국내에서 가축분뇨 폐기물의 해양배출에 관한 현황 및 정부와 업계의 입장을 살펴보고, 정부(해양수산부 및 농림부)와 업계(대한양돈업협회 및 해양배출협회) 간의 갈등을 해결하는 대책을 검토하였다. 갈등해결을 위한 대책으로서 첫째, 가축분뇨 전량 육상처리의 가능성에 대한 사전 검토, 둘째, 가축분뇨 육상처리에 따른 민원해결방안의 강구, 셋째, 법제화된 규칙의 시행 가능성에 대한 사전검토, 넷째, 양돈업계나 해양배출업계와 같은 관련 업계를 위한 지원 방안의 강구, 다섯째, 국가차원의 폐기물해양배출제도 전면 재검토 등이 제시되었다.

A sundry system is one of popular systems for composting livestock manure, of which main honest is to utilize unlimited, clean, and free solar radiation. A sundry system with a composter of two horizontal screw-type concrete ducts at different height, was constructed and operated for three days for each test in May, 1993, to evaluate its composting performance. Four treatments of the mixture ratio of swine manure and saw dust (manure : sawdust= 1 : 1.25, 1 : 1, 1 : 0.7, 1 : 0.5) were implemented to evaluate the effect of the mixture ratio on degradation of the composting materials of a sundry system with a screw-type composter. Maximum temperature of the composting materials was over 50℃ at D1 or D2 (one or two days after operation starts) for each test. Mean C/N ratio and water contents of the materials were reduced by more than 15 and 20％, respectively. Microbial density of each test showed a typical variation with the lapse of the composting time. Mesophilic microorganism seemed to play more important role on degradation of the materials than thermophilic. A sundry system with a screw-type composter can be considered as a feasible system on basis of maturity data. The conclusion was completely reverse from that of Choi et at., although both adopted a sundry system. A further study is recommended to pursue the cause of better performance of the screw-type composter, whether it was due to affirmative weather or more efficient composter.

In this study, the efficiency of the anaerobic co-digestion of three categories of rural organic waste (animal manure, slaughterhouse waste, and agricultural by-products) and different mixtures of them was investigated. In addition, the relationship between digestion efficiency and the carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio was also conducted. Five different mixtures of feedstock including animal manure as a control were estimated by the biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. The results indicate that the biodegradability of the feedstock mixtures was in the range of 62 ~ 75%, which was at least 1.4 times higher than that of single digestion (43%), while the methane yield was increased by almost twice that of single digestion (0.14 to 0.24 ~ 0.41 m3 CH4/kg VSadd). After the BMP test, four feedstock mixtures were selected for a lab-scale reactor, including animal manure as a control sample. The highest methane yield of 0.355 m3 CH4/kg VSadd was obtained from the A4-mixture sample. With regard to the C/N ratio, the mixture materials showed an increase in methane yield by at least 1.2 times (13.4 to 16.4 ~ 21.3%), which means that the C/N ratio had an effect on the performance of co-anaerobic digestion.

In this study, optimization of anaerobic co-digestion for food and livestock wastes was studied by an experimental design method. A central composite design (CCD) was applied in designing experiments. Selected two independent variables for this study were initial substrate concentration and mixing rate of livestock wastes. The ranges of experiment for initial substrate concentration and mixing rate of livestock wastes were 2~10 g-VS/L and 0~100%, respectively. Selected responses were methane yield, maximum methane production rate and volatile solids (VS) removal rate. The experimental design was analyzed using a response surface methodology (RSM). Models obtained by the RSM were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). ANOVA demonstrated that the models were highly significant. Optimal conditions obtained for the models were initial substrate concentration of 2.1 g-VS/L and mixing rate of livestock wastes of 48.8%, respectively. The measured values under the optimal conditions were well in agreement with the predicted values from the models. Thus, it showed that the CCD and RSM were appropriate for determination of an optimal mixing condition in the anaerobic co-digestion process for food and livestock wastes.

The optimum dosage of quicklime in producing organic fertilizer using livestock wastes with a greater than 80% water content was analysed. After one day had elapsed to allow for the organic fertilizer to dry, the quicklime dosage and the composition of the organic fertilizer were analysed. Any from done to the organic fertilizer was also assessed. The amount of the quicklime required to stabilize livestock wastes was determined by water content of livestock wastes. For J farm(slurry style) of which livestock wastes have 94.6% of water concentration, less than 3% of total amount of livestock wastes, for H farm(scraper style) of which livestock wastes have 85% of water concentration, less then 4% of total livestock wastes and Y farm(traditional style) of which livestock wastes have 80% of water concentration, less then 5% of total livestock wastes. Generally, in order to pack the organic fertilizer, water containing quicklime-stabilized livestock wastes should be less than 35%. It takes 9 days to keep this water content for the wastes from H and Y farms(less than 85% in water content), and 12days for the wastes from J farm(94.6% in water content). According to the classification standard for compost constitution by Higgins, the crude fertilizers from all 3 farms had high grade K2O and CaO, the middle grade T-N and middle or low grade P2O5. Stabilization by quicklime is known to inhibit bacterial decomposition of organic matter and the activity of pathogenic organisms. In this study, more than 99.99% of coliform group, fecal group and viable cell count were reduced. Our results indicate that livestock wastes of greater 80% water content could be used to produce organic fertilizer without the addition of a material for moisture control.