The object of this study is to feasibility assesment for co-digestion efficiency of food waste recycling wastewater(FWR) with thermal hydrolysis process dehydration cake (THP Sludge). As a result of THP pre-treatment experimental conditions to 160oC and 30 minutes, the solubility rate(conversion rate of TCOD to SCOD) of the THP sludge increased by 34%. And the bio-methane potential in the THP sludge increased by about 1.42 times from 0.230 to 0.328 m3 CH4/kg VS compared to the non-pre-treatment. The substrates of the co-digestion reactor were FWR and THP sludge at a 1:1 ratio. Whereas, only FWR was used as a substrate in the digestion reactor as a control group. The experimental conditions are 28.5 days of hydraulic retention time(HRT) and 3.5 kg VS/m3-day of organic loading rate(OLR). During the 120 days operation period, the co-digestion reactor was able to operate stably in terms of water quality and methane production, but the FWR digestion reactor deteriorated after 90 days, and methane production decreased to 0.233 m3 CH4/kg VS, which is 67% of normal condition. After 120 days of the experiment, organic loading rate(OLR) of co-digestion reactor was gradually increased to 4.5 kg VS/m3-day and operated for 80 days. Methane production during 80 days was evaluated to be good at the level of 0.349 m3 CH4/kg VS. As a result of evaluating the dehydration efficiency of the sludge before/after 150-180oC THP using a filter press, it was confirmed that the moisture content of the sludge treated before THP at 180oC was 75% and improved by 8% from 83-85% level. Therefore, it is expected that the co-digestion reactor of FWR and THP sludge will ensure stable treatment water quality and increase bio-methane production and reduction effect of dehydration sludge volume.

Livestock manure treatments have become a more serious problem because massive environmental pollutions such as green and red tides caused by non-point pollution sources from livestock manures have emerged as a serious social issue. In addition, more food wastes are being produced due to population growth and increased income level. Since the London Convention has banned the ocean dumping of wastes, some other waste treatment methods for land disposal had to be developed and applied. At the same time, researches have been conducted to develop alternative energy sources from various types of wastes. As a result, anaerobic digestion as a waste treatment method has become an attractive solution. In this study has three objectives: first, to identify the physical properties of the mixture of livestock wastewater and food waste when combining food waste treatment with the conventional livestock manure treatment based on anaerobic mesophilic digestion; second, to find the ideal ratio of waste mixture that could maximize the collection efficiency of methane (CH4) from the anaerobic digestion process; and third, to promote CH4 production by comparing the biodegradability. As a result of comparing the reactors R1, R2, and R3, each containing a mixture of food waste and livestock manure at the ratio of 5:5, 7:3, and 3:7, respectively, R2 showed the optimum treatment efficiencies for the removal of Total Solids (TS) and Volatile Solids (VS), CH4 production, and biodegradability.

화석연료의 고갈로 인한 고유가 상황과 온실가스에 의한 지구온난화가 가시화 되면서 재생 가능한 에너지개발과 자원의 효과적인 이용을 통한 자원순환사회 구축, 나아가 친환경적인 사회구현이라는 목표를 달성하기 위하여 선진국을 중심으로 환경과 에너지 문제를 해결하기 위한 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 이러한 전망을 토대로 국가적 부담을 최소화하고 실리를 추구할 수 있는 적극적이고 능동적인 대처방안을 강구할 필요성이 절실한 시점이다. 최근 신재생에너지의 확충과 기후변화 협약에 대한 적극적인 대응이 요구됨에 따라 단순 매립되던 폐기물을 에너지로 전환하여 처리하는 방식이 각광받으며 정부 계획 하에 적극적으로 추진되고 있다. 이러한 대응의 일환으로 1990년대 후반에는 유렵을 중심으로 연성에너지 체제에 부합하면서 지방자치단체 지역 공동체, 지역 주민들의 에너지 생산 활동 참여를 중시하는 지역에너지 체제가 대안으로 제시되었다. 에너지자립마을은 화석연료에 대한 의존도가 낮으며 지속가능한 마을과 유사한 것으로, 환경문제와 미래에너지 문제를 함께 고려한 개념으로 마을에서 발생되는 자원을 최대한 이용하고, 그 자원을 순환시키는 마을로 이해될 수 있다. 국내에서는 2009년부터 농림수산식품부, 환경부, 지식경제부 등 정부부처가 합동으로 각종 바이오매스를 이용하여 에너지 자립형 마을 시범사업을 추진하면서 축산 바이오매스를 이용하는 바이오가스화 기술은 농촌 지역에 도입할 수 있는 가장 실행 가능한 기술로 평가받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 농촌형 에너지자립마을에서 발생될 수 있는 다양한 유기성폐기물을 대상으로 혼합 원료의 특성과 병합 혐기성소화의 효율을 평가하기 위하여 biochemical methane potential test(BMP test)를 진행하였다. 또한, 본 연구를 바탕으로 혐기성소화와 C/N비의 관계를 알아보고자 하였다.

Livestock manure treatments have become a more serious problem because massive environmental pollutions such as green and red tides caused by non-point pollution sources from livestock manures have emerged as a serious social issue. In addition, more food wastes are being produced due to population growth and increased income level. Since the London Convention has banned the ocean dumping of wastes, some other waste treatment methods for land disposal had to be developed and applied. At the same time, researches have been conducted to develop alternative energy sources from various types of wastes. As a result, anaerobic digestion as a waste treatment method has become an attractive solution. In this study has three objectives: first, to identify the physical properties of the mixture of livestock wastewater and food waste when combining food waste treatment with the conventional livestock manure treatment based on anaerobic mesophilic digestion; second, to find the ideal ratio of waste mixture that could maximize the collection efficiency of methane (CH4) from the anaerobic digestion process; and third, to promote CH4 production by comparing the biodegradability. As a result of comparing the reactors R1, R2, and R3, each containing a mixture of food waste and livestock manure at the ratio of 5:5, 7:3, and 3:7, respectively, R2 showed the optimum treatment efficiencies for the removal of Total Solids (TS) and Volatile Solids (VS), CH4 production, and biodegradability.

본 연구에서는 바이오메탄을 생산하는 혐기성 소화에 대한 연구를 다루었다. 특히 여러 원료의 병합소화가 단일소화에 비해 높은 효율을 보였으며, 이를 기반으로 병합소화의 효율을 개선하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 병합소화의 원료로는 도축폐기물, 도축하수슬러지 및 탈수케이크, 가축분뇨, 그리고 농업 부산물을 사용하였으며, 각 원료의 기초성상분석과 성분분석을 통하여 최적의 혼합비율을 찾아내는 것이 목적이다. 혼합비율 최적화는 C/N비를 기반으로 하여 진행하였으며, 각 원료의 단일 혐기성소화 효율 및 혼합비율별 병합 혐기성소화 효율을 BMP test를 통하여 확인하였다. 질소의 함량이 높은 도축 및 분뇨 폐기물과 탄소원이 많은 농업 부산물의 병합 혐기성소화는 적절한 C/N비를 도출하는 데에 있어서 가장 적합하다고 판단되며, 이를 이용하여 다양한 유기성 폐기물의 혼합처리 기술의 개발이 가능할 것으로 예상된다.