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Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (대한환경공학회)
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Structural and Chemical Characterization of Aquatic Humic Substances in Advanced Water Treatment Processes

고도정수처리 공정에서 수질계 휴믹물질의 구조 및 화학적 특성분석

  • Kim, Hyun-Chul (Water Environmental and Remediation Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Yu, Myong-Jin (Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul)
  • 김현철 (한국과학기술연구원 수질환경 및 복원연구센터) ;
  • 유명진 (서울시립대학교 환경공학부)
  • Published : 2005.03.31
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Abstract

Humic substances HS) from process waters at advanced water treatment plant consisted of GAC and Ozone/GAC processes were isolated and extracted by physicochemical fractionation methods to investigate their characteristics. They are characterized for their functionality, chemical composition, spectroscopic characteristics using FT-IR and $^1H$-NMR spectroscopy. Humic fraction gradually decreased from 36.3% to 24.2% from 0.45 to 0.30 mgC/L) through ozonation and carbon adsorption. The humic fraction was isolated into the phenolic and carboxylic groups using A-21 resin, and the concentration of phenolic groups gradually decreased from 38.4% to 23.5% (from 4.9 to $3.2\;{\mu}M/L$ as phenolic-OH) through ozonation and carbon adsorption. In the case of carboxylic groups, the concentration decreased from 61.6% to 43.3% (from 7.8 to $5.8\;{\mu}M/L$ as COOH) through the water treatment processes. On the other hand, concentrations of those roups decreased from 38.4% to 24.0% and 61.6% to 44.9% through carbon adsorption without ozonation, respectively. The structural changes of HS identified from FT-IR and $^1H$-NMR were consistent with the results from the isolation of functional groups in HS.

오존 및 입상활성탄 공정으로 구성된 고도정수처리시설을 대상으로 공정유입수인 모래여과수를 포함하는 각각의 공정수로부터 휴믹물질(HS; humic substances)을 분리 및 추출하여 작용기 분포, 화학적 조성, FT-IR(Fourier transform infrared) 그리고 $^1H$-NMR(proton nuclear magnetic resonance) 스펙트럼을 분석하여 구조 및 화학적 특성을 평가하였다. 오존처리에 이어 입상활성탄 흡착처리를 거치면서 휴믹성분(humic fraction)의 농도분포는 36.3%에서 24.2%로 단계적으로 감소하였으며, 모래여과수가 활성탄 흡착칼럼으로 직접 유입되는 공정의 경우 36.3%에서 25.0%로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 전오존처리 이후 활성탄 흡착처리시 HS 중 페놀기(phenolic groups)와 카르복실기(carboxylic groups)의 농도분포는 38.4%에서 23.5%로 그리고 61.6%에서 43.3%로 각각 감소하였으며, 전오존처리하지 않은 경우 38.4%에서 24.0%로 그리고 61.6%에서 44.9%로 각각 감소하였다. 정수처리를 거치면서 HS의 카르복실기에 대한 페놀기의 비율에 따라 HS 분자구조 중 O/C 몰비가 감소하거나 또는 증가하는 결과를 나타내었다.

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