상향류식 혐기성 생물전기화학 반응조(upflow anaerobic bioelectrochemical reactor, UABE)를 이용하여 주정폐수를 유기물부하율 16 g COD/L.d에서 처리하는 동안 pH, 알카리도, 유기산 등의 상태변수들의 변화와 COD 제거율, 비메탄발생량 및 메탄함량에 대한 전극배치의 영향을 평가하였으며, 그 성능을 UASB 반응조와 비교하였다. 면적이 27 m²/m³인 전극을 나선형으로 UABE 반응조 전체 공간에 고르게 배치하였을 때 비메탄발생율은 5.78 L/L.d로서, 전극을 설치하지 않은 UASB 반응조의 3.49 L/L.d보다 약 65.6%로 높았다. 이것은 UABE 반응조에 전기활성미생물이 성장하여 직접 종간전자전달(direct interspecies electron transfer, DIET) 반응이 활성화됨으로서 메탄생성반응이 크게 향상되었다는 것을 의미한다. UABE 반응조의 상부 1/3의 공간에 위치한 전극을 제거하였을 때, 비메탄발생율은 5.74 L/L.d로서 반응조 전체 공간에 전극을 설치한 경우와 큰 차이가 없으나, UABE 반응조 상부 2/3 공간에 설치한 전극을 제거한 경우 비메탄발생율은 5.34 L/L.d로 약 7.5% 감소하였다. 이 결과는 UABE 반응조에서 전극을 하부 1/3의 공간에만 설치한 경우 전기활성미생물도 감소하여 DIET 반응도 감소하였다는 것을 의미한다. 전극을 UABE 반응조 하부로부터 2/3 이상의 공간까지 설치하였을 때 COD 제거율은 약 91.5%이었으나 반응조 하부로부터 1/3의 공간에만 설치한 경우 COD 제거율은 88.9%로 약 2.6%로 감소하였다.

This study was aimed to behaviour of organics and nitrogen on the upflow anaerobic reactor when a acid fermenter is added. Upflow anaerobic reactor (UAR) reaction will result which operates, COD removal efficiencies of reactor with nitrate loading rate 0.11, 0.66g/L/d were over 77%, but one with 1.0g/L/d was 73.5%. Especially, on NLR 0.11g/L/d, COD removal was 77% and nitrate removal efficiency was 93% simultaneously. The other side upflow anaerobic reactor and acid fermenter (UAR+AF) reaction will result witch operates, COD removal efficiencies of reactor with nitrate loading rate 0.11, 0.66g/L/d were over 85%, but one with 1.0g/L/d was 80%. Especially, on NLR 0.11g/L/d, COD removal was 85% and nitrate removal efficiency was 98% simultaneously. Also, without in reaction condition increase of influent nitrate concentration resulted in the linear decrease of nitrate removal efficiency and nitrate removal efficiency at influent nitrate-nitrogen 800mg/L was 50%. Alkalinity was increased theoretically by denitrification at low nitrate-N concentration, however, it was not increased theoretically at high nitrate-N. 40% nitrate-N of UAR was denitrified until 70% height of reactor and 90% nitrate-N of UAR+AF was denitrified until 30% height of reactor Upflow anaerobic reactor was to occur accumulate acid, which TVA/Alkalinity is 0.3～0.47. Increase of NLR resulted increase of effluent alkalinity and TVA production