• 신재생에너지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2008

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the most promising method of treating and recycling of different organic wastes, such as OFMSW, household wastes, animal manure, agro-industrial wastes, industrial organic wastes and sewage sludge. During AD, i.e. degradation in the absence of oxygen, organic material is decomposed by anaerobes forming degestates such as an excellent fertilizer and biogas, a mixture of carbon dioxide and methane. AD has been one of the leading technologies that can make a large contribution to producing renewable energy and to reducing $CO_2$ and other GHG emission, it is becoming a key method for both waste treatment and recovery of a renewable fuel and other valuable co-products. A classification of the basic AD technologies for the production of biogas can be made according to the dry matter of biowaste and digestion temperature, which divide the AD process in wet and dry, mesophilic and thermophilic. The biogas produced from AD plant can be utilized as an alternative energy source, for lighting and cooking in case of small-scale, for CHP and vehicle fuel or fuel in industrials in case of large-scale. This paper provides an overview of the status of biogas production and utilization technologies.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.202-205
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• 2008

Anaerobic digestion(AD) is the most promising method of treating and recycling of different organic wastes, such as OFMSW, household wastes, animal manure, agro-industrial wastes, industrial organic wastes and sewage sludge. During AD, i.e. degradation in the absence of oxygen, organic material is decomposed by anaerobes forming degestates such as an excellent fertilizer and biogas, a mixture of carbon dioxide and methane. AD has been one of the leading technologies that can make a large contribution to producing renewable energy and to reducing $CO_2$ and other GHG emission, it is becoming a key method for both waste treatment and recovery of a renewable fuel and other valuable co-products. A classification of the basic AD technologies for the production of biogas can be made according to the dry matter of biowaste and digestion temperature, which divide the AD process in wet and dry, mesophilic and thermophilic. The biogas produced from AD plant can be utilized as an alternative energy source, for lighting and cooking in case of small-scale, for CHP and vehicle fuel or fuel in industrials in case of large-scale. This paper provides an overview of the status of biogas production and utilization technologies.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2008

Anaerobic digestion system is getting more attractive in that it produces biogas in the process of organic waste stabilization. Net energy production is important when biogas production is concerned. In this study, net energy production was evaluated with respect to biogas production and heat losses in a hypothetical digester. Under the condition of digester operation with slurry inflow of 5% of TS, additional fuel is required to maintain digester temperature during the winder season. Substrate therefore, needs to have higher VS contents through co-digestion of silage or food waste that has greater values of methane production rate. Heating input slurry is important in cold season, which covers over 80% of heating requirement. Heat recovery from digestate is valuable to reduce the use of biogas for heating. It seems desirable to minimize slurry inflow when temperature is very low. Psychrophilic digestion may be a feasible option for reducing heating requirement.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.172-172
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• 2011

Anaerobic digestion(AD) has successfully been used for many applications that have conclusively demonstrated its ability to recycle biogenic wastes. AD has been successfully applied in industrial waste water treatment, stabilsation of sewage sludge, landfill management and recycling of biowaste and agricultural wastes as manure, energy crops. During AD, i.e. organic materials are decomposed by anaerobic forming bacteria and fina1ly converted to excellent fertilizer and biogas which is primarily composed of methane(CH4) and carbon dioxide(CO2) with smaller amounts of hydrogen sulfide(H2S) and ammonia(NH3), trace gases such as hydrogen(H2), nitrogen(N2), carbon monoxide(CO), oxygen(O2) and contain dust particles and siloxanes. The production and utilisation of biogas has several environmental advantages such as i)a renewable energy source, ii)reduction the release of methane to the atomsphere, iii)use as a substitute for fossil fuels. In utilisation of biogas, most of biogas produced from small scale plant e.g. farm-scale AD plant are used to provide as energy source for cooking and lighting, in most of the industrialised countries for energy recovery, environmental and safety reasons are used in combined heat and power(CHP) engines or as a supplement to natural. In particular, biogas to use as vehicle fuel or for grid injection there different biogas treatment steps are necessary, it is important to have a high energy content in biogas with biogas purification and upgrading. The energy content of biogas is in direct proportion to the methane content and by removing trace gases and carbon dioxide in the purification and upgrading process the energy content of biogas in increased. The process of purification and upgrading biogas generates new possibilities for its use since it can then replace natural gas, which is used extensively in many countries, However, those technologies add to the costs of biogas production. It is important to have an optimized purification and upgrading process in terms of low energy consumption and high efficiency giving high methane content in the upgraded gas. A number of technologies for purification and upgrading of biogas have been developed to use as a vehicle fuel or grid injection during the passed twenty years, and several technologies exist today and they are continually being improved. The biomethane which is produced from the purification and the upgrading process of biogas has gained increased attention due to rising oil and natural gas prices and increasing targets for renewable fuel quotes in many countries. New plants are continually being built and the number of biomethane plants was around 100 in 2009.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.62-73
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• 2014

본 연구는 혐기성소화조에서 발생된 바이오가스로부터 바이오메탄을 생산하기 위한 고질화 공정의 운전조건을 최적화하기 위하여 반응표면 분석모델을 적용하였다. 반응표면 분석법의 하나인 Box-Behnken 설계법을 이용하였으며 바이오가스 고질화 공정의 메탄농도와 메탄회수율을 극대화하기 위한 수학적인 최적운전조건을 도출하였다. 도출된 반응표면모델의 적합성을 검증한 결과 각 모델의 p Value가 0.05 이하로서 유의성이 매우 높게 나타났으며, 결정계수($R^2$)는 각각 0.9788, 0.9710 이었다. 그리고 이산화탄소/메탄분리공정에서 메탄농도에 대해 운전압력이 가장 크게 영향을 미치고 다음으로 바이오메탄 생산량, PSA 회전밸브 속도의 순이다. 메탄회수율에 대해서는 PSA 회전밸브 속도가 가장 크게 영향을 미치고 있으며, 바이오메탄 생산량, 운전압력의 순으로 나타났다. 액체바이오 메탄 생산량이 $100Nm^3/hr$일 때의 최적 운전조건을 도출한 결과, 운전압력이 8.0bar 그리고 PSA 회전 밸브 속도가 31.55RPM일 때 바이오메탄의 메탄농도와 메탄회수율을 최대화할 수 있었고, 이때의 바이오메탄의 메탄농도는 97.13%이고, 메탄회수율은 75.89%이었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2012

Marine biomass is considered an important substrate for anaerobic digestion to recovery energy i.e. methane. Nevertheless, marine biomass has attracted little attention by researchers compared to terrestrial feedstock for anaerobic digestion. In this study, biochemical methane potential (BMP) test was used to evaluate generation of renewable energy from starfish. A cumulative biogas yield of $748{\pm}67mL\;g^{-1}VS^{-1}$ was obtained after 60 days of digestion. The cumulative methane yield of $486{\pm}28mL\;CH_4\;g^{-1}VS^{-1}$ was obtained after 60 days of digestion. The methane content of the biogas was approximately 70%. The calculated data applying the modified Gompertz equation for the cumulative $CH_4$ production showed good correlation with the experimental result obtained from this batch study. Since the result obtained from this study is comparable to results with other substrates, marine biomass can be co-digested with food waste or swine wastewater to produce $CH_4$ gas that will help to reduce the gap in global energy demand.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.233-244
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• 2012

Purpose: The kinetic evaluation was performed for swine manure (SM) degradation and biogas generation. Methods: The SM was anaerobically digested using batch digesters at feed to inoculum ratio (F/I) of 1.0 under mesophilic conditions ($36.5^{\circ}C$). The specific gas yield was expressed in terms of gram total chemical oxygen demand (mL/g TCOD added) and gram volatile solids added (mL/g VS added) and their effectiveness was discussed. The biogas and methane production were predicted using first order kinetic model and the modified Gompertz model. The critical hydraulic retention time for biomass washout was determined using Chen and Hashimoto model. Results: The biogas and methane yield from SM was 346 and 274 mL/ TCOD added, respectively after 100 days of digestion. The average methane content in the biogas produced from SM was 79% and $H_2S$ concentration was in the range of 3000-4108 ppm. It took around 32-47 days for 80-90% of biogas recovery and the TCOD removal from SM was calculated to be 85%. When the specific biogas and methane yield from SM (with very high TVFA concentration) was expressed in terms of oven dried volatile solids (VS) basis, the gas yield was found to be over estimated. The difference in the measured and predicted gas yield was in the range of 1.2-1.5% when using first order kinetic model and 0.1% when using modified Gompertz model. The effective time for biogas production ($T_{Ef}$) from SM was calculated to be in the range of 30-45 days and the critical hydraulic retention time ($HRT_{Critical}$) for biomass wash out was found to be 9.5 days. Conclusions: The modified Gompertz model could be better in predicting biogas and methane production from SM. The HRT greater than 10 days is recommended for continuous digesters using SM as feedstock.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2010

돈분 슬러리를 이용한 혐기성 소화과정에서 유기물 농도 및 식종슬러지의 식종비율, 소화조의 혼합강도 등의 최적 실험조건을 도출하고, 돼지의 성장에 따른 사료 급여 특성과 분뇨의 성상이 바이오가스 발생에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 식종슬러지 비율 50%와 TS 농도 1% 수준에서 메탄함량은 45%이었고, 유기물 함량이 3~7 %로 증가할수록 메탄가스 함량도 증가되었다. 반응조의 혼합강도에 따른 총 누적가스 발생량은 식종슬러지의 식종비율에 따른 영향은 관찰되지 않았고, TS 농도 3%와 5%에서 혼합강도를 증가시켰을 때(80 $\rightarrow$ 160 rpm) 바이오가스 발생량도 증가되었다. 돈분폐수의 혐기소화 실험시 바이오가스를 회수하고자 하는 최적의 운전 조건은 투입되는 TS 농도 3~5% 정도의 유기물 농도와 50% 수준의 식종슬러지의 식종비율 그리고 반응조의 적절한 교반강도(120 rpm) 따라 결정될 수 있다. 돈분뇨 종류에 따른 가스발생량은 분만돈 분뇨의 바이오 가스 발생량이 높았고, gas 발생의 peak(20일)도 짧게 나타나 분해율이 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 돼지의 사육 및 소비 형태에 따라 돼지의 사육 환경이 변화되며, 투입되는 사료의 급여 특성도 달라져 바이오가스 발생 특성도 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.367-374
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• 2014

0.1~1 M의 철킬레이트 화합물을 이용한 화학흡수반응에 의한 바이오가스내 황화수소제거를 위한 실험이 수행되었다. 철킬레이트 화합물을 이용한 황화수소제거는 철킬레이트의 최적산화반응을 통해 이루어진다. 바이오가스에 존재하는 황화수소는 킬레이트농도 및 pH 등의 공정조건에 따라 효과적으로 제거될 뿐만 아니라 철킬레이트 산화반응에 의해 황화수소내 존재하는 황성분을 생성시킨다. Fe-EDTA의 농도가 증가하면 철킬레이트 화합물의 착물이 안정되어 황생성의 전환이 증가하였다. 또한 철킬레이트화합물의 안정도는 pH에 따라 변하는 중요한 인자이고 pH 9에서 최적반응을 나타냈다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2011

In order to assess the performance of co-digester using pig slurry and food waste at the farm scale biogas production facility, the anaerobic facility that adopts the one-stage CSTR of 5 $m^3\;day^{-1}$ input scale was designed and installed under the conditions of the OLR of 2.33 kg $m^3\;day^{-1}$ and HRT of 30 days in an pig farmhouse. Several operation parameters were monitored for assessment of the process performance. The anaerobic facility was operated in three stages to compare the performance of the anaerobic co-digester. In the Stage I, that was fed with a mix of pig slurry to food waste ratio of 7:3 in the input volume, where input TS content was 4.7 (${\pm}0.8$) %, and OLR was 0.837-1.668 kg-VS $m^3\;day^{-1}$. An average biogas yield observed was 252 $Nm^3\;day^{-1}$ with methane content 67.9%. This facility was capable of producing an electricity of 626 kWh $day^{-1}$ and a heat recovery of 689 Mcal day-1. In Stage II, that was fed with a mixture of pig slurry and food waste at the ratio of 6:4 in the input volume, where input TS content was 6.9 (${\pm}1.9$) %, and OLR was 1.220-3.524 kg-VS $m^3\;day^{-1}$. The TS content of digestate was increased to 3.0 (${\pm}0.3$) %. In Stage III, that was fed with only pig slurry, input TS content was 3.6 (${\pm}2.0$) %, and OLR was 0.182-2.187 kg-VS $m^3\;day^{-1}$. In stage III, TS and volatile solid contents in the input pig slurry were highly variable, and input VFAs and alkalinity values that affect the performance of anaerobic digester were also more variable and sensitive to the variation of input organic loading during the digester operation. The biogas produced in the stage III, ranged from 11.3 to 170.0 $m^3\;day^{-1}$, which was lower than 222.5-330.2 $m^3\;day^{-1}$ produced in the stage II.