자동차, 기계금속, 전자 등 여러 산업에서는 부품 가공 중의 세정 과정에서 금속가공유와 각종 세정첨가물이 함유된 많은 폐수를 발생시킨다. 본 연구에서는 수용성 또는 비수용성 금속가공유로 오염된 수계 및 준수계 세정폐수를 한외여과막시스템을 이용하여 처리하고자 하였다. 이 실험에서 막을 친수성인 polyacrylonitrile(PAN)을 사용하고 막의 크기 및 오염물의 농도 변화에 따른 한외여과막 투과수량과 유수분리 성능(COD제거율)을 측정하여 한외여과법 처리의 적정성 여부를 조사 분석하였다. 그 결과 수계 또는 준수계세정제와 수용성 가공유로 오염된 가공폐수의 경우 한외여과막의 크기가 10 kDa에서 100 kDa로 증가함에 따라 COD 제거율은 90 wt%-95 wt%로 거의 일정하지만 투과플럭스는 4배 이상 증가하였다. 그리고 금속가공폐수의 오염물 농도가 3 wt%에서 10 wt%로 증가할수록 한외여과막의 COD 제거율은 증가하지만 투과플럭스는 감소하였다. 그러나 수계 또는 준수계세정제와 비수용성 오일로 오염된 가공폐수의 경우 오염물의 농도가 증가할수록 COD 제거율은 거의 일정하지만 투과플럭스는 급격히 감소함을 보여 주었다. 이러한 현상은 한외여과막 재질이 친수성인 PAN이기 때문에 비수용성 오일이 막을 통과하지 못하고 막의 기공을 막기 때문인 것으로 추론된다. 따라서, 수용성 오일이 함유된 세정액은 막재질이 PAN이고 세공크기가 100 kDa인 한외여과법 처리가 적정한 것으로 판단되었다. 이러한 기초실험 결과를 활용하여 PAN 재질의 막(MWCO=100 kDa)을 사용한 한외여과 pilot 시스템을 설치 운전하여 수용성 인발유로 오염된 알칼리 세정 폐액을 처리하고 알칼리세정제와 인발유를 재활용하고자 하였다. 현장 실험 결과 한외여과 공저은 수계세정제와 수용성오일을 효과적으로 분리하여 재활용할 수 있었고 기존 공정에 비하여 세정제 사용수명을 12배 이상 증가시킬 수 있었다.

Nowadays a large amount of wastewater containing metal working fluids and cleaning agents is generated during the cleaning process of parts working in various industries of automobile, machine and metal, and electronics etc. In this study, aqueous or semi-aqueous cleaning wastewater contaminated with soluble or nonsoluble oils was treated using ultrafiltration system. And the membrane permeability flux and performance of oil-water separation (or COD removal efficiency) of the ultrafiltration system employing PAN as its membrane material were measured at various operating conditions with change of membrane pore sizes and soil concentrations of wastewater and examined their suitability for wastewater treatment contaminated with soluble or insoluble oil. As a result, in case of wastewater contaminated with soluble oil and aqueous or semi-aqueous cleaning agent, the membrane permeability increased rapidly even though COD removal efficiency was almost constant as 90 or 95 % as the membrane pore size increased from 10 kDa to 100 kDa. However, in case of the wastewater contaminated with nonsoluble oiil and aqueous or semi-aqueous cleaning agent, as the membrane pore size increased from 10 kDa to 100 kDa and the soil concentration of wastewater increased, the membrane permeability was reduced rapidly while COD removal efficiency was almost constant. These phenomena explain that since the membrane material is hydrophilic PAN material, it blocks nonsoluble oil and reduces membrane permeability. Thus, it can be concluded that the aqueous or semi-aqueous cleaning solution contaminated with soluble oil can be treated by ultrafiltration system with the membrane of PAN material and its pore size of 100 kDa. Based on these basic experimental results, a pilot plant facility of ultrafiltration system with PAN material and 100 kDa pore size was designed, installed and operated in order to treat and recycle alkaline cleaning solution contaminated with deep drawing oil. As a result of its field application, the ultrafiltration system was able to separate aqueous cleaning solution and soluble oil effectively, and recycle them. Further more, in can increase life span of aqueous cleaning solution 12 times compared with the previous process.

Aqueous Cleaning Solution Semi-aqueous Soluble Oil Insoluble Oil Ultrafiltration Oil Separation Membrane Permeability COD Removal

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