KR20170061213A - Advanced oxidation process appratus of sewage and the method by using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a reactor for treating wastewater, and more particularly, to a membrane bioreactor capable of progressing a membrane filtration process through a membrane and supplying oxygen to the biological reaction of contaminated water. Particularly, it is possible to simultaneously perform the cleaning function of the aeration unit that supplies air to the reaction tank, and to measure the amount of dissolved oxygen in the reaction tank in real time and thereby control the operation of the filtration process or the air supply and cleaning process To a membrane bioreactor.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a membrane bioreactor and a water treatment apparatus including the same,

The present invention relates to a reactor for treating wastewater, and more particularly, to a membrane bioreactor capable of progressing a membrane filtration process through a membrane and supplying oxygen to the biological reaction of contaminated water.

In general, separation membrane technology is one of the separation technologies using the material selective permeability of polymer materials, and it is a commercialized technology applied to the desalination process in USA in the 1960s. Unlike the distillation technology, the membrane separation process has no phase change, so it is possible to save energy and simplify the process. Early membranes have been developed around reverse osmosis membranes and have been extensively applied to ultrafiltration, microfiltration, and nanofiltration.

Conventional membranes are of the spiral wound type, tubular type, hollow type, plat and frame type. In the hollow type, the diameter of the hollow fiber is 0.2 to 2 mm, Because it is hollow hollow tube type, the membrane area ratio per unit volume of hollow fiber yarn is much higher than other types and thus it has higher productivity. The other type of separator needs a support capable of coating a polymer forming a separation membrane. However, since a hollow fiber type separation membrane has a small diameter, it can maintain its own shape and thus has a merit of not requiring a separate support, It is difficult to clean the contaminated membrane because it is weak in membrane contamination and it is difficult to clean the contaminated membrane so that it is difficult to use it in the separation step where the membrane contamination is severe.

The hollow fiber type membrane can be used as a pressurizing type which is filtered out of the hollow fiber membrane or as a suction type in the opposite direction. When applied to the biological treatment process (activated sludge process), it can be used as an external circulation type in which a hollow fiber membrane is installed outside the aeration tank, and as a soaking process in which a hollow fiber membrane is installed in the aeration tank. In the case of the external circulation type, there is a disadvantage that the energy cost is larger than that of the immersion type.

The immersion method requires less space to install the system than the external circulation system and requires less power than the external circulation system because it sucks only the throughput by the suction pump.

However, if the immersion process is continued for a long period of time, the floating material adheres to the surface of the separation membrane to cause a membrane contamination, thereby damaging the separation membrane and drastically reducing the treatment efficiency of the contaminated water in the separation membrane.

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention has been studied for a long time, developed through trial and error, and finally completed the present invention.

A related art is Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2008-0111843 (Dec. 24, 2008, submerged membrane bioreactor).

The present invention provides a separation membrane bioreactor capable of not only supplying air for metabolism of aeration-aided microorganisms, but also cleaning a separation membrane by bonding an aeration section for biological water treatment of contaminated water to a separation membrane for physical water treatment.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a membrane bioreactor capable of automatically measuring the amount of dissolved oxygen in contaminated water in a membrane bioreactor in real time, thereby allowing the separation membrane to be filtered, aeration and washed.

On the other hand, other unspecified purposes of the present invention will be further considered within the scope of the following detailed description and easily deduced from the effects thereof.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein,

An inflow section for introducing the contaminated water into the reaction tank;

A hollow fiber membrane disposed inside the reaction tank, the hollow fiber membrane being permeable to contaminated water in one direction and being water-treated;

A discharge unit coupled to one end of the separation membrane and discharging the contaminated water that has been water-treated through the separation membrane to the outside of the reaction vessel;

And an aeration unit coupled to one end of the separation membrane and supplying air to the separation membrane in a direction opposite to one direction through which the contaminated water passes through the separation membrane.

The separation membrane bioreactor according to the present invention may further comprise: a dissolved oxygen measurement unit for measuring the dissolved oxygen capacity in the reaction tank; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the discharge unit and the aeration unit according to the dissolved oxygen capacity measured by the dissolved oxygen measurement unit.

Here, the aeration unit may include an aeration pump that provides a movement force to move the air. And a first regulating valve for regulating the amount of the supplied air.

The discharge unit may include a discharge pump for providing a moving force to move the contaminated water passing through the separation membrane; And a second control valve for controlling the amount of the polluted water to be discharged.

At this time, the separation membrane may be either a microfiltration membrane (MF) or an ultrafiltration membrane (UF).

Meanwhile, the separation membrane may be a ceramic separation membrane.

In addition, the present invention may further include a stirring part installed in the reaction tank and stirring the contaminated water.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a water immersion tank for receiving contaminated water and precipitating and removing precipitable floating solids from the contaminated water;

A flow regulating tank for receiving the contaminated water having passed through the flood control tank and accommodating the polluted water, and regulating the flow rate of the polluted water discharged;

A separator bioreactor for receiving the contaminated water having passed through the flow rate adjusting tank and receiving the polluted water, and discharging the contaminated water through water treatment; And

And a treatment water tank for receiving and containing the polluted water passing through the separation membrane bioreactor,

The separation membrane bioreactor is the separation membrane bioreactor according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

By using the separation membrane bioreactor of the present invention as described above, it is possible to obtain the effect of supplying the oxygen in the contaminated water at the same time as washing the separation membrane by coupling the aeration section that supplies air to the contaminated water to the separation membrane.

Further, by measuring the amount of dissolved oxygen in the contaminated water in real time and controlling the operation of the filtration process or the washing and aeration process alternately, automation of the contaminated water treatment and maximization of the treatment efficiency can be achieved.

On the other hand, even if the effects are not explicitly mentioned here, the effect described in the following specification, which is expected by the technical features of the present invention, and its potential effects are treated as described in the specification of the present invention.

1 illustrates a water treatment apparatus including a membrane bioreactor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view illustrating the discharge of water treated by passing water through a separation membrane in a membrane bioreactor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing the stop of the discharge of the contaminated water in the membrane bioreactor according to one embodiment of the present invention, and the supply of air to the separation membrane.
4 is a view of a separation membrane bioreactor including an agitator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Hereinafter, embodiments of a membrane bioreactor and a water treatment apparatus including the same according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements And redundant explanations thereof will be omitted.

The membrane bioreactor physically treats polluted water through the separation membrane in the reaction tank, that is, filters contaminants in the contaminated water and supplies oxygen to the reaction tank to decompose organic substances in the contaminated water by metabolism of the microorganisms. That is, the water treatment efficiency of the polluted water is improved by progressing the filtration action through the separation membrane and proceeding the metabolism through oxygen supply by the venturi.

The separation membrane bioreactor according to the present invention is characterized in that an aeration unit 500 for supplying oxygen to the reaction tank 100 is coupled to the separation membrane 300. That is, the air is supplied to the separation membrane 300 installed in the reaction tank 100 so that the metabolism of the microorganisms proceeds as it is, and at the same time, the air is supplied in the direction opposite to the water treatment direction of the contaminated water in the separation membrane 300 The physical cleaning of the separation membrane 300 can proceed.

Hereinafter, a separation membrane bioreactor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. 1 illustrates a water treatment apparatus including a membrane bioreactor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The separation membrane bioreactor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a reaction tank 100, an inlet 200, a separation membrane 300, a discharge unit 400, and an aeration unit 500.

The reaction tank 100 serves to receive the polluted water introduced from the outside, to treat it, and to discharge it to the outside. At this time, the water treatment of the polluted water proceeds together with the physical treatment by the separation membrane 300, that is, the biological treatment by the filtration action and the air supply (aeration), that is, the metabolism by the microorganism.

The inflow section 200 is connected to the reaction tank 100 and serves to introduce the contaminated water into the reaction tank 100 from the outside. At this time, the inflow part 200 may include an inflow line, an inflow pipe and the like so that the contaminated water can pass through.

The separation membrane 300 is a hollow fiber hollowed out at the center and has a hollow tube shape, so that the membrane area ratio per unit volume of the hollow fiber membrane is very high. Accordingly, the separator 300 has higher productivity than other separators 300.

The contaminated water passes through the hollow fiber separation membrane 300 in one direction, and contaminants in the contaminated water are filtered into the separation membrane 300. Thus, contaminants in the contaminated water can be removed.

The separation membrane 300 may be either a microfiltration membrane (MF) or an ultrafiltration membrane (UF). The polymer used herein may include polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and the like.

By forming the separation membrane 300 according to the present invention with the separation membrane 300 having such fine pores, fine pollutants can be filtered out.

On the other hand, after the filtration process of the separation membrane 300, the separation membrane 300 may be cleaned. At this time, air may be supplied for washing the separation membrane 300. At this time, Air can also be introduced into the contaminated water as fine air bubbles and the efficiency of oxygen transfer can be increased. This is due to the formation of micro bubbles of smaller diameter by fine pores, thereby increasing the contact area of air bubbles and contaminated water. Since air bubbles are generated by conventional air diffusers, oxygen transfer efficiency is relatively low. Therefore, when a separation membrane having a size of several micro or several nanometers is used as an air diffuser, the air can be introduced into the reaction vessel more efficiently.

Also, the separation membrane 300 may be a ceramic separation membrane 300. The ceramic separator 300 is manufactured using an inorganic material (alumina, titania, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, zirconia, zeolite, etc.) and has excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, organic solvent resistance and mechanical strength. It may also be suitable for treating wastewater.

FIG. 2 is a view illustrating the discharge of water treated by passing through the separation membrane 300 in the membrane bioreactor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The discharge unit 400 is connected to one end of the separation membrane 300 and discharges the contaminated water that has been treated through the separation membrane 300 to the outside of the reaction vessel 100. At this time, the discharge unit 400 includes a discharge line through which the water-treated polluted water moves. The discharge line connects the end of the separation membrane 300 with the subsequent treatment facility to move the water treated water.

A discharge pump M2 and a second control valve V2 are coupled to the discharge line. The discharge pump M2 provides a suction force that allows the contaminated water to move through the separation membrane 300. That is, by providing a strong suction force in combination with a certain portion of the discharge line, the contaminated water in the reaction tank 100 can pass through the separation membrane 300 and move along the discharge line.

Then, the second control valve V2 coupled to the discharge line regulates the amount of the polluted water traveling on the discharge line. The second control valve V2 can be operated in conjunction with the first control valve V1 described later. That is, when the second regulating valve V2 opens the exhaust line, the first regulating valve V1 can close the aeration line to which the first regulating valve V1 is connected and vice versa, When the aeration line is opened, the second control valve V2 can close the discharge line. In this way, the first control valve V1 and the second control valve V2 interlock with each other and can perform discharge (including filtration) and aeration.

3 is a view showing the stop of the discharge of the contaminated water in the membrane bioreactor according to one embodiment of the present invention and the supply of air to the separation membrane 300 by the aeration section 500.

The air vent 500 is coupled to one end of the separation membrane 300 and supplies air to the separation membrane 300 in a direction opposite to the direction in which the contaminated water passes through the separation membrane 300. At this time, the vent base 500 may share the same line as the vent 400 as shown.

 The air vent 500 can blow compressed high pressure air into the separation membrane 300. At this time, the air passes through the separation membrane 300, and it is possible to clean reversible contaminants such as organic matter, microorganisms, and sludge attached to the surface of the separation membrane 300. The high-pressure air passes through the separation membrane 300 in the direction opposite to the filtration direction, and the contaminants that have been filtered through the separation membrane 300 can be moved together. In this way, filtration and washing of the separation membrane 300 can be alternately performed, and membrane fouling that occurs reversibly can be reduced. As a result, the water treatment efficiency can be improved.

Also, the aeration unit 500 functions as aeration while air is introduced into the contaminated water. As described above, the separation membrane 300 according to the present invention may be formed of any one of a microfiltration membrane and an ultrafiltration membrane. Therefore, the pores of the membrane are very fine. When the air is injected in the direction opposite to the filtration, the air having a size similar to the size of the pores of the separation membrane flows into the reaction vessel. And its size is formed from several nanometers to several micros.

The introduction of air into the contaminated water as fine air bubbles leads to an increase in the contact area where air bubbles and contaminated water meet, which can lead to effective microbial metabolism.

3, the first regulating valve V1 is opened to open the aeration line while the aeration section 500 supplies high pressure air to the separating membrane 300, (V2) is closed to close the discharge line. That is, filtration and discharge are stopped while the aeration and cleaning are performed, and the aeration and cleaning processes are stopped while filtration and discharge are being performed.

The separation membrane bioreactor according to the present invention may further include a dissolved oxygen measurement unit (S) and a control unit (C).

The dissolved oxygen measuring unit S is installed in the reaction tank 100 to measure the dissolved oxygen of the contaminated water contained in the reaction tank 100 in real time. The optimum dissolved oxygen amount for the biological treatment of the contaminated water by the microorganism can be preset. Accordingly, the aeration unit 500 can adjust the amount of dissolved oxygen in the reaction tank 100 to a predetermined dissolved oxygen concentration by adjusting the air supply amount, the air supply time, and the like.

For example, the optimum dissolved oxygen required for biological water treatment by microorganisms may be 7.82 mg / l. Accordingly, when the dissolved oxygen is less than 7.82 mg / l in the reaction tank 100 by controlling the air supply amount and the supply time of the aeration unit 500, the filtration and discharge are stopped and the aeration unit 500 is operated to increase the dissolved oxygen amount in the polluted water . When the dissolved oxygen amount measured by the dissolved oxygen measurement unit S exceeds the optimal dissolved oxygen amount by continuing to operate the aeration unit 500, the operation of the aeration unit 500 is stopped and the discharge unit 400 is operated, The filtering and discharging process of the filter 300 is performed.

The control unit C controls the operation of the discharge unit 400 and the aeration unit 500. The control unit C interlocks with the dissolved oxygen measurement unit S to measure dissolved oxygen in the contaminated water measured by the dissolved oxygen measurement unit S, The discharge unit 400 or the vent unit 500 is operated according to the capacity.

The control unit C substantially receives the data on the dissolved oxygen capacity from the dissolved oxygen measurement unit S and controls the operation of the discharge pump M2 of the discharge unit 400 and the operation of the second control valve V2 of the aeration unit 500 and the operation of the aeration pump M1 of the aeration unit 500 and the first control valve V1 for opening and closing the aeration line.

The controller C measures the amount of dissolved oxygen in the contaminated water in real time in the dissolved oxygen measuring unit S and transmits the measured data to the controller C. The controller C then controls the drain pump M2 and the second control valve V2, The aeration pump M1 and the first control valve V1, the filtration and discharge of the membrane bioreactor and the aeration and washing processes can be automatically alternated.

4 is a view of a separation membrane bioreactor including an agitator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the separation membrane bioreactor according to the present invention may further include a stirring part below the reaction tank 100. The stirring part serves to stir the contaminated water. At this time, the agitation part can stir the contaminated water in the reaction tank 100 using compressed air. By supplying the compressed air to the contaminated water accommodated in the reaction tank 100 through the agitating portion, the sludge in the contaminated water can be easily stirred and the aeration effect of supplying air to the contaminated water can also be enhanced.

Up to now, the membrane bioreactor according to the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, a water treatment apparatus for a total contaminated water including a separation membrane bioreactor according to the present invention will be described. See Figure 1 again for this.

1, the water treatment apparatus according to the present invention may include a water immersion tank 500, a flow rate adjusting tank 700, a membrane bioreactor, and a treatment water tank 800.

The water immersion tank 500 is a solid-liquid separation facility for precipitating and precipitating sedimentable suspended solids. By precipitating and removing the solids in the contaminated water in advance, it is possible to reduce the load of the biological treatment process, thereby reducing the facility capacity in the subsequent treatment facility and reducing the operation cost.

In the flow rate adjusting tank 700, the polluted water from which the suspended solids are separated and removed from the water immersion tank 500 flows into the water immersion tank 500 for a predetermined period of time. The flow rate of the polluted water flowing into the flow rate regulator 700 and the flow rate of the polluted water flowing out of the flow rate regulator 700 can be kept constant and the capacity of the subsequent treatment facility can be standardized.

The contaminated water passing through the flow rate control tank 700 is transferred to the separation membrane bioreactor. The membrane bioreactor can be used as it is. The contaminated water is subjected to the biological water treatment by the microorganism and the filtration treatment process by the separation membrane 300 by the membrane bioreactor.

The contaminated water that has been water-treated from the membrane bioreactor moves to the treatment water tank 800. The treatment water tank 800 temporarily stores the treated water for the purpose of reuse of the treated water to cope with temporal and quantitative changes in the reuse purpose.

The scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the description and the expression of the embodiments explicitly described in the foregoing. It is again to be understood that the scope of protection of the present invention can not be limited by obvious alterations or permutations of the present invention.

C:
S: dissolved oxygen measuring unit
M1: Aeration pump
M2: Discharge pump
V1: first control valve
V2: Second control valve
100: Reactor
200: inlet
300: membrane
400:
500:
600: water immersion tank
700: Flow regulator
800: Treatment tank

Claims (8)

A reaction tank that receives the contaminated water and receives the contaminated water, and discharges the treated contaminated water to the outside;
An inflow section for introducing the contaminated water into the reaction tank;
A hollow fiber membrane disposed inside the reaction tank, the hollow fiber membrane being permeable to contaminated water in one direction and being water-treated;
A discharge unit coupled to one end of the separation membrane and discharging the contaminated water that has been water-treated through the separation membrane to the outside of the reaction vessel;
And an aeration unit coupled to one end of the separation membrane and supplying air to the separation membrane in a direction opposite to one direction through which the contaminated water passes through the separation membrane. The method according to claim 1,
A dissolved oxygen measurement unit for measuring dissolved oxygen capacity in the reaction tank; And
Further comprising a control unit for controlling the operation of the discharge unit and the aeration unit according to the dissolved oxygen capacity measured by the dissolved oxygen measurement unit. The method according to claim 1,
In the aeration unit,
An aeration pump for providing a moving force for moving the air; And
And a first control valve for regulating the amount of the air supplied. The method according to claim 1,
The discharge portion
A discharge pump for providing a moving force for moving the polluted water passing through the separation membrane; And
And a second control valve for controlling the amount of the polluted water to be discharged. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the separation membrane is any one of a microfiltration (MF) membrane and an ultrafiltration membrane (UF) membrane. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the separation membrane is a ceramic separation membrane. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an agitating portion provided in the reaction tank for agitating the contaminated water. A water immersion tank for receiving the contaminated water and precipitating and removing precipitable floating solids from the contaminated water;
A flow regulating tank for receiving the contaminated water having passed through the flood control tank and accommodating the polluted water, and regulating the flow rate of the polluted water discharged;
A separator bioreactor for receiving the contaminated water having passed through the flow rate adjusting tank and receiving the polluted water, and discharging the contaminated water through water treatment; And
And a treatment water tank for receiving and containing the polluted water passing through the separation membrane bioreactor,
Wherein the separation membrane bioreactor is the separation membrane bioreactor according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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