• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2003

A mathematical model was formulated to simulate the long-term performance of an anaerobic bioreactor designed to digest Korean food wastes. The system variables of various decomposition steps were built into the model, which predicts the temporal characters of Solid waste, and volatile fatty acid (VFA) in the reactor, and gas production in response to various input loadings and temperatures. The predicted values of VFA and gas production were found to be in good agreement with experimental observations in batch and repeated-input systems. Finally, long-term reactor performance was simulated with respect to the seasonal temperature changes from 5C in winter to 25C in Summer at different food waste input loadings. The simulation results provided us with information concerning the success or failure of a process during long-term operation .

• 환경위생공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2008

In this study, a dry single-phase anaerobic digestion process (Dranco system) was investigated to evaluate the optimum operational conditions. Several factors such as injection rate of organic waste, biogas production, $CH_4$ content in the biogas, pH of the sludge, $NH_3$-N and VFA concentration were investigated based on the operation of the digestion process for 2 months (short term) and 8 months (long-term). The operation results showed that a small quantity of food waste should be injected every week and that a 10% increase of the microorganism injection rate should be needed. However, normal operation was conducted after 11 weeks based on the designed quantity. The $CH_4$ content in the biogas was high at the beginning and the end of the food injection. However, it was low during week days. When the biogas production was high, the $CH_4$ concentration was low. The biogas production increased with an increase of the injection rate. $100m^3$/ton of biogas was produced from normal operation of the digestion process based on the designed quantity. The pH values of the digestion tank based on short-term operation ranged from 8 to 8.5. However, the pH values ranged from 7.45 to 8.15 after 4 weeks of long-term operation. The $NH_3$-N concentration of short-term operation ranged from 4,500 to 5,500 ppm and it gradually decreased to 2,000ppm after normal operation was commenced. For long-term operation, it was 5,000ppm initially and 3,800ppm after normal operation was commenced. The VFA concentration of sludge was less than 900ppm and 2,500ppm for short and long-term operations, respectively, after normal operation. Overall, the differences between sludge pH, $NH_3$-N and VFA concentrations may be due to the different types of microorganisms and the digestion ability of the microorganisms which exist in the accumulation of non digested organics. Moreover, it may be also caused by the type of food waste. Further investigation is needed to confirm these relationships.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2010

In biological wastewater treatment, high lipid concentrations can inhibit the activity of microorganisms critical to the treatment process and cause undesirable biomass flotation. To reduce the inhibitory effects of high lipid concentrations, a two-phase anaerobic system, consisting of an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) and an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor in series, was applied to synthetic dairy wastewater treatment. During 153 days of operation, the two-phase system showed stable performance in lipid degradation. In the ASBR, a 13% lipid removal efficiency and 10% double-bond removal efficiency were maintained. In the UASB, the chemical oxygen demand (COD), lipid, and volatile fatty acid (VFA) removal efficiencies were greater than 80%, 70%, and 95%, respectively, up to an organic loading rate of 6.5 g COD/l/day. No serious operational problems, such as significant scum formation or sludge washout, were observed. Protein degradation was found to occur prior to degradation during acidogenesis.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.49-54
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• 1996

The anaerobic landfill leachate treatment can surmount dilution problem of high concentration landfill leachate, collect methane gas as byproduct, and treat low phosphate concentration leachate because of low nutrient salt requirement. The problems of conventional anaerobic treatment that are requirement of large reactor because of low microbial growth rate(HRT=20-30 days) and low volumetric loading rate(VLR=0.5-2.0 kg $COD/m^3\cdot day$) are able to surmount by introduction of high rate anaerobic treatment. In this study, the upflow blanket filter(UBF) which is high rate anaerobic process was applyed to the landfill leachate treatment. The acceptable volumetric loading rate and HRT were 18.23 kg $SCOD/m^3\cdot day$ and 13 hrs. SCOD removal rate was over 90% at VLR 18.23 kg $SCOD/m^3\cdot day$. The methane gas yield was $0.15 lCH_4/g$ SCOD added(at STP) at VLR 18.23 kg $SCOD/m^3\cdot day$. The solids accumulation yield was 0.40 g VSS/g COD removed.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.55-68
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• 2020

Because of the intensified environmental problems such as climate change and resource depletion, sewage treatment technology focused on energy management has recently attracted attention. The conversion of primary sludge from the primary sedimentation tank and excessive sludge from the secondary sedimentation tank into biogas is the key to energy-positive sewage treatment. In particular, the primary sedimentation tanks recover enriched biodegradable organic matter and anaerobic digestion process produces methane from the organic wastes for energy production. Such technologies for minimizing oxygen demand are leading the innovation regarding sewage treatment plants. However, sewage treatment facilities in Korea lack core technology and operational know-how. Actually, the energy potential of sewage is higher than sewage treatment energy consumption in the sewage treatment, but current processes are not adequately efficient in energy recovery. To improve this, it is possible to apply chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT), high-rate activated sludge (HRAS), and anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) to the primary sedimentation tank. To maximize the methane production of sewage treatment plants, organic wastes such as food waste and livestock manure can be digested. Additionally, mechanical pretreatment, thermal hydrolysis, and chemical pretreatment would enhance the methane conversion of organic waste. Power generation systems based on internal combustion engines are susceptible to heat source losses, requiring breakthrough energy conversion systems such as fuel cells. To realize the energy positive sewage treatment plant, primary organic matter recovery from sewage, biogas pretreatment, and co-digestion should be optimized in the energy management system based on the knowledge-based operation.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.189-196
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• 1999

Anaerobic digestion is a naturally occuring microbial process involving the decomposition of organic materials such as livestock manure. This study explores the effect of the operating conditions, HRT (Hydraulic Retention Time) and feeding frequency on treatment efficiency for digestion of pig slurry, which has been one of most difficult organic waste for proper treatment in livestock production industry in Korea at the present time. The pilot-scale CSTR of 5 m3 in volume was designed. manufactured, and operated at the temperature of 35$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$. The digester was designed to hydraulically stir for complete mixing and to supply heat from the water bath to maintain mesophilic temperature. The HRT of the digester for Test 1 and Test 2, and Test 3 was set for 17 days and 13 days respectively and pig slurry was fed once a day with 300$\ell$ each for Test 1 and Test 3, while twice with 150$\ell$each for Test 2. Test 2 showed better performance by increase of 4% in VS removal efficiency and 5% in biogas production rate. This is mainly attributed to smaller temperature drop by feeding frequently with half amount, which eventually led to lesser impact on anaerobic mocrobes in the digester. Test 2 maintained optimum pH 7.8 which uplifted the activaton of sulfur-reduction bacteria, alkalinity of around 4,000mg/$\ell$, VA of over 3,000mg/$\ell$ for whole period of experiment. Further research may require to provide the practical operation strategy of anaerobic treatment system for treatment of pig slurry.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.4665-4674
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 분리막을 이용하여 혐기성소화액을 분리막으로 고/액 분리할 때 발생하는 막오염을 방지하기 위하여 전기응집을 전처리 공정으로 적용 가능한지 여부를 평가하였다. 전기응집 공정의 전극면적, 전류밀도 및 접촉시간에 따른 막오염 저감 효과를 분석하였다. 전극 침지 면적이 작은 경우 전계의 세기가 높아져 미생물 플록 및 셀의 파괴 현상으로 인한 용존 COD의 증가 현상이 관찰되었으나, 전극 침지 면적이 큰 경우에 용존 COD는 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 그러나 T-P는 전극에서 용출된 알루미늄 이온과 침전하여 전기응집 후 크게 감소하였다. 전류밀도가 증가함에 따라 막 투과 플럭스가 증가하여 결과적으로 막오염 저항값 (Rc+Rf)은 감소하였다. 혐기성 소화액의 입자 크기는 전기응집 후에 약간 증가하였으나 입자크기 증가가 막오염 저감의 직접적인 원인은 아닌 것으로 나타났다. 전기응집으로 발생한 $AlPO_4$와 같은 무기성 부유 물질이 분리막 표면에서 dynamic membrane으로 작용하여 막오염을 저감시킨 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.452-458
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• 2016

본 연구는 음식물쓰레기의 2상 혐기성 소화에서 메탄가스 발생량을 높이기 위해 고온 가용화 전처리시 pH를 $7.00{\pm}0.50$으로 조정하여 대조군과 비교하였다. pH에 따른 가용화 효율 회분식(Batch) 실험에서 pH가 $4.20{\pm}0.40$ (pH를 조절하지 않은 것)에서부터 $7.00{\pm}0.50$, $12.00{\pm}0.50$으로 증가시킴에 따라 가용화 효율도 각각 26.2, 47.1, 55.6%로 높게 나타났다. 그러나 pH를 $7.00{\pm}0.50$에서 $12.00{\pm}0.50$으로 증가시켰을 때 가용화 효율은 8.5%증가로 큰 차이가 없었다. 실험실규모 2상 혐기성 소화시스템은 가용화 조건에서 pH를 조절하지 않은 Run1 (pH $4.20{\pm}0.40$)과 pH를 $7.00{\pm}0.50$으로 조절한 Run2로 나누어 운전되었다. pH $7.00{\pm}0.50$의 가용화에 의해 Run2시스템에서 전반적으로 높은 SCOD 및 TVFA농도가 측정되었다. 산생성조에서 TVFA농도는 18.4 g/L로 Run1보다 1.8배 높은 결과를 나타내었다. 그 결과 메탄생성조에서 메탄가스 발생량은 0.333 L/gVS로 Run1의 0.282 L/gVS과 비교하여 18% 향상되었다.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 1997

Digestion of a municipal wastewater sludge by the anaerobic sequencing batch reactor(ASBR) was investigated to evaluate the performance of the ASBR process at a critical condition of high-solids-content feed. The reactors were operated at an HRT of 10 days with an equivalent loading rate of 0.8-1.5 gVS/L/d at $35^{\circ}C.$ The main conclusions drawn from this study were as follows: 1. Digestion of a municipal wastewater sludge was possible using the ASBR in spite of high concentration of settleable solids in the sludge. The ASBRS with 3- and 4-day cycle period showed almost identical high digestion performances. 2. No adverse effect on digestion stability was observed in the ASBRS in spite of withdrawal and replenishment of $30\%\;or\;40\%$ of liquid contents. A conventional anaerobic digester could be easily converted to the ASBR without any stability problem. 3. Flotation thickening occurred in thicken step of the ASBRS throughout steady state, and floating bed volume at the end of thicken period occupied about $70\%$ of the working volume of the reactor. Efficiency of flotation thickening in the ASBRS could be comparable to that of additional gravity thickening of a completely mixed digester. 4. Solids were accumulated rapidly in the ASBR during start-up period. Solids concentrations in the ASBRS were 2.6 times higher than that in the completely mixed control reactor at steady state. Dehydrogenase activity had a strong correlation with the solids concentration. Dehydrogenase activity of the digested sludge in the ASBR was 2.9 times higher than that of the sludge in the control reactor, and about 25 times higher than that of the subnatant in the ASBR. 5. Remarkable increase in equivalent gas production of $52\%$ was observed at the ASBRS compared with the control reactor in spite of similar Quality of clarified effluent from the ASBRS and control reactor. The increase in gas production from the ASBRS was believed to be combined results of accumulation of microorganisms, higher driving force applied, and additional long-term degradation of organics continuously accumulated.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2019

생활의 향상 및 도시화로 인하여 국내의 하수슬러지는 매년 증대되고 있으나, 해양투기 금지 및 최종처리의 한계로 자원화 방법 중 하나인 혐기성소화의 관심도가 높아지고 있다. 그러나 하수의 고도처리에 따른 혐기성 소화 효율의 한계로 이를 높이기 위한 가용화 기술에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 특히 가용화 방법 중 경제적이고 유용한 기술로 알려진 오존은 스컴이 다량 발생되고, 제거에 대한 한계성이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서 소화슬러지의 습식분쇄에 따른 성상변화 및 오존반응의 전처리로 적용 시 스컴의 발생 및 가용화 효율변화를 알아보고자 한다. 연구결과, 습식분쇄만으로 VS/TS는 4.4%, $SCOD_{cr}/TCOD_{cr}$이 9.4% 증대되어 가용화가 일어났다. 또한, 습식분쇄 적용에 따른 오존반응 시 슬러지의 고형분의 입경 감소에 따른 비표면적의 증가로 오존반응만한 경우에 비하여 스컴 발생속도는 14.3% 감소되고, VS/TS는 2.1% 증대 되었다. 이 때 가용화 효율도 23.3% 증가되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때, 본 연구를 통해 습식분쇄를 적용하여 오존반응 시 슬러지 중의 고형물과 접촉효율이 증가로 스컴의 생성 억제 및 가용화 증대로 후속공정인 혐기성 소화의 효율을 증대시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.