본 연구는 하수처리장 방류수가 하천 유기물 오염에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 구미시 관내에 위치한 구미 4단지, 구미, 구미 원평하수처리장 방류수와 처리장 상∙하류 하천을 조사하였다. TOC 중 DOC가 70% 이상 으로 대부분 용존성으로 존재하였고, TOC에 대한 BOD, CODMn의 산화율은 각각 13~43%, 37~73%로 나타났다. 하지만 현재 사용되고 있는 BOD, CODMn이 총 유기탄소 에서 차지하는 비율이 약 50% 이하로 나타나, 유기물을 대표하는 데 어려움이 있을 것으로 보이며, 향후 TOC로 지표를 전환하는 방향도 모색해 보아야 할 것으로 판단 된다. DOC 분해실험 결과 DOC 중 R-DOC가 70% 이상 으로 난분해성 유기물이 대부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타 났다. 하수처리장 방류수의 유기물이 하천에 미치는 영향 을 보면, 낙동강 하류에서 구미 4단지, 구미, 구미 원평하 수처리장 방류수의 총 TOC 부하량이 차지하는 비율은 15%로 나타났다. 총 비율은 15%로 비교적 많은 부분을 차지하지는 않았지만 이 중 생분해성 유기물보다 난분해 성 유기물이 더 많은 부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타나, 상 수 처리 시 소독부산물의 전구물질이 증가하는 원인으로 작용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

0.4μm의 세공크기를 갖고 있는 평막이 침지된 연속회분식 반응기에서 유입 유기물 농도가 영양염류 제거에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 분리막의 여과성능과 영양염류 제거효과를 규명하기 위하여 유입 유기물의 농도를 200 mg/L (Run-1), 400 mg/L (Run-2) 및 800 mg/L (Run-3)로 연속적으로 변화시키면서 실험하였다. COD/N 및 COD/P의 비가 증가할수록 T-N 및 T-P의 제거율은 모두 증가하였다. Run-1, Run-2 및 Run-3에서 T-N의 평균 제거율은 각각 28.1, 32.6 및 90.4%이었으며, 투과수의 T-N 평균 농도는 각각 32.0, 30.0 및 4.3 mg/L 이었다. 또한 Run-1, Run-2 및 Run-3에서 T-P의 평균 제거율은 각각 13.6, 35.3 및 93.1%이었으며, 투과수의 T-P 평균 농도는 각각 3.11, 2.33 및 0.25 mg/L이었다.

Herein , the effect of changes in the organic loading rate in anaerobic digestion was evaluated. The experiment was carried out by a laboratory -scale semi-continuous stirred tank reactor, and feedstock was food-waste leached. The organic loading rate was increased by 0.5 kgVS/m3 in each phase from 1.0 kgVS/m3 to 4.0 kgVS/m3. At the end of the operation, to check the failure of the reactor, the organic loading rate was increased by 1.0 kgVS/m3 in each phase and reached 6.0 kgVS/m3. This shows that the biogas yield decreased as organic loading rate increased. Biogas production seemed to be unstable at 3.5–6.0 kgVS/m3. Moreover, biogas production dramatically fell to approximately 0 mL at 6.0 kgVS/m3, which was decided as the operation failure on the 16th day of the las tphase. The result of the reactor analysis shows that the cumulation of volatile fatty acid increased as the organic loading rate increased. This seems to occur due to the decreasein pH in the reactor and led to extinction of anaerobic bacteria, which were the biogas products. Although the buffer compound (alkalinity) could prevent the decline in pH, the concentration of alkalinity was found to be lacking at a high organic loading rate

A bioelectrochemical anaerobic digester for food waste was developed by installing an anode (−250 mV vs. Ag/AgCl) and a cathode (−550 mV vs. Ag/AgCl) inside a conventional lab-scale anaerobic digester. The performance of the bioelectrochemical anaerobic digester was investigated at different organic loading rates of 0.70-4.25 g VS/L.d. The bioelectrochemical anaerobic digester was rapidly stabilized within 25 days after start up, and at an organic loading rate of less than 1.97 g VS/L.d., state variables such as pH (7.0-7.8) and alkalinity (10-12 g/L as CaCO3) were very stable. The volatile fatty acids were maintained at 400-500 mg HAc/L with their main component being acetic acid (80%). At an organic loading rate of 1.97 g VS/L.d, the performance was significantly high in terms of the specific methane production rate (1.37 L CH4/L.d) and the methane content in the biogas (around 74%). The removal efficiencies of volatile solid and chemical oxygen demand were also as high as 80.1% and 85.1%, respectively, and the overall energy efficiency was 91.2%. However, the process stability deteriorated at an organic loading rate of 4.25 g VS/L.d.

우리나라는 에너지 다소비적인 산업구조로 인해 화석연료의 의존도가 높다. 에너지의 약 97%를 수입에 의존하고있는 현 시점에서 우리나라는 국제 어네지가격의 급등에 취약할 수밖에 없다. 이러한 국가적 문제를 해결하기 위해 유기성폐기물의 에너지화기술이 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 고농도 유기성 폐기물인 돈분뇨와 음식물류폐기물의 전처리를 통해 액상의 고농도유기물만을 중온혐기성소화조에서 병합처리하여 대체 에너지원인 바이오가스를 생산하는 Pilot Plant의 소화효율을 검토하였다. 혐기성소화조에 투입되는 유기물(VS)농도와 원료배합에 변화를 주어 투입되는 유기물의 용적부하(OLR)를 조절하여 변화에 따른 바이오가스 생산량 및 메탄농도, 메탄수율을 분석하여 혐기성소화 효율을 검토하였으며, 각 CASE별 TS, VS농도는 다음과 같다. 분석결과 투입원료의 유기물(VS)량에 따른 바이오가스 발생량은 CASE1에서 유기물(VS)은 평균 2.69%으로 분석되었으며, 이에 따른 바이오가스 발생량과 메탄농도는 평균 0.45 m³/day, 57%로 나타났다. CASE 2는 유기물(VS) 평균 농도가 1.48%, 바이오가스 발생량과 메탄농도가 평균 0.45 m³/day, 56% 그리고 CASE 3에서는 유기물(VS)농도, 바이오가스발생량, 메탄농도가 각각 6.13%, 0.36 m³/day, 59%로 나타났으며, 이 때 CASE1, 2, 3 각각의 유기물 용적부하는 0.54kg･vs/day･m³, 0.3kg･vs/day･m³, 1.23kg･vs/day･m³으로 나타났다. CASE1과 CASE2에 비해 CASE3에서 투입원료의 VS농도가 6.13%로 높은 농도의 유기물이 투입되어 용적부하가 높게 나타났다. 이에 따라 바이오가스 발생량이 다른 실험군에 비해 줄어든 것이 확인되었으며, CASE1, 2, 3 각 실험군의 메탄수율은 0.55 m³/kg･vs, 0.52 m³/kg･vs, 0.4 m³/kg･vs로 CASE1, CASE2의 수율은 CASE3 대비 약 1.4배, 1.3배 높게 분석되었다. 본 연구를 통해 유기물의 용적부하가 증가함에 따라 바이오가스 발생량과 메탄수율이 줄어든 것을 확인 할 수 있었으며, 유기물부하에 따른 소화효율 변화를 검토하여 적절한 유기물부하를 찾아 소화상태 및 조건 등을 고려하여 최적 유기물부하를 결정하고 실험을 진행한다면 좀 더 나은 소화효율을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 적정한 유기물부하가 혐기성소화 소화효율에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

Seaweeds are received high attending as one of new and renewable energy sources. In this study, the effects of organic loading rate (OLR) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on anaerobic digestion with Laminaria japonica were investigated using labrotory-scale semi-continuous stirred type reactors. The results demonstrated that anaerobic digestion of Laminaria japonica performed stably with OLRs in the range of 1.00 ~ 1.50 g-VS/L⋅d and HRTs in the range of 27 ~ 40 days. The maximum methane production obtained was 251.33 mL-CH4/L⋅d, which was achieved for an OLR of 1.50 g-VS/L⋅d and a HRT of 27 days. However, an OLR of 1.75 g-VS/L⋅d and a HRT of 23 days brought about a decrease in the pH and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) accumulation, causing the destabilization of the reactor and process failure. The reactors operated at a constant influent substrate concentration, i.e., 40 g-VS/L, thus OLR and HRT could not be treated separately and independently. According to the limited results of this study, it seems that the suitable OLR of anaerobic digestion of Laminaria japonica was lower than 1.50 g-VS/L⋅d and suitable HRT was higher than 27 days.

This study has been conducted to optimum operating conditions for effective acid fermentation according to OLR(organic loading rate) in the mesophilic and thermophilic acid fermentation process. The results are summarized as follows. In order to obtain reasonable acid fermentation efficiency in performing acid fermentation of food wastes in thermophilic condition, organic loading rate was required below 20 gVS/L.d. As SCODCr/TKN, SCODCr/T-P of thermophilic acid fermented food wastes in organic loading rate 20 gVS/L.d were 18.9, 73.4 respectively, it was possible to utilize as external carbon source for denitrification in sewage treatment plant after solid-liquid separation as well as co-digestion of fermented food wastes and sewage sludge.

This study was conducted to analyze the operating conditions of predenitrification process to improve the treatment efficiency in low organic loading sewage plant in use today, and to investigate the treatment efficiency of pilot plant added night soil as well as the nitrogen removal characteristics of pilot plant added carbon sources. In the operation under the condition of BOD5 sludge load 0.03-0.28kg BOD5/kg VSS/d and oxic ammoniac nitrogen sludge load 0.02-0.24 kgNH4+-N/kg MLVSS/d, nitrification efficiency is higher than 95%. In order to achieve 70% nitrogen removal at the T-N sludge loading 0.06kg T-N/kg VSS․d and the SRT 6~11 days, optimum operating factors were revealed to CODcr/T-N ratio 9, recycle ratio 2.6, and denitrification volume ratio 0.33. At this time, denitrification capacity was approximately 0.09 kg NO3--N/kg CODcr; specific nitrification rate was 3.4mg NH4+-N/g MLVSS/hr; and specific denitrification rate was 4.8mg NO3--N/g MLVSS/hr.

Batch experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of sludge acclimation and contact load on the behavior of phosphorus and organic substrates under anaerobic conditions. Four different sludges were acclimated in the sequencing batch reactors operated by intermittent aeration. All the experiments performed in a bench scale have shown the following results: 1. The unreleaseable phosphorus contents for four different sludges are the range of 16 ㎎ P/g SS to 24 ㎎ P/g SS, depending on the sludge acclimation conditions. 2. All the specific substrate uptake rates(SSUR) are expressed in the first order equation for releaseable phosphorus contents. The reaction rate coefficient, k, has the values of 4.0, 8.9, and 13.8 mg COD/㎎ P/hr, depending on the contact load and sludge species. 3. As reaction proceeds, the ratios of ΔP to - ΔCOD at high contact load are almost constant. in the range of 0.10 to 0.14, but at low contact load, they increase from 0.08 to 0.27.

A number of experiments were conducted in order to investigate the organic removal efficiency and biomass characteristics according to the organic shock loading rate in a fluidized bed biofilm reactor. At the operation conditions of HRT, 8.44 hour, superficial upflow velocity, 0.9 ㎝/sec and temperature, 22±1 ℃, the removal efficiency of SCOD was founded to be 96.5, 92 and 90 % with the organic shock loading rate of 3.5, 10.8 and 33 kgCOD/㎥·day, respectively. Within the F/M ratio ranged 0.4 to 2.0 ㎏COD/㎏VSS·day, the SCOD removal efficiency was shown as 90% at F/M ratio of 2.0 ㎏COD/㎏VSS·day, but the TCOD removal efficiency was 72 % at F/M ratio of 1.8 kgCOD/kgVSS·day. The average biomass concentrations were 7800, 14950 and 27532 ㎎/l on the organic shock loading rate of 3.5, 10.8 and 33 ㎏COD/㎥·day, respectively. This result was agreed with the fact that more biomass could be produced at high concentration of substrate, but some biomass was detached at the onset of shock and easily acclimated at the shock condition.