• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 2002

To increase the efficiency of a two-stage anaerobic wastewater digestion system, various polymers were added to the methanogenic reactor as supports. The addition of polyurethane addition (6%, w/v) to the methanogenic reactor facilitated the organic loading rate (2-day Hydraulic Retention Time), higher than that of the conventional methanogenic reactor (6-day HRT). During the operation of the polyurethane-added reactor, a significant decrease in the organic mass in the effluent (COD 5-6 kg/l) was achieved, compared to that of the conventional reactor (COD 15-20 kg/l). The methane gas production rate also improved about 3-fold in the polyurethane-added reactor. More biomass was found to accumulate in the polyurethane-liquid phase (volatile solid, 26-28kg) than in the free-liquid phase (volatile solid, 5- 7 kg/l) after 90 days of operation. A scaled-up experiment with a polyurethane-added 2.5-1 reactor confirmed the previous results, and no adverse effects such as plugging or channeling due to decreased efficiency was observed even after 4 months of operation.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.40-49
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• 1997

In Korea, naked barley and tapioca are main raw materials for the production of fermentation ethyl alcohol, and one million drums bf 95% fermentation ethyl alcohol is produced per year by use of them. Stillage of alcoholic fermentation is mostly digested by methane fermentation process, and methane gas occured if methane fermentation process is recovered and mixed with fuel to decrease 25-30% for total fuel used in factories. In the anaerobic digestion process of naked barley stillage, supplement of nutrients is necessary to slove the problems caused by inhibitory materials contained if stillage and deficiency of nutrients. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine why the anaerobic digesters using the naked barley distillery wastewater have shown the poor digestability frequently and how to control it. As the poor digestion was supposed to be occurred by the lack of iron as trace nutrient, the experiments were carried out to find out the optimum dosage and the way of addition of iron and to assess the quantitative evaluation of the type of iron in digesters. Initially, bottle test as batch digesters and lab-scaled continuous flow digesters were used in order to determine the digestion characteristics with tapioca and naked barley distillery wastewater. According to the results of batch tests, the poor digestion was caused by volatile fatty acids and could be improved by adding of calcium. The activity of the methanogenic bacteria were increased remarkably when the iron was added to the digester in the form of mixture with substrates.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.754-760
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• 2010

This study was carried out not only to evaluate optimal operating condition to increase biogas production, but also to estimate feasibility of renewable energy from anaerobic digester of sewage sludge. Semi- continuous Fed and Mixed Reactors (SCFMRs) were operated in various condition to quantify the reactor variables. The result of SCFMR operation showed that the biogas productivity and total volatile solids (TVS) removal of total solids (TS) 4% reactor at hydraulic retention time (HRT) 20 days with Organic Loading Rate (OLR) of $1.45kg/m^3-d$ were $0.39m^3/m^3-d$ and 26.7%, respectively which was two times higher than that of TS 2.5% reactor. Consequently the daily biogas production of $20,000m^3$ would be possible from the total volume of $52,000m^3$ of anaerobic digesters of the municipal wastewater treatment plant in D city. In feasibility study for the Biogas utilization, combined heat and power system (CHP) and CNG gasification were examined. In case of CHP, the withdrawal period of capital cost for gas-engine (GE) and micro gas-turbine (MGT) were 7.7 years and 9.1 years respectively. biogas utilization as Clean Natural Gas (CNG) shows lower capital cost and higher profit than that of CHP system. CNG gasificaion after biogas purification is likely the best alternative for Biogas utilization which have more economic potential than CHP system. The withdrawal period of capital cost appeared to be 2.3 years.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.139-145
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• 1993

Biogas created from animal waste is a precious energy source. A practical and successful utilization of the biogas is not easy, because there lie some difficulties in biogas production and facilities investment. In this study, the requisites for a successful biogas utilization were discussed. The production results obtained in the previous operation of anaerobic digestion plant were used for the simulation. When the slurry heating was designed for constant biogas generation, depreciation costs of the facilities amounted 1,175,000 yen per year, and biogas productions at $24.5^{\circ}C$, $30.0^{\circ}C$ and $35.5^{\circ}C$ were $16.8m^3$, $17.6m^3$ and $25.1m^3$, respectively. Removal ratios of organic matters were not so high. At $35.5^{\circ}C$, energy value of the biogas produced was estimated 125.5 Mcal per day, and the following heat loss (y Mcal/day) was brought about by the temperature difference ($X^{\circ}C$) between the digester and atmosphere; y = 0.769X - 5.375. The costs of biogas production per cow were assumed to decrease according to enlargement of feeding scale, especially on scales of more than 30 cows. On recent levels of costs and prices of energy in Japan, they were nearly equal to 2 to 3 fold of the price of municipal mixed gas when a anaerobic digester was compulsorily heated and kept at $30.0^{\circ}C$ or $35.5^{\circ}C$.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.229-234
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• 2008

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has started the nation's first biogas-microturbine project in the city of Gongju as an effort to encourage the utilization of wasted biogas containing useful energy source in the form of $CH_4$. The goal of the project is to set up the biogas microturbine co-generation system for utilizing biogas as an energy source and improving the economics of the wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater treatment processes were investigated in depth to find improvement possibility. Changes in internal recirculation ratio and pre-treatment degree are needed to optimize plant operation and biogas production. Biogas pre-treatment system satisfies Capstone's fuel condition requirement with the test result of 99.9% and 90.2% of hydrogen sulphide and ammonia is removal performance. Installation of microturbine and manufacture of heat exchanger to warm anaerobic digester has been done successfully. Expected economic profit produced by the system is coming from energy saving including electricity 115,871kWh/year and heat contained in exhaust gas 579GJ/year.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2011

바이오가스는 Biomass, 유기성 폐기물 등의 혐기소화 공정을 통해 얻을 수 있는 대표적인 신재생연료로 저발열량에도 불구하고 탄소중립적인 특성이 있기 때문에 이를 엔진에 적용하여 에너지를 생산하고자 하는 노력이 계속되어왔다. 바이오가스는 원료의 종류 및 혐기소화 공정 조건에 따라 그 연료 조성이 달라질 수 있는데, 이러한 조성 변화는 엔진 성능에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있기 때문에 이에 대한 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 따라서 이번 연구에서는 다양한 발열량을 갖는 바이오가스를 연료 내 불활성가스 비율을 변화시켜 모사하고 이를 이용하여 바이오가스 내 불활성가스 비율의 변화, 즉 발열량의 변화가 엔진 성능 및 배기 특성에 주는 영향을 파악하였다. 실험결과로 각 불활성가스 함량에 따른 최적 점화시기를 결정하였으며, 발열량 변화가 엔진 출력, 효율, 배기 성능에 미치는 영향을 제시하였다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2012

유기성폐기물의 처리 방식은 친환경적이고 지속가능한 에너지 회수 및 슬러지 발생량의 저감이 가능한 혐기성 소화를 통한 에너지화로 전환되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 PFR 흐름(Plug Flow Reactor)과 수직 다단형 구조로 고농도 고형분과 높은 유기물 부하에 견딜 수 있도록 개발된 ECOPAD(ECOdays' Plug-flow Anaerobic Digster) 혐기성 소화 공법의 음식물 폐기물과 도계폐수에 대한 적용성과 효율을 파악하였다. 적용사례별 ECOPAD의 처리효율을 분석한 결과 P시와 S시의 음식물 폐기물 처리시설의 유기물 제거효율은(VS 기준 P시 84%, S시 88%) 였으며, 이때 발생하는 바이오가스량(P시: $1.1Nm^3/kg$-VSrem, S시 $1.0Nm^3/kg$-VSrem)과 메탄가스의 함유량(P시 70%, S시 71%)은 유사하게 측정되었다. 도계 폐수 슬러지의 경우 VS당 가스발생량은 $1.6Nm^3/kg$-VSrem로 측정되었으며, 메탄 함량은69%로 측정되었다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.155-164
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• 1996

Biomass to methane via anaerobic digestion conversion is a good supply method of substitutable energy resources. The economic viability of this technology is contingent upon managing the production facilities in a cost effective manner. The problem is to determine the batch production sequence as well as the batch residence times in the digester so as to maximize total gas production over a given planning horizon. The problem is difficult to solve since the batch sequencing decisions and the batch residence time decisions cannot be isolated. This paper developes a heuristic algorithm which is based on a dynamic programming procedure for the multiple feedstock sequencing and scheduling biogas production systems and demonstrates to yield good results.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.323-328
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• 1989

절대(絶對) 혐기조건(嫌氣條件)에서 볏짚의 분해작용(分解作用)에 관여(關與)하는 혐기미생물(嫌氣微生物)과 그 분해생성물(分解生成物)들의 행동(行動)을 구명코져 시험(試驗)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 전(全) 시험기간(試驗期間)동안 처리(處理)에 관계없이 메탄생성균수(生成菌數)가 섬유소분해균수(分解菌數)보다 많았다. 2. 혐기미생물(嫌氣微生物)의 활성(活性)은 볏짚+요소구(尿素區)에서 항온초기(恒溫初期)에 높았던 반면 볏짚단용구(單用區)는 초기(初期)에 감소(減少)되었다가 항온 10日 이후부터 다시 증가(增加)되었다. 3. 중간분해산물(中間分解産物)인 휘발성지방산(揮發性脂肪酸)은 볏짚+요소구(尿素區)보다 볏짚단용구(單用區)에서 그 생성양(生成量)이 높았고 체재기간(滯在期間)도 더 길었으며 이들중 propionic acid함양(含量)이 가장 높았다. 4. 최종분해산물(最終分解産物)인 가스의 발생양(發生量)은 메탄생성균(生成菌)의 활성(活性)과 대단히 밀접(密接)한 관련을 갖고 있었다. 5. 항온기간(恒溫期間)중 액(液)중의 평균 Eh값은 -250mV이었고 이때 $CH_4$:$CO_2$의 %비(比)는 약 60~65 : 35~40이었다. 6. $CH_4$와 $CO_2$ 가스로부터 환산(換算)한 유기물(有機物)의 분해률(分解率)은 볏짚+요소구(尿素區)가 50일(日)동안 45.6%이었으며 볏짚단용구(單用區)는 36.8%이었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.554-561
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• 2016

Depending on the Bio-gas sources, main component gases of $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ are shown to be variously present in amounts. For the anaerobic digester, The concentration of $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ in the gases are 60~70 and 30~35 vol%. For the landfill gas, $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ are 40~60 and 40~60 vol%. For the food wastes, $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ are 60~80 and 20~40 vol%, respectively. In this study, maximum conversion rates of $CO_2$ were obtained from the variety of concentrations of $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ by the catalysts of reforming reactions. Moreover, in order to get maximum producing amount of synthetic gas, experimental studies were performed to optimize the reaction variables. On the basis of $CH_4$, 243 ml, R [$CH_4/(O2+CO_2)$] value were varied from 0.8 to 1.35, in the study of $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ reforming reactions. It was shown that the optimal results were obtained for 1.35 of R value. And also, at $850^{\circ}C$ and 1 atm, the production rate of synthetic gas was 90% and the conversion rates of $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ were higher than 99% and 90%, respectively.