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The effect of HRT variation on acidogenic fermentation with municipal primary sludge (1차 하수슬러지의 유기산발효에 미치는 HRT의 영향)

  • Kim, Hyeong-Seok;Song, Young-Chae;Sung, Nak-Chang
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.68-73
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    • 2002
  • Acidogenic fermentation of primary sludge was investigated for the solution to reduce the sewage sludge and develope external carbon source for BNR process. In a viewpoint to use existing anaerobic digestion tanks, we didn't change environmental factors such as reactor configuration, temperature, pH and investigate the variation of solubilization rates, acidification rates and environmental factors which affected by the variation of HRT. The average solubilization rates were 0.0309 and $0.0204mgSCOD_{prod.}/mgICOD_{inf.}$ at a HRT of 3 and 1.5 days, respectively. The average acidification rates were 0.0068mg HAc/mg $TCOD_{inf.}$ and 0.0652mg HAc/mg $VSS_{destroyed}$ at a HRT of 3day. At a HRT of 1.5 days the average acidification rates were 0.0060mg HAc/mg $TCOD_{inf.}$ and 0.0346mg HAc/mg $VSS_{destroyed}$. For the period of experiments alkalinity and pH were properly maintained without artificial adjusting.

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Hydrogen Sulfide Removal of Biogas from Sewage Treatment Plant with Micro-bubble Generation System (마이크로버블 장치를 이용한 하수처리장 바이오가스의 황화수소 제거)

  • Jung, Jae-Ouk;Jung, Yong-Jun
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.239-244
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    • 2020
  • Prior to utilization of energy and power generation, the biogas from anaerobic digestion of sewage treatment plant(46,000㎡/d) should be purified particularly hydrogen sulfide among the various kinds of impurities. This study has focused on the methane decreasing rate and the removal of both hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. In the case of partial circulation, 59.7% of methane gas was decreased to 57.4% in spite of oxidation process with micro-bubble. Carbon dioxide was removed from 38% to 32% and 76.1% of hydrogen sulfide was removed where 1,400ppm was introduced to the DIWS system, which indicated that DIWS system can be of use for the hydrogen sulfide removal of biogas from sewage treatment plant.

Reuse of Hydrogen Sulfide by Ferric Chelate Reaction of Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Gas, Sulfur Recovery and its Economic Evaluation (킬레이트 착화학반응에 의한 음식물폐기물 혐기소화가스 중 황화수소의 제거와 황회수 및 경제성평가)

  • Park, Young G.;Yang, Youngsun
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.367-374
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    • 2014
  • Several experiments have been done to investigate the removal of hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$) synthetic gas from biogas streams by means of chemical absorption and chemical reaction with 0.1-1 M Fe/EDTA solution. The roles of Fe/EDTA were studied to enhance the removal efficiency of hydrogen sulfide because of oxidizing by chelate. The motivation of this investigation is first to explore the feasibility of enhancing the toxic gas treatment in the biogas facility. The biogas purification strategy affords many advantages. For instance, the process can be performed under mild environmental conditions and at low temperature, and it removes hydrogen sulfide selectively. The end product of separation is elemental sulfur, which is a stable material that can be easily disposed with minor potential for further pollution. As the Fe-EDTA concentration increased, the conversion rate of hydrogen sulfide increased because of the high stability of Fe-EDTA complex. pH as an important environmental factor was 9.0 for the stability of chemical complex in the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide.

The Effect of Pre-treatment on the Anaerobic Digestion of waste Activated Sludge (하수슬러지의 혐기적 소화효율 향상을 위한 전처리 효과)

  • Kang, Chang-Min;Kim, Bong-Keun;Kim, In-Su;Kim, Byung-Tae
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.90-98
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    • 2001
  • The slow degradation rate of sewage sludge in anaerobic digesters is due to the rate limiting step of sludge hydrolysis. Therefore, the pre-treatment process had been carried out using acidic(pH 1.5, 3, 4, 5) and alkaline(pH9, 10, 13), thermal(50, 100, 150, $200^{\circ}C$) and ultrasonic treatment(400W, 20kHz, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60min). In the best conditions of each treatment, the SCOD ratio(%) of treated/untreared samples were increased 102% in acid(pH5), 986% in alkali(pH13), 959% in thermal($200^{\circ}C$) and 1123% in ultrasonic(35min) treatment. As the result, the ultrasonic treatment was most effective, followed by alkali, thermal, acidic treatment. In the effects of total gas productivity, the thermal($200^{\circ}C$) pretreatment was the highest, followed by thermal($150^{\circ}C$), ultrasonic(90min), alkaline(pH9) and ultrasonic(50min).

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A study on the introduction of organic waste-to-energy incentive system(II): material and energy balance of biogasification (유기성폐자원에너지 인센티브제도 도입방안 연구(II): 바이오가스화 물질·에너지수지)

  • Moon, Hee-Sung;Kwon, Jun-Hwa;Lee, Won-Seok;Lee, Dong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2021
  • In this study, to use as basic data for the organic waste resource energy incentive system, the energy efficiency is evaluated through the mass balance and energy balance calculation results of the anaerobic digester where food waste, food waste leachate and various organic wastes are treated. As a result of the mass balance analysis for 11 biogasification facilities, it was confirmed that 21.1% of process water and 25.7% of tap water were input in large amounts, excluding organic waste. Accordingly, it accounted for 87.6% of the total effluent of linked treated water. In addition, considering that 15.7% of the total input volume is converted to biogas and the average total solids (TS) is 22%, an average material conversion rate of 75% was confirmed. As a result of the energy balance analysis, the energy conversion rate was confirmed to be 78.5% on average by analyzing the biogas calorific value compared to the potential energy of the influent. The average biogas production efficiency including external energy sources for biogas production was 69.4%, and the biogas plant efficiency to which unused effluent energy was applied was 58.9% on average.

Waste Activated Sludge Digestion with Thermophilic Attached Films (친열성(親熱性) 생물막공법(生物膜工法)을 이용(利用)한 폐활성(廢活性) 슬러지의 혐기성(嫌氣性) 소화(消化))

  • Han, Ung Jun;Kabribk, R.M.;Jewell, W.J.
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.31-44
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    • 1985
  • The application of anaerobic attached microbial films in the expanded bed process has recently been examined at high temperatures ($55^{\circ}C$) and with particulate matter. Extrapolation of the kinetics suggested that waste activated sludge (WAS) could be efficiently digested at hydraulic retention times as short as six hours in the expanded bed process. This would represent a 99 percent digester reactor volume reduction and would introduce interesting solids management alternatives if such a high rate process were developed. This paper presents a summary of a 1.5 year study of the feasibility of such a process. Three continuously fed $55^{\circ}C$ laboratory reactor systems were used to define the kinetics and the site of reactions-control completely mixed reactors were compared to the expanded beds (AAFEB) with and without a hydrolysis unit preceding the attached film unit. Well defined laboratory-generated WAS was compared to actual WAS from a domestic sewage treatment facility. Sixty percent of the biodegradable organics were converted in an AAFEB at a 15-hour hydraulic retention time without hydrolysis, whereas greater than 95 perccent of the biodegradable organics were stabilized in a two-stage system consisting of a 3-day HRT hydrolysis reactor followed by a 15-hour HRT AAFEB. The limitations of this high rate process and its potential application are discussed.

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The study on increasing of biodegradability by pre-treatment of municipal wasted sludge in anaerobic digestion process (도시하수슬러지의 전처리에 따른 혐기성 소화공정의 생분해율 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Chang-Min
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.87-95
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    • 2002
  • The slow degradation rate of sludge in anaerobic digestion is due to rate-limiting step of sludge hydrolysis. To upgrading of sludge hydrolysis and biodegradabiliry, the pre-treatment had been carried out using acidlc (pH 1.5, 3, 4, 5) and alkaline (pH 9, 10, 13), thermal (50, 100, 150, $200^{\circ}C$), and ultrasonic treatment (400W, 20kHz, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 90min). In the best conditions of each treatment, the Soluble SCOD Ratio(%)of treated/untreated sample were increased 102% in acid (pH5), 986% in alkali (pH 13), 595% in thermal ($200^{\circ}C$) and 1123% in ultrasonic (35min) treatment. As the result, the ultrasonic treatment was most effective, followed by alkali, thermal, acid treatment. In the effects of total gas productivity in vial test, the thermal ($200^{\circ}C$) pre-treatment was the highest, followed by thermal ($150^{\circ}C$), ultrasonic (90min), alkaline (pH 9), and ultrasonic (50min). We compared untreated samples and the most efficient pre-treatment samples(at $200^{\circ}C$, for 30min) on gas productivity with changes of HRT in continuous experiments IN thermal treated samples were 2.5 times in SCOD, 2 times in soluble protein and 3.3 times high in soluble carbohydrate than untreated ones. In gas productivity, the thermal treated samples were average 2 times high than untreated ones. And HRT 7 days was most effective. followed by HRT 10, HRT 15 days. But The gas productiviry of HRT 2.5 days was less than untreated, the reason of low gas productivity was come from high organic acids accumulation within reactor.

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Process gas purification using cyclone recirculation and cooling process (싸이클론 재순환, 냉각공정을 이용한 공정가스 정제 연구)

  • Kim, Ju-Hoe;Jo, Woo-Jin;Choi, Young-Tae;Jo, Young-Min;Kim, Sang-Bum
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.25-33
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    • 2018
  • Renewable energy has been of interests in the area of modern alternative fuels. Biogas is produced in waste landfill sites through anaerobic digestion processes, including hydrolysis, acidogenesis, organic acid fermentation (acetogenesis), and methane fermentation (methanogenesis). High contents of fine dust and moisture limited its utilization for direct combustion, town gas and vehicle fuel. Thus, this study proposed a new design for a cooling device using a centrifugal cyclone for simultaneous removal of fine dust and moisture as a pretreatment in the purification processes. A heat exchanger and an ID fan, which are installed inside and outside of the cyclone, in order to cool the humid gas below the freezing point and form a foggy mist. Such an atmosphere enhanced to capture fine dust as recirculating the cold mist flow. The water removal rate was 80.8% at a relative humidity of 95%, and the particle removal efficiency was 98.3% for $2.5{\mu}m$. Simultaneous removal efficiency was 70.8% and 99.6% for particle and moisture respectively.

Biphasic Study to Characterize Agricultural Biogas Plants by High-Throughput 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing and Microscopic Analysis

  • Maus, Irena;Kim, Yong Sung;Wibberg, Daniel;Stolze, Yvonne;Off, Sandra;Antonczyk, Sebastian;Puhler, Alfred;Scherer, Paul;Schluter, Andreas
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.321-334
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    • 2017
  • Process surveillance within agricultural biogas plants (BGPs) was concurrently studied by high-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and an optimized quantitative microscopic fingerprinting (QMF) technique. In contrast to 16S rRNA gene amplicons, digitalized microscopy is a rapid and cost-effective method that facilitates enumeration and morphological differentiation of the most significant groups of methanogens regarding their shape and characteristic autofluorescent factor 420. Moreover, the fluorescence signal mirrors cell vitality. In this study, four different BGPs were investigated. The results indicated stable process performance in the mesophilic BGPs and in the thermophilic reactor. Bacterial subcommunity characterization revealed significant differences between the four BGPs. Most remarkably, the genera Defluviitoga and Halocella dominated the thermophilic bacterial subcommunity, whereas members of another taxon, Syntrophaceticus, were found to be abundant in the mesophilic BGP. The domain Archaea was dominated by the genus Methanoculleus in all four BGPs, followed by Methanosaeta in BGP1 and BGP3. In contrast, Methanothermobacter members were highly abundant in the thermophilic BGP4. Furthermore, a high consistency between the sequencing approach and the QMF method was shown, especially for the thermophilic BGP. The differences elucidated that using this biphasic approach for mesophilic BGPs provided novel insights regarding disaggregated single cells of Methanosarcina and Methanosaeta species. Both dominated the archaeal subcommunity and replaced coccoid Methanoculleus members belonging to the same group of Methanomicrobiales that have been frequently observed in similar BGPs. This work demonstrates that combining QMF and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing is a complementary strategy to describe archaeal community structures within biogas processes.

Realization of Zero Waste Clean City to Low Carbon Green Growth (저탄소 녹색 성장을 위한 폐기물 제로 청정도시 구상)

  • Oh, Jeong-Ik;Ahn, Soo-Jeung;Kim, Jong-Yeob
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.131-140
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    • 2010
  • Zero waste clean city was visualized by designing the environmental fundamental facilities such as automated waste collection and bio-energizing system of domestic waste, which was categorized into food and combustible waste from urban area. The biomass circulation position was applied to the domestic waste collection position combined with bio-energizing system in the zero waste clean city. Bio-energizing system consisted of bio-gasification, bio-fuel and bioenergy-circulation process. Food wastes were treated by bio-gasification with anaerobic digestion, and combustible wastes were made of bio-fuel with pyrolysis/drying. Biogas and bio-fuel was utilized into the electric generation or boiler heat in bioenergy-circulation process. The emission of carbon dioxide(CO2) and construction fee of the environmental fundamental facilities related with domestic waste was estimated in the existing city and zero waste clean city, assuming the amount of food waste 35 ton/day, combustible waste 20 ton/day from domestic area. Consequently, 2.7 times lower carbon dioxide emission and 15% construction fee of the environmental fundamental facilities related with domestic waste were obtained from the zero waste clean city by comparing with existing city.