• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.341-345
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• 2009

음식물쓰레기와 종이류로 구성된 유기성고형폐기물(고형물 함량 30% TS)을 대상으로 중온 건식혐기성소화를 시도하였고, 연속 운전 중 수리학적 체류 시간(HRT)을 150일, 100일, 60일, 40일로 감소시켰다. 기질의 고형물 농도를 30% TS (Total Solids)로 고정하였기 때문에 각각의 HRT에 해당하는 고형물 부하는 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.5 kg TS/$m^3$/d였다. HRT를 줄임에 따라 단위용적 당 바이오가스 생산 속도는 증가하였고, HRT 40일에서 3.49${\pm}$0.31 $m^3/m^3/d$로 가장 높은 성능을 보였다. 이 때, 76%의 휘발성 고형물(VS) 분해율이 유지되었고, 0.25 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$의 메탄 생산 전환율을 보였으며, 이는 기질의 67.4%에 해당하는 에너지가 메탄 가스로 전환된 것을 의미한다. HRT 100일에서 0.52 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$로 가장 높은 바이오가스 전환율을 보였지만, 모든 HRT에서 0.45${\sim}$0.52 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$로 큰 차이가 나지 않았다. 고형물 함량이 높은 기질의 원활한 주입을 위해 소화조 발효액의 일부를 기질 투입구로 반송하여 기질과 혼합 후 주입하였다. 주입하고자 하는 기질의 5배에 해당하는 양의 소화조 발효액을 반송하여 혼합하였을 때, 가장 효과적인 기질 주입이 이루어졌다. 중온 건식 조건에서 서식하는 메탄 소화균의 활성도를 측정한 결과, 아세트산, 뷰틸산, 프로피온산을 이용할 경우 각각 2.66, 1.94, 1.20 mL $CH_4/g$ VS/d였다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 농업에서 발생하는 식물체 잔사 종류별 투입비율에 따른 메탄 잠재 발생량을 예측하는 것이다. 바이오가스를 생산하기 위하여 보릿짚 및 유채대 등의 식물체 잔사를 다양한 투입율로 사용하여 세륨병에서 실험을 수행하였다. 표면 방법론의 운동방법을 통하여 메탄 생산은 Gomperz 수식에 적합한 것으로 나타났다. 중온소화 시 식물체 잔사별 바이오가스 생산에 있어, 최대생산량은 보릿짚 및 유채대 투입율 1%로 혐기소화 후 각각 6.8일에 37.2 mL/g과 7.5일에 28.0 mL/g로 나타났다. 중온소화 시 메탄 함량은 보릿짚 및 유채대 투입율 5%로 혐기소화 후 각각 5.5일에 61.7%와 3.4일에 75.0%로 가장 높게 관측되었다. 중온 소화시 최대 메탄 잠재발생량은 1% 보릿짚 투입율에서 159.59 mL/g 와 3% 유채대 투입율에서 156.62 mL/g로 산정되었다. 전반적으로 중온소화 시 바이오매스 투입율은 유채대 3% 및 보릿짚 1%를 투입하는 것이 적정 비율인 것으로 나타났다.

• 공업화학
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.532-536
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 하수 슬러지를 대상으로 단상 고온($55^{\circ}C$)과 중온($35^{\circ}C$) 혐기성 소화조의 안정성, 고형물 제거 및 메탄생성을 관찰하였다. 실험 결과 별도의 pH 조절 없이 고온($R_{TAD}$, reactor of thermophilic anaerobic digestion) 및 중온 ($R_{MAD}$, reactor of mesophilic anaerobic digestion) 소화조 내 pH의 경우 혐기 소화 시 안정적인 미생물 활성을 나타낸다고 알려진 6.5-8.0 사이의 값을 소화 기간 내내 유지하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한, total alkalinity (TA)의 경우 $R_{TAD}$ 및 $R_{MAD}$ 모두 3-4 g $CaCO_3/L$의 높은 값을 안정적으로 유지하였다. 고형물 제거의 경우 순응 기간 후 $R_{TAD}$에서 43.3%, $R_{MAD}$에서 33.6%의 VS 제거율을 보이며 $R_{TAD}$에서 약 10% 높은 VS 제거율은 제거율을 보였다. 유기산의 경우 $R_{TAD}$ 및 $R_{MAD}$에서 순응 기간 직후 검출되지 않았다. $R_{TAD}$ 및 $R_{MAD}$ 모두 순응 기간 후 안정적인 메탄 생성을 보였으며, $R_{TAD}$에서 $R_{MAD}$에 비해 31.4% 향상된 메탄 생성률이 관찰되었다($R_{TAD}$; 243 mL $CH_4/L/d$; $R_{MAD}$ : 185 mL $CH_4/L/d$). 반면, 두소화조 $R_{TAD}$ 및 $R_{MAD}$에서의 메탄 수율은 유사한 값을 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1976-1982
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• 2007

In the current studies, we characterized the degradation of a hot mixture of benzene and toluene (BT) gases by a thermophilic biofilter using polyurethane as a packing material and high-temperature compost as a microbial source. We also examined the effect of supplementing the biofilter with yeast extract (YE). We found that YE substantially enhanced microbial activity in the thermophilic biofilter. The degrading activity of the biofilter supplied with YE was stable during long-term operation (approximately 100 d) without accumulating excess biomass. The maximum elimination capacity ($1,650\;g{\cdot} m^{-3}{\cdot} h^{-1}$) in the biofilter supplemented with YE was 3.5 times higher than that in the biofilter without YE ($470\;g{\cdot} m^{-3}{\cdot} h^{-1}$). At similar retention times, the capacity to eliminate BT for the YE-supplemented biofilter was higher than for previously reported mesophilic biofilters. Thus, thermophilic biofiltration can be used to degrade hydrophobic compounds such as a BT mixture. Finally, 168 rDNA polymerase chain reaction-DGGE (PCR-DGGE) fingerprinting revealed that the thermophilic bacteria in the biofilter included Rubrobacter sp. and Mycobacterium sp.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2008

Abstracts Soybean sprouts which are a popular vegetable in Korea, are produced using the techniques of sous vide. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of nisin and storage temperature on the microbiological and physicochemical qualities of sous vide processed soybean sprouts during storage in order to improve shelf-life and industrial applications. During storage of the cook-chilled soybean sprouts at $3^{\circ}C$, no development of mesophilic microorganisms was observed. However, at $10^{\circ}C$ storage without nisin, the number of mesophilic microorganisms increased markedly, whereas sprouts stored at the same temperature with nisin showed no observed increase. Psychrotrophic microorganisms, anaerobic microorganisms, and Bacillus cereus all showed similar trends. The ascorbic acid content, following the sequential heat processing of soybean sprouts through blanching and pasteurization decreased markedly during early storage, and stabilized thereafter. During storage, no major changes in the color or ascorbic acid content of samples at either temperature were observed. With regard to microbial and physicochemical qualities, the presences of nisin and storage temperature are important factors for extending shelf-life of soybean sprout.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.300-308
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• 2016

In this study, the effects of grape seed flour on the physical-chemical properties, microbiological and sensory properties of Turkish dry fermented sausage, sucuk, was investigated. After the sausages produced with beef, beef fat, sheep tail fat and spices, they were ripened for 14 d. Then they were vacuum-packaged and stored for 80 d at 4℃. The effects of grape seed flour (GSF; 0%, 0.75%, 1.5%, 3%) on the physical-chemical properties (pH, moisture, fat, protein, free fatty acids, thiobarbituric acids, diameter reduction, ripening yield, instrumental colour), microbiological properties (total aerobic mesophilic and lactic acid bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, mould and yeast) and sensory properties of the sausages were investigated. Grape seed flour decreased moisture, TBA, diameter reduction, instrumental colour (a, b) values and sensory analysis scores during the ripening period; it also decreased TBA, instrumental colour (L, a, b) values, total aerobic mesophilic and lactic acid bacteria counts during the storage period. It was concluded that grape seed flour has a potential application as an additive in dry fermented sausages.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.102.2-102.2
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• 2010

We are to evaluate the stabilization technology of actual biogas plant facilities, which is operating currently. It describes the traits of the consistent facilities of mesophilic anaerobic digestion using Unison Biogas plant Recovery system(UBR). Also the economical efficiency is examined with the electric power sales earnings and applying the deserted heating by generating electric power, which is generated by operated combined heat and power using biogas produced by mesophilic anaerobic digestion. We have generated the 481,113kw for electric power and 1,376Gcal for thermal energy simultaneously. If these electric power and thermal energy are converted into diesel, we can achieve savings equal to 114,300L, and 152,109L in the quantity of heat. Finally, if CDM, RPS, liquid fertilizer sales business, etc. is activated, the earnings will be expected to improve dramatically and is considered to contribute a drop of the greenhouse gas.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2012

Purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of anaerobic digestion of Chinese cabbage waste juice (CCWJ) and swine manure(SM). Methods: The anaerobic digestion test was conducted under batch and continuous conditions at mesophilic temperature ($36-38^{\circ}C$). The batch test was divided into Experiment I and II. In the Experiment I, biogas potential and production rate of CCWJ was evaluated. In Experiment II the effect of F/M ratio (2.0, 3.2, 4.9) at mixture ratio of 25:75(CCWJ: SM, % vol. basis) on biogas yield was studied. Results: CCWJ produced biogas and methane yield of 929 and 700 mL/g VS added respectively. The biogas yield from the mixture of CCWJ and SM was almost same at F/M ratio of 2.0 and 3.2 but dropped by 14% when F/M ratio increased from 3.2 to 4.9. In continuous test the mixture of CCWJ and SM (25:75, % vol. basis) produced biogas yield of 352 mL/g VS added which is around 11% higher compared to biogas yield from SM alone. Addition to biogas yield digester performance was also improved with co-digestion of CCWJ with SM. Conclusions: The results showed that the anaerobic digestion of CCWJ with SM could be promising for improving both the biogas yield and digester performance at mesophilic temperature.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1993-2005
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• 2019

Thermophilic anaerobic digestion (TAD) is characterized by higher biogas production rates as a result of assumedly faster microbial metabolic conversion rates compared to mesophilic AD. It was hypothesized that the thermophilic microbiome with its lower diversity than the mesophilic one is more susceptible to disturbances introduced by alterations in the operating factors, as an example, the supply of nitrogen-rich feedstock such as poultry manure (PM). Laboratory scaled TAD experiments using cattle slurry and increasing amounts of PM were carried out to investigate the (in-) stability of the process performance caused by the accumulation of ammonium and ammonia with special emphasis on the microbial community structure and its dynamic variation. The results revealed that the moderate PM addition, i.e., 25% (vol/vol based on volatile substances) PM, resulted in a reorganization of the microbial community structure which was still working sufficiently. With 50% PM application, the microbial community was further stepwise re-organized and was able to compensate for the high cytotoxic ammonia contents only for a short time resulting in consequent process disturbance and final process failure. This study demonstrated the ability of the acclimated thermophilic microbial community to tolerate a certain amount of nitrogen-rich substrate.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.343-348
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• 2011

Since 2005, food waste has been separately collected and recycled to animal feed or aerobic compost in South Korea. However, the conventional recycling methods discharge process wastewater, which contain pollutant equivalent to more than 50% of food waste. Therefore, anaerobic digestion is considered as an alternative recycling method of food waste to reduce pollutant and recover renewable energy. Recent studies showed that hydrogen can be produced at acidogenic stage in two-stage anaerobic digestion. In this study, the authors investigated the effects of pretreatment time and pH low set value on continuous mesophilic hydrogen fermentation of food waste. Food waste was successfully converted to $H_2$ when heat-treated at $70^{\circ}C$ for 60 min, which was milder than previous studies using pH 12 for 1 day or $90^{\circ}C$. Organic acid production dropped operational pH below 5.0 and caused a metabolic shift from $H_2/butyrate$ fermentation to lactate fermentation. Therefore, alkaline addition for operational pH at or over 5.0 was necessary. At pH 5.3, the result showed that the maximum hydrogen productivity and yield of 1.32 $m^3/m^3$.d and 0.71 mol/mol $carbohydrate_{added}$. Hydrogen production from food waste would be an effective technology for resource recovery as well as waste treatment.