• KSBB Journal
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.353-360
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• 2009

This study was accomplished using Anaerobic/Anoxic/Oxic upflow packed-bed column reactors with fixed media and Loop Reactor with fluidized media instead of Oxic reactor. The objectives of this study was to investigate the characteristics of organics, nitrogen and phosphorus removal from sewage with the HRT. The average removal efficiencies of $BOD_5$ and SS increase as increasing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) until 16 h of the HRT, and they were constant over 16 h of the HRT. The removal efficiency of $BOD_5$ in case of packed-bed reactor and Loop Reactor was about 86.6% and 90.9% respectively at 16 h of the HRT. The removal efficiency of SS in packed-bed reactor and Loop Reactor was about 78.0% and 88.2% respectively at 16 h of the HRT. The average removal efficiencies of $COD_{Cr}$ and $COD_{Mn}$ showed similar trends as those of $BOD_5$ and SS. At the HRT of 16 h, the removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$ in case of packed-bed reactor and Loop Reactor was 63.5%, 75.2% and that of $COD_{Mn}$ was 60.7%, 73.6% respectively. The average removal efficiencies of T-N and T-P increase as increasing the HRT. The removal efficiencies of T-N and T-P in Loop Reactor were 33.6% and 54.5% respectively at 16 h of the HRT and T-N and T-P were better removed in Loop Reactor. From this result, it was found that the performance of Loop Reactor was much higher than the performance of packed-bed reactor and the optimum HRT was 16 h.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.312-315
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• 2004

염색가공 공정에서 배출되는 염색폐수는 염색 가공공정이나 사용하는 염료등에 따라 폐수량과 성상의 변화가 심하기 때문에 처리에 많은 어려움이 있다. 일반적인 염색폐수 처리방법으로는 물리화학절인 응집침전법과 생물학적인 활성슬러지법을 단독 또는 조합하여 주로 사용하여 왔다. 그러나 최근에는 기존시설의 처리 향상을 위한 다각적인 기술개발이 시도되고 있으며 그 일환으로 본 연구에서는 활성탄을 담지한 폴리우레탄 담체를 개발하여 염색폐수를 처리하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 담체를 이용한 염색폐수의 생물학적 처리 시 여러 인자들, 즉 COD/N 비, DO 농도, 담체의 충진율 등의 영향을 조사하기 위하여 회분식 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 회분식 실험에서 얻은 최적조건을 이용하여 파일럿 실험도 함께 수행하였다. COD/N 비가 COD 제거에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위해 COD/N 비를 조절하지 않은 경우와 COD/N 비를 2-3으로 조절한 경우에 대해서 비교하였다. 실험결과 염색폐수의 초기 COD 농도가 1,000 ppm일 때, 처리 후 COD 농도는 COD/N 비를 조절하지 않았을 경우 860 ppm (제거효율 ＝ 18%), COD/N 비가 2일 경우 550ppm (제거효율 ＝ 52%), COD/N 비가 3의 경우 390 ppm (제거효율 ＝ 57%)으로 각각 나타났다. DO 농도가 COB 제거에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 DO 농도를 1, 6, 7 mg/L로 변화시켰다. 그 결과 DO의 농도가 1 mg/L일 경우 COD 제거효율은 20% 정도였으나, DO 농도가 6 mg/L이상에서는 모두 80%에 가까운 제거효율을 나타내었다. 담체 충진율의 경우, 10% 충진시 40%, 20% 충진시 50%, 30% 충진시 70%의 제거효울을 각각 나타내었다. 회분식 실험에서 얻은 최적조건으로 파일럿 반응기를 100일 이상 운전한 결과 염색폐수의 COD 농도변화는 1,000ppm에서 380ppm로 평균 60%이상 제거되는 높은 효율을 보였다. 또 담체 첨가의 영향을 살펴보기위해, 담체를 충진하지 않은 조건에서 파일럿 반응기를 운전한 결과 평균 COD 제거율은 50%로 비교적 낮은 효율을 보였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.6
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• pp.837-845
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• 2017

A recirculating integrated system composed of a fluidized biofilter filled with waste-tire crumb media fixed with return sludge from wastewater treatment facility of D dyeing industrial center, and a UV/photocatalytic reactor packed with calcined $TiO_2$ coated-glass beads as photocatalyst-support, was constructed and was run to treat authentic textile-dyeing wastewater from D-dyeing industrial center, which was mixed with an alkaline polyester-weight-reducing wastewater and a wastewater from sizing process. As a result, its total removal efficiency(RE(tot)) of $COD_{cr}$ and colors were ca. 81% and 55%, respectively. The synergy effect of the recirculating integrated system to enhance total removal efficiency(RE(tot)) of $COD_{cr}$ and colors were evaluated at most ca. 7% and 3%, respectively. The fluidized biofilter and the UV/photocatalytic reactor were responsible for ca. 94% and 6% of the total $COD_{cr}$ removal efficiency, respectively, and were also responsible for ca. 86% and 14% of the total color-removal efficiency, respectively. Thus, the degree of the UV/photocatalytic reactor-unit process's contribution to RE(tot) of color, was about 2.4 times of that to RE(tot) of $COD_{cr}$. Therefore, the UV/photocatalytic reactor facilitated the more effective elimination of colors by breaking down the chemical bonds oriented from colors of dyes such as azo-bond, than $COD_{cr}$. In addition, the effect of the removal efficiency of each unit process(i.e., the fluidized biofilter or the UV/photocatalytic reactor) of the recirculating integrated system on RE(tot) of $COD_{cr}$ and colors, was analysed by establishing its model equation with an analytic correlation.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.153-159
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• 1999

Fifteen microbes have been isolated from Jangja pond in Kuri-Si, Kyeonggi-Do. Among them, two strains showed excellent COD removal from wastewater, which were named Pseudomonas sp. BLP2052 and Flavobacterium sp. BLP20515, respectively. Optimal pH and temperature for the cell growth were 7.0 and $30^{\circ}C$ for both strains. Pseudomonas sp. BLP2052 and Flavobacterium sp. BLP20515 was applied to the reactor to treat wastewater and 66.0% and 65.7% COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal was achieved, respectively. Comparing these results to the case of applying mixed microbes present in Jangja pond, COD removal rate was 15% less. But when adding the selected microbes to the wastewater containing mixed microbes, COD removal rate increased by 5%. After 84 hour operation, we achieved 85.6% COD removal. When inhibitors were added less than 100 ppm, during the microbial wastewater treatment, Fe, Zn, Al, phenol and Cr influenced microbial activity more deterioratively in order. In the case of over 300 pm, Cr, Fe, Zn, Al and phenol showed severe deteriorative effect in order.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.251-264
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• 2000

Organic removal from synthetic wastewater by electrochemical methods was investigated with various operating parameters, such as current density, retention time, electrode gap and $Cl^-/COD_{Cr}$ ratio. In electrolysis, dioxide iridium coated titanium ($IrO_2/Ti$) and stainless steel plate were used for anode and cathode respectively. The $COD_{Cr}$ removal efficiencies between plate type anode and net type anode were about same effect, but electrolytic power using net type anode is low than plate type anode. The $Cl^-/COD_{Cr}$ ratio was about $1.3kgCl^-/kgCOD_{Cr}$ when organic removal obtained 70 %, $Cl^-/COD_{Cr}$ ratio needs $2.2kgCl^-/kgCOD_{Cr}$ so as to organic completely remove. The removal efficiency of organics increased with current density, retention time and $Cl^-/COD_{Cr}$ ratio, but decreased with increasing electrode gap. The relationship of operating conditions and $COD_{Cr}$ removal efficiencies are as follows. $$COD_{Cr}(%)=80.0360(Current\;density)^{0.4451}{\times}(HRT)^{0.8102}{\times}(Gap)^{-0.4915}{\times}(Cl^-/COD_{Cr})^{0.5805}$$ There existed a competition between the removals for $COD_{Cr}$ and ammonium during electrolysis, the removal of ammonium was shown to be dominant and $COD_{Cr}$ removal was low. But $COD_{Cr}$ removal was raised as addition of alkalinity.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.234-238
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• 2003

Biofilm process is preferred to activated sludge process in small domestic wastewater treatment plant because of its simplicity in operation and maintenance. Column reactor filled with waste ceramics and with waste plastics was used to remove pollutants in restaurant wastewater. COD removal at 18 hours of hydraulic retention time (HRT) gave 93.7%, COD removal during the experimental period, where maximum COD removal was observed. Under same condition, average removal of total nitrogen and total phosphorus were 82.3% and 25.9%, respectively Organic and nitrogen were efficiently removed with the HRT of 18 hours or more.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.469-472
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• 2000

When NAR1A species were applied for the dyeing wastewater treatment process, it achieved 20.5% COD removal, whereas NAR3A and NBY3A species could achieve 50.3% COD removal at the same experiment conditions. In the case of real dyeing wastewater experience, Color remaoval was poor and COD removal was increased compare to the case of synthetic wastewater.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.35-43
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• 2016

COD properties of waste activated sludge (WAS) were investigated for various solubilization rate of mechanical pretreatment method in anaerobic digestion process. Inert COD was 37.0% of total COD in untreated WAS. Particulate biodegradable COD was converted to soluble biodegradables and particulate unbiodegradables as solubilization was processed. Particulate unbiodegradable portion of COD in WAS can be increased as particulate biodegradable portion is decreased in case of relatively long SRT of biological treatment. Thus, COD properties of WAS should be investigated in case of relatively low particulate biodegradable COD, because of possible low effect of solubilization. COD removal rate in anaerobic digester was enhanced as much as 2.1% and 15.1% for solubilization rate 5% and 35% due to pretreatment, respectively. COD removal rate was increased from 25% to 40%, and methane gas generation was increased from $607m^3/d$ to $907m^3/d$ as particulate COD of WAS was solubilized to 35% in pretreatment facilities.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.115-121
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• 1991

A number of experiments were conducted in order to investigate the COD removal rate according to the biofilm thickness in a Fluidized-Bed Biofilm Reactor(FBBR). The following conditions were fixed during the experiments: superficial upflow velocity was 0.47cm/sec, operating temperature was $22{\pm}1{\circ}C$ and pH was about $7{\pm}0.1$. The synthetic wastewater based on glucose was used as a substrate. The COD removal efficiencies were shown as 73% and 95%, respectively, when organic loading rate was increased from $10kgCOD\;/\;{\textrm{m}^3}$.day to $80kgCOD\;/\;{\textrm{m}^3}$.day. Andrew's model of substrate removal rate which was commonly used in fixed-biofilm reactor was transformed and applied in this FBBR experiment to predict substrate removal rate and gave 85% agreement with the experimental values.

• Journal of Aquaculture
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.177-187
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• 1994

The objective of the present study were to evaluate nitrification characteristics and determine optimum treatment conditions of three phase fluidized bed reactor for recycling water treatment of aquaculture. When the loading rates were 2.739-0.086kg $COD/m^3/day$ and 1.575-0.128kg $NH_4\;^+-N/m^3/day$, COD and ammonia removal efficiencies were $56.3-94.7\%\;and\; 67.3­92.6\%$, respectively. The maximum removal rates of COD and ammonia were 1200mg/l/day and 488mg/l/day, respectively. Ammonia removal rates were more than $90\%$ beyond 1hr HRT. The ammoniaremoval efficiency was sensitive to the variation of media concentration and air flowrate.