A Study on Removal of Organics, Nitrogen and Phoschorus of Domestic Wastewater in Pilot-Scale Upflow Packed Bed Column Reactor

Pilot 규모의 상향류식 충전탑 반응기를 이용한 생활오수의 유기물 및 질소, 인 처리에 관한 연구

  • Seon, Yong-Ho (Department of Environmental Engineering, Sangji University)
  • 선용호 (상지대학교 환경공학과)
  • Published : 2007.08.30

Abstract

This study used biofilm process, which needs simple operation, maintenance and smaller facility area than conventional activated sludge process with the small plant operation, in the treatment of increasing sewage with the rapid industrial growth. The reactor used in this study consists of one anaerobic and one aerobic chamber filled with waste ceramic and waste vinyl as media and the treated sewage was from restaurant source. The experiment was scaled up from lab. to pilot scale and lasted for about 100 days. We focused on the removal efficiency of organics, nitrogen and phosphorus with constant HRT and continuous aeration. The removal efficiency of $BOD_5$ and SS were 94.33% and 87.77% respectively, which was a satisfaction level. However the removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$ was 81.46% somewhat below the desired level of 90%, and that of T-N and T-P showed 71.92% and 21.10% respectively, that was below the expected value. The removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$ and T-N in the pilot scale was about 10% low compared with the lab.-scale.

본 연구는 급속한 산업 발전으로 인해 일어난 많은 수질오염 문제 중 생활하수의 처리방법에 관심을 기울여 생물막 공법을 이용하였는데, 이는 소규모 오폐수 처리장치에서 운전과 유지가 간단하고 활성슬러지 공정보다 넓은 부지를 필요로 하지 않기 때문이다. 생물막 공법 중 생물여상법의 변법을 적용한 Pilot 규모의 상향류식 충전탑형 반응기로 내부의 담체로는 폐토기와 폐비닐을 넣어 혐기조와 호기조를 구성하였고, 생활 오수로는 식당 오수를 이용하여 Lab.-Scale 실험 후 Pilot-Scale로 Scale-up하여 100여일 간에 걸쳐 실험을 수행하였다. 실험은 연속 포기시 일정 HRT에서 유기물과 질소, 인 제거율을 살펴보았다. 실험결과 $BOD_5$와 SS의 평균 제거율은 각각 94.33%와 87.77%로 높은 제거율을 보였으나, $COD_{Cr}$은 81.46%로 목표 제거율 90% 이상에 미치지 못하였고, T-N과 T-P도 각각 71.92%와 21.10%로 예상보다 약간 낮았다. 특히 $COD_{Cr}$와 T-N의 제거율은 지난 Lab.-Scale 때보다 약 10% 정도의 감소를 하여 Pilot-scale에 내외적인 문제가 작용한 것으로 보였다.

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