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Estimation of Water Production Cost from Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant in Korea

국내 해수담수화 플랜트 생산수 단가 추정

  • Hwang, Moon-Hyun (Glbal Desalination Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Han, Doseon (Glbal Desalination Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, In S. (Glbal Desalination Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 황문현 (광주과학기술원 글로벌담수화연구센터) ;
  • 한도선 (광주과학기술원 글로벌담수화연구센터) ;
  • 김인수 (광주과학기술원 글로벌담수화연구센터)
  • Received : 2016.10.21
  • Accepted : 2017.03.02
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to supply information that can be utilized as data for desalination plant construction in the future by estimating unit cost of water production in the potential site of Incheon, Daesan, Yeosu, Busan, Ulsan and Sokcho in Korea. The production costs in Sokcho and Ulsan were similar to those of Busan and Yeosu. Those four sites showed better economic range due to low construction cost for intake facility compared to Incheon and Daesan. Although the salinity measured in the above 6 sites did not show perceptible effect on the production cost, the difference of seasonal seawater temperature needs to be considered due to the change of flux in reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. It turned out that the most critical parameters are the amortization in a year by the analysis of life cycle and the capacity of plant. Incheon and Daesan showed the difference of production cost up to 29% at the condition of amortization in 25 year, and up to 22% depending on plant capacity. However, the production cost in this study did not take into account of other indirect costs, therefore, this should be considered as the minimum cost.

기후변화를 대비하여 국내 수자원 확보를 위한 해수담수화 플랜트의 필요성이 점차 높아지고 있어 향후 해수담수화 플랜트 건설시 경제적 판단의 근간이 될 수 있는 자료의 필요성도 또한 높아졌다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 해수담수화 플랜트 설치가 가능한 지역, 인천, 대산, 여수, 부산, 울산, 속초시를 대상으로 생산수 단가를 추정하여, 향후 플랜트 건설시 참고 자료로 활용이 가능하도록 제안하고자 하였다. 동해바다를 취수원으로 하는 속초와 울산시 생산수 단가는 부산과 여수시의 단가와 유사하였으나, 서해바다를 취수원으로 하는 인천과 대산에 비해 취수시설 건설비용 저감으로 인하여 비교적 경제적인 생산수 단가 범위를 나타내었다. 염도 조건은 비교적 유사하여 생산수 단가에 큰 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 사료되나, 계절별 수온 차에 의한 영향은 역삼투막의 생산수량 차이에 의해 높게 나타날 것으로 사료되었다. 가장 크게 생산수 단가에 영향을 미치는 요소는 생애주기 분석 시 적용되는 감가상각 연수와 플랜트 용량이었으며, 인천과 대산의 경우 감가상각 연수에 따라 최대 29%, 플랜트 용량에 따라 22%까지 차이가 발생하였다. 그러나 본 연구에서 추정된 생산수 단가는 간접비 등을 고려하지 않은 것으로 국내에서 생산할 수 있는 최소한의 단가로 고려되었으며, 실질적인 공사 시에는 제시된 생산수 단가보다 증가될 것으로 사료된다.

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