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Reduction of nitrogen loss in aerobic composting process using phosphorus-bearing waste

인 함유 폐기물을 활용한 퇴비화 공정에서의 질소 손실 저감

  • Song, Young Hak (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Lee, Dong Min (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Baek, Kyung Min (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Jeong, Yeon-Koo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
  • 송영학 (금오공과대학교 토목환경공학부) ;
  • 이동민 (금오공과대학교 토목환경공학부) ;
  • 백경민 (금오공과대학교 토목환경공학부) ;
  • 정연구 (금오공과대학교 토목환경공학부)
  • Received : 2011.08.03
  • Accepted : 2011.09.28
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of bone waste on the conservation of nitrogen in aerobic composting process by inducing the struvite crystallization, which was known as a powerful method for conservation of nitrogen in composting reaction. Bone waste was dried at oven and crushed to less than 3 mm prior to use. It was found phosphorus content in bone waste was about 20.9% of the fixed solids from the leaching experiments using sulfuric acid. Addition of seed compost affected the progress of composting reaction substantially. In case seed compost was not used, the duration of initial low pH was greater than seed compost was added. This prolonged acidic pH may have a beneficial effect on the leaching of P from the bone waste and struvite crystallization. The struvite crystallization and resulting conservation of nitrogen by addition of bone waste was confirmed by both reduction in ammonia loss and increased ammonia content in compost. However the level of struvite crystallization observed with bone waste addition may be less than the cases water-soluble phosphate salts were used.

본 연구에서는 인을 함유하고 있는 뼈 폐기물과 Mg염을 첨가하여 struvite 결정화 반응을 유도하여 퇴비화 공정에서 암모니아 손실을 저감시키고자 하였다. 뼈 폐기물은 식당에서 발생하는 것으로 건조, 분쇄한 다음 사용하였다. 인 용출실험 결과 뼈 폐기물에는 회분 기준으로 약 20.9%의 인이 포함된 것으로 나타났다. 퇴비화 반응은 식종퇴비 첨가 여부에 따라 차이를 보였으며, 식종퇴비를 첨가한 경우 퇴비화 반응이 더 빨리 진행되었다. 식종퇴비를 사용하지 않는 경우 반응 초기 pH가 낮은 기간이 더 길게 유지되었으며, 이는 뼈 폐기물에 포함된 인 용출에 긍정적인 영향을 주어 struvite 결정화 반응 유발에 기여할 것으로 판단되었다. Struvite 결정화 반응을 통한 질소의 보전 효과는 암모니아 손실량 및 퇴비의 암모니아 함량 변화로부터 분명히 관찰되었다. 즉, Mg염과 뼈 폐기물을 첨가한 경우 암모니아 손실량은 감소하였으며, 퇴비의 암모니라 함량은 상대적으로 증가하였다. 이러한 struvite 결정화 반응은 건조퇴비의 암모니아 함량 분석으로 확실히 파악할 수 있었다. 하지만 뼈 폐기물을 첨가한 경우 struvite 결정화 반응은 수용성 인산염을 사용한 경우에 비하여 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

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