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Production of Methane from Anaerobic Fermentation of Marine Macro-algae

해조류의 혐기성 발효를 이용한 메탄 생산

  • Kim, Jeong-Min (School of Display and Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Yeung-Ho (Biogas team, Bioenergy Project Division, Hydrogen power Co., Ltd) ;
  • Jung, Sung-Hoon (Biogas team, Bioenergy Project Division, Hydrogen power Co., Ltd) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Tae (School of Display and Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Cho, Moo-Hwan (School of Display and Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University)
  • 김정민 (영남대학교 디스플레이화학공학부) ;
  • 이영호 ((주)하이드로젠파워 바이오에너지사업본부 바이오가스팀) ;
  • 정성훈 ((주)하이드로젠파워 바이오에너지사업본부 바이오가스팀) ;
  • 이진태 (영남대학교 디스플레이화학공학부) ;
  • 조무환 (영남대학교 디스플레이화학공학부)
  • Received : 2010.02.08
  • Accepted : 2010.03.17
  • Published : 2010.03.31

Abstract

Methane was produced from the anaerobic digestion of marine macro-algae. Elemental analysis was first performed to estimate the theoretical methane production of three macro-algae (Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria japonica, Hizikia fusiformis). Three algae were found to contain C 34 ~ 36%, H 5%, O 37 ~ 43%, N 2 ~ 4%, S 0.4 ~ 0.7%, and ash 14~21%, and the theoretical methane content was in the range of 56 ~ 60%, which can produce 442 ~ 568 mL $CH_4$ per g of volatile solid (VS). Using the biological methane potential (BMP) test, we found that L. japonica resulted in the highest yield of methane (52%). Moreover, various operational conditions, such as algae amount, pH, salinity, particle size, and pre-treatment, were investigated in order to find an optimal condition of anaerobic digestion. At pH 8.0, the autoclaved L. japonica (5g VS/200 mL), when used without washing salt, produced 268.5 mL/g VS which is 65% of the theoretical methane productions. Furthermore, using a CSTR (with the working volume of 7 L out of the total volume of 10 L), we have successfully operated the reactor for 65 days and obtained maximum methane production rate of 1.4 L/day with purity of 70%.

해조류를 바이오매스로 이용하는 혐기성 발효를 통해 메탄을 생성하는 연구를 수행하였다. 먼저 원소분석을 통한 다시마, 미역, 톳 등 세 종류의 바이오매스의 이론 메탄가스 전환량을 구한 결과, 분석한 세 종류의 해조류는 C 34 ~ 36%, H 5%, O 37 ~ 43%, N 2 ~ 4%, S 0.4 ~ 0.7%, ash 14 ~ 21%를 포함하고 있었으며, 이론적으로 56 ~ 60%의 메탄전환이 가능한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 g VS(고형분) 당 442 ~ 568 mL의 메탄가스를 생산할 수 있는 양이다. 생물학적메탄잠재력 (Biological Methane Potential, BMP) 시험을 통하여 실제 메탄가스를 측정한 결과, 다시마에서 최대 메탄생성수율 (52%)을 보였다. 이어서 회분식으로 메탄가스 생산에 영향을 미치는 여러 가지 인자들 (유기물 농도, pH, 염분, 입자크기, 그리고 시료전처리)에 대한 조사를 통해 최적의 메탄가스 생산조건을 구하였다. 전처리한 다시마 5 g VS/200 mL를 pH 8조건에서 염분 제거 없이 사용했을 때 이론치의 51%(197.1 mL/g VS)를 얻었고, 더욱이 습식멸균기로 해조류를 찐 경우 27% 증가한 268.5 mL/g VS 메탄가스를 생산할 수 있었다. 또한 연속반응기 (7 L 운영부피/10 L 반응기)를 이용하여 65일 간 운전한 결과 하루 최대 약 1.4 L의 메탄가스 (평균 메탄함량 70%)를 생산할 수 있었다.

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