• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2019

Biogasification is a technology that uses organic wastes to reproduce as environmental fuels containing methane gas. Biogasification has attracted worldwide attention because it can produce renewable-energy and stable land treatment with prohibit from landfilling and ocean dumping of organic waste. Biomethane is produced by refining biogas. It is injected into natural gas pipeline or used transportation fuel such as cars and buses. 90 bio-gasification facilities are operating in 2016, and methane gas production is very low due to it is limited to organic wastes such as food waste, animal manure, and sewage sludge. There are seven domestic biomethane manufacturing facilities, and the use of high value-added such as transport fuels and city-gas through upgrading biogas should be expanded. On the other hand, the rapid biogasification of organic wastes in domestic resulted in frequent breakdowns of facilities and low efficiency problems. Therefore, the problem is improving as technical guidance, design and operational technical guidance is developed and field experience is accumulated. However, while improvements in biogas production are being made, there is a problem with low utilization. In this study, the problems of biomethane manufacturing facilities were identified in order to optimize the production and utilization of biogas from organic waste resources. Also, in order to present the design and operation guideline of the gas pretreatment and the upgrading process, we will investigate precision monitoring, energy balance and economic analysis and solutions for on-site problems by facility.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.603-618
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• 1995

원자력 발전소 및 동위원소 사용기관에서 발생되는 가연성 고체 폐기물 및 유기폐액의 소각기술의 활용에 있어서 이의 안전성 확보를 위한 기술적 기준의 설정을 위한 고려인자들을 조사하였다. 국내외의 소각기술 활용현황을 알아보았고 본 기술의 국내 도입시 필요한 기술적 안전지침에 관한 외국의 사례를 조사하고 국내 관련 규정도 검토, 비교, 분석하여 주요 고려항목을 도출하였다. 안전성 확보를 위한 고려 항목을 크게 일반산업시설 적용항목, 원자력시설 상 안전조건, 소각시설의 기술적 요구사항, 기타 제반사항으로 나누어 제시할 수 있었다. 이들 내용은 기존 원자력 및 환경시설에 적용되는 안전성분석보고서 및 환경영향평가서로 작성될 수 있다고 보았으며 시설의 개요, 시설의 기술적 사항과 이에 따르는 안전을 위한 조건, 폐기물의 인수조건 등이 포함되며 기존 관련 법규의 적용 및 확인이 필요하였다. 기술적 사항에는 공정의 제염계수, 연소효율, 소각재의 형상, 배기가스의 방출농도, 작업자 및 인근주민의 피폭등이 확인되어야 하며 소각재의 처리방법 및 조건이 제시되어야 하고 소각재의 침출특성 등이 주요한 인자라고 보았다. 아울러 소각대상폐기물의 인수조건이 명시되어 소각성능에 따른 이의 안전성이 입증되어야 한다. 따라서 인허가 후 건설된 시설에서의 사용전 시험소각절차의 제시 및 이에 대한 관련 규제기관의 검사제도가 있어야 하며 품질보증절차 역시 관련지침에 따라 실시되어야 한다. 이와 같은 내용을 포함하는 안전기술지침의 설정이 절대적으로 필요하며 본 연구조사 결과의 활용이 기대된다.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.274-279
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• 2007

The toxicitiy of organic sludge such as municipal sewage sludge (MSS), industrial sewage sludge (ISS), alcohol fermentation processing sludge (AFPS) and leather processing sludge (LPS) were evaluated with three environmental biomarkers as acetylcholinesterase, cytochrome P450, and heat shock protein 70 extracted from earthworm (Eisenia fetida). Their toxicities were compared with those of pig manure compost (PMC). MSS, ISS, LPS, and AFPS did not significantly affect the acetylcolinesterase activity, whereas only the elutriate of PMC slightly was increased the activity. MSS, AFPS, and PMC tended to slightly inhibit the cytochrome $P_{450}$ activity, but ISS and LPS showed significantly the inhibitory effect on cytochrome $P_{450}$. The hsp70 expression began to increase after treatments and showed high induction at 6 hour, followed by zero level at around 12 hour. The quantity of the hsp70 expressed by elutriate treatments of PMC, AFPS, MSS, ISS, and LPS was 1.9, 3.0, 3.3, 4.4, and 4.7 fold higher than that of distilled water. These results indicate that in toxicity tests of five organic waste materials, four kinds of sludge materials appeared more toxic than PMC. Results of AChE, P450, and hsp70 of earthworm might be useful for expecting or assessing an effect by exposure of organic wastes to earthworms in soil.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2015

This study was conducted to evaluate the biodegradation characteristics of food waste on various collection systems using anaerobic batch test. The ultimate methane production from food waste in standard plastic garbage bags (sample A) was $285.6mL\;CH_4/g$ volatile solids (VS) which is the lowest, and reaction constant was $0.215d^{-1}$. The ultimate methane production from food waste in waste vessel based on RFID (sample D) was $493.4mL\;CH_4/g$ VS which is the highest, and reaction constant was $0.162d^{-1}$. The determinants of rate limiting step on all samples showed positive numbers, and the methane production step was found a rate limiting step.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.57-68
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• 2023

In this study, coffee waste was recycled into nitrogen-doped porous carbon fibers as an active material for high-energy EDLC (Electric Double Layer Capacitors). The coffee waste was mixed with polyvinylpyrrolidone and dissolved into dimethylformamide. The mixture was then electrospun to fabricate coffee waste-derived nanofibers (Bare-CWNF), and carbonization process was followed under a nitrogen atmosphere at 900℃. Similar to Bare-CWNF, the as-synthesized carbonized coffee waste-derived nanofibers (Carbonized-CWNF) maintained its fibrous form while preserving the composition of nitrogen. The electrochemical performance was analyzed for carbonized coffee waste (Carbonized-CW)-, carbonized PAN-derived nanofibers (Carbonized-PNF)-, and Carbonized-CWNF-based electrodes in the operating voltage window of -1.0-0.0V, Among the electrodes, Carbonized-CWNF-based electrodes exhibited the highest specific capacitance of 123.8F g^-1 at 1A g^-1 owing to presence of nitrogen and porous structure. As a result, nitrogen-contained porous carbon fibers synthesized from coffee waste showed excellent electrochemical performance as electrodes for high-energy EDLC. The experimental designed in this study successfully demonstrated the recycling of the coffee waste, one of the plant-based biomass that causes the environmental pollution into high-energy materials, also, attaining the ecofriendliness.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.27-38
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• 2009

To investigate the feasibility of refuse derived fuels (RDFs) combined of sewage sludge and combustible wastes such as substitutive fuels instead of a stone coal, several different RDFs made with different mixtures of sewage sludge and combustible wastes were analyzed by various experiments. The combustion characteristics for the RDFs were investigated by analyzing fuel gases, and heating values were also measured by a bomb calorimeter. The fundamental properties such as moisture contents, ratios of combustible materials, amounts of ashes, heavy metals, ratios of each chemical elements and heating values were analyzed in accordance with mixing ratios of wt(%) for researching the characteristics of the RDFs. $RDF_{k-1}$ was made of mixing materials which were dried sewage sludge, food wastes and combustible wastes. $RDF_{k-2}$ was made of mixing materials which were peat-moss, tar and sewage sludge. Combustion experiments were carried out at the optimal conditions which were m=2 under air-fuel condition and $850^{\circ}C$. The retention times in the combustor were set at 5, 10 and 15minutes. 50 g of RDFs was put in the combustor for each experiments. The ranges for heating values of $RDF_{k-1}$ with different mixing ratios were from 6,900 kcal/kg to 8120 kcal/kg. The ranges for heating values of $RDF_{k-2}$ with different mixing ratios were from 4,014 kcal/kg to 8,050 kcal/kg. As a result of this study, the heating values, moisture contents, components of chemical elements and mixing ratios of the materials in RDFs had big effects on the efficiency of the combustion. In $RDF_{k-1}$, the higher amounts of combustible wastes in the mixtures, the higher heating values, concentrations of $C_xH_y$ and amounts of ashes were produced. In $RDF_{k-2}$, the higher tar amounts in the mixtures caused the higher heating values, amounts of ashes, concentrations of CO gas and CxHy.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.341-345
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• 2009

Continuous dry anaerobic digestion of organic solid wastes (30% TS, Total Solids) comprised of food waste and paper was performed under mesophilic condition. During the operation, hydraulic retention time (HRT) was decreased as follows: 150 d, 100 d, 60 d, and 40 d, which corresponded to the solid loading rate of 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, and 7.5 kg TS/$m^3$/d, respectively. Volumetric biogas production rate ($m^3$/$m^3$/d) increased as HRT decreased, and the highest biogas production rate of 3.49${\pm}$0.31 $m^3$/$m^3$/d was achieved at 40 d of HRT. At this HRT, high volatile solids (VS) reduction of 76% was maintained, and methane production yield of 0.25 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$ was achieved, indicating 67.4% conversion of organic solid waste to bioenergy. The highest biogas production yield of 0.52 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$ was achieved at 100 d of HRT, but it did not change much with respect to HRT. For the ease feed pumping, some amount of digester sludge was recycled and mixed with fresh feed to decrease the solid content. Recirculation volume of 5Q was found to be the optimal in this experimental condition. Specific methanogenic activity (SMA) of microorganisms at mesophilic-dry condition was 2.66, 1.94, and 1.20 mL $CH_4$/g VS/d using acetate, butyrate, and propionate as a substrate, respectively.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.228-231
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• 2012

In this work, the mixture of sewage sludge incubated in an anaerobic bioreactor for 35 days and paperboard sludge was treated in a batch anaerobic digester equipped with a ultrasonicator, and methane production during the treatment was investigated. The Soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand (SCOD) increased with increasing the amplitude of ultrasonicator, which help solubilizing paperboard sludge more effectively. The optimum amplitude of ultrasonicator for the enhancing methane productivity was found to be $142.5\;{\mu}m$ and the methane production amount increased as the anaerobic digestion period became longer. In addition, the anaerobic digestion was performed with various biomass (6000, 9000 and 12000 mg/L) and methane production increased with higher cell mass. These results will be used as valuable data to enhance the methane production from anaerobic digestion of the high concentration of organic wastes containing the paperboard sludge and sewage sludge.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2005

The wastes generated in farming or fishing villages are mostly those of high moisture content or those once used for farming or fishing work, which require a complex process even for disposing of them alone, and moreover they have been recognized to cause a secondary side effects. The study thus is intended to conduct the basic character analysis and incineration test so as to develop the thermal decomposition furnace which will be optimal in disposing of the wastes generated from urban area that mostly have a high thermal energy or require a complex treatment process. And the subject included in the study, in addition, is to design and develop the furnace aimed at reducing the harmful ingredient as well as recycling the heat generated in the course of incineration.

• 월간 기계설비
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• 통권224호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2009

바이오에너지는 여러 가지 신재생에너지 자원 중에서도 자원의 잠재량이 많고 비교적 경제적이며 선진국에서는 활발희 개발 보급되고 있음에 비해 국내에서는 개발이용이 상대적으로 미흡하다. 그러나 최근의 고유가 문제, 기후변화 협약 의무이행 문제, 심각한 농 임산, 축산, 음식물쓰레기, 슬러지 등의 유기성 폐기물 처리 문제 등으로 국내에서도 바이오에너지 보급의 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 바이오에너지기술은 유기성폐자원 분야, 목질계 바이오매스 분야, 수송용 분야로 구분되는 데 바이오에너지를 생산하기 위한 플랜트 건설이 필요하다. 설비건설업계가 앞으로 이 부분에 주목할 필요가 있다는 지적이다. 정부가 집단에너지 보급에 있어 바이오에너지 사용의 가능성에 대해 적극 검토하고 있는 등 앞으로 바이오 에너지의 활용이 증대될 것으로 기대되고 있다. 이번 호에서는 바이오에너지 중 가장 큰 부분을 차지하는 유기성페자원을 중심으로 바이오에너지의 기술 및 적용사례를 알아본다.