• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2018

흡착과 막을 융합시킨 분리기술은 수처리와 같은 환경 분야에서 많은 응용이 기대된다. 이 융합기술에 막분리 공정에서 문제가 되는 막 fouling을 억제시키기 위해 막표면에 카본휘스커를 성장시킨 기능성 카본막을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 기능성 카본막의 제조 Mechanism을 밝히기 위해, 각각의 혼합비율인 폴리머라텍스로 전처리를 하고 CVD(Chemical Vapor Deposing)법에 따라 막을 제조하였다. 이 막을 주사전자현미경(Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM)), CHN분석기(Elemental Analyzer), X-선회절법(X-Ray Diffraction(XRD))으로 분석하였다. 그 결과 3번막(PVdC(PolyVinyl di-Chloride):PVC(Polyvinly Chloride)=4.5:55)의 경우가 카본휘스커의 직경과 밀도가 높았다. 이것은 폴리머라텍스의 수소함유량에 따라 카본휘스커의 직경과 밀도를 조절하는 것이 가능할 것으로 보인다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2005

In order to decrease the high costs of membrane process, we have tried to develop two alternatives to membrane; a cartridge type filter and a metal membrane were tested for the high permeation flux with low cost and low energy. This research mainly focused on three points; 1) operation with high permeation flux by using of a cartridge type filter and a metal membrane, 2) removals of the filterable organic materials (FOC) by pretreatments for the membrane fouling control, and 3) advanced wastewater treatment by SMBR process with intermittent aeration and high MLSS. An Intermittently aerated membrane bioreactor using a submerged micro filter (cartridge type) was applied in laboratory scale for the advanced wastewater treatment. To minimize membrane fouling, intermittent aeration was applied inside of the filter with $3.0kg_f/cm^2$. The experiments was conducted for 6 months with three different HRTs (8, 10, 12 hr) and high MLSS of 6,000 and 10,000mg/L. The filtration process could be operated up to 50 days with permeation flux of 500LMH. Regardless of the operating conditions, more than 95% of COD, BOD and SS were removed. Fast and complete nitrification was accomplished, and denitrification was appeared to be the rate-limiting step. More than 75% T-N could be removed due to the endogenous denitrification. T-P removal efficiency was increased to 80% under the condition of MLSS 10,000mg/L.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.981-986
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• 2015

지구온난화에 대한 심각성이 대두되면서 선박부문의 온실가스 배출에 관한 연구가 전 세계적으로 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 이에 반하여 국내 연구 수준은 기초에 그치고 있다. 본 논문에서는 선박으로부터 배출되는 이산화탄소의 여러가지 저감대책 중에서 운항손실과 투자비용을 최소화하면서 수행할 수 있는 방법으로 전자제어엔진 사용, 트림 최적화, 프로펠러 연마 및 친환경 방오도료의 사용을 선정하였다. 선정된 저감대책들을 운항실습선에 적용하여 시험 운항을 실시하였고 연료소비율에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 각 대책들은 약 1~5%의 연료소비율 저감 효과가 있었고 이를 에너지효율운항지수 산출에 적용하면 약 1~5%를 감소시키는 것을 알 수 있었다. 향후 국제적 환경규제를 제정할 때 우리나라에게 유리하도록 대응하기 위해서는 에너지효율운항지수에 대한 연구에도 지속적인 노력이 필요하다고 사료된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.565-572
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• 2011

The effects of chemical pretreatments on the excess sludge production in the membrane-coupled bioreactor were investigated. In addition, their effects on membrane fouling were also evaluated. Two membrane bioreactors were operated. In one reactor, a part of the mixed liquor was t reated with NaOH and ozone gas consecutively and was returned to the reactor. T he f lowrate of the chemical pretreatment stream was 1.5% of the influent flowrate. During the 200days of operation, the MLSS level in the bioreactor with mixed liquor pretreatment was maintained relatively constant at the range of 8,000 ~ 10,000$mg/{\ell}$ while it increased steadily up to 26,000 $mg/{\ell}$ in the absence of the pretreatment. Each reactor was equipped with two laboratory membrane modules where the flux for each module was 20, and 30 ${\ell}/m^2{\cdot}h$, respectively. With pretreatment, almost constant transmembrane pressure(TMP) was observed throughout the operation at the flux of 20 ${\ell}/m^2{\cdot}h$. Without pretreatment the membrane module at the same flux could also be operated at relatively stable condition. However, as the MLSS increases up to 25,000 $mg/{\ell}$, a fast TMP increase was observed. In conclusion, a complete control of excess sludge production in the membrane-coupled bioreactor was possible without significant deterioration of the treated water quality. In addition, it was shown that stable operation in terms of TMP is possible with sludge pretreatment and recirculation.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2021

The Commercial polymeric membranes like Polysulfone (PSF), Polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) and Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) which are an integral part of water purification investigation were chosen for the shockwave (SW) exposure experiment. These membranes were prepared by blending polymer (wt. %) / DMF (solvent) followed by phase-inversion casting technique. Shockwaves are generated by using Reddy Tube lab module (Table-top Shocktube) with range of pressure (1.5, 2.5 and 5 bar). Understanding the changes in membrane before and after shock wave treatment by parameters, i.e., pure water flux (PWF), rejection (%), porosity, surface roughness (AFM), morphology (SEM) and contact angle which can significantly affect the membrane's performance. Flux values PSf membranes shows increase, 465 (pristine) to 524 (1.5wt%) LMH at 50 Psi pressure and similar enhancement was observed at 100Psi (625 to 696 LMH). Porosity also shows improvement from 73.6% to 76.84% for 15wt% PSf membranes. It was observed that membranes made of polymers such as PAN and PSF (of high w/w %) exhibits some resistance against shockwaves impact and are stable compared to other membranes. Shockwave pressure of up to 1.5 bar was sufficient enough to change properties which are crucial for performance. Membranes exposed to a maximum pressure of 5 bar completely scratched the surface and with minimum pressure of 1.5bar is optimum enough to improve the water flux and other parameters. Initial results proved that SW may be suitable alternative route to minimize/control membrane fouling and improve efficiency.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.102-114
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• 2021

Biofouling represents an important problem in the shipping industry since it causes the increase in surface roughness. The most of ships in the current world fleet do not have good coating condition which represents an important problem due to strict rules regarding ship energy efficiency. Therefore, the importance of the control and management of the hull and propeller fouling is highlighted by the International Maritime Organization and the maintenance schedule optimization became valuable energy saving measure. For adequate implementation of this measure, the accurate prediction of the effects of biofouling on the hydrodynamic characteristics is required. Although computational fluid dynamics approach, based on the modified wall function approach, has imposed itself as one of the most promising tools for this prediction, it requires significant computational time. However, during the maintenance schedule optimization, it is important to rapidly predict the effect of biofouling on the ship hydrodynamic performance. In this paper, the effect of biofilm on the ship hydrodynamic performance is studied using the proposed performance prediction method for three merchant ships. The applicability of this method in the assessment of the effect of biofilm on the ship hydrodynamic performance is demonstrated by comparison of the obtained results using the proposed performance prediction method and computational fluid dynamics approach. The comparison has shown that the highest relative deviation is lower than 4.2% for all propulsion characteristics, lower than 1.5% for propeller rotation rate and lower than 5.2% for delivered power. Thus, a practical tool for the estimation of the effect of biofouling with lower fouling severity on the ship hydrodynamic performance is developed.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.543-558
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• 2019

In comparison to alternative advanced wastewater treatment technologies, the main problem associated with membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, which has become prominent in recent years, is biofouling. Within these systems, biofouling is typically the result of a biofilm layer resulting from bacterial gathering. One biological system that can be employed to interrupt the process of bacterial gathering is called 'Quorum Quenching (QQ)'. Existing QQ applications can be classified using three main types: 1) bacterial/whole-cell applications, 2) direct enzyme applications, and 3) natural sourced compounds. The most common and widely recognized applications for membrane fouling control during MBR operation are bacterial and direct enzyme applications. The purpose of this review was to identify and assess biofilm formation mechanism and results, the suggestion of the QQ concept and its potential to control biofilm formation, and the means by which these QQ applications can be applied within the MBR and present QQ MBR studies.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2017

Reverse osmosis technology is being used on large scale for treatment of ground water, brackish water, wastewater and sea water. The most challenging issue in RO process is carbonate scaling which is directly linked with the efficiency and economy. Considering the natural phenomena of carbonate scaling different adaptations have been made to control scaling on the surface of RO membrane including acid dosage and antiscalant addition. As carbonate scaling is directly related with pH level of feed water, present study describes an experimental approach to reduce scaling on RO membrane by lowering the feed water pH by purging $CO_2$. In this comparative study four different conditions including control process (without any scale inhibitor), with dosage of antiscalant, with purging of $CO_2$ and with co addition of antiscalant and $CO_2$ in a feed stream line; it was established that $CO_2$ is a better appliance to reduce carbonate scaling on the membrane surface by reduce pH of feed stream. It was also observed that $CO_2$ and antiscalant mutually function better for scale control.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.61-74
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• 2010

This paper will integrate models at different levels (from filtration, backwashing to chemical cleaning and membrane lifetime) that can be used to minimize overall operating costs of a dead-end ultra filtration process that is used for the purification of surface water. Integration of the models leads to a multi-level optimization problem (at different levels different objectives should be reached). This problem is solved as a MINLP. Systematic modelling and optimization of membrane systems is not extensively discussed in the scientific literature. In this paper the first steps are taken in the formulation of proper models and the use of systems engineering tools to come to real optimal operating conditions. The optimized variables are used to calculate fouling profiles which can subsequently be used as inputs for a control system that actually enforces the profiles to a real pilot plant.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표논문집
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• pp.272-273
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• 2005

분리막 기술은 탁월한 처리효율뿐 아니라 안정적으로 용수를 생산할 수 있는 장점이 있기 때문에 용수의 생산을 전통적인 수처리 (Conventional water treatment) 공정에서 역삼투 공정(Reverse Osmosis) 및 나노여과 (Nanofiltration)와 같은 분리막 기술을 활용하는 공정으로 변환하는 추세에 있다. 그러나 분리막 공정은 항상 막오염 현상이 문제점으로 지목되고 있기 때문에 막오염 제어 기술의 확보가 시급한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 화학물질의 사용에 따른 2차 환경오염 문제가 발생하는 화학약품이나 물리적인 세정이 아닌 고전압 임펄스 (HVI, High Voltage Impulse) 장치를 이용하여 막오염의 근본적인 문제를 제어하려 한다.