 전체 운영비 절감을 위한 효율적인 운영방안 마련이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 북평산업단지내 공공폐수처리시설의 운영 및 관리현황을 검토하여 효율적인 운영방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 현재 운영시설에 대한 현황을 파악하고 관련 법률 및 계획등을 검토한 결과, 북평산단 지역은 하수처리 구역이 아닌 공공폐수처리구역으로 산업폐수의 공공하수도처리시설 연계처리 지침에 따라 인근 공공하수처리시설과의 연계처리가 불가한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 환경부에서는 가동률이 저조한 처리시설에 대해서는 시설개선을 통한 방안을 제시하고 있어 현 처리시설의 공정개선을 통한 운영비 절감방안이 가장 효율적인 것으로 판단되었다. 이에, 현재 생물 반응조 후단에서 운영 중인 가압 부상조에 새로운 배관을 설치하여, 최초 침전지 유출수를 가압부상조 처리 후, 생물 반응조로 유입하고, 최종 침전 후 총인을 제어 할 수 있는 약품투입 시설을 설치하는 공정 개선 방안을 제시하였다. 이처럼 생물 반응조 이전에 가압부상조를 설치하고, 후단 가압 부상조 미운영시 공정개선 전·후에 따른 총 슬러지 발생량은 24.2%, 탈수케익 처리비용은 27.6% 절감할 수 있는 것으로 산정되었으며, 전체 처리시설에 대한 총 운영비 감소율은 13.4%로 분석되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.150-152
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• 2005

환경친화적 기술로 알려진 방사선조사기술(RT: Radiation Technology)을 이용하여 돈피 유래 올리고펩타이드를 제조하고자 하였다. 생 박 돈피를 hammer mill과 chopper를 이용하여 조분쇄한 후 $-20^{\circ}C$ 아세톤으로 탈지하였고, ${\gamma}$-ray irradiator를 이용하여 0, 20, 40, 60, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 kGy의 총 흡수량을 얻도록 탈지돈피에 방사선조사를 실시하였다. 방사선조사에 의한 탈지돈피의 pH 변화는 0${\sim}$100 kGy 조사선량에서는 미비했으나, 150 kGy 이상에서는 소폭 증가하였다. 탈지돈피의 단백질 함량 중 콜라겐 함량은 93% 이었으며 방사선조사된 돈피콜라겐을 효소처리하면 효소반응 시간이 길어질수록 약 24 kDa 범위에서 밴드가 확인되었고, 100 kGy 이상의 고선량에서는 효소반응 2시간 이후 10% polyacrylamide 전기영동 겔의 최 하단에 머무는 분자량의 펩타이드가 다량 관찰되었다. 용해도 변화는 20${\sim}$60 kGy의 선량에서는 효소반응 시간이 길어질수록(1시간${\sim}$4시간) 최대 65${\sim}$80%의 용해도 증가를 보였고, 반면에 100 kGy 이상에서는 효소반응 시간에 관계없이 80% 이상, 300 kGy에서는 90% 이상의 용해도를 보여주려다. 점도와 탁도는 100 kGy 이상의 고선량에서 짧은 효소반응 시간(1시간)에 급격히 감소하였다. 가수 분해물(300 kGy)을 gel permeation chromatography한 결과 분자량 9,000 Da의 주 피크가 검출되었다.