Flux of Volatile Organic Compounds from Wastewater Treatment Plant

하수처리장에서 휘발성유기화합물의 FLUX

  • Kim, Jong O (Department of Environmental Engineering Education, Mokpo National University) ;
  • Chang, Daniel P.Y. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California) ;
  • Lee, Woo Bum (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yosu National University)
  • 김종오 (목포대학교 환경공업교육과) ;
  • ;
  • 이우범 (여수대학교 환경공학과)
  • Received : 1999.04.01
  • Accepted : 1999.10.02
  • Published : 2000.01.31

Abstract

The emission sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are wastewater treatment plants. sanitary landfills, automobile industries, and so on. The VOCs are harmful to human beings because of their toxicity and carcinogenicity, and cause the serious air pollution problem producing ozone ($O_3$) as a result of photochemical reaction. To investigate the emission of VOCs from wastewater treatment plant, aeration basins at the City of Los Angeles' Hyperion Treatment Plant were selected and measured flux was compared with calculated flux. For compounds commonly associated with wastewater (DCM, TCM, PCE, UM, DCB, UND) and not expected in vehicle exhaust or ambient air coming off the ocean, concentrations immediately downwind of the aeration basins were a factor of ten or higher than those measured in the upwind air. The airborne flux of less degradable or non-biodegradable compounds, e.g., DCE, DCM, TCA, DCA, TCM, PCE, DCB, through an imaginary plane at the downwind side of the aeration basins was in agreement with the estimated flux from measured liquid phase concentrations. Henry's constant. aeration rate, and an assumption of bubble saturation. For several compounds (PCE, DCE, TCA), the ratio (measured flux/calculated flux) is almost unity.

휘발성 유기화합물 (VOCs)은 하수처리장, 위생 매립지, 자동차, 산업활동 등에서 주로 발생 되는데, 인간에게 독성 또는 발암성 물질로 작용하며 광화학 반응에 의해 오존 생성의 주역할을 하고 있다. 하수처리장의 VOCs의 배출량을 조사하기 위해, 미국 LA시의 Hyperion 하수처리장을 선택하여 배출되는 VOCs 의 종류와 Flux를 계산하여 측정값과 비교하였다. 조사결과, 하수와 관련이 있고 자동차 연소 혹은 해양의 공기와는 관련이 없는 화합물 (DCM, TCM, PCE, LIM, DCB, UND) 의 포기조 상공 바로 뒤의 풍하위치에서 이들 화합물의 농도는 풍상보다 최소 열 배 이상 높았다. 상대적으로 생분해가 늦거나 생분해가 되지 않는 화합물인 DCE, DCM, TCA, DCA, TCM, PCE, DCB의 측정 Flux는 포기조에 공급된 포기량, 헨리의 계수, 포기조내의 액상농도를 기초로 하여 계산된 Flux와 잘 일치하였다. PCE, DCE, TCA와 같은 화합물의 Flux비(측정/계산)는 거의 1이었다.

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Supported by : California Air Resource Board