• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.7-11
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• 2017

The use of special gas masks such as PAPR is strongly required for the safe and efficient work of fire-fighters in removing fire residue and rescue activity. Special gas masks commonly use canisters with carbon activated particles. This paper analyzed the pressure distribution, velocity distribution and pressure loss characteristics in canisters using CFD simulation, and showed pressure drops are affected by inlet air velocity, canister geometry and increase dramatically especially with the decrease of particle diameters and volume fractions.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.601-608
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• 2008

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of ozonation as pretreatment on the removal of dissolved or biodegradable organic matter(DOM or BOM), the variance of DOM fractionation, and microbial regrowth by pilot-scale granular activated carbon processes in which adsorption and biodegradability was proceeding due to long time operation. Regardless of point of ozonation applied, GAC processes with ozonation(i.e., Ozonation combined with GAC Filter-adsorber; Pre O$_3$ + F/A, Ozonation combined with GAC adsorber; Post O$_3$ + GAC) compared with GAC processes without ozonation(i.e., GAC Filter-adsorber; F/A, GAC adsorber; GAC) removed approximately 10 to 20% more of DOC, hydrophilic DOM(HPI), BDOC and AOC after long period of operation that biological activity was assumed to happen. Ozonation was not found to have a significant effect on the removal of DOC, but caused the decrease of AOC by approximately 20%. It was found that the fixed bacterial biomass on GAC media did not show a significant difference between the GAC with ozonation and GAC without ozonation as pre-treatment, whereas the HPC of column effluent was more biostable at Post O$_3$ + GAC compared with F/A or GAC.

• 한국상하수도협회지
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• s.7
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• pp.112-118
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.346-349
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• 2004

광주시 관내 폐수배출시설 방류수 6지점과 대형 건축물 오수 처리시설 방류수 4지점 및 중수 처리 재이용수, 건물 옹벽 지하수 2지점의 수질을 분석하여 중수로써 재이용 가능 여부를 조사한 결과 폐수 배출시설 방류수의 경우 조립금속제품 제조시설, 축전지제조시설 및 타이어제조시설이 대체적으로 중수도의 수질기준을 만족하고 있어 현재의 방류수를 그대로 중수로 이용 가능하리라 판단된다. 오수 처리시설 방류수의 경우 4지점 모두 유기물질은 물론 색도, 탁도 등 대부분의 항목이 중수도 수질기준을 초과하여 현재의 방류수 자체를 중수로 사용하기는 불가능 할 것으로 판단되며, 이들 방류수를 중수로 재이용하고자 한다면 모래 여과조나 활성탄 여과조, 소독시설 등 중수 처리시설을 설치하여야 할 것으로 판단된다. 오수처리시설 방류수를 중수 처리하여 재이용 하고 있는 중수의 경우 대부분 중수도의 수질기준을 만족하였으나, 색도와 탁도, 대장균군의 경우 일부 상당히 불안정한 수질을 보였으나 현재 화장실 세정수로 이용하고 있는데 색도 외에는 별다른 문제가 없는 것으로 나타났고, 대형빌딩 옹벽에서 흘러나오는 지하수의 경우 일반세균과 질산성 질소를 제외하고는 모두 먹는물 수질기준에 적합한 것으로 나타나 현재의 지하수를 그대로 청소용수나 화장실 세정수 등의 중수로 재활용해도 충분하다고 판단되며, 활성탄 여과조와 소독 시설 등의 추가시설을 갖춘다면 먹는 물로도 사용이 가능하리라 보며, 수량적인 측면에서도 1일 발생량이 100~400톤 이상이므로 충분히 경제성이 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.09a
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• pp.5-38
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• 1996

최근에 산업발전, 유독물의 사용 증가에 따라 이들이 하천, 호소 및 지하수에 유입하여 수질오염이 심화되고 있다. 또, 하수, 산업폐수, 분뇨, 축산폐수 및 농경지 유하수가 하천 및 지하수에 침입하여 수원을 오염시키고 질소, 인분이 증가하여 호소 저수지에 부영양화를 유발하고 있다. 일반적으로 정수과정은 취수, 침사, 응집, 침전, 여과, 염소 소독의 재래식 정수 방법이고 특수하게 원수의 오염이 심할 때에 활성탄(입상)을 사용하거나 이산화염소를 보조제로 사용하는 정수장이 있고, 여과도 완속여과지를 사용하고 있는 예가 있으며 또 오염이 심한 정수장에서는 전염소처리를 적용하는 예가 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.857-864
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• 2009

This study aimed at developing the two stage and dual filtration system. It has a sand + activated carbon layer above the underdrain system and a sand layer above the middledrain system for pretreatment. When retrofitting an old filter bed or designing a new one, this technology can substitute the existing sand filter bed without requiring a new site. In order to extend the filtering duration, the upper layer of the filter bed consists of the rapid sand filtration with large particles which pre-treats and removes coarse particles and turbidity matters. The middle layer has biological activated carbon(BAC) and granular activated carbon(GAC) to eliminate dissolved organic matters, disinfection by-products precursors etc. The lower layer consists of the sand filtration for the post filtering mode. In this study, a pilot plant of two stage and dual filtration system was operated for 4 months in the S water treatment plant in Kyounggi-Do. The stability of turbidity was maintained below 1NTU. The TOC, THMFP and HAAFP were removed about 90% by two stage and dual filtration system, which is almost 2 times higher than S WTP. From analysis result of HPC along the depth of activated carbon + sand layer at 2nd stage, microorganism was mostly not detected, however, increment of HPC was shown as it becomes deeper. It indicates that growth of microorganism is occurred at activated carbon layer.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.347-349
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• 1998

Slow sand filtration was modified and applied for the determination of eliminating efficacy of various fungi and for recommending an easy approach to growers. After 1,500 liter filtration, Fusarium oxysporum was eliminated by several substrates such as activated charcoal (92.5% elimination), silica (90.8%), vermiculite (90.5%), sand (82.3%), perlite (50.4%), and hydroball (21.2%). Silica was able to eliminate several fungi by maximal ratio, which was corresponded to Fusarium oxysporum 120 cfu/mL. Collectotrichum lagenarium 98 cfu/mL. Phytophthora capsici 82 cfu/mL, Botrytis cinerea 62 cfu/mL, Pythium spp. 42 cfu/mL, and Sclerotinia ssp. 52 cfu/mL. In this case, the change of EC was minor and pH was maintained to about 7. In deep flow culture of 'Ddooksum Cheokchookmyeon' lettuce and 'Seokwang' tomato, silica-, activated charcoal-, and vermiculite-based filtration system successfully eliminated Fusarium oxysporum and Phytophthora capsici from the nutrient solution. As a result, these plants were not diseased by ten weeks after inoculation. With this system, growers can easily control the root-zone fungi in the recirculating hydroponic system.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.661-674
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• 2010

Bacterial biomass and its activity were measured in two kinds of granular activated carbon (GAC), the experimental and existing biofiltration system in a drinking water plant. The bacterial biomass was around 210 to 250 nmol P/g WW with phospholipid concentration at acclimation of ozonation treatment. The phospholipid biomass shows more or less a declining gradient along filter depth and no clear seasonality in its values. On the other hand, the microbial activity of [$^3H$]-thymidine and [$^{14}C$]-acetate incorporation within cells increased significantly along the filter depth, showing the difference of three fold between the upper and bottom layer. These factors support the different microbial composition or metabolic activity along the depth of GAC column. Turnover rates, the rate of bacterial biomass and production of biofilm, ranged from 0.26 /hr to 0.37 /hr, indicating a highly rapid recovery itself at amature state. In the non-ozonation treatment, the bacterial biomass was lower than in the ozonation and biological activity also declined towards the filter depth. The biomass levels during cessation of ozonation in the existing GAC filters were 68% of the actively ozonated state.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.208-215
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• 2002

This study was carried out to evaluate the pollutant removal efficiencies of the advanced drinking water treatment using activated carbon process. for raw water, Nakdong river was used. from the activated carbon adsorption experiment the fellowing results were obtained The efficiency of water treatment enhanced with increase in empty bed contact time. Variation of pH was not detected to the bed depth, but DO content gradually decreased with the bed depth. Removal efficiency of $KMnO_4$ consumption, UV254 absorption, DOC and THMFP also were increased by increasing in the bed depth. Transition of adsorption zone from upper parts of the bed to the lower parts were detected as treatment periods increased. Large portion of DOCs were degraded and removed by the microbes growing on the surface of activated carbons. Cell numbers of microbes were estimated over $1.1\times10^7\;cell/cm^3$ at the depth of 20 cm from the surface 126 days after starting operation. The results shown that the activated carbon Inter was successfully acted as a biofilm filter.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.205-212
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• 2008

This study aimed to investigate the biofilm formation, bacterial regrowth, and bacterial community structure in the granular-activated carbon (GAC) filter adsorbers (FAs) used in water treatment plants. In 2005 and 2006, raw water, settled water, GAC FA by depth, and filtered water were collected twice a year from water treatment plants (WTPs) B and S. The number of heterotrophic bacteria, including mesophilic and psychrophilic bacteria, in such collected waters was investigated along with the total number of coliforms therein. Heterotrophic bacteria were detected in most samples, mainly at the surface layers of the GAC FAs, and fewer such bacteria were found in the lower and bottom layers. An increase in the bacterial number, however, was observed in the samples from various depths of the GAC FAs in WTPs B and S compared with the surface layers. An increase in the bacterial number was also detected in the filtered water. This may indicate that there is a regrowth of the bacteria in the GAC FA. Considering, however, that heterotrophic bacteria were not found in the filtered water, it can be deduced that most bacteria are removed in the chlorination process. Coliforms were detected at the surface layer of the GAC FAs, but their regrowth was not observed. MicroLog systems were used to identify the bacteria community distribution. Eight genera and 14 species, including Pseudomonas spp., were detected in WTP B, and 8 genera and 9 species, including Aeromonas spp., in WTP S. Further studies are required to elucidate their role in the biofilms in water treatment processes.