Treatment of Industrial Wastewater by Electrochemical Method

전기화학적방법을 이용한 산업폐수 처리

  • Cho, Ju-Sik (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Sunchon National University) ;
  • An, Myoung-Sub (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Hong-Jae (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Heo, Jae-Seon (Dept. of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Sohn, Bo-Kyoon (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Heo, Jong-Soo (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University)
  • Published : 2000.06.30

Abstract

For electrochemical treatment of industrial wastewater, the effects of voltage, distance between electrodes, initial pH and NaCl concentrations on removal of pollutants were investigated in a batch electrolysis system. Temperature and pH in electrochemical reactor increased with increase in supplied voltage, but no significant change in EC was found. Removal of COD, turbidity, T-N and T-P were also enhanced with increase in the voltage. On the conditions of short distances between electrodes and long electrochemical reaction times, it was found that COD and T-N were very effectively removed in the system. Regardless of the distances, more than 80% of turbidity and T-P were removed at the beginning of reaction. When initial pH of the wastewater was about 7, the highest efficiency of COD removal was found in the system. On the other hand, removal efficiency of turbidity was unlikely affected by initial pH of the wastewater. T-N removal was increased with increase in initial pH. T-P was successfully removed in the pH range of 5 to 9 with varying removal efficiency of 79 to 96% after 2 minutes of electrochemical reaction time. Addition of NaCl into the electrochemical reactor increased removal efficiency of electrochemical treatment. The highest removal efficiency of COD and T-P, turbidity and T-N was obtained at NaCl concentrations of 500mg/L, 1,000 mg/L and 500mg/L, respectively.

전기화학적 방법을 이용한 농공단지폐수의 효율적인 처리기술개발을 위한 기초실험으로서 전압, 전극판 간격, pH 및 전해용액 주입농도 등에 따른 오염물질 처리효율을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 전압별 전기화학반응조내 온도 및 pH는 전압이 높을수록 상승하였으나, EC는 전압별로 별 변화가 없었다. COD, 탁도, T-N 및 T-P의 처리율은 전압이 높을수록 증가하였으며 전압 20V일 경우 COD는 20분, 탁도는 30분, T-N 및 T-P는 2분일 때 각각 그 처리율이 약 65, 90, 68 및 84%로 가장 높았다. 전극판 간격별 COD 처리율은 전극간격이 좁아질수록 그리고 전기반응시간이 경과할수록 전반적으로 증가하는 경향이었으며, 탁도 처리율은 전극판 간격 모두 전기반응초기에 약 80%이상 처리되었고, T-N 처리율은 전극판 간격이 좁을수록 높았다. T-P 처리율은 전기반응시간 2분 후에 전극판 간격 모두에서 약 79% 이상 처리되었다. 초기 pH에 따른 COD 처리율은 전반적으로 pH 7에서 높았으며, 탁도 처리율은 전기반응시간 2분 이후의 모든 조건에서 약 80%이상 처리되었다. 그리고 T-N 처리율은 초기 pH가 높아질수록 증가하였고, T-P 처리율은 전기반응시간 2분 이후 초기 $pH\;5{\sim}9$에서 약 $79{\sim}96%$로서 가장 높았다. NaCl 농도별 오염물질 처리율은 전반적으로 NaCl을 주입한 경우가 NaCl를 주입하지 않은 경우에 비해 매우 높았으며, COD 및 T-P의 처리율은 $NaCl\;500mg/l$, 탁도 처리율은 $NaCl\;1,000mg/l$, T-N의 처리율은 NaCl 250 및 $500mg/l$에서 전반적으로 다른 조건에 비하여 높았다.

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