• Resources Recycling
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• v.15 no.4 s.72
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• pp.36-43
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• 2006

There was some difficulty dewatering properties due to small porosity diameter of cake, when pigment sludge contained fine particle was formed by cake under the dewatering. It was difficult to dewater the sludge with fine particles with the conventional mechanical dewatering method. This study was to improve the dewatering rate as discharging the water from porosity of cake easily, supplying the low heat to the cake layer. Thermal dewatering equipment of piston type to keep up constant temperature on the cake was set up and relative experiment was conducted for sludge of 200 g with fine pigment particle. As test results. filtration of 176.8 g, cake weight of 19.4 g, cake thickness of 4.2 mm was measured, and it was analyzed that the water content of cake was 47 wt% and dewatering velocity, which moaned the residual d교 sloid amount per dewatering area, was $2.1DS\;m^{2}{\cdot}cycle$. This results showed that filtration increased, cake weight and thickness decreased and dewatering velocity increased against mechanical dewatering method. And water content of cake decreased about 30%, so the result which dewatering rate improved was drew generally. The reason is that the inner vapor pressure working at the cake porosity increased as applying the low heat to the cake layer, which lead to discharge the water from porosity easily. Therefore, this study was estimated by the useful technology for sludge reduction.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.15-21
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• 2014

In this study, biochemical methane potential test was conducted to estimate ultimate methane and carbon dioxide yield for anaerobic digestion and pretreatment with sewage sludge cake. Two of 0.2 % TS of sewage sludge cakes were treated with 5M NaOH or sonication of 0.51 W/mL during 30 min respectively. Another sample was treated simultaneously with NaOH and sonication in same condition. Then, initial soluble COD increased from 33.1 mg/L to 494 mg/L. After BMP test, methane production ranged from 3.12 and 84.2 mL $CH_4$ per g of Volatile Solid (VS) and 9.2 and 13.5 mL $CO_2$ per g of Volatile Solid (VS) for carbon dioxide. In other tests, injection of nutrient media or sludge supernatant produced 73.1 and 73.8 mL $CH_4$ per g of Volatile Solid (VS) and 11.2 and 13.6 mL $CO_2$ per g of Volatile Solid (VS) respectively. When BMP test finished, 62 % of initial volatile solids decreased to 33.8~45.4 %. Simultaneous pretreatment increased soluble COD, reduction rate of volatile solids and digestion efficiency than those for alkaline and ultrasonic pretreatment.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.508-514
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• 2004

Industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants produce large amounts of sludge cakes for final disposal. This problem is an inevitable drawback inherent to the activated sludge process. Both the reduction of the amount of sludge produced and improvement of its dewaterability are presently very important issue also in Korea. So many pre-treatment processes have been developed in order to improve sludge dewatering efficiency. In this study the effects of hydrogen peroxide and paper sludge mixing processes were considered as reasonable alternatives to enhance sludge dewaterability. The CST of sludge was significantly decreased, and dewaterability improved by hydrogen peroxide oxidation treatment. The optimum dosage of hydrogen peroxide was proved to be 10mg/g-TS (when TS of sludge was 2%) with the conditions of pH 4 and only 1~2 minutes of reaction time. The mixing of paper sludge with sewage sludge was turned out to be very effective in reduction of sludge cake; 30% of sludge cake reduction was accomplished. Optimum mixing ratio of paper sludge was about 30%(v/v). This process also could save 25% of polymer to be required. These two alternatives are somewhat realistic, but it was concluded that paper sludge mixing process will be the best choice.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.385-389
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• 2006

다중주파수 초음파를 이용한 하수슬러지의 전처리시 탈수성와 침강성에 관한 실험을 실시하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. CST 변화량은 조사시간 80분까지 증가하다가 이후에는 감소하는 경향을 보여 탈수성이 개선될 수 있음을 보였다. 또한 삼중주파수가 이중주파수 일때보다 더 큰 영향을 끼쳤다. 2. $SV_{30}$의 변화량은 초음파 조사와 동시에 급격히 변화하여 침강성의 악화를 가져왔다. 또한 삼중주파수가 이중주파수 일때보다 침강속도를 더 빨리 악화시켰다. 3. 수온은 상승하였고, pH의 변화는 거의 일어나지 않았다. 본 실험에서 다중주파수를 사용하였을때, 단일주파수를 사용했을때보다 효율이 높았다. 그러나 다중주파수를 이용한 초음파 처리시 정확한 탈수성과 침강성 평가를 위해 ECP, 여과비저항(SRF), 입도분도, 점도 등 다양한 후속연구를 진행해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.12 no.2 s.25
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• pp.107-113
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• 2006

Water treatment plant sludge occurred in sedimentation and inverse wash process is generally disposed by ocean dumping or reclamation after dehydration processing using mechanical or natural dry method. Recently, ocean dumping of sludge is limited actually by London Convention. Physical, chemical, and geotechnical characteristics of water treatment plant sludge were analyzed by experiments. The possibilities for recycling of the dehydration sludges as materials for covering sanitary landfill were examined. Experiments performed with sludges mixed with general soil to improved the sludge properties are the hydrometer analysis, the liquid and plastic limit test, the specific gravity test, the compaction test, and the unconfined compression test. The value of ${\gamma}_{dmax}$ is increased and OMC(Optimum Moisture Content) is lessened with mixed sludge. The value of maximum compressive strength and friction angle are increased and the cohesion is decreased with mixed sludge. The ratio between sludge and soil in mixed sludge was 3:7 and the strength of mixed sludge showed $3.6kg/cm^2$. These results satisfy the regulation of U.S. E.P.A regarding materials for covering sanitary landfill.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.34-39
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• 2017

The recent gradual increase in the energy demand is mostly met by fossil fuel, but the research on and development of new alternative energy sources is drawing much attention due to the limited fossil fuel supply and the greenhouse gas problem. This paper assesses the feasibility of producing fuel energy from a dewatered sewage sludge by microwave-induced pyrolysis with sludge char and graphite receptor. Both receptors produced gas, char, and tar in order from product amount. The gas produced for the sludge char receptor contained mainly hydrogen and methane with a small amount of light hydrocarbons. The graphite receptor generated higher gravimetric tar and generated higher light tar. Through the results, the product gas from the microwave processes of wet sewage sludge might be possible as a fuel energy. But the product gas has to be removed the condensable PAH tars.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.507-509
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• 2008

유입수 성상이 서로 다른 9개소의 하수처리장에서 발생하는 하수슬러지의 재이용 가능성에 대하여 퇴비 기준 및 부숙토 기준으로 검토하였다. (1) 공장폐수가 유입되는 하수처리장의 탈수케이크에 함유된 Cr, Cu, Pb성분은 퇴비 및 부숙토 기준치를 초과하였다. (2) 중금속의 함량에 관한 기준을 만족하는 탈수케이크는 가연분 함량이 낮으므로 직접적인 재이용은 어려울 것으로 생각된다.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.44-50
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.818-820
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 도로 지하에 매설되어 있는 2m${\times}$2m 정도 규격의 박스형태 암거의 좁은 공간에서 원활하게 준설작업을 할 수 있는 준설시스템의 개발을 하고자 한다. 준설시스템의 작업과정은 지하에 매설된 암거의 내부를 �렵罹만� 원격 조정하여, 오염된 슬러지 준설 작업을 수행하는 준설기와 슬러지를 지상으로 반출하는 유압식 듀얼 이송스크류 슬러지 배출 차량 및 지상으로 반출된 슬러지의 수분을 제거하는 슬러지 탈수 처리 장치로 구성되어 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.1225-1232
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• 2000

This study was carried out to define the effect of electron beam irradiation on the physico-chemical characteristics of sewage sludges. The experimental evidence showed that both pH and alkalinity of irradiated sludge were generally increased as the dose of irradiation increased. It was found that the soluble protein concentration (SPC) and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) from the sludge right after electron beam irradiation at 3kGy(kilo-joule/kg) increased 2.2 times and 10 times respectively more than those sludges without electron beam treatment. This highly solubilized organics could be resulted in a good soluble substrate for the subsequent anaerobic digestion process. The specific resistance of filtration (SRF) tests showed that sludge dewaterability under electron beam irradiation at 6kGy was found to be 8.8 times higher than that of unirradiated sludge. The sludge dewaterability seemed to be directly related to the dosage of electron beam irradiation up to 10kGy. However, the efficiency of sludge dewaterability tended to be smaller with higher applied irradiation dose. In comparing treatments by different inorganic chemical conditioner with irradiated and unirradiated sludges, it appeared that the dewaterability with irradiated sludge was approximately 4-10 times better that that of unirradiated sludge. Even electron beam treatment itself could replace the result from the sludge conditioned with inorganic chemical coagulants.