• KIEAE Journal
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2002

The demand for water in a city area has enormously increased due to the concentration of population and improvement of the living quality. In this reason, the water shortage and the pollution by city sewage seem to be inevitable. For saving city water and meeting the demands from the city, the wastewater recycling system can be used, which makes used water reusable by a certain purification process. In Korea, the application of a wastewater recycling system to the buildings has continuously been adopted since its first appearance at the Lotte World Complex in 1989. However, the system has not been in fashion because of its high cost and users' negative attitude against recycled water. A research based on literature review and a case study for a recycling water system was carried out and an estimation and evaluation model was proposed. The results from the present study suggest that the optimal size of the recycling water system should be designed within 30-40% of total water demand in a building. Also, it was found that economic benefits could be expected within the payback period of 5.3 years by securing the operation rate over 70%.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1199-1208
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• 2019

Korea's protected horticulture is rapidly increasing in scale due to various advantages such as year-round harvesting, labor savings through automation and shortened culture period, and greater income generation. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of protected horticulture on water quality. The results of this study are expected to provide basic data contributing to improvements towards sustainable agriculture and eco-friendly design of protected horticulture complex. The average T-N and T-P loads from vinyl greenhouses were 286.55± 143.98 mg/L and 59.14±13.77 mg/L, respectively and those from glass greenhouses 380.68 ± 150.41 mg/L and 61.85±20.72 mg/L. The annual discharge of wastewater derived from the monthly discharge from the horticulture greenhouses were estimated at 2597 ton/ha, with the annual phosphorus load amounting to 155.3 kg/ha. The average T-N and T-P loads in the tested greenhouse effluents were in excess of 8.3- and 13.5-fold the standards for the Korean wastewater plant effluent. The waste nutrient solution discharged from a protected horticulture complex can cause water contamination. Therefore, there is a need to conduct follow-up research using a water purification system or a trench method to develop a eco-friendly protected horticulture complex for sustainable agriculture.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.575-581
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• 2015

Although disinfection in drinking water treatment plants provides a safer water supply by inactivating pathogenic microorganisms, harmful disinfection by-products may be formed. In this study, the disinfectant, chlorine, was produced on-site from the electrolysis of salt (NaCl), and the by-products of the disinfection process, bromate and chlorate, were analyzed. The provisional guideline levels for bromate and chlorate in drinking water are $10{\mu}g/L$ and $700{\mu}g/L$, in Korea, respectively. Bromide salt was detected at concentrations ranging from 6.0 ~ 622 mg/kg. Bromate and chlorate were detected at concentrations ranging from non-detect (ND) ~ 45.3mg/L and 40.5 ~ 1,202 mg/L, respectively. When comparing the bromide concentration in the salt to the bromate concentration in the chlorine produced by salt electrolysis, the correlation of bromide to bromate concentration was 0.870 (active chlorine concentration from on-site production: 0.6-0.8%, n=40). The correlation of bromate concentration in the chlorine produced to that in the treated water was 0.866.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.579-586
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• 2016

In many countries in order to manage corrosion of water treatment process, it is currently using Langelier index (LI). However, management of the Larson's ratio (LR) to compare corrosion management and LI which can be generated by the water treatment process is required. In this study, in order to ensure data LR, factors associated with the actual corrosion resistance of water treatment plant was measured. Using the measured data, the model equation can be estimated alkalinity, and using the statutory water quality data, LR and alkalinity is estimated. At comparison of the measured value and estimated value of alkalinity, it appeared in $R^2$ = 0.629, using the statutory water quality data and estimated alkalinity model, LR and alkalinity (Whole water treatment plants : 472) is estimated. Concentration of estimated alkalinity is 0.5 mg/L to 107.5 mg/L (average : 23.2 mg/L), and LR is 0.1 to 10 (average : 1.3). At tendency to corrosion of investigated LR, "No metal tendency" (>0.5) is 39 water treatment plants, 8.26 %, and "corrosion metal tendency" is 433 water treatment plants, 91.74%.

• 수도
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• 통권26호
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• pp.2-11
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• 1981

• 환경정책연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.27-47
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• 2015

투입 산출변수의 외생적 흐름에 기초한 전통적인 자료포락분석은 생산활동의 모든 내부과정을 'black box'로 간주하며 각 생산단계의 상호작용에 대한 정보를 고려하지 못한 한계를 지닌다. 이에 생산과정을 세분화하고 각 생산단계의 효율성을 연계하여 추정하는 Network DEA 방식이 최근 활발히 적용되고 있으며 특히 환경효율성의 추정과정을 생산 및 저감활동으로 구분한 연구가 대표적이다. 본고는 한국의 51개 산업단지를 대상으로 Network DEA에 기초한 환경효율성 추정을 시도하였으며, 분석결과 추정치의 변별력, 비효율의 발생단계, 기타 외생변수와의 통계적 관련성 등의 관점에서 전통적 DEA 추정결과에 비해 우수한 점을 확인할 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2001

Activated sludge processes are broadly used in the biological wastewater treatment processes. The activated sludge processes are complex systems because of the many factors such as the variation of influent flowrate and ingredients, the complexity of biological reactions, and the various operation conditions. The main motivation o this research is to develop an intelligent control strategy for activated sludge process (ASP). ASP is a complex and nonlinear dynamic system owing to the characteristic of wastewater, the change in influent flowrate, weather conditions, and so on. The mathematical model of ASP also includes the uncertainty which is a ignored or unconsidered factor from process designers. The ASP model based on Matlabⓡ/Simulinkⓡ is developed in this paper. And the model performance is examined by IWA (International Water Association) and COST (European Cooperation in the filed of Scientific and Technical Research) data. The model tests derive steady-state results of 14 days. In this paper, fuzzy logic control approach is applied to handle DO concentrations. The fuzzy logic controller includes two inputs and one output to adjust air flowrate. The objective function for the optimization, in the implemented evolutionary strategy, is formed with focusing on improving the effluent quality and reducing the operating cost.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.300-307
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• 2006

혐기성 암모늄산화(ANAMMOX)는 고농도 질소폐수를 처리하기 위한 획기적인 공정이다. 본 연구에서는 고농도 암모늄 및 유기물을 함유한 고농도 폐수를 ANAMMOX 공정을 이용하여 처리하는 동안 일어나는 유기물질의 산발효, 탈질, 황화합물의 환원 및 hydroxyapatite에 의한 인의 결정화에 대하여 연구하였다. 또한, ANAMMOX 공정의 중간생성물인 hydroxylamine과 hydrazine의 기능을 조사하였다. 연구결과, 돈사폐수의 혐기성 암모니아산화 반응과 함께 다양한 복합반응이 일어나며, hydroxylamine과 hydrazine은 ANAMMOX 반응에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.314-323
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• 2017

Objectives: This study evaluated the odor emission characteristics from a wastewater treatment plant in an industrial complex area in Daegu City. Methods: Odor samples were collected from March 2016 to December 2016 and were analyzed for specified offensive odor substances. The odor quotient and the odor contribution was calculated. Results: Ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, acetaldehyde, and toluene were detected in all samples for monitoring specified odor compounds. The result of contribution analysis is that hydrogen sulfide had the highest contribution in all processes, followed by acetaldehyde. Conclusion: The major components of odor can be determined by evaluating the degree of contribution to the odor intensity and the concentration of the individual odor component. To increase the effectiveness of odor reduction, rather than addressing high-concentration odor compounds, policies focused on materials with a high odor contribution are necessary.

• 청정기술
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.222-227
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• 2007

축산폐수처리에 광촉매공정을 적용하였을 때 운전변수 중 자외선 조사거리, 반응면적, 부유고형물(SS)농도, 컬럼직경이 처리율에 미치는 영향을 실험실 규모의 광촉매반응기를 사용하여 실험하였다. 최적운전조건은 자외선 조사거리 3 cm (7 cm 이하 권장), 반응면적 $3.6\;m^2$, SS농도 40 mg/L (300 mg/L이하 권장), 컬럼직경 5 mm (10 mm 이하 권장)로서 COD, 색도, coliform 제거율이 반응시간 300 min에서 각각 49%, 53% 100%로 나타났다. 최적운전조건에서 난분해성 COD의 제거율은 57%로 나타나 광촉매반응이 난분해성 유기물제거에 어느 정도 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.