최근 국내에서 세계 최초로 개발한 SWRO-PRO 복합해수담수화 시스템은 압력지연삼투(PRO) 기술을 활용하여 역삼투(SWRO) 해수담수화 플랜트에서 발생하는 고염도 농축수의 삼투에너지를 회수하는 기술이다. 고염도 농축수와 저염도 하수처리수를 각각 PRO 시스템의 유도용액과 유입수로 사용하며, 두 용액의 농도차에 의해 발생되는 삼투에너지를 압력교환장치(isobaric pressure exchanger)를 통해 회수하여 SWRO 고압펌프에서 필요한 에너지를 줄이거나, 터빈 형태의 에너지 회수장치(Pelton turbine)를 통해 전력을 생산하는 기술이다. PRO 시스템을 통해 회수된 에너지는 해수담수화 운영비를 절감하는데 기여하고, 고농도 농축수의 희석 방류로 해양생태계 영향을 최소화 시킬 수 있다.

Recently, interest in the development of alternative water resources has been increasing rapidly due to environmental pollution and depletion of water resources. In particular, seawater desalination has been attracting the most attention as alternative water resources. As seawater desalination consumes a large amount of energy due to high operating pressure, many researches have been conducted to improve energy efficiency such as energy recovery device (ERD). Consequently, this study aims to compare the energy efficiency of RO process according to ERD of isobaric type which is applied in scientific control pilot plant process of each 100 m3/day scale based on actual RO product water. As a result, it was confirmed that efficiency, mixing rate, and permeate conductivity were different depending on the size of the apparatus even though the same principle of the ERD was applied. It is believed that this is caused by the difference in cross-sectional area of the contacted portion for pressure transfer inside the ERD. Therefore, further study is needed to confirm the optimum conditions what is applicable to the actual process considering the correlation with other factors as well as the factors obtained from the previous experiments.

In this study, a energy recovery ventilation system was applied to the pig model, intake and exhaust duct were installed at a height of top(2.1 m), middle(1.25 m) and bottom(0.4 m). In each of the 9 test sites, one test was performed from 10:00 to 18:00, optimal temperature exchange efficiency and temperature distribution were analyzed. In order to analyze the effect of the energy recovery ventilation system, the temperature of 31 points(4 points of the ventilation system and 27 points in the pig house model) was measured from 10:00 to 18:00. The test that showed the highest heat exchange efficiency was the configuration of middle intake duct and top exhaust duct, which was 75.44%. The test that showed the most uniform distribution was the configuration of middle intake duct and bottom exhaust duct. These results will be utilized to optimally design feeding environment of actual pig houses and to reduce fuel cost.

본 논문에서는 이종재질로 구성된 세장비가 큰 보의 차원축소와 복원의 효율성과 정확성을 입증하기 위하여 VABS와 3차원 유한요소해석 모델의 결과와 비교하였다. 그리고 3차원 유한요소모델과 차원축소 모델을 가상균열닫힘법을 이용하여 에너지 해방률을 계산하였다. 원형과 사각형의 단면에 초기 크랙을 가진 수치모델을 이용하여 보의 차원축소와 복원기법 및 가상균 열닫힘법을 이용하여 복원해석 결과 및 에너지 해방률을 비교하여 효율성과 정확성을 입증하였다. 특히 제시된 에너지 해방률 계산 기법은 고고도 무인기의 날개, 헬리콥터 로터 블레이드, 풍력 블레이드, 틸트로터 등의 정적, 동적 모델링 및 수명평가에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

본 연구에서는 이미 보고된 잉여 태양에너지 관련 연구결과와 현재 현장에 설치되어 있는 냉난방용 FCU 현황을 개략적으로 검토한 후, 잉여 태양에너지 회수에 필요한 FCU의 소요대수 결정 방법을 개략적으로 제시하여 앞으로 이 분야의 연구자 및 기술자들에게 기조자료를 제시할 목적으로 연구를 수행하였다. 실험기간 동안 최대, 평균 및 최저 외기온은 각각 28.2oC, 4.4oC 및 -11.5oC정도였다. 온실 밖의 수평면 일사량은 0.8~20.5MJ·m-2로 정도의 범위였으며, 평균 및 총 일사량은 10.8MJ·m-2 및 1,187.5MJ·m-2으로 나타났다. 그리고 주간동안 온실 내의 평균기온과 상대습도는 각각 18.8~45.5 및 53.5~77.5%정도였다. 실험기간 동안 온실로부터 회수한 총 잉여 태양에너지는 6,613.4MJ정도로서 총 난방에너지인 98,600.2MJ 약 6.7%정도를 보충할 수 있을 것으로 나타났다. 또한 사양이 유사한 FCU를 사용하지만, 난방을 위하여 설치되는 FCU의 대수는 제각각 다른 것을 알 수 있었고, 좀 더 효율적이고 경제적인 관점에서 설치높이, 방향 및 설치 간격, 적정 대수에 대한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단된다. 잉여 태양에너지 회수용 FCU의 적정 소요대수는 FCU를 통과하는 공기의 질량 및 순환유량을 기준으로 각각 8.4~10.9대 및 6.1~8.0대 정도이었다. 여기에 계산방법이나 FCU의 효율 및 사용 환경 등 위험률을 고려하면, 결국 9대 전후(약 24m3당 1대 정도)를 설치하면 될 것으로 판단되었다.

본 연구는 무창돈사에서 폐기되는 에너지를 재이용하기 위해 열회수형 환기장치의 효율 및 돈사 내부 환경에 미치는 영향을 분석하여, 실제돈사에 적용 가능성을 구명하고자 한다. 이를 위해 열회수형 환기장치의 적용에 따른 내부 온도, 상대습도, CO2 및 부유미생물을 측정, 분석하여 돈사 내 열회수형 환기장치 적용 시 연료비 절감 및 돼지 사육 환경의 최적 조건 산출을 위한 기초자료로 활용하고자 한다. 실험은 돈사 내 환기팬 및 열회수형 환기장치를 설치하여 세 가지 다른 조건에서 실험을 행하였다. 첫 번째, 환기팬 및 열회수형 환기장치를 가동하지 않은 상황(Test-1), 두 번째, 환기팬만 가동한 상황(Test-2), 그리고 마지막으로 열회수형 환기장치만 가동한 상황(Test-3), 세 가지 상황으로 구분하여 실시하였다. 열회수형 환기장치를 가동하였을 경우, 내부 상, 중, 하층부의 온도가 가장 균일한 것으로 나타났고, 상대습도 또한 일정하게 유지되는 것으로 나타났다. CO2 농도의 경우, 환기팬을 가동한 상황(Test-2)보다 다소 높았지만 시간이 지남에 따라 농도가 낮아지는 것으로 보아, 환기에 효과가 있다고 판단된다. 부유미생물의 경우는 밀폐된 상황(Test-1) 보다 오히려 높게 측정되었는데, 이는 열회수형 환기장치의 내부 교차오염 등에 의한 것으로 판단된다.

Recently, Korea’s municipal wastewater treatment plants generated amount of wastewater sludge per day. However, ocean dumping of sewage sludge has been prohibited since 2012 by the London dumping convention and protocol and thus removal or treatment of wastewater sludge from field sites is an important issue on the ground site. The hydrothermal carbonization is one of attractive thermo-chemical method to upgrade sewage sludge to produce solid fuel with benefit method from the use of no chemical catalytic. Hydrothermal carbonization improved that the upgrading fuel properties and increased materials and energy recovery ,which is conducted at temperatures ranging from 200 to 350°C with a reaction time of 30 min. Hydrothermal carbonization increased the heating value though the increase of the carbon and fixed carbon content of solid fuel due to dehydration and decarboxylation reaction. Therefore, after the hydrothermal carbonization, the H/C and O/C ratios decreased because of the chemical conversion. Energy retention efficiency suggest that the optimum temperature of hydrothermal carbonization to produce more energy-rich solid fuel is approximately 200°C.

This technology is to highly produce heat by microorganism during fermentation of mushroom sludge as a byproduct at farm field which would be established more competitive in mushroom growers and distinguished technology with ordinary mushroom growers. Furthermore this technology could be reduced energy as well as high efficiency in resource uses. There was highly reduction in energy consumption using by heat during fermentation of mushroom sludge which was produced by different media material with vegetable for mushroom cultivation. After 4 days the inner temperature during fermentation of mushroom media was a little changes of 61～50℃ and inner temperature of fermentation chamber was 55～45℃, inlet temperature of cooling water was 17℃, outlet temperature was 44～35℃, and ambient temperature was 28℃ at daytime and 14℃ at night time which was relatively constant. A heat exchange from fermentation chamber was 1090～648㎉/10min and the maximum heat exchange was 11550～1064㎉/10min which was caused to reduce fermentation heat with time The efficiency of heat exchange was distributed with 81～61% with time.

This study measured the energy recovery rate of each municipal waste incineration facility according to the revised energy recovery rate estimation method, which targeted four municipal waste incineration facilities (Unit No. 7). The results calculated by the measuring instruments were used for each factor to estimate the recovery rate, and the available potential of available energy was examined by analyzing the energy production and valid consumption. As a result of the low heating value, 2,540 kcal/kg was calculated on average when the LHVw formula was applied, which is approximately 116 kcal/kg higher than the average design standard of 2,424 kcal/kg. The energy recovery rate was calculated as 96.9% on average based on production and 67.5% based on effective consumption, and the analysis shows that approximately 29.4% energy can be used.

This study was carried out to examine the improvement plan by analyzing the characteristics of imported wastes, operation rate, and benefits of energy recovery for incineration facilities with a treatment capacity greater than 50 ton/ day. The incineration facility capacity increased by 3,280 tons over 15 years, and the actual incineration rate increased to 2,783 ton/day. The operation rate dropped to 76% in 2010 and then rose again to 81% in 2016. The actual calorific value compared to the design calorific value increased by 33.8% from 94.6% in 2002 to 128.4% in 2016. The recovery efficiency decreased by 29% over 16 years from 110.7% to 81.7% in 2002. Recovery and sales of thermal energy from the incinerator (capacity 200 ton/day) dominated the operation cost, and operating income was generated by energy sales (such as power generation and steam). The treatment capacity increased by 11% to 18% after the recalculation of the incineration capacity and has remained consistently above 90% in most facilities to date. In order to solve the problem of high calorific value waste, wastewater, leachate, and clean water should be mixed and incinerated, and heat recovery should be performed through a water-cooled grate and water cooling wall installation. Twenty-five of the 38 incineration facilities (about 70%) are due for a major repair. After the main repair of the facility, the operation rate is expected to increase and the operating cost is expected to decline due to energy recovery. Inspection and repair should be carried out in a timely manner to increase incineration and heat energy recovery efficiencies.

Domestic automotive shredder residue (ASR) recycling facilities must comply with 60% of the energy recovery criteria calculated by the waste control act, based on resource circulation of electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles. The method of calculating energy recovery criteria was newly enacted on November 6, 2017, and it has been judged that it is necessary to consider applicability. In this study, the energy recovery efficiency of 7 units was calculated by past and present calculation methods. Furthermore, this study attempts to find applicability and a method of increasing the energy recovery efficiency by taking advantage of available potentials. An analysis of the calculation results showed that the average values calculated by past methods, present methods, and the method that includes available potentials are 76.35%, 70.68%, and 78.24%, respectively. Therefore, the new calculation method for energy recovery efficiency is also applicable to domestic automotive shredder residue recycling facilities.

This study examined the potentials for greenhouse gas reduction by material recovery and energy recovery from municipal solid waste between 2017 and 2026 in Daejeon Metropolitan City (DMC), which is trying to establish a material-cycle society by constructing a waste-to-energy town by 2018. The town consists of energy recovery facilities such as a mechanical treatment facility for fluff-type solid refuse fuel (SRF) with a power generation plant and anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas recovery. Such recycling and waste-to-energy facilities will not only reduce GHGs, but will also substitute raw materials for energy consumption. The emissions and reduction rate of GHGs from MSW management options were calculated by the IPCC guideline and EU Prognos method. This study found that in DMC, the decrease of the amount of MSW landfilled and the increase of recycling and waste-to-energy flow reduced GHGs emissions from 167,332 tonCO2 eq/yr in 2017 to 123,123 tonCO2 eq/yr in 2026. Material recycling had the highest rate of GHG reduction (-228,561 tonCO2 eq/yr in 2026), followed by the solid refuse fuels (-29,146 tonCO2 eq/yr in 2026) and biogas treatment of food waste (-3,421 tonCO2 eq/yr in 2026). This study also shows that net GHG emission was found to be -30,505 tonCO2 eq in 2017 and -105,428 tonCO2 eq, indicating a great and positive impact on future CO2 emission. Improved MSW management with increased recycling and energy recovery of material waste streams can positively contribute to GHGs reduction and energy savings. The results of this study would help waste management decision-makers clarify the effectiveness of recycling MSW, and their corresponding energy recovery potentials, as well as to understand GHG reduction by the conversion.

폐기물은 발생원을 기준으로 생활폐기물, 사업장폐기물 및 건설폐기물로 구분된다. 폐기물 처리는 재활용을 우선적으로 정책이 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 폐기물을 재활용하기 위해서는 기술적인 한계성과 경제성 등이 해결되어야 하며 이러한 이슈가 극복되지 않으면 재활용에는 한계가 따른다. 국내에서 도입된 네가티브 재활용 제도가 다양한 기술을 재활용로서 적용될 수 있도록 하였으며, 그 중 폐기물 에너지화 기술로써만 인식되어온 폐기물 가스화 기술은 에너지회수 기술 뿐 만 아니라 원료를 대체할 수 있는 재활용 기술로도 적용될 수 있게 되었다. 폐기물의 재활용은 물질재활용 기술로서 3R기술 위주로 재활용되어 왔으나 화학전환 기술에 의한 재활용을 위해서는 가스화 기술이 많은 기여를 할 것으로 기대된다. 또한 폐기물의 에너지 회수기술은 소각에 의한 에너지회수 또는 고형연료를 생산하여 연소보일러에 의한 에너지회수 방법이 주로 이용되어 왔으며 이러한 기술은 열에너지를 회수하는 기술에 국한되어 있다. 그러나 폐기물 가스화 기술은 열에너지와 화학에너지의 생산이 가능하므로 다양한 에너지로의 회수 기술과 고효율 에너지 이용기술의 적용이 가능한 기술이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 폐기물 가스화를 통한 에너지회수 기술과 화학전환 기술로서 원료대체를 통한 재활용 기술로서의 특성을 고찰하였다. 폐기물 가스화 기술은 가연성물질이 함유된 폐기물의 대부분을 대상으로 적용이 가능하지만 합성가스를 이용하는 기술에 따라서 합성가스의 생산품질을 만족하기 위해서는 폐기물의 적정 발열량이 확보되어야 된다. 폐기물의 종류에 따라 기준은 달리 적용되겠지만 저위발열량 기준으로 3,200 kcal/kg이상인 경우 안정적인 합성가스를 생산할 수 있다고 판단되며, 폐기물종류 및 이용기술에 따라서는 3,000 kcal/kg이상인 경우 합성가스 생산품질을 유지할 수 있다. 폐기물 가스화를 통해 생산된 합성가스를 에너지회수 기술로서는 스팀터빈, 가스터빈, 가스엔진, 연료전지 등의 기술을 적용할 수 있고, LNG, 경우, 석탄, LPG 등 화석연료를 대체하는 가스연료로 적용할 수도 있다. 또한 합성가스의 주요성분인 일산화탄소와 수소는 고순도 수소 및 고순도 일산화탄소 자체로도 원료대체가 가능하며, 화학촉매 또는 미생물촉매 전환 공정을 통해 다양한 화학원료로 대체하는 재활용기술로서의 적용이 가능한 특성을 가지고 있다.

In the past, the role of incineration facilities was mainly to reduce waste and stabilize disposed material. However, as a key aspect of waste management policy, the concept of “waste Minimization and sustainable resource circulation society” has become an issue, and the effective use of waste has been emphasized. As a result, to promote the recycling of wastes from January 1, 2018, the Framework Act on Resource Circulation has been implemented. In this study, estimation factors that can affect the increase of energy recovery are selected by reviewing the estimation method of industrial waste incineration facilities having a separate boiler; moreover, the effect of calculation factors on energy recovery was quantitatively evaluated. According to this study, when the heat loss, condensate temperature, and power consumption decrease by 10%, the energy recovery of the target facilities increase by 0.4% (0.22 ~ 0.63%), 1.09% (0.57 ~ 1.32%), and 1.16% (0.52 ~ 2.13%) on an average.

Insulation materials used for building save energy and can be classified into inorganic and organic materials. Organic insulation emits toxic gases in a fire and has lower water resistance. Inorganic insulation is heavy and has poorer thermal performance than that of organic material. This study evaluated the physical properties and fire resistance of lightweight inorganic insulation foaming material made of waste glass powder. The test results showed that the inorganic material performed well with low density and low thermal conductivity for an insulation material. Foam insulation material manufactured from glass powder was sufficient as a fire-resistant product.

Even if the amount of exhaust gas is the same, it is possible to reduce the exhaust gas exit heat at the outlet of the boiler facility by lowering the outlet temperature of the economizer, so that it is possible to increase the heat quantity recovered from the boiler facility. There are many cases where the existing facility adopts 220~250℃ as the design value of the exhaust gas temperature at the exit of the economizer. However, in recent years, there has been a case of cooling and recovering heat to 200℃ or less from the viewpoint of active heat recovery. The amount of combustion exhaust gas is reduced by reducing the amount of combustion air supplied to the incinerator, and the amount of heat exhausted from the boiler facility is reduced, thereby improving the boiler efficiency. The holding energy of the combustion exhaust gas is the product of the exhaust gas amount and the specific heat and the temperature. In order to recover more heat from the combustion exhaust gas, not only the heat loss in the boiler facility is reduced, but also the heat radiated from the boiler facility is reduced. It is effective to reduce the exhaust gas temperature at the outlet of the heat recovery equipment and reduce the amount of exhaust gas in order to reduce the amount of exhaust heat of the exhaust gas. Even if the exhaust gas temperature at the outlet of the economizer is the same, the amount of exhaust gas discharged at the boiler facility outlet is reduced by reducing the amount of exhaust gas, and an increase in the recovered heat quantity at the boiler is expected.