• 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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• 제41권2호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2022

BACKGROUND: Animal manures are one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gases and improper manage-ment of animal wastes contributes to the increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Con-verting greenhouse gases generated from animal manures to energy is one way of contributing to the net-zero carbon emissions. METHODS AND RESULTS: The potential for methane production from cow manure (CM) was studied by measuring the methane yield using the biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. In particular, the effect of co-digestion using rice straw (RM) on the methane production was studied. The methane yields from the co-digestion of CM and RS were statistically similar to that from the mono-digestion of CM or RS. But there was a synergy effect at the CM:RS ratio of 1:2 and 1:1. This can be attributed to the increased C/N ratio. The changed microbial community structure with the addition of substrates (CM, RS) probably led to the increase in the methane produc-tion. CONCLUSION(S): The methane production potential of the particular CM used in this study was not improved by the addition of RS as a co-substrate. The addition of substrates to the anaerobic sludge promoted the increase in the microbial species having synergetic relationship with methano-gens, and this can partially explain the increase in the methane production with the addition of substrates. Overall, there are needs for further studies to improve the methane yield from CM.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.477-483
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• 2015

LFG (Land-Fill Gas) includes components of $CH_4$, $CO_2$, $O_2$, $N_2$, and water. The preparation of synthesis gas from LFG as a DME (Dimethyl Ether) feedstock was studied by methane reforming of $CO_2$, $O_2$ and steam over $NiO-MgO-CeO_2/Al_2O_3$ catalyst. Our experiments were performed to investigate the effects of methane conversion and syngas yield on the amount of LFG components over $NiO-MgO-CeO_2/Al_2O_3$ catalyst. Results were obtained through the methan reforming experiments at the temperature of $900^{\circ}C$ and GHSV of 8,800. The results were as following; it has generally shown that syngas yield increase with the increase of oxygen and steam amounts and then decrease. Highly methane conversion of above 98% and syngas yield of approximately 60% were obtained in the feed of gas composition flow-rate of 243ml/min of $CH_4$, 241ml/min of $CO_2$, 195ml/min of $O_2$, 48ml/min of $N_2$, and 450ml/min of steam, respectively, under reactor pressure of 1 bar for 200 hrs of reaction time. Also, it was shown that catalyst deactivation by coke formation was reduced by excessively adding oxygen and steam as an oxidizer of the methane reforming.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.201-209
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• 2016

Glucose ($C_6H_{12}O_6$)의 이론적인 최대 메탄수율은 표준상태(1 atm, $0^{\circ}C$)를 기준으로 0.35 L $CH_4/g$ COD이지만, 전통적인 혐기성소화조에서 유기물이 메탄으로 전환되는 양은 연구의 방법이나 유기물의 종류에 따라 매우 다양하게 보고되고 있으며, 대부분의 연구실 규모 실험에서 안정화 후 메탄 수율은 0.35 L $CH_4/g$ COD 이하로 나타난다. 최근, 미생물 전기화학 기술(Microbial Electrochemical Technology, MET)은 지속가능한 신재생에너지 생산 기술로서 큰 주목을 받고 있으며, MET를 혐기성소화조에 적용할 경우 고농도의 유기성폐기물의 빠른 분해가 가능할 뿐만 아니라 전기화학적인 반응에 의해 휘발성지방산(VFAs)이나 독성물질, 생분해 불가능한 물질까지도 분해가 가능하며, 소화조 내 미생물의 활성을 높이고 바이오가스의 생산량을 극대화 할 수 있다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 MET가 혐기성소화의 메탄발생에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구하기 위해 음식물 탈리액과 하수슬러지의 원소조성에 따른 이론적인 최대 메탄수율을 분석하였으며, BMP (Biochemical Methane Potential) 실험과 연속식 실험을 통한 메탄수율의 특성을 평가하였다. 그 결과, MET가 적용된 혐기성소화에서의 메탄수율은 일반적인 혐기성소화조에 비하여 기질에 따라 2-3배 정도 높았으며, 이론적인 최대 메탄수율에 미치지는 못하였으나 일부는 거의 근접한 결과가 도출되었다. 또한, 일반적인 혐기성소화조와 MET가 적용된 혐기성소화조의 안정화 후 바이오가스의 조성은 거의 유사하게 나타났다. 결과적으로, MET가 혐기성소화조의 유기물 제거효율을 향상시켜 메탄발생량을 증가시킨 것으로 나타났으며, 향후 추가적인 연구를 통하여 MET에서 메탄발생 메카니즘이 명확히 규명되어야 할 것이다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.87-103
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• 2021

Anaerobic digestion (AD) refers to the biological process which can convert organic substrates to biogas in the absence of oxygen. The aim of this study was to determine the capability of feedstock to produce biogas and to quantify the biogas yield from different feedstocks. A co-digestion approach was carried out in a continuous stirred tank reactor operated under mesophilic conditions and at a constant organic loading rate of 0.0756 g COD/ L.day, with a hydraulic retention time of 25 days. For comparison, mono-digestion was also included in the experimental work. 2 L working volumes were used throughout the experimental work. The seed culture was obtained from composting as substrate digestion. When the feedstock was added to seeding, the biogas started to emit after three days of retention time. The highest volume of biogas was observed when the seeding volume used for 1000mL. However, the lowest volume of biogas yield was obtained from both co-digestion reactors, with a value of 340 mL. For methane yield, the highest methane production rate was 0.16 L CH4/mg. The COD with yield was at 8.6% and the lowest was at 0.5%. The highest quantity of methane was obtained from a reactor of Euphorbiaceae peel with added seeding, while the lowest methane yield came from a reactor of Euphorbiaceae stems with added seeding. In this study, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) was used as a buffering solution to correct the pH in the reactor if the reactor condition was found to be in a souring or acidic condition.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2021

Ni-Cr-Al metal-foam-supported catalysts for steam methane reforming (SMR) are manufactured by applying a catalytic Ni/Al₂O₃ sol-gel coating to powder alloyed metallic foam. The structure, microstructure, mechanical stability, and hydrogen yield efficiency of the obtained catalysts are evaluated. The structural and microstructural characteristics show that the catalyst is well coated on the open-pore Ni-Cr-Al foam without cracks or spallation. The measured compressive yield strengths are 2-3 MPa at room temperature and 1.5-2.2 MPa at 750℃ regardless of sample size. The specimens exhibit a weight loss of up to 9-10% at elevated temperature owing to the spallation of the Ni/Al₂O₃ catalyst. However, the metal-foam-supported catalyst appears to have higher mechanical stability than ceramic pellet catalysts. In SMR simulations tests, a methane conversion ratio of up to 96% is obtained with a high hydrogen yield efficiency of 82%.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2023

This study evaluated the biochemical methane potential (BMP) of primary sludge, secondary sludge, and food waste in batch anaerobic mono-digestion tests, and investigated the effects of mixture ratio of those organic wastes on methane yield and production rate in batch anaerobic co-digestion tests, that were designed based on a simplex mixture design method. The BMP of primary sludge, secondary sludge and food waste were determined as 234.2, 172.7, and 379.1 mL CH₄/g COD, respectively. The relationships between the mixing ratio of those organic wastes with methane yield and methane production rate were successfully expressed in special cubic models. Both methane yield and methane production rate were estimated as higher when the mixture ratio of food waste was higher. At a mixing ratio of 0.5 and 0.5 for primary sludge and food waste, the methane yield of 297.9 mL CH₄/g COD was expected; this was 19.4% higher than that obtained at a mixing ratio of 0.3333, 0.3333 and 0.3333 for primary sludge, secondary sludge, and food waste (249.5 mL CH₄/g COD). These findings could be useful when designing field-scale anaerobic digersters for mono- and co-digestion of sewage sludges and food waste.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1252-1257
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• 2011

본 연구는 안성시 관내에서 발생하는 농산부산물 바이오매스 중 오이, 토마토, 파프리카 작물 잔사를 수거하여 실험에 공시하고 각 부산물의 발생특성과 메탄 생산 퍼텐셜을 조사 분석하였다. 농산부산물의 에너지 자원화 기준으로는 메탄생산량을 설정하고, 부산물별 메탄 퍼텐셜을 시험하였으며 측정된 메탄 퍼텐셜을 기초자료로 활용하여 단위면적당 바이오매스 발생량, 바이오가스 생산량 및 비료가치를 조사 분석하였다. 실험적 메탄 퍼텐셜은 농산부산물별로 $0.170{\sim}0.354Nm^3\;kg^{-1}\;VS_{added}$의 값을 보였으며, 그중 파프리카 열매가 가장 높은 메탄 생산 퍼텐셜을 보였으며, 오이 줄기가 가장 낮은 메탄 생산 퍼텐셜을 보였다. 시설 원예에서 기인하는 바이오매스별 메탄생산량은 줄기 부위가 잎이나 열매 부위 보다 낮은 값을 나타내는 경향을 보였다. 시설 재배지의 단위면적당 바이오매스 발생량은 오이 30.5 > 토마토 28.3 > 파프리카 $21.5Mg\;ha^{-1}$순 이었으며, 단위면적당 메탄생산량은 오이 782.5 > 파프리카 686.8 > 토마토 $645.0Nm^3\;ha^{-1}$순 이었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.145-149
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• 2008

Anaerobic co-digestion of swine manure and food waste for biogas production was performed in serum bottles at various volatile solids(VS) contents and mixing ratios of two substrates(swine manure:food waste=$100:0{\sim}0:100$). Through kinetic mode of surface methodology, the methane production was fitted to a Gompertz equation. The ultimate methane production potential of swine manure alone was lower than that of food waste regardless of VS contents. However, it was appeared that maximum methane production potentials in 80 : 20 of the mixing rate at VS 3% was enhanced at 144.7%, compared to its only swine manure. The potential increased up to 815.71 ml/g VS fed as VS concentration and food composition increased up to 3.0% and 20%, respectively. The ultimate amount of methane produced had significantly a positive relationship with that of methane yield rate. Overall, it would be strongly recommended that feeding stocks use 20% of mixing ratio of food waste based on VS 3% contents when operating the anaerobic reactor on site at $35^{\circ}C$ if not have treatment of its anaerobic waste water.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.17-29
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• 2020

The objective of this study was to find an optimum methane yield condition in anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge with microwave pretreatment. The pretreatment process was carried out using a lab scale industrial microwave unit (2,450 MHz frequency). The digestion efficiency of pretreated sludge was evaluated by biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. Box-Behnken design and Response Surface Analysis (RSA) were applied to determine the optimal combination of sludge mixing ratio (0 to 100%), power (400 to 1600 W), holding time (0 to 10 min) and pretreatment temperature (60 to 100℃). BMP test results showed that Volatile Solid (VS) removal efficiency was up to 48% at a condition of 0% for mixing ratio, 1600 W for power, 5 min for holding time, and 80℃ for pretreatment temperature. Methane production was up to 832.3 mL/g VS_removed at a condition of 50% for mixing ratio, 1000 W for power, 5 min for holding time, and 80℃ for pretreatment temperature. The results of the variance analysis (ANOVA) showed that the p-value of the power and pretreatment temperature among the independent variables were significant (p<0.05), and in particular, the pretreatment temperature significantly affected on the solubilization and methane production. The optimum condition for the maximum methane yield (847 mL/g VS_removed) was consist of 38.4% of mixing ratio, 909.1 W of power, 4.1 min of holding time, and 80℃ of temperature within the design boundaries.