A Study on Reducing Turbidity and Ammonia Spikes from GAC adsorber |
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학술지명 IWA
저자 채선하,조창현,김지훈,전제철,정창규,이효진
발표일 2013-09-10
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Turbidity spikes were observed in granular activated carbon(GAC) adsorbers at the initial operation step after backwash in a WTP. Effluent turbidity was correlated with backwash period, backwash velocity, pre-aging time, effluent valve opening time, temperature. Microorganisms were also analyzed to investigate whether turbidity peak resulted from the excessive growth of microorganisms. Effluent turbidity spike decreased with shorter backwash period. However, less pre-aging time, lower temperature were related to lower turbidity spike. Insufficient backwash or excessive microbial growth are though to be related with higher effluent turbidity. Further research is needed to investigate main causes and solutions. Rapid consumption of chlorine residual was also observed when Granular Activated Carbon(GAC) adsorbers were after a long break (over 3days). In order to find the cause of this rapid increase of chlorine demand, microorganisms and nitrogen in effluents and on GAC surface were analysed. Ammonia concentrations were shown to increase after a long break. Air scouring and backwash were tested to reduce ammonia. 30min of backwash time after 3min air scouring resulted in over 90% removal of ammonia in GAC effluents. |