Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (대한환경공학회지)

Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (대한환경공학회)
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Biostability Characterization in a Full-scale Nanofiltration Water Treatment System

대규모 나노여과 정수처리 시스템에서의 생물학적 안정성에 관한 연구

  • Hong, Seung-Kwan (Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Korea University) ;
  • Escobar, Isabel C. (Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Toledo) ;
  • Cho, Jae-Weon (Environmental Engineering Department, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 홍승관 (고려대학교 사회환경시스템공학과) ;
  • ;
  • 조재원 (광주과학기술원 환경공학과)
  • Published : 2005.02.28
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the assimilable organic carbon (AOC) in processing water, a measurement of biostability, at several stages of a full-scale nanofiltration (NF) water treatment plant. The NF membrane plant investigated was a $45,400\;m^3$/day (12 mgd) water softening facility at Plantation City in southern Florida, which utilized an organic rich groundwater (dissolved organic carbon (DOC) = 17.6 mg/L) originated from a surficial aquifer. The average AOC concentration of raw feed water was estimated at 158 g/L acetate-C. After pretreatment(acid and antiscalant addition), AOC levels increased by 12.7%, suggesting that pretreatment chemicals used to control scaling may deteriorate feed water biostability. The results also demonstrated that nanofiltration was capable of effectively removing 63.4% of AOC and 94.8% of DOC from the raw water. AOC rejection in stage 1 (${\approx}\;68%$) was slightly higher than that of stage 2 (${\approx}\;58%$) indicating that AOC was removed less at the solution environment (i.e. low pH, high ionic strength and high hardness), which was often created in the $2^{nd}$ stage of full-scale membrane plants due to pretreatment (acid addition) and high recovery operation.

이 연구에서는 대규모 나노여과 정수처리 시스템의 각 단계의 생물학적 안정성과 공정내의 AOC를 측정하고자 한다. 나노 여과 정수처리 시스템은 미 플로리다 주 남부의 Plantation 시의 $45,400\;m^3$/day (12 mgd) 규모의 연수화 시설에서 연구하였으며, 표면 대수층의 유기물이 많은 지하수를 원수로 이용하였다. 유입원수의 평균 AOC 농도는 158 g/L acetate-C이다. 전처리(산과 스케일 방지제첨가) 후 AOC농도는 12.7% 가량 증가하였는데, 이는 전처리 과정에서 투입된 화학물들이 생물학적 안정성을 저감시킬 수 있음을 의미한다. 전체적으로 나노여과공정은 63.4%와 94.8% 의 AOC 및 DOC 제거효율을 보였다. 특히 1단계에서의 AOC 제거율 (68%)이 2단계에서의 제거율 (58%)보다 다소 높았는데 이는 높은 회수율과 산 전처리과정이 있는 대규모 나노 공정 2단계에서 흔히 형성되는 낮은 pH 높은 이온강도 및 경도 등의 화학적 환경에 기인한다고 사료된다.

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