• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.255-260
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• 2007

The photocatalytic decolorization of Rhodamine B (RhB) was studied using packed-bed reactor and immobilized $TiO_2/UV$ System. The 20 W UV-A, UV-B and UV-C lamps were employed as the light source. The effect of shape and surface polishing extent of reflector, distance between the reactor and reflector, reactor material were investigated. The results showed that the order of the initial reaction constant with reflector shape was round > polygon > W > rhombus. The optimum distance between the reactor and reflector was 2 cm. The initial reaction constant of quartz reactor was 1.46 times higher than that of tile PVDF reactor.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2015

The performance of UV reactor which is used in water treatment is strongly affected by UV fluence rate and water flow in the UV reactor. Therefore, CFD tools are widely used in designing process of UV reactors. This paper describes the development of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology that can be used to calculate the performance of open channel type UV reactor used in wastewater treatment plant. All computations were performed using commercial CFD code, CFX, by considering three dimensional, steady, incompressible flow. The Eulerian-Eulerian multi-phase method were used to capture the water-air interface. The MSSS model, provided by UVCalc3D, was used to calculate the UV intensity field. The numerical predictions and calculated UV Dose were compared with experimental dataset to validate the CFD methodology. The reactor performance based on MS2 log reduction was well matched with measurements within 6%.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.521-533
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• 2012

Interest in application of ultraviolet light technology for primary disinfection that used for the treatment of water for consumption and wastewater has increased significantly in recent years. Analysis of these systems has been carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) procedure. It offers advantages over other techniques in specific circumstances. CFD has emerged as a powerful tool to aid design of a UV reactor by providing the UV dose delivered by the proposed reactor design and allowing engineers to evaluate alternative designs in much less time and at a reasonable cost. In this study, five different configurations of the apparatus depending on the location of the exit are evaluated in terms of maximum dose, minimum dose, flow patterns, particle tracks and transient dose. The configuration 3 results have higher minimum UV dose value and uniform particle distribution of the UV dose on the outlet than other's.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.275-279
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• 2011

Sterilization of Escherichia coli (E. coli) is examined using a unique pulsed ultra-violet (UV) elliptical reactor based on Nd:YAG laser resonator, UV radiation from a pulsed xenon flashlamp. The light from the discharge has a broadband emission spectrum extending from the UV to the infrared region with a rich UV contained. Sterilization method by using the UV light is fast, environment-friendly and it does not cause secondary pollution. A Nd:YAG laser resonator having elliptical shape has advantage of concentrating the radiation of the UV light at two foci as the quart sleeve filled with E. coli. The primary objective of this research is to determine the important parameters such as pulse per second (pps), the applied voltage for sterilizing E. coli by using an UV elliptical reactor. From the experiment result, the sterilization effect of UV elliptical reactor is better than that of UV cylindrical reactor, and it can be 99.9% of sterilization at 800V regardless of the pps within 10 minutes.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.505-512
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• 2021

침지형 자외선 살균조의 자외선 강도를 계산하기 위한 3차원 모델을 개발하였으며, 실제 하수처리장에 설치되어있는 개수로형 살균조와 관로형 살균조에 각각 적용하여 수치실험을 실시하였다. 모델링을 통해 계산한 살균조의 평균 자외선 강도는 각각 7.87 mW/cm²와 13.09 mW/cm²로 계산되었다. 자외선 조사 시간을 반영하고, 혼합 불균형, 램프 노화, 온도 및 파울링에 의한 감쇄효과를 고려한 자외선 조사량은 각각 21.1 mJ/cm², 24.8 mJ/cm²로 예측되었는데 이 값은 목표 자외선 조사량인 20 mJ/cm²보다 각각 5 %, 24 % 높은 것으로 예측되었다. 개발한 UV3D 모델을 사용하면 살균조의 조사 시간이나 램프의 출력을 높이지 않고도 수치실험을 통해 평균 자외선 강도가 가장 큰 최적의 램프 위치를 찾을 수 있다. 램프 위치 조정만으로 본 연구에서 적용한 개수로형 살균조와 관로형 살균조의 자외선 조사량은 각각 0.9 %, 0.5 % 향상시킬 수 있다. 개수로형 살균조의 경우 살균조의 체적은 그대로 유지하면서 가로와 세로의 비율을 조정하고, 램프의 위치를 바꾸면 평균 자외선 강도는 현재보다 7.4 % 더 증가한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.463-468
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• 2000

Ther effect of UV on the mortality rate of toxic dinoflagellate Amphidinium Carterae causing a red tide in the coastal area of korea was investigated in the batch and continuous-scale reactor equipped with ultraviolet irradiation-apparatus. Degussa P(sub)25 titanium oxide, a photocatalyst proved to be effective of the mortality of Amphidinium Carterae supplied with photocatalyst and UV radiation were greater than 95% in 2 minutes of UV radiation and the rate were higher than that by UV-radiation without titanium dioxide in the batch and continuous-flow scale reactor, The mortality time of Amphidinium Carterae increased with the cell density under UV-illumination in the batch scale reactor. The mortality rate in the density of $5.0$\times$10^4$ cell/mL at the same experimental condition was more than 90% in 4 minutes in the continuous flow scale reactor. The percentage of 99.9$\pm$0.1% of Amphidinium Carterae in the density of $0.5$\times$10^4$ cells/mL was died in 20 minutes when the phytoplankton was illuminated with UV-radiation without photocatalyst.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.187-195
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• 2013

Objectives: For the practical application of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactor, a plasma reactor able to manage large volumes of water is needed. This study investigated the possibility of the practical application of a multi-plasma reactor which is a scaled-up version of a single plasma reactor. Methods: The multi-plasma reactor consists of several high-voltage transformers and plasma modules (discharge, ground electrodes and quartz dielectric tubes). The effects of water characteristics such as voltage (30-120 V), air flow rate (1-5 l/min), number of high-voltage transformers and plasma modules, and water quality on Escherichia coli (E. coli) disinfection and decrease of COD and $UV_{254}$ absorbance were investigated. Results: The experimental results showed that at a voltage of over 80 V, most of the E. coli were disinfected within 90 seconds. E. coli inactivation was not affected by the air flow rate. E. coli disinfection in the multiplasma process showed the traditional log-linear form of the disinfection curve. E. coli inactivation performance by transformer 3-Reactor 5 and transformer 3-Reactor 3 were similar. The disinfection performance of the UV process was affected by artificial sewage water. However, the plasma process was less affected by the artificial sewage within the standards for effluent water quality. Conclusions: Disinfection performance with several low voltages and plasma modules of three to five in number applied to the plasma process was higher than that concentrating a small amount of high voltage through a single plasma reactor. Removal of COD, $UV_{254}$ absorbance, and E. coli disinfection with the plasma process were better than with the UV process.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.369-378
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• 2014

Effect of improvement of the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma system on the inactivation performance of bacteria were investigated. The improvement of plasma reactor was performed by combination with the basic plasma reactor and UV process or combination with the basic plasma reactor and circulation system which was equipped with gas-liquid mixer. Experimental results showed that tailing effect was appeared after the exponential decrease in basic plasma reactor. There was no enhancement effect on the Ralstonia Solanacearum inactivation with combination of basic plasma process and UV process. The application of gas-liquid mixing device on the basic plasma reactor reduced inactivation time and led to complete sterilization. The effect existence of gas-liquid mixing device, voltage, air flow rate (1 ~ 5 L/min), water circulation rate (2.8 ~ 9.4 L/min) in gas-liquid mixing plasma, plasma voltage and UV power of gas-liquid mixing plasma+UV process were evaluated. The optimum air flow rate, water circulation rate, voltage of gas-liquid mixing system were 3 L/min, 3.5 L/min and 60 V, respectively. There was no enhancement effect on the Ralstonia Solanacearum inactivation with combination of gas-liquid mixing plasma and UV process.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2014

The disinfection method using UV has emerged as photodissociation in water disinfection. In order to predict performance for UV disinfection, CFD analysis was performed due to saving cost. Most CFD studies of UV reactor have used particle tracking method. However it demands additional analysis time, computing resource and phase besides working fluid. In this paper, pathogenic microorganisms' route is assumed to streamline of fluid to save computing time. the computational results are in good agreement with experimental results. The results of streamline method are compared with the particle tracking method. In conclusion, the effectiveness of streamline method for UV disinfection are confirmed.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.459-466
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• 2012

유전체 장벽 방전(Dielectric Barrier Discharge; DBD) 플라즈마의 처리 성능을 개선시키기 위하여, 플라즈마+ UV 공정과 기-액 혼합기의 적용에 대해 연구하였다. 처리 대상물질로는 표백효과에 의해 육안으로 쉽게 확인이 가능하고 분석이 간편한 OH 라디칼 생성의 간접 지표인 N, N-Dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (RNO)이었다. 기본 플라즈마 반응기는 플라즈마 반응기 [석영관 유전체, 티타늄 방전(내부) 전극, 및 접지(외부) 전극], 공기와 전원 공급장치로 구성되어 있다. 플라즈마 반응기의 개선은 기본 플라즈마 반응기에 UV 공정과의 결합, 기-액 혼합기의 적용에 의해 이루어 졌다. 플라즈마+ UV 공정의 UV 전력 변화(0~10 W), 기-액 혼합기의 존재 유무와 형태, 공기 유량(1~6 L/min), 산기관 기공 크기 범위(16~$160{\mu}m$), 액체 순환 유량(2.8~9.4 L/min) 및 개선된 플라즈마+ UV 공정에서 UV 전력의 영향 등이 평가되었다. 실험 결과 플라즈마+ UV 공정은 기본 플라즈마 반응기보다 RNO 처리율이 7.36% 높아진 것으로 나타났다. 기-액 혼합기의 적용이 플라즈마+ UV 공정보다 RNO 처리율이 더 높은 것으로 나타났고, 기-액 혼합법에 따른 RNO 분해는 기-액 혼합기 > 펌프 순환 > 기본 반응기의 순으로 나타났다. 산기관 형 기-액 혼합기에 의한 RNO 처리율 증가는 17.42%로 나타났다. 최적 공기 유량, 산기관 기포 크기 범위 및 순환 유량은 각각 4 L/min, 40~$100{\mu}m$와 6.9 L/min으로 나타났다. 기-액 혼합기 플라즈마+ UV공정의 경합으로 인한 시너지 효과는 미미한 것으로 나타났다.