• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2019

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of policies on water quality management based on the changes in pollutants and water quality in Special Water Preservation Area (SWPA) of Lake Paldang watershed from 1990 to 2016. The population, total sewage and flow rate of wastewater in SWPA continuously increased from 1990 to 2016, while the location of new facilities for industrial and livestock facilities has been restricted. However, unlike the buffer zone in which industrial and livestock facilities were continuously reduced after implementing of TMDL, it was found that the effect of land-use regulations on industrial and livestock facilities in SWPA were mitigated by the increase in the size of large facilities. Since 1999 when the emission standard of public sewage treatment plants (STP) was changed, the water quality of Lake Paldang has increased despite the increase of pollutant source. Since emission standard of STP changed in 2012 (BOD 5 mg/L, TP 0.2 mg/L), BOD concentration in Lake Paldang has also improved to the level of water quality in the early 1990s where as TP concentration has remained at its lowest since 1990. BOD and TP average discharge concentration of 43 STP (${\geq}500m^3/day$) in 2016 have been maintained $1.7{\pm}0.7mg/L$ and $0.06{\pm}0.02mg/L$ respectively. While the discharged load of STP in SWPA was decreased by the concentration management, the contribution rate to the total discharged load of non-point pollutants increased to 70 % in 2015, and the contribution rate to the point discharged load of individual treatment facilities increased to 80 %.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.47-60
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• 2007

The rapid development of economy in China at the expense of consuming huge amount of energy and resources, water resource in particular, which has resulted in the production and discharge of increasing amount of wastewater to the water environment. In order to effectively control the increasing water pollution trend, the State Council has stipulated that all the cities with population over 500,000 should reach wastewater treatment rate of 60% by 2005, and all the cities should reach the rate of 60% by 2010, of which Capital Beijing and all the province capital cities and important tourism cities should reach 70% then. By the end of 2005, of the 661 cities in China, 393 have built and operated municipal wastewater treatments with a total number of 790 sets, total treatment capacity of $80.91{\times}106m^3/d$ and total treatment rate of > 48%. Other 73 cities have started the construction of municipal wastewater treatment plants, and other 168 cities have started to prepare, planning and design of wastewater treatment plants. Most of municipal wastewater treatment plants in big cities in China operate normally and perform well with good quality of effluent in terms of wastewater treatment train, but the sewage sludge treatment is usually poor with big problems. It has been found that the small scale WWTPs using activated sludge process in the towns are usually operated and maintained abnormally because of lack of fund, skilled operators and energy. It is therefore suggested that the small scale MWWTPs in small cities and towns adopt appropriate technologies, of which the most available ones are multi-stage ponds, constructed wetlands and the combination of them for further purification and reuse of treated wastewater.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.424-429
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• 2012

The intention of this research was to investigate the solubilization of primary sewage sludge using lactic acid bacteria cultured in a glucose and yeast extract medium. Glucose as the carbon source and yeast extract as the source of nitrogen were chosen as an economic medium with the potential for the mass production of lactic acid bacteria. The optimal concentrations of the medium were 3% (w/v) glucose and 2% (w/v) yeast extract. In this study, in order to improve field applications for the solubilization of sludge at sewage treatment plants, a powdered form of lactic acid bacteria was produced. The optimal inoculum of the powder for the maximum efficiency of solubilization was 1% (w/v). In that condition, the SCOD value increased from 8600 (mg/L) at the beginning of experiment to 10290 (mg/L) at 96 h, with the highest solubilization rate (20.6% DDCOD) and 11.2% (SCOD). Also, the TVFAs of the lactic acid bacteria inoculation group were produced more than that of the control group. In particular, acetic acid was produced 5 times more in the experimental group than in the control group. In this research, the potential of lactic acid bacteria in the pretreatment of primary sewage sludge as a solubilizer, and as an energy source producer for microbial fuel cells was revealed.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.134-137
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• 2008

A methodology to evaluate the performance analysis for small hydropower at existing water treatment facilities has been studied. It consists of two main parts; flow duration function which can describe existing water treatment facilities and performance analysis to estimate the output characteristics of small hydro power plants. The output performance characteristics for Mi-ho reservoir, Sum-kang low dam, Sun-cheon sewage treatment plant and Nam-dong purification plant were analyzed, using developed model. According to the simulation results, the predicted data show that the data were in good agreement with measured results. Also, it was found that the developed model in this study can be used to analyze the output characteristics for small hydro power at existing water treatment facilities.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.947-950
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• 2019

이 논문의 주요 특징은 초기강우 유입 시 일차 침전지 처리효율을 개선하기 위한 운전제어 전략을 제공하는 것이다. 최근 IoT 기술과 센싱 기술이 발전함에 따라 하수처리시설 운전제어를 위한 기반이 개선되고 있으며, 온라인 측정결과를 활용한 일차침전지 처리효율 개선에 따라 미처리 하수의 하천 유출을 최소화하고, 하수처리시설 운영효율 개선에기여할 수 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.119-136
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• 2000

Being autotrophic, algae occupy a trategic place in the biosphere. They produce oxygen both directly and indirectly through the chloroplasts of all green plants. The chloroplasts are believed to have originated from archaic prokaryotic algae through endosymbiosis with primitive eukaryotic cells. Phytoplankton and other algae regulate the global environment not only by releasing oxygen but also by fixing carbon dioxide. They affect water quality, help in the treatment of sewage, and produce biomass. They can be used to produce hydrogen which is a clean fuel, and biodiesel, and fix $N_2$ for use as a biofertilizer. Some other services of algae to the environment include restoration of metal damaged ecosystems, reducing the atmospheric $CO_2$ load and citigating global warming, reclamation of saline-alkaline unfertile lands, and production of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) involved in the regulation of UV radiation. ozone concentration, and global warming. Algae can be valuable in understanding and resolving certain environmental issues.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.80-86
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• 2014

Unlike to natural organic matters (NOMs), effluent organic matters (EfOMs) are not well understood due to their complexity and heterogeneity. In this study, EfOMs from sewage and industrial wastewater treatment effluents and Suwannee River NOM (SRNOM) were isolated into hydrophobic (HPO), transphilic (TPI) and hydrophilic (HPI) fractions. Specific ultraviolet absorbance (SUVA) and fluorescence excitation emission matrix (FEEM) analyses were used to characterize physicochemical properties. In addition, acute toxicity and oxidative stress to Daphnia magna were evaluated to characterize toxicological properties. EfOMs showed similar properties to microbially derived organic matters having low hydrophobicity, which are totally different from SRNOM having high hydrophobicity. Moreover, acute toxicity and antioxidant enzyme activity in D. magna was largely dependent on fraction types of EfOMs. These findings suggest that EfOMs have different physicochemical and toxicological properties compared with those of NOMs, which needs to be further identified with various sources of EfOMs.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2017

Many sewage treatment plants have applied the advanced technology of chemical coagulant system to remove phosporus in Korea. However there are some problems for the injection of optimum coagulant dosage. In order to solve these problems, the research related to the more cost-effective automatic total phosphorus coagulation control system using an EC(Electrical Conductivity) have been in progress. This study was conducted by the same process and operation method as the Lab-scale for public small town sewage treatment plant. First, it confirmed the correlation among the EC, PO4-P and coagulant dosage in the Lab-scale MSBR(Membrane Sequencing Batch Reactor) process. Next, it analyzed that correlation coefficient of EC and the coagulant dosage was 0.92 in the Full-scale MSBR process. As a result, not only T-P removal efficiency was doubled but also it satisfied the effluent water quality standard in a stable manner. In addition, by applying the automatic control system using the EC, compared to the fixed coagulant injection system the coagulant dosage could be reduced by 28%.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.2313-2321
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• 2014

정수장, 하수처리장, 폐수처리장의 배출수 처리공정에서 고 농도의 슬러지 선별, 이송 및 약품 투입량 조절을 위한 기준으로 슬러지 농도계가 사용되고 있다. 본 논문은 슬러지 농도계의 정도 향상과 문제점 개선을 통해 배출수 처리공정의 운영 효율화와 자동화 기반을 마련하고자 한다. 센서를 다중빔으로 설계 및 최소편차 선형평균 필터링을 적용하여 농도계의 정도 향상과 안정성을 실현하였으며, 부단수 방식의 센서 착탈 설계로 배출수 시설 운영중에도 유지관리가 가능토록 하였다. 이렇게 구현된 다중빔 방식 슬러지 농도계의 성능을 Pilot Plant를 통하여 다양하게 검증하였다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2014

고농도 질소를 함유하고 있는 하수는 하수처리장 처리 효율에 악영향을 미치는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 고농도 질소를 함유한 하수를 처리하기 위한 다양한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 고농도 질소를 함유한 하수인 혐기 소화 상징액과 가축분뇨를 대상으로 유기물 분석, foaming 실험 및 실험실 규모 아질산화 반응조 운전을 실시하였다. 유기물 분석 결과 혐기 소화 상징액은 용존성 불활성한 성분, 가축분뇨는 입자성 생물학적 분해가능한 성분이 가장 큰 부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 아질산화 반응에 적합한 체류시간은 혐기소화 상징액 2일과 가축분뇨 6일이였으며, 이와 같은 적정 체류시간에 차이는 암모니아성 질소 농도 및 유기물 성상차이에 의한 것으로 보인다. 또한 가축 분뇨 반응조 foam은 혐기 소화 상징액 반응조 foam과 비교하여 발생량은 많지만 빠르게 제거되는 특성을 보였다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 아질산화 반응의 하수처리장 적용 시 기초 자료로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.