This study executed evaluation of drying characteristics based on the polymer injection rate (8%, 10% and 12%) and the drying method[NIF(near-infrared ray). According to this study analyzed VS, VS/TS, and calorific value compared with ‘the auxiliary fuel standard of the thermoelectric power plant and the combined heat & power plant’. The results are as follows. In the case of NIR, the VS was slightly changed at the early stage of the material preheating period and the constant drying rate period with low moisture evaporation. But VS reduction was shown higher as moisture was dried. In the case of non-digested sludge with high VS content, the VS reduction rate by drying was shown lower than that of digested sludge. As the flocculant injection rate increased, the VS loss due th drying was found to be small. Also, the higher the flocculant injection rate was the longer the drying time. Especially, in the case of the NIR drying equipment, as the moisture content of sewage sludge decreased(moisture content 20∼40%), the loss of net VS also showed a tendency to increase sharply. It is shown that the high calorific value according to the drying time of the non-digested sludge was changed from 590 ㎉/㎏ to 3,005 ㎉/㎏ and from 539 ㎉/㎏ to 2,796 ㎉/㎏.

In this study, the combustion characteristics were investigated based on the biodrying solid recovered fuel (SRF) in a 5 Ton/day scale combustion boiler. The composition of the combustion gas containing the biodrying SRF was analyzed, the particulate matter, and its HCl content was determined with the air pollutant process test method. Mass balance, carbon balance, and combustion efficiency were calculated according to the equivalence ratio (ER) method; the energy recovery efficiency of the combustion boiler was also analyzed. The overall combustion efficiency of the biodrying SRF was 97.3 % and the energy recovery efficiency was 80.2%.

생활폐기물 및 산업폐기물로부터 고형연료를 제조하는 과정에서 폐기물 반입량 대비 30 ~ 45%의 비율로 잔재물이 발생되어 매립되거나 일부는 소각장으로 반입되어 처리되고 있다. 이러한 잔재물은 함수율 40% 이상을 나타내어 그대로 매립되었을 경우 오염부하를 증가시킬 수 있으며, 매립에 의한 처분비용으로 전체 시설 운영비의 약 20%가 요구되는 실정이다. 이러한 잔재물은 양 및 질적인 측면에서 볼 때 추가 공정을 통하여 충분히 고형연료로 생산이 가능하다. Bio-drying 기술은 폐기물 내에 존재하는 생분해성 유기물질에 대한 미생물의 호기성 분해열을 이용하여 폐기물의 수분을 건조시키는 건조에너지 소모 및 설치/운영비를 최소화 할 수 있는 경제성이 우수한 기술이다. 본 연구에서는 고형연료화 시설에서 발생된 잔재물을 대상으로 Bio-drying 기술을 적용시켜 생산된 비성형 고형연료의 벤치규모 연소실험을 통해 연소 공기비에 따른 바닥재와 비산재의 발생 특성을 고찰하였다. 또한 기존 시중에 판매되고 있는 비성형 고형연료와의 연소특성 비교/분석을 통해서 Bio-dyring 고형연료의 연소특성을 파악하고 연소 조건의 최적화를 진행하였다. Bio-drying 고형연료와 판매용 고형연료의 연소 바닥재의 XRF 분석 결과 CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3가 주성분을 이루며 그 중에서 CaO 성분이 각각 36.6%와 48.6%로 가장 높게 나타났다.

Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), widely spread in Europe, is a process combined with mechanical separation and biological treatment. This is an alternative technology that can accomplish WtE (Waste-to-Energy) and landfill diversion. Bio-drying, aimed to produce high quality SRF, focused on removing moisture of waste through generated heat when biodegradable organic material is partially degraded by micro-organism. However, most of SRF production facilities in Korea consist of mechanical treatment. In those, 40% of input waste have been generated as residue disposed of in landfill. As a result of physico-chemical characteristic analysis of residue from target facilities, composition of food wastes, papers and plastics ranged 6.7 ~ 18.3%, 9.1 ~ 17.3%, and 5.8 ~ 12.2%, respectively. The moisture content of residue was about 43%, and low heating value was analyzed a range of 1,300 up to 1,900 kcal/kg. Results showed that combustible material having potential to produce SRF is discarded and the amount of biodegradable material such as food waste is still large. Therefore, we assumed it may cause pollution in terms of landfill gas emission and high concentrated leachate generation. In this study, recent trends of Bio-drying is discussed as the alternative technology to solve problems at SRF production facilities in South Korea.