• 유기물자원화
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.151-160
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• 2006

침출수의 혐기성 처리시 오염물질 거동과 미생물 특성을 평가하기 위하여 10개월간 실험을 수행하였다. 상향류 혐기성 슬러지 블랭킷 (UASB) 반응조의 경우 최대 유기물 부하 $20kgCOD/m^3.d$까지 약 90%의 COD 제거율을 나타내었다. 높은 유기물 부하 ($18-20kgCOD/m^3.d$)에서는 프로피온산의 농도가 상대적으로 증가하여 프로피온산의 초산으로의 전환이 율속단계로 나타났다. UASB 반응조를 이용한 침출수 처리는 높은 유기물 제거능에도 불구하고 입상슬러지와 반응조 내부 등의 무기물 축적으로 인한 운전상의 문제가 발생하였다. 입상슬러지 내 주된 무기물의 성분은 칼슘화합물로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 비메탄 활성도의 급격한 감소는 발생되지 않았으나 무기물 축적으로 인한 운전상의 문제를 저감하기 위해서는 무기물 제거를 위한 전처리 공정의 도입이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.95-105
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• 1998

This research was investigated which denitrification of wastewater containing nitrate, using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process is also used for both artifical and industrial wastewater. Main ingredients investigated in the artifical and industrial wastewater experiment were the determination of optimum organism/nitrate ratios, nitrate removal efficiency by various hydrogen donor addition and characteristics of granular sludge and gas production in case of various hydrogen donor addition. From the experimental results the following conclusions were made: In case of adding methanol, ethanol and sodium acetate as hydrogen donor granular sludge was formed 50 days after seeding. Average diameter of granular sludge was 4.0 mm and settling velocity was 37 cm/min. Production rate of gas 3.3 L/d in case of adding methanol as hydrogen donor in wastewater containing 150mg/L nitrate. However adding ethanol and sodium acetate as hydrogen donor, gas production rate were 2.2-2.7L/d respectively. In case of adding methanol as hydrogen donor treatability of artifical wastewater contained 150mg/L as nitrate was about 93%. But in addition of sodium acetate in wastewater contained 40mg.L as nitrate, nitrate removal efficiency was 80%.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.993-997
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• 2007

The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor can be effective for treating simple organic compounds containing high concentration of ammonia nitrogen. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency was about 80% at ammonia nitrogen concentration up to 6,000 mg-N/L. This result also showed that it would be possible to treat propionate effectively at free ammonia nitrogen concentration up to 724 mg-N/L if sufficient time was allowed for adaptation. However the specific methanogenic activity (SMA) of granule was lower than that of granule in the reactor with lower ammonia nitrogen concentration. At 8,000 mg-N/L, the inhibition of high ammonia concentration was observed with evidence of increase of the volatile suspended solids (VSS) concentration in the effluent. It might be ascribed to the decrease in the content of extracellular polymer (ECP), which resulted to the sloughing off of obligated proton-reducing acetogens and heterogenotrophic methanogens from the exterior of granular sludge. This caused a great portion of the finely sludge to be easily washed out. Therefore, failure to maintain the balance between these two groups of microorganism cause accumulation of the hydrogen partial pressure in the reactor, which could have inhibited the growth of acetate utilizing methanogens.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2004

This study was carried out to examine the effect of gamma irradiation on the physico-chemical characteristics and ultimate anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge. The results found that the solubilization rates of SCOD in wasted activated sludge(WAS) and thickened sludge(T-S) with gamma irradiation of 3kGy were 8 times and 7 times greater than these of the raw WAS and T-S without the irradiation, respectively; each soluble concentration protein were 4 times and 3 times greater than these of the raw WAS and T-S; each soluble carbohydrate concentration was 8 times and 6 times greater than these of the raw WAS and T-S. The ultimate anaerobic biodegradabilities of WAS and T-S with gamma irradiation were 51 % and 50%, which corresponds to each 8% and 10% greater than these of the raw sludges. Approximately 83% and 81% of the each biodegradable substrates in the irradiated WAS and the T-S were degraded within 11 days with the first order decay rate coefficients, $k_1$ that ranged $0.143{\sim}0.164day^{-1}$ for WAS and $0.134{\sim}0.152day^{-1}$ for T-S. Based on the results, it can be concluded that when irradiated with gamma the solubilization of sewage sludge greatly increases resulting in substrates suitable for the subsequent biological treatment processes.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2014

The present study investigated the effects of thermal pre-treatment on the enhancement of anaerobic biodegradability of waste activated sludge at varied TS concentration levels. The activated sludges were thermally oxidized for 30 minutes at $80{\sim}200^{\circ}C$ with varied TS concentrations (2%, 4% and 6%). and then, sludge characteristics, solubilization efficiency and methane production yield of thermally pre-treated sludges were analyzed. The higher the temperature in the thermal pre-treatment, the higher the concentration levels of dissolved matters such as $SCOD_{Cr}$, $NH_4{^+}$ and VFAs, which indicates that the thermal pre-treatment facilitates the hydrolysis and acid fermentation. Furthermore, the solubilization efficiency was increased in proportion to the temperature rise at all TS concentrations and was reached at 68.9%, 55.6% and 53.1%, respectively, at $200^{\circ}C$. In the BMP test of the pre-treated sludges, higher methane production yields were observed as 0.313. 0.314 and $0.299m^3\;CH_4/kg\;VS_{add}$ at the condition of TS 2% ($160^{\circ}C$), 4% ($160^{\circ}C$) and 6% ($180^{\circ}C$), respectively, and degradation rate was increased by 84%, 79% and 65% compared with non-pretreated waste activated sludge. These findings suggest the effectiveness of thermal pre-treatment of waste activated sludge for anaerobic biodegradable process.

• 공업화학
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.542-546
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• 2009

본 연구는 사과나 귤의 껍질류 과일 폐기물과 하수슬러지가 혼합된 유기성 폐기물을 이용한 회분식 혐기 분해공정에서 메탄 생산이 고찰되었다. 사과껍질 또는 귤껍질이 하수슬러지와 혼합된 기질로 사용되어졌을 때, 3 : 7의 혼합비로 운전한 것이 가장 높은 메탄 생산을 나타내었다. 그러나, 이 비율 이상에서는 사과와 귤 껍질이 함유된 유기산으로 인하여 혼합물의 pH가 8.0에서 4.5~4.7으로 감소하였으며, 결과적으로 메탄 생산이 낮아졌다. 이러한 실험 결과들은 사과, 귤 껍질과 하수슬러지의 혼합된 회분식 혐기 소화 공정에서 바이오에너지로서 메탄가스의 생산 시스템에 효과적으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.104-116
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• 1996

Anaerobic digestion is generally used for the treatment of volatile organic solids such as manure and sludge from waste water treatment plants. However, the reaction rate of anaerobic process is slow, and thus it requires a large reactor volume. To minimize such a disadvantage, physical and chemical pre-treatment is generally considered. Another method to reduce the reactor size is to adopt different reactor system other than CSTR. In this paper, the effects of heat pre-treatment and reactor configurations on the anaerobic treatability of volatile solids was studied. Carrot, kale, primary sludge, and waste activated sludge was chosen as the test materials, and the BMP method was used to evaluate the maximum methane production and first order rate constants from each sample. After the heat treatment at $130^{\circ}C$ for 30min., the measured increase in SCOD per gram VS was up to 394 mg/L for the waste activated sludge. However, the methane production potential per gram VS was increased for only primary and waste activated sludge by 17-23%, remaining the same for carrot and kale. The overall methane production process for the tested solids can be described by first order reactions. The increased in reaction constant after heat pre-treatment was also more significant for the primary and waste activated sludge than that for carrot and kale. therefore, the heat pre-treatment appeared to be effective for the solids with high protein contents rather than for the solids with high carbohydrate contents. Among the four reactor systems studied, CSTR, PFR, CSTR followed by PFR, and PFR with recycle, CSTR followed by PFR appeared to be the best choice considering methane conversion rate and the operational stability.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.322-331
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• 2020

By introducing chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) in the first stage of sewage treatment, organic matter in sewage can be effectively recovered. Because CEPT sludge contains a high biodegradable organic matter in volatile solids (VS), it is feasible to convert the collected CEPT sludge into energy through anaerobic digestion. This study examined the properties and biochemical methane potential (BMP) of the CEPT sludge obtained from a sewage treatment plant located in an ocean area. The CEPT sludge contains a VS content of 37,597 mg/L, which is higher than that of excessive sludge (ES), i.e., 33,352 mg-VS/L. In the methane generation reaction, the lag period was as short as 1 to 2 days. The BMP for the CEPT sludge was 0.57 ㎥-CH₄/kg-VS_removed which is better than that of ES, i.e., 0.36 ㎥-CH₄/kg-VS_removed. Unfortunately, the CEPT sludge showed a high salinity as 0.56~0.75% probably due to the saline sewage. Due to the salinity, repeated BMP testing in a sequencing batch reactor showed significantly low methane production rates and BMPs. Also, the ES showed a strongly reduced BMP when the salinity was adjusted from 0.20 to 0.70% by NaCl. The ES mixture with higher CEPT content showed a better BMP, which is suitable for co-digestion. Besides, anaerobic digestion for 100% CEPT sludge can be a considerable option instead of co-digestion.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2005

슬러지를 안정화시키기 위하여 가장 많이 적용되고 있는 공법은 혐기성 소화공법이라고 할 수 있다. 또한, 혐기성 소화는 유기성분의 효과적인 안정화와 동시에 메탄가스를 발생시켜 에너지로 이용 가능하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그러나, 폐활성슬러지의 경우 미생물의 세포벽 때문에 일반적으로 저조한 혐기성 처리효율과 탈수능을 나타내고 있으며, 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 많은 전처리공정들이 개발되거나 연구되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 폐활성슬러지의 혐기성 소화효율과 탈수능을 향상시키기 위한 pulse power 전처리 연구를 pilot 규모로 수행하였다. Pilot plant는 기 수행된 실험실 연구결과를 바탕으로 설계 및 운전하였다. 본 연구에서는 pulse power 전처리에 의한 슬러지 특성변화를 평가하였으며, 특히 혐기성 소화시 미생물이 사용하기 용이한 기질의 증가를 의미하는 용존성 유기물질의 증가를 주요항목으로 평가하였다. 혐기성 소화조에서 발생하는 가스발생량과 메탄함량을 측정하여 혐기성 소화능을 평가하였으며, 슬러지 탈수능은 CST 및 비저항값의 측정을 통하여 평가하였다. 또한, 슬러지 처리공정에서의 전체적인 에너지수지를 계산하여 pulse power 전처리에 의한 에너지 회수율 변화를 평가하였다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.136-146
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• 2007

상향류 혐기성 블랭킷 반응조를 이용한 매립지 침출수 처리시 입상슬러지 첨가 유무에 상관없이 성공적인 처리가 가능하였다. 입상슬러지의 첨가는 초기 운전기간를 현저히 단축할 수 있었다. 수리학적 체류시간 1일과 $4-8kgCOD/m^3.d$ 의 유기물 부하율에서 Control 반응조와 Granule 반응조의 COD 제거율은 90% 이상을 유지하였다. 실험기간 동안 입상슬러지 첨가 유무에 상관없이 슬러지 표면과 반응조 벽면에 무기 침전물이 축적되었다. 비메탄 활성도는 미생물의 기질에 대한 적응도와 유기물 부하량이 증가함에 따라 증가하였다. Granule 반응조의 최대 비메탄 활성도의 값은 $0.57gCOD/g{\cdot}VSS{\cdot}.d$로 나타났다. 비록 본 연구에서는 과도한 무기물 축적으로 인한 비메탄 활성도의 저감은 발생하지 않았으나 무기물의 제거를 위하여 유입수의 전처리 공정이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.