• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.765-771
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• 2011

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of heat treatment on the start-up performance for anaerobic hydrogen fermentation of food waste. The result showed that hydrogen production was $0.61{\pm}0.31$ mol $H_2$/mol hexose with heat-treatment of food waste at $70^{\circ}C$ for 60 min whereas it was $0.36{\pm}0.31$ mol $H_2$/mol hexose without heat-treatment of one. The heat treatment of food waste enhanced hydrogen yield due probably to the increase of hydrolysis as well as the decrease of non-hydrogen fermentation microorganisms. The removal efficiency of carbohydrate in reactors regardless of heat treatment of food waste maintained over 90%. The hydrogen conversion efficiency from food waste was 1.7-6.3% with heat-treatment whereas it was 0.7-4.5% without heat-treatment. At the time of switchover from batch to continuous operation, lactate concentration was high compared to the n-butyrate concentration in anaerobic hydrogen fermentation reactor without heat-treatment. Anaerobic hydrogen fermentation of food waste with heat treatment was stable in start-up periods because lactate concentration could be maintained at a relatively low compared to n-butyrate concentration due to the decrease of non-hydrogen fermentation microorganisms.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2002

Clostridium butyricum, Lactobacillus amylophillus, Lactobacillus amylovorus, Lactobacillus acidophillus, AI-9 produced hydrogen and /or organic acids using glucose, lactose and starch at the anaerobic culture conditions. Cl. butyricum NCIB 9576 evolved 1,700 ml H2/L-culture broth and accumulated butyric acid, acetic acid, propionic acid and ethanol in its culture broth when lactose was used as a carbon source during 24 hrs of fermentation. L. amylovorus ATCC 33620 accumulated lactic and acetic acids and some reducing sugars when starch was used as a carbon source without hydrogen production. Instead of starch as a carbon source, L. amylovorus ATCC 33620 produced lactic acid from algal biomass during fermentation and the acid-heat or freeze-thaw pretreatment of algal biomass accelerate the lactic acid fermentation.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2005년도 국제학술대회
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• pp.394-398
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• 2005

This study aimed to develop a novel anaerobic two-stage process converting food waste to $H_2$ and $CH_2$. The anaerobic two-stage process was devised by combining hydrogen fermentation with methane fermentation. At the high loading rate of 12.3 kg $Vs/m^3/d$, it could remove 72.5%of VS and convert $VS_{removed}$ to $H_2$ (28.2%) and $CH_4$ (69.9%) on COD basis in 8 days.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.393-400
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• 2005

수소를 생산하는 미생물은 크게 광합성 세균(photosynthetic bacteria), 혐기성세균(non-photosynthetic anaerobic bacteria), 조류(algae) 등으로 구분되고, 이들의 수소 생성 기작, 사용가능기질 및 수소 발생량은 상당한 차이가 있다. 광합성세균은 Rhodospirillaceae, Chromatiaceae 및 Chlorobiaceae로 구분되며, 이는 각각 홍색비유황세균(purple non-sulfur bacteria), 홍색유황세균(purple sulfur bacteria), 녹색유황세균(green sulfur bacteria)으로 통칭된다. 혐기성 세균은 절대 또는 통성혐기세균중 일부가 수소생산에 관여하며, 조류는 녹조류(green algae)와 남조류(blue-green algae, cyanobacteria)가 알려져 있다. 생물학적 수소생산 기술은 (1) 녹조류(green algae)가 광합성 메카니즘에 의해 수소를 생산하는 직접 물 분해 수소생산(direct bio-photolysis) (2) 광합성 작용에 의해 물을 분해하여 산소를 발생하고, 동시에 공기 중 이산화탄소를 고정하여 고분자 저장물질로 균체 내에 저장한 후 혐기 발효 또는 광합성 발효에 의해 수소를 발생하는 간접 물 분해 수소생산(indirect bio-photolysis or two stage photolysis) (3) 빛이 존재하는 혐기상태 배양 조건에서 홍색 세균에 의한 광합성 발효(photo-fermentation) 또는 (4) 광이 존재하지 않는 조건에서 혐기 미생물에 의해 수소와 유기산을 내는 혐기 발효(dark anaerobic fermentation) (5) 균체 외(in virro) 수소 발생 (6) 일산화탄소 가스 전환 반응(microbial gas shift reaction)에 의한 수소 생산 기술로 구분할 수 있다. 물로부터 생물학적 기술에 의한 수소생산은 공기 중의 이산화탄소를 고정하고, 수소와 산소를 발생하는 원천기술로써 오래 전부터 미국, 유럽에서 태양에너지를 이용하는 광합성 미생물의 분리, 개선 및 반응기에 관한 연구가 축적되어 왔으며, 유기물 즉 바이오매스로부터 혐기 및 광합성 발효를 연속적으로 적용하는 기술은 비교적 최근에 일본을 비롯한 유기성 폐기물이 많은 국가에서 수소에너지 생산과 유기성 폐기물 처리라는 두 가지 목적에 부합하는 연구로써 활발히 진행되고 있다. 유기성 폐기물이나 폐수와 같은 수분함량이 높은 바이오매스는 대부분이 매립처리 되는 실정이지만 높은 수분 함량 때문에 매립 시 발생하는 침출수는 환경오염의 주범으로 가까운 장래에는 매립도 금지될 전망이다. 이와 같은 수소에너지 생산기술과 이용시스템 개발은 화석연료 사용을 최소화 할 수 있으며, 국내에서 다량 발생하는 유기성 폐기물을 이용한 에너지 생산으로 자원 강대국 입지에 설 수 있다. 미생물에 의한 수소생산 기술은 청정에너지 생산과 아울러, 동시에 산소 발생, 공기 중 이산화탄소 고정, 식품공장 폐수 및 음식쓰레기와 같은 유기성 폐기물 처리 등 환경에 이로운 방향으로 진행될 뿐만 아니라, 미생물 자체가 갖는 생물 산업성도 높아서 비타민류, 천연색소, 피부암 치료제등의 고부가가치 의약품 생산도 활성화할 수 있다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2005

Severe loss or hydrogen occurred in most anaerobic hydrogen fermentation reactors. Several selected methods were applied to suppress the consumption of hydrogen and increase the potential of production. As the first trial, pH shock was applied. The pH of reactor was dropped nearly to 3.0 by stopping alkalinity supply and on]y feeding glucose (5 g/L-d). As the pH was increase to $4.8{\pm}0.2,$ the degradation pathway was derived to solventogenesis resulting in disappearance of hydrogen in the headspace. In the aspect of bacterial community, methanogens weren't detected after 22 and 35 day, respectively. Even though, however, there was no methanogenic bacterium detected with fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) method, hydrogen loss still occurred in the reactor showing a continuous increase of acetate when the pH was increased to $5.5{\pm}0.2$. This result was suggesting the possibility of the survival of spore fanning acetogenic bacteria enduring the severely acidic pH. As an alternative and additive method, nitrate was added in a batch experiment. It resulted in the increase of maximum hydrogen fraction from 29 (blank) to 61 % $(500\;mg\;NO_3/L)$. However, unfortunately, the loss of hydrogen occurred right after the depletion of nitrate by denitrification. In order to prevent the loss entangled with acetate formation, $CO_2$ scavenging in the headspace was applied to the hydrogen fermentation with heat-treated sludge since it was the primer of acetogenesis. As the $CO_2$ scavenging was applied, the maximum fraction of hydrogen was enhanced from 68 % to 87 %. And the loss of hydrogen could be protected effectively.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.145-155
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• 2008

This paper deals with an economic evaluation of hydrogen production by fermentation. We evaluate the economic feasibility of domestic hydrogen production by fermentation utilizing glucose and waste water sludge in terms of hydrogen production prices. In addition, we make some sensitivity analysis of hydrogen prices by changing the values of input factors such as the price of glucose, the capital cost of the hydrogen production system, and the hydrogen production yields. The estimated hydrogen prices of the two-step dark-light hydrogen production by fermentation utilizing glucose was $5,347won/kgH_2$, and the single-step hydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation utilizing waste water sludge was $4,255won/kgH_2$, respectively. It is expected that the hydrogen production price by anaerobic fermentation can be reduced if we produce methane or hydrogen utilizing by-products such as alcohols and organic acids, or the government imposes some legal regulations on the treatment of waste water sludge.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2012

부영양화로 인한 조류의 과도한 번식은 하천과 호수의 수질에 심각한 문제를 야기하고 있다. 따라서 하천과 호수의 수질 오염 방지를 위해서는 물리화학적 또는 생물학적 처리를 통해 효과적인 조류 제거가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 전기부상과 혐기성 수소 발효 공정의 연계를 통해 효과적인 조류 제거와 에너지를 생산하고자 하였다. Chlorophyll a를 기준으로 전기부상에 의한 조류 제거효율은 전류 증가에 따라 증가하였으며 최대 95.9%로 나타났다. 제거된 조류로부터 에너지를 회수하기 위하여 혐기성 수소 발효 타당성을 조사하였다. 조류와 초음파로 전처리를 수행한 조류의 최종 수소 수율은 각각 17.3및 61.1ml $H_2/g$ dcw(dry cell weight)로 나타났다. 조류의 초음파 전처리는 가수분해 속도를 증가시켜 최대 수소 수율을 3.4배 향상시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2006

본 연구는 struvite 결정화 적용시 $Mg^{2+}$과 $PO_4{^{3-}}$의 주입량, pH, 반응시간 그리고 결정핵 주입과 같은 실험인자가 혐기성 발효액의 질소 및 인 제거에 미치는 영향을 실험적으로 검토하였다. $Mg^{2+}:NH_4{^+}:PO_4{^{3-}}$의 적정 주입 몰비는 1.2:1.0:1.2 였다. 최적 주입 몰비에서 $NH_4{^+}-N$와 $PO_4{^{3-}}-P$의 평균제거율 및 반응속도상수는 각각 79.2, 96.8%, 0.157 그리고 $0.344min^{-1}$였다. 최적 pH는 11이었으며 반응시간 10분 이내에 충분히 struvite 결정화가 이루어 졌다. 결정핵 주입 유 무에서 결정핵 주입량 1g/L에서 가장 낮은 영양염류 잔류농도 값을 보여주었으며, SEM 사진 분석 결과 결정핵의 성장을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 struvite 침전물의 XRD 분석 결과 사방정계 결정구조를 가지는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2014

This study was conducted to evaluate the characteristics of dark fermentative $H_2$ production from microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) using batch reactors under mesophilic (25, $35^{\circ}C$) and thermophilic (45, $55^{\circ}C$) conditions. The $H_2$ yield and $H_2$ production rate increased with increasing temperature. The maximum $H_2$ yield and $H_2$ production rate were 56.77 mL $H_2/g$ dcw, 3.33 mL $H_2/g\;dcw{\cdot}h$ at $55^{\circ}C$, respectively. The activation energy calculated using Arrhenius equation was 36.24 kcal/mol, which was higher than that of dark $H_2$ fermentation of glucose by anaerobic mixed culture. Although the concentration of butyrate was maintained, the concentrations of lactate and acetate increased with increasing temperature. The $H_2$ yield was linearly proportional to acetate/ butyrate ratio.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.468-474
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• 2014

This study was conducted to evaluate the characteristics of mesophilic fermentative $H_2$ production from food waste which was treated by food waste disposer. It was found that $H_2$ yield and lag phase were affected by particle size of food waste. The $H_2$ yield decreased with increasing particle size while lag phase increased. The maximum $H_2$ yield was found $0.584{\pm}0.03$ mol $H_2$/mol hexose at particle size smaller than 0.30 mm. The $H_2$ production rate was also affected by chemical composition of food waste. The $H_2$ production rate linearly decreased with increasing proteins to carbohydrates ratio(P/C ratio) where the maximum value was $0.031{\pm}0.006$ mol $H_2$/mol hexose h at 0.17.