• 제목/요약/키워드: Methane ($CH_4$)

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메탄 자열개질 반응에 대한 Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 촉매의 영향 (Influence of Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 Catalysts on Methane Autothermal Reforming)

  • 강민구;이태준;이종대
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • 제47권1호
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2009
  • 알루미나가 코팅된 허니컴 구조의 금속모노리스에 담지된 $Ni/Ce_XZr_{(1-X)}O_2$ 촉매특성이 메탄의 자열개질 반응에 대해 연구되었다. Ce/Zr 비를 변화시킨 촉매 중 $Ni/Ce_{0.80}Zr_{0.20}O_2$ 촉매가 가장 높은 $CH_4$ 전환율을 나타내었다. $Ni/Ce_{0.80}Zr_{0.20}O_2$ 촉매의 Ni 함량에 따른 영향이 조사되었고, 15 wt%의 Ni을 담지하였을 때 가장 우수한 활성을 보여주었다. 또한 $H_2O/CH_4$ 비가 증가할수록 $H_2$ 수율은 증가하였다. $O_2/CH_4$ 비가 증가할수록 $CH_4$ 전환율은 향상되고, 반면에 $H_2$ 수율은 감소하였다. $GHSV=30,000h^{-1}$, S/C/O=2/1/0.5, 반응온도=$800^{\circ}C$에서 30시간 자열 개질반응을 테스트 한 결과, $Ni(15wt%)/Ce_{0.80}Zr_{0.20}O_2$ 촉매가 우수한 $CH_4$ 전환율(${\geq}99%$)과 안정성을 보여주었다.

Indirect Estimation of CH4 from Livestock Feeds through TOCs Evaluation

  • Kim, M.J.;Lee, J.S.;Kumar, S.;Rahman, M.M.;Shin, J.S.;Ra, C.S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.496-501
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    • 2012
  • Thirty-five available feeds were fermented in vitro in order to investigate their soluble total organic carbon (TOCs) and methane ($CH_4$) production rate. A fermentation reactor was designed to capture the $CH_4$ gas emitted and to collect liquor from the reactor during in vitro fermentation. The results showed that $CH_4$ production rate greatly varied among feeds with different ingredients. The lowest $CH_4$-producing feeds were corn gluten feed, brewer's grain, and orchard grass among the energy, protein, and forage feed groups, respectively. Significant differences (p<0.05) were found in digestibility, soluble total organic carbon (TOCs), and $CH_4$ emissions among feeds, during 48 h of in vitro fermentation. Digestibility and TOCs was not found to be related due to different fermentation pattern of each but TOCs production was directly proportional to $CH_4$ production (y = 0.0076x, $r^2$ = 0.83). From this in vitro study, TOCs production could be used as an indirect index for estimation of $CH_4$ emission from feed ingredients.

Relationship between the Methane Production and the CNCPS Carbohydrate Fractions of Rations with Various Concentrate/roughage Ratios Evaluated Using In vitro Incubation Technique

  • Dong, Ruilan;Zhao, Guangyong
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제26권12호
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    • pp.1708-1716
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    • 2013
  • The objective of the trial was to study the relationship between the methane ($CH_4$) production and the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) carbohydrate fractions of feeds for cattle and the suitability of CNCPS carbohydrate fractions as the dietary variables in modeling the $CH_4$ production in rumen fermentation. Forty-five rations for cattle with the concentrate/roughage ratios of 10:90, 20:80, 30:70, 40:60, and 50:50 were formulated as feed samples. The Menke and Steingass's gas test was used for the measurement of $CH_4$ production. The feed samples were incubated for 48 h and the $CH_4$ production was analyzed using gas chromatography. Statistical analysis indicated that the $CH_4$ production (mL) was closely correlated with the CNCPS carbohydrate fractions (g), i.e. CA (sugars); $CB_1$ (starch and pectin); $CB_2$ (available cell wall) in a multiple linear pattern: $CH_4=(89.16{\pm}14.93)$ $CA+(124.10{\pm}13.90)$ $CB_1+(30.58{\pm}11.72)$ $CB_2+(3.28{\pm}7.19)$, $R^2=0.81$, p<0.0001, n = 45. Validation of the model using 10 rations indicated that the $CH_4$ production of the rations for cattle could accurately be predicted based on the CNCPS carbohydrate fractions. The trial indicated that the CNCPS carbohydrate fractions CA, $CB_1$ and $CB_2$ were suitable dietary variables for predicting the $CH_4$ production in rumen fermentation in vitro.

Prediction of methane emission from sheep based on data measured in vivo from open-circuit respiratory studies

  • Ma, Tao;Deng, Kaidong;Diao, Qiyu
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제32권9호
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    • pp.1389-1396
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    • 2019
  • Objective: The current study analysed the relationships between methane ($CH_4$) output from animal and dietary factors. Methods: The dataset was obtained from 159 Dorper${\times}$thin-tailed Han lambs from our seven studies, and $CH_4$ production and energy metabolism data were measured in vivo by an opencircuit respiratory method. All lambs were confined indoors and fed pelleted diet during the whole experimental period in all studies. Data from two-thirds of lambs were used to develop linear and multiple regressions to describe the relationship between $CH_4$ emission and dietary variables, and data from the remaining one third of lambs were used to validate the established models. Results: $CH_4$ emission (g/d) was positively related to dry matter intake (DMI) and gross energy intake (GEI) (p<0.001). $CH_4$ energy/GEI was negatively related to metabolizable energy/gross energy and metabolizable energy/digestible energy (p<0.001). Using DMI to predict $CH_4$ emission (g/d) resulted in a coefficient of determination ($R^2$) of 0.80. Using GEI, digestible energy intake, and metabolizable energy intake predict $CH_4$ energy/GEI resulted in a $R^2$ of 0.92. Conclusion: the prediction equations established in the current study are useful to develop appropriate feeding and management strategies to mitigate $CH_4$ emissions from sheep.

농축산바이오매스 고온 혐기성 생분해도 평가 (Thermophilic Anaerobic Biodegradability of Agro-industrial Biomass)

  • 허남효;강호;이승헌
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.101-101
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    • 2010
  • Anaerobic digestion(AD) is the most promising method for treating and recycling of different organic wastes, such as organic fraction of municipal solid waste, household wastes, animal manure, agro-industrial wastes, industrial organic wastes and sewage sludge. During AD, i.e. organic materials are decomposed by anaerobic forming bacteria and fina1ly converted to excellent fertilizer and biogas which is a mixture of carbon dioxide and methane. AD has been one of the leading technologies that can make a large contribution to produce renewable energy and to reduce $CO_2$ and other green-house gas(GHG) emission, it is becoming a key method for both waste treatment and recovery of a renewable fuel and other valuable co-products. Currently some 80% of the world's overall energy supply of about 400 EJ per year in derived from fossil fuels. Nevertheless roughly 10~15% of this demand is covered by biomass resources, making biomass by far the most important renewable energy source used to date. The representative biofuels produced from the biomass are bioethanol, biodiesel and biogas, and currently biogas plays a smaller than other biofuels but steadily growing role. Traditionally anaerobic digestion applied for different biowaste e.g. sewage sludge, manure, other organic wastes treatment and stabilization, biogas has become a well established energy resource. However, the biowaste are fairly limited in respect to the production and utilization as renewable source, but the plant biomass, the so called "energy crops" are used for more biogas production in EU countries and the investigation on the biomethane potential of different crops and plant materials have been carried out. In Korea, with steadily increasing oil prices and improved environmental regulations, since 2005 anaerobic digestion was again stimulated, especially on the biogasification of different biowastes and agro-industrial biomass including "energy crops". This study have been carried out to investigate anaerobic biodegradability by the biochemical methane potential(BMP) test of animal manures, different forage crops i.e. "energy crops", plant and industrial organic wastes in the condition of thermophilic temperature, The biodegradability of animal manure were 63.2% and 58.2% with $315m^3CH_4/tonVS$ of cattle slurry and $370m^3CH_4/tonVS$ of pig slurry in ultimate methane yields. Those of winter forage crops were the range 75% to 87% with ultimate methane yield of $378m^3CH_4/tonVS$ to $450m^3CH_4/tonVS$ and those of summer forage crops were the range 81% to 85% with ultimate methane yield of $392m^3CH_4/tonVS$ to $415m^3CH_4/tonVS$. The forge crops as "energy crops" could be used as good renewable energy source to increase methane production and to improve biodegradability in co-digestion with animal manure or only energy crop digestion.

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A Numerical Study on Methane-Air Counterflow Diffusion Flames Part 2. Global Strain Rate

  • Park, Woe Chul
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.12-16
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    • 2003
  • In Part 1, the flame structure of the counterflow nonpremixed flames computed by using Fire Dynamics Simulator was compared with that of OPPDIF for different concentrations of methane in the fuel stream. In this study, comparisons were made for the global strain rate that is an important parameter for diffusion flames for further evaluation of FDS. At each of the three fuel concentrations, $20% CH_4+ 80% N_2, 50% CH_4 + 50% N_2, 90% CH_4 + 10% N_2$ in the fuel stream, the temperature and axial velocity profiles were investigated for the global strain rate in the range from 20 to $100s^{-1}$. Changes in flame thickness and radius were also compared with OPPDIF. There was good agreement in the temperature and axial velocity profiles between the axisymmetric simulations and the one-dimensional computations except for the regions where the flame temperature reach its peak and the axial velocity rapidly changes. The simulations of the axisymmetric flames with FDS showed that the flame thickness decreases and the flame radius increases with increasing global strain rate.

이탄습지에서 이산화탄소의 농도가 조류의 증식, 메탄 산화 및 아산화질소 생성에 미치는 영향 (Impacts of Elevated $CO_2$ on Algal Growth, $CH_4$ Oxidation and $N_2O$ Production in Northern Peatland)

  • ;강호정
    • 생태와환경
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    • 제34권4호통권96호
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    • pp.261-266
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    • 2001
  • 이산화탄소 농도가 증가할 때에 북구 이탄 습지에서 나타나는 생지화학적 변화과정을 살펴보았다. 표면 식생을 포함한 온전한 코어를 북웨일스의 이탄습지로부터 채취하여, 높은 이산화탄소농도(700ppm)와 자연상태 (350ppm)환경에서 4개월간 배양하였다. 배양 후, 화학적인 저해제를 이용하여 습지 토양에서 미량기체의 생성과 소비를 측정하였다. 메탄의 경우, 불화메탄($CH_3F$)를 이용하여 메탄 산화율을 결정하였고, 질산화와 탈질작용을 측정하기위해 아세틸렌($C_2H_2$)저해 방법을 적용하였다. 이를 위해, 먼저 각 측정 방법을 습지 시료에 적합하도록 최적화 시켰고, 둘째로 두 수준의 이산화탄소에서 배양한 시료에 이 방법들을 적용하였다. 높은 이산화탄소 농도는 메탄의 생성량을 증가 시켰으나(210대 $100\;ng\;CH_4 g^{-1}\;hr^{-1}$), 메탄 산화의 양도 증가시켜서 (128대 $15\;ng\;CH_4 g^{-1}\;hr^{-1}$) 결국에는 순메탄 방출량에는 변화가 없었다. 아산화질소의 경우에는 증가된 발생량이 탈질 보다는 질산화 과정에서 생성된 것으로 사료된다. 이러한 변화들은 높은 이산화탄소 하에서 조류의 성장이 증가되어 야기된 것으로 추측된다.

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Inoculation Effect of Methanotrophs on Rhizoremediation Performance and Methane Emission in Diesel-Contaminated Soil

  • Ji Ho Lee;Hyoju Yang;Kyung-Suk Cho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제33권7호
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    • pp.886-894
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    • 2023
  • During the rhizoremediation of diesel-contaminated soil, methane (CH4), a representative greenhouse gas, is emitted as a result of anaerobic metabolism of diesel. The application of methantrophs is one of solutions for the mitigation CH4 emissions during the rhizoremediation of diesel-contaminated soil. In this study, CH4-oxidizing rhizobacteria, Methylocystis sp. JHTF4 and Methyloversatilis sp. JHM8, were isolated from rhizosphere soils of tall fescue and maize, respectively. The maximum CH4 oxidation rates for the strains JHTF4 and JHM8 were 65.8 and 33.8 mmol·g-DCW-1·h-1, respectively. The isolates JHTF4 and JHM8 couldn't degrade diesel. The inoculation of the isolate JHTF4 or JHM8 significantly enhanced diesel removal during rhizoremediation of diesel-contaminated soil planted with maize for 63 days. Diesel removal in the tall fescue-planting soil was enhanced by inoculating the isolates until 50 days, while there was no significant difference in removal efficiency regardless of inoculation at day 63. In both the maize and tall fescue planting soils, the CH4 oxidation potentials of the inoculated soils were significantly higher than the potentials of the non-inoculated soils. In addition, the gene copy numbers of pmoA, responsible for CH4 oxidation, in the inoculated soils were significantly higher than those in the non-inoculated soils. The gene copy numbers ratio of pmoA to 16S rDNA (the ratio of methanotrophs to total bacteria) in soil increased during rhizoremediation. These results indicate that the inoculation of Methylocystis sp. JHTF4 and Methyloversatilis sp. JHM8, is a promising strategy to minimize CH4 emissions during the rhizoremediation of diesel-contaminated soil using maize or tall fescue.

Evaluation of Methane Emissions with Water Regime before the Cultivation Period in Paddy Fields

  • Park, Jun-Hong;Park, Sang-Jo;Kim, Jong-Su;Seo, Dong-Hwan;Park, So-Deuk;Kim, Jin-Ho
    • 한국토양비료학회지
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    • 제48권4호
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2015
  • Anaerobic decomposition of organic material in flooded rice fields produces methane, which escapes to the atmosphere primarily by transport through the rice plants. The annual amount of $CH_4$ emitted from a given area of rice is a function of the number and duration of crops grown, water regimes before and during cultivation period, and organic and inorganic soil amendments. Soil type, temperature, and rice cultivar also affect $CH_4$ emissions. The field experiment was conducted for three years to develop methane emission factor for water regime before the cultivation period from the rice fields. It was treated with three different water regimes prior to rice cultivation, namely: non-flooded pre-season < 180 days, non-flooded pre-season > 180 days, flooded per-season in which the minimum flooding interval is set to 30 days. Methane emission increased with days after transplanting and soil redox potential (Eh) decreased rapidly after flooding during the rice cultivation. The average methane emission fluxes were $5.47kg\;CH_4\;ha^{-1}day^{-1}$in flooded pre-season > 30 days, 5.04 in non-flooded pre-season < 180 days and 4.62 in non-flooded pre-season > 180. Methane emission flux was highly correlated with soil temperature and soil Eh. Rice yields showed no difference among treatments with water regime before the cultivation period.

MBT시스템에 의해 선별(選別)된 생활폐기물(生活廢棄物)의 자원화(資源化) 평가(評價)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (Evaluation of Resource Recovery from Sorted Waste by MBT System)

  • 이병선;한상국;이남훈;강정희;위준
    • 자원리싸이클링
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    • 제22권5호
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 2013
  • 본 연구는 Mechanical Biological Treatment system(이하 MBT system)에서 선별된 생활폐기물의 에너지회수 가능성을 평가하고자 하였다. 투입 생활폐기물의 성상분석 결과 수도권매립지에 반입되는 폐기물과 성상이 유사하였으며, 함수율은 다소 높은 값을 나타내었다. 도시고형유기성폐기물에 대해 BMP(Biochemical Methane Potential) test를 실시한 결과 60 ~ 80 mL $CH_4/g$-VS의 메탄($CH_4$)가스가 발생하여 문헌 등에서 보고된 메탄발생량에 비해 낮은 값을 나타내었는데 비닐플라스틱류의 비중이 높았기 때문으로 추측된다. 수도권매립지에 설치된 MBT system에서 선별된 유기성폐기물을 각 성분별로 BMP Test를 실시한 결과 음식폐기물 및 종이류에서는 각각 193, 102 mL $CH_4/g$-VS 수준의 메탄이 발생하였으나 비닐, 고무에서는 전혀 발생하지 않았고, 선별이 어려운 others에서는 매우 낮은 30 mL $CH_4/g$-VS 수준의 메탄이 발생하였다. 이로 미루어볼 때 유기성폐기물에서 비닐플라스틱, 고무류의 선별이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.