• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.199-206
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• 2008

Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification means that nitrification and denitrification occur concurrently in the same reaction vessel under low DO concentration. Some mathematical models developed to simulate simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reaction, but they have the complex model structures or have limitations of model application. To solve these problems, if possible that predict the behavior of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reaction by activated sludge model, structures of the model is less complex than previous models and applies the various operation conditions. But original activated sludge models have difficulties in representing the denitrification reaction under aerobic condition. So the aim of this study is to interpret simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reaction by modifying activated sludge model. Original activated sludge model No.1(ASM1) was selected and modified. The simulation result in modified ASM1 predicted appropriately for the measured data. This indicates the structures of ASM1 are properly improved for interpretation of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reaction.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.477-486
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• 2010

This study was performed with the object in which it improves the nitrification by using RBC, that is one of the biological waste water treatment process. By applying the Modified Dephanox process to RBC in this research in order to evaluate the improvement of the nitrification by RBC a research was conducted. There is the most conspicuous feature of the process of using RBC. it is that the nitrification can be smoothly performed even if the suspended solid of the high concentration as the interference factor in the nitrification tank is flowed in. Moreover, as a result of experiment, TCOD removal efficiency of the process showed up more than about 90%. when influent TCOD loading rate was 0.04~0.1 kg / $day{\cdot}m^3$. and T-N removal efficiency is high at about 75% in spite of the process operating of the laboratory scale was observed. Also, As increasing influent ${PO_4}^{3-}$-P, T-P loading rate, ${PO_4}^{3-}$-P, T-P removal efficiency was increased. Finally, it was elucidated that the utilization of RBC in external nitrification system resulted in not only high nitrification performance but also stable system operation by minimizing inhibitory effect of overflowed suspended solid (SS).

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.247-248
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• 2005

본 연구는 서로 다른 조건에서 질산화를 유도한 반응기의 군집동태를 살피기 위해 RAPD, ARDRA, DGGE와 같은 기법들을 적용시켜 반응기 초기의 슬러지 구성 군집의 상태 와 질산화 유도후의 군집 변화를 살펴보고자 하였다. 결과적으로 1.5 kb정도의 165 rDNA를 이용한 RAPD와 ARDRA에서는 RAPD에 의한 군집 Patterns변화가 훨씬 다양했으며, 250 bP정도의 PCR산물로 분리를 시도한 DGGE에서도 비교적 예상했던 바와 같이 군집이 단순화되는 양상을 볼 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.1024-1030
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• 2006

Genus Nitrospira and Nitrobacter species are the key nitrite-oxidizing bacteria(NOB) in nitrifying wastewater treatment plants. It has been hypothesized that genus Nitrospira are K-strategists(low $K_6$ value) that can exploit low amounts of nitrite more efficiently than Nitrobacter. In contrast, Nitrobacter species are r-strategists(high $V_{max}$) that can grow faster than Nitrospira. It has also been known that the availability of organic compounds and dissolved oxygen as well as nitrite affects the distribution of NOB. In this study, we determined the distribution and competition of NOB in wastewater nitrification systems where nitrite, organic compounds, and dissolved oxygen concentrations were compositively varied. For the purpose, several compounds of the laboratory-scale nitrificaiion bioreactor and full-scale $A_2O$ wastewater treatment plant and their distribution of NOB were analyzed and compared. The analysis showed that Nitrobacter was the dominant NOB in nitrification bioreactor where average nitrite was maintained at 5 mg-N/L with very low organic concentration in aerobic condition, whereas Nitrospira was the dominant NOB in full-scale $A_2O$ plant where nitrite was maintained very low and organic compounds were maintained relatively high in alternating aerobic-anoxic condition. The result indicates that nitrite concentration is more critical factor than organics and dissolved oxygen which determines the dominant NOB in nitrification system and it is confirmed that Nitrospira and Nitrobacter showed the characteristics of r-strategist and K-strategist, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.401-402
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• 2006

본 연구는 서로 다른 조건에서 질산화를 유도한 반응기의 군집동태를 살피기 위해 DGGE를 이용하여 반응기 초기의 슬러지 구성 군집의 상태와 질산화 유도후의 군집변화를 살펴보고자 하였다. DGGE의 전체 profile에 의하면 군집을 조성하는 개체군의 수가 상당히 축소되었다는 점과 비배양적인 질산화균이 여전히 많다는 점, 그리고 호기조건과 미호기/무산소 조건에 공존하는 band가 많은 것으로 볼 때 예상보다는 산소에 대해 내성이 있는 질산화균이 많다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.329-331
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 토양을 충진한 컬럼을 사용하여 질산화 반응을 촉진시키기 위한 첨가제에 따른 효과를 검토하였다. 토양만을 충진한 컬럼에서는 $NH_{4-}$/N의 약 26%가 질산화 되었으며 제올라이트를 첨가 하였을 때 실험초기에는 $NH_{4-}$/N가 유출되지 않다가 20일 이후부터 $NH_{4-}$/N의 농도가 증가 하기 시작하였으며 이는 제올라이트에 의한 흡착능력의 저하로 사료된다. 폐굴껍질 20% 충진한 토양컬럼에서는 실험 95일까지 99.7%의 질산화율을 보았다. 위의 결과로부터 알 수 있듯이 토양컬럼에 폐굴껍질과 제올라이트를 첨가제로 충진하였을 경우 질산화 반응을 촉진시켜서 질산화율을 높일 수 있음을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.398-403
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• 2012

Selective nitrification and granulation have been carried out in a pilot scale air-lift sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for stable and economical nitrogen removal from wastewater. The SBR showed about 100% nitrification efficiency up to 1.0 kg ${NH_4}^+-N/m^3{\cdot}d$, about 90% efficiency at 1.0-2.0 kg ${NH_4}^+-N/m^3{\cdot}d$, and it was less than 90% when the load was higher than 2.0 kg ${NH_4}^+-N/m^3{\cdot}d$. Nitrite accumulation was induced by selective inhibition of nitrite oxidizing bacteria by free ammonia inhibition and dissolved oxygen limitation. For the purpose, high nitrite ratio (> 0.95) was obtained by keeping the pH higher than 8.0 and dissolved oxygen lower than 1.5 mg/L. In addition, sludge granulation was achieved by keeping reactor settling time to 5 minutes to wash out poor settling sludge and to promote the growth of granulation sludge. The operation accelerated sludge granulation and the sludge volume index (SVI) decreased and stably maintained to less than 75 in 60 days.

• Clean Technology
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.23-31
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• 1998

Photo-sensitized oxidation of benzene in aqueous solution was conducted with persulfate, nitrate, nitrite, sulfate and chloride as sensitizers.In the photo-sensitized oxidation of benzene persulfate, nitrate and nitrite could act as sensitizers, while no detectable effects could be observed with sulfate and chloride. With increasing nitrite concentration the photo-sensitized oxidation of benzene ran through a maximum value and decreased thereafter with increasing nitrite concentration. A build-up of nitrite ions seemed to scavenge hydroxyl radicals. When nitrite was present with other ions, nitrite inhibited the photo-sensitized oxidation of benzene. Phenol and biphenyl were identified as intermediate.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.434-438
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• 2005

Nitrification characteristics and performance of wastewater treatment plants depend on not only temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen of the wastewater but also species, distribution, and their metabolic stages of nitrifying bacteria. Due to their low specific growth rate, nitrifying bacteria are easy to wash out of the reactor and need long time to start-up and recover from damaged nitrifiers community. In order to overcome this limitation, nitrifying bacteria were coated on a polyurethane-based media. Laboratory and pilot-scale reactor had been designed and operated to compare the effect of coated nitrifying bacteria on wastewater nitrification efficiency and performance. Furthermore, the species and quantitative distribution of nitrifying bacteria were also investigated in the suspension and on the media. The results showed that nitrifier-coated reactor had better nitrification efficiency and performance than the control experiments. It also demonstrated that the amounts of total nitrifying bacteria of a coated reactor was higher than other reactors and it increased with operation time and wastewater temperature.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.390-397
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• 2018

The Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant(MWTP), located industrial estate, has a problem of decreasing nitrification efficiency. In this research, it was analyzed that effect of heavy metals and retention time to nitrification based on operational result of laboratory scale reactors. And suggest improving MWTP operation method for increasing nitrification efficiency based on findings. According to operational result, laboratory scale reactor shows over 60% nitrification efficiency over hydraulic retention time(HRT) 0.5 day. However, the nitrification efficiency of S MWTP(high heavy metal concentration) sample was lower than that of A MWTP(low heavy metal concentration) sample in same operational condition. The main reason was heavy metals in industrial wastewater. This heavy metals was acted as inhibitor to nitrifier in reactors. So, activity of nitrifier was analyzed based on specific nitrification rate(SNR). The SNR of S MWTP sample shows 0.13 ~ 0.21 mg NH4/gMLSS/hr and that of A MWTP sample shows 0.74 mg NH4/gMLSS/hr. As a result, the activity of nitrifier of S MWTP was lower than that of A MWPT. In other words, retrofit methods for improving nitrification efficiency in MWTPs located industrial estate were that to increase retention time in biological treatment process or to pretreat heavy metal before being injected biological treatment process.