Comparisons of ATP Analytic Methods for measuring Total Active Biomass in Granular Activated Carbon Filters in Water Treatment Plants |
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학술지명 한국미생물학회 연합 국제학술대회
저자 김민정,이유진,김선주,이규철
발표일 2015-11-05
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The total active biomass of GAC (Granular Activated Carbon) is one of important factors in determining the backwashing and replacement period of the GAC in water treatment plantS. Although a culture based method, such as a heterotropic plate count agar, is used to measure the total active biomass in GAC, a method that measures the total active biomass indirectly through measuring the amount of ATP has also been used. A method that directly measures the total active biomass at a site may represent more active data than that of measuring it at a laboratory. For investigating whether a portable luminometer can be used to directly measure the amount of ATP, the reproducibility and accuracy in a bench top luminometer are compared. The comparison between the bench top and the portable luminometer shows a concentration dependent result for the amount of rATP up to 20 nM. However, the portable luminometer does not represent the concentration dependent result at the ATP concentration more than 20 nM. The result by the bench top luminometer shows a higher value of the rATP with an average of 421 ± 34 times. Although the result of the portable luminometer is reliable for the amount of ATP below about 20 nM, it is difficult to trust the result at the concentration more than 20 nM. It is not possible to apply the portable luminometer for considering the amount of ATP included in GAC and is necessary to develop an additional device to measure the highly concentrated ATP. |