The nuclear facilities at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) have generated a variety of organic liquid radwaste and radiation levels are also varied. At KAERI, the organic liquid radwaste has been stored at Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility (RWTF) temporarily due to the absence of the recognized treatment technique while inorganic liquid radwaste can be treated by evaporation, bituminization, and solar evaporation process. The organic liquid radioactive waste such as spent oil, cutting oil, acetone, ethanol, etc. was generated from the nuclear facilities at KAERI. Among the organic liquid radioactive wastes, spent oil is particularly significant. According to the nuclear safety act, radioactive waste can be cleared by incineration and landfilling if it meets the criteria of less than 10 μSv/h for individual dose and 1 person – Sv/y for collective dose. Dose assessment was performed on some organic liquid radioactive waste with a very low possibility of radioactive contamination stored in RWTF at KAERI. As a result, it was confirmed that some wastes met the regulatory clearance standards. Based on this, it was approved by the regulatory body, and this became the first case in Korea and KAERI for permission for regulatory clearance of organic liquid radioactive waste by landfill after incineration.

This study was conducted to develop a high-moisture food waste dryer that uses steam as a direct heat source to improve the drying speed. Another objective was to verify its performance through experiments. A dryer with a drying capacity of 10,000 kg/hr, which uses steam from an incineration plant as a drying heat source, was fabricated. The performance and applicability of the dryer were verified through drying experiments, in which the food waste collected from large restaurants near the incineration plant was used as the experimental material. The drying experiment results showed that the input steam temperature increased by 21℃ from approximately 145℃ to 166℃ compared to the case in which drying was performed by converting steam into heated air. The drying speed increased by 1.5 times from approximately 0.63 to 0.94 %/hr, and drying up to approximately 20%(wb) moisture content was possible. The drying energy rate, which represents the ratio of the energy consumed for drying to the input energy, increased by approximately ten times from 7.17% to 70.87%. The total drying time still remained approximately 100 hr due to the re-condensation of moisture. When steam was directly used as a drying heat source to improve the drying speed of food waste containing high moisture, the drying speed, water content after drying, and drying energy rate were clearly improved compared to the case in which steam was converted into heated air for use. Therefore, it was deemed necessary to develop a dryer that directly uses steam from an incineration plant for drying. To shorten the total drying time, it is necessary to develop a device that solves the problem of moisture condensation in the dryer.

본 연구에서는 단순 폐기 되는 농업폐기물(토마토, 고추, 파프리카)을 고형연료로 재활용하기 위한 열 풍건조장치를 개발하고 실험을 통해 그 성능을 확인하고자 하였다. 연구를 위해 건조용량 500 kg/hr인 쓰레기소각장 폐열을 열원으로 사용하는 건조기를 제작하였다. 경상남도 진주시 농산물 시장에서 구입 한 남해산 시금치를 실험원료로 사용하였다. 열교환기에서 스팀 열교환에 의해 가열된 건조공기를 열풍 으로 사용하여 절단 원료 투입량(126, 250, 300 kg), 원료교반여부(수동 교반, 수동 비교반), 건조방식 (건조물 정치, 건조물 이송), 건조시간(0.25, 0.5, 0.6 hr)에 따른 건조특성을 파악하였다. 투입 원료의 함수율은 85.65%로 측정되었으며, 소각장 공급 스팀에 의해 열교환기에서 가열된 건조공기온도는 건조 기에 투입된 실험원료의 퇴적고에 따른 압력저항에 의해 다소 차이를 보였으며 약 108 내지 144℃로 측정되었다. 동일 건조방식, 투입량, 건조시간, 건조공기온도에서 상하층간 원료를 교반하는 하는 경우가 그렇지 않은 경우에 비해 약 2배 정도의 높은 건조속도를 보였다. 각 실험에서 건조용량은 약 500 kg/hr으로 나타났다. 국내 농산물 건조기 157개의 농업실용화재단 검사성적서를 기준으로 투입 에너지에 대한 건조 소요에너지 비를 나타내는 건조효율을 비교한 결과 국내 농산물 건조기 57.76%, 개발 된 농업폐기물 건조기 33.46%로 기존 농산물 건조기에 비해 낮게 나타났다. 개발된 농업폐기물 건조기는 건조시간이 1시간 이내로 건조시간이 짧으며, 건조 중 많은 풍량이 손실되어 건조효율이 저하된 것으로 판단되었다. 소각장 폐열을 직접 건조열원으로 사용하는 경우 건조공기온도는 최저 160℃ 이상으로 예상 되는 바 건조용량이 크게 향상될 것으로 예측된다.

Currently the forest area is 6,370,000 hectare (ha) which occupies 63.7% in Korea. The forest has good functions such as production of forest products, conservation of national land, prevention of disasters, etc. However constructing houses near the forest area make bad situation like illegal waste incineration by resident. So research subject is forest fire caused by waste incineration place including facility. And this study was conducted about statistical analysis and research analysis of the 100 waste incineration places including facilities at the country town. Statistical analysis shows that March is 27% which percentage is the highest number of forest fire in 10 years’ average. The number of forest fire caused by waste incineration is 45 which is the third highest number in the fire statistic. The distance between waste incineration place including facility and forest area is 30m, 40m and 50m. That 40m (36%) is the most common distance from forest area. The types of waste incineration are ground (62%), the temporary facility made with oil drum can (35%) and other made with steel sheet, concrete, etc. The result of this study is that government and local government must conduct the improvement measure to reduce illegal incineration such as waste pickup area made with rain and wind proof type installed near residence, expenses for waste treatment, enlightenment and training, etc. Also considering their age and income are needed for realistic improvement.

우리나라에서 악취 규제는 배출원의 부지경계선과 배출구에서 농도 규제치를 사용한다. 그러므로 수용체에서 정확한 체감악취의 유무를 쉽게 판단하기는 곤란하다. 비록 개개인의 악취에 대한 응답을 결정하는 변수는 다양하고 응답 종류도 광범위하게 나타나지만, 일반적으로 악취에 대한 규제는 다양한 변수를 고려하여 구성되며, 이들 변수에는 악취 발생빈도, 강도, 기간, 불쾌도, 지역 변수 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 매사추세츠(미국), 뉴질랜드, 덴마크, 네덜란드, 호주 서부, 타이완 등 6개 지역의 악취 규제를 사용하여 소각장 주변에서 악취 영향 거리를 비교하였다. 악취 영향 거리를 평가하기 위하여 이들 6개 지역 규제는 악취 농도와 허용 빈도를 고려하고 있다. 연구 결과에 의하면 악취에 의한 영향 거리는 0.5~1.4 km의 범위로 나타났다. 악취 농도를 고정하고 허용 빈도를 변경하는 경우 허용 빈도가 높을수록 영향 거리는 크게 나타났다. 허용 빈도를 고정하고 농도를 변화시키는 경우 농도가 높으면 영향거리가 줄어들었다. 결론적으로 악취 영향 범위는 악취 농도뿐 아니라 허용 빈도에 따라 변화하였다.

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.

국가별 환경, 정채 흐름에 따라 상이하게 적용되어온 폐기물 에너지화 기술은 도시고형폐기물을 비롯한 폐자원을 증기, 열, 전력 등으로 전환하는 기술을 의미한다. 국내 ｢신재생에너지 개발･이용･보급촉진법｣에 의거하여 사업장에서 폐기물을 변환시켜 생산된 연료 및 소각 열에너지를 신재생에너지로 정의하고 있으며, ｢자원순환기본법｣의 소각처분부담금 감면을 위한 에너지 회수율 증진을 목적으로 폐기물 에너지화 기술이 주목을 받고 있다. 폐기물 에너지화 기술 중 열적처리의 시장 규모는 연간 190만 달러, 연평균 4.3%의 성장세를 보이고 있으나, 선진국 대비 국내 폐기물 에너지화 기술력은 50% 이하의 낮은 수준을 보유하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 국내 생활폐기물 소각시설의 평균 증기발전 효율이 10% 정도로 매우 낮으며, 사업장폐기물 소각시설은 주로 발전 보다 증기의 직접적 이용에 편향된 경향을 보이고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 사업장폐기물 소각시설 공정에 요소기술 적용 시 에너지 절감량을 열정산법에 따라 산정하여 에너지 고효율화 및 온실가스 감축 효과를 분석하고자 하였다. 소각시설에 적용한 요소기술은 증기 회수 및 활용을 중점으로 ①열 회수 능력강화(저온이코노마이저, 낮은 공기비 연소), ②증기의 효율적 이용(저온촉매탈질, 고효율 건식 배기가스 처리, 백연저감 미적용 또는 가동 중지, 배수폐쇄 시스템 미적용), ③증기터빈 시스템의 효율 향상(고온고압 보일러)으로 구분하여 결과를 정리하였다. 에너지 절감 및 온실가스 감축량 산정은 요소기술 적용 시 추가적으로 회수할 수 있는 증기량을 기준으로 보일러 배기가스량, 폐기물 저위발열량, 각 요소기술 변화 요인(과잉공기비, 출구온도 등), 국가고유 전력배출계수를 바탕으로 산정하였다.

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.

Depending on the steam pressure and temperature balance, it is possible to increase the power generation efficiency of the steam turbine by increasing the heat loss of the turbine by increasing the temperature and pressure. As the high temperature and high pressure increase, the boiler main steam amount is reduced by about 10%, but the increase rate of the heat drop is larger than the decrease rate of the steam flow rate, leading to improvement of power generation efficiency. Utilizing the US Department of Energy Steam Turbine Calculator, we calculated the electricity produced by steam temperature and pressure changes. In this study, the steam temperature was increased from 50℃ to 500℃ at the steam temperature of 20 kg/cm²×300℃, and increased by 10 kg/cm² at the pressure of 20 kg/cm² at the pressure of 60 kg/cm² to investigate the changes in electricity production. Electricity production increased with increasing temperature and pressure. The electricity production was increased by 40.11% at 40 kg/cm²×400℃ and 75.56% at 60 kg/cm²×500℃ compared to the standard condition of 20 kg/cm²×300℃ for comparison.

Energy can be reduced by reducing the exhaust gas temperature at the catalyst inlet and reducing or not using the amount of steam to reheat the exhaust gas. At this time, it is a method to improve the power generation efficiency by using the saved energy for power generation. When the exhaust gas temperature at the inlet of the catalytic reaction tower is operated at about 210℃, it is necessary to increase the temperature of the flue gas downstream of the bag filter at 165℃ to 45℃ to 210℃ required for the catalytic reaction. In the case of low temperature catalyst application, the temperature required for the catalytic reaction tower may be 185℃ and the temperature may be raised only 20℃. Therefore, the amount of steam for heating can be reduced. If the exhaust gas temperature of the bag filter inlet can be increased to 190℃, it can be combined with the low-temperature catalyst to reduce the energy consumed by removing exhaust gas ash. On the other hand, since the high-pressure steam is used as the heat source for reheating the exhaust gas, the reheating temperature is limited. According to such conditions, the exhaust gas temperature at the inlet of the catalytic reaction tower is often designed at about 200 to 220℃.

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.

국내 폐기물 소각시설의 에너지 회수효율 관련 규정으로는 ｢폐기물관리법 시행규칙｣ 제3조(에너지 회수 기준 등)에 명시되어 있으며, 에너지 회수효율 기준으로는 75 % 이상(생산량 기준) 회수된 열에너지를 스스로 이용하거나 다른 사람에게 공급할 것으로 규정하고 있다. 또한, 2016년 5월 제정된 ｢자원순환기본법｣ 내 제21조에서는 폐기물을 순환이용할 수 있음에도 불구하고 소각･매립방법으로 처분하는 경우 폐기물처분부담금을 부과하도록 명시하였으며, 동법 제24조에 따르면 소각열에너지를 50 % 이상 회수하여 이용하는 경우 폐기물처분부담금을 감면할 수 있도록 규정하고 있다. 그러나 현행 에너지 회수효율 기준은 생산에너지를 기준으로 산정하고 있어 실제 유효하게 이용된 에너지의 평가가 곤란하며, 에너지원으로는 전력에너지가 반영되지 못하여 에너지 회수효율 증진을 위한 유인방안이 부족한 실정이다. 국내의 폐기물 소각시설의 저위발열량 산정방법으로는 원소분석법(Dulong, Steuer 등), 단열 열량계(Bomb Calorimeter)를 이용하여 측정･분석하고 있으나 소량의 시료 채취를 통하여 폐기물의 대표성을 확보하기에는 많은 어려움이 따른다. 또한, 소각로에 투입되는 폐기물의 특성(성상의 다양성, 계절적 영향 등) 및 시설의 특성 등을 반영하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 지역적 특성 및 소각로･보일러의 형태(stoker, Rotary Kiln, FBC )등을 고려하여 현재 운영 중인 폐기물 소각시설(생활, 사업장) 11개소(17호기)를 대상시설로 선정하여 계측기 측정데이터 및 현장측정(배출가스 조성, 바닥재 배출온도 및 강열감량, 소각로 및 보일러 방열손실)을 통하여 해당 시설의 저위발열량 및 에너지 회수효율을 산정하였다. 이와 같은 산정결과를 바탕으로 향후 에너지 회수효율 향상 제고를 위한 기초자료로 활용하고자 한다.

자원의 효율적 이용 및 폐기물의 자원화를 통해 천연자원의 소비를 감축하고자 환경부에서는 2018년 1월 1일부터 자원순환기본법이 시행된다. 기본원칙으로 폐기물의 발생을 최대한 억제하고 발생된 폐기물에 대해서는 재사용하고 재사용이 곤란한 경우 재생이용하고 둘 다 곤란한 경우에는 최대한 에너지를 회수⋅이용하여 열원(온수, 증기 등) 또는 전기 등의 에너지로 활용하고자한다. 이에 따라 소각시설에서 에너지 생산량에 기여하는 출열 분포의 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 사업장폐기물 소각시설을 대상으로 각각의 출열인자별 양을 산정하고 출열분포 특성에 대하여 고찰하고자 한다. 본 연구는 사업장폐기물 소각시설 7개 시설(10개 호기)를 대상으로 진행하였다. 대상시설의 출열항목은 폐열보일러의 설치형태(일체형, 분리형)에 따라 결정하였다. 소각로와 보일러가 붙은 경우를 일체형이라 하고 증기흡수열, 배출가스 보유열, 보일러 방열손실, 소각로 방열손실, 바닥재 배출열, 미연탄소분 열손실, 블로우다운 배출열의 총 7가지 출열항목을 산정하였으며, 소각로와 보일러가 분리되어 있는 경우를 분리형이라 하여 배출가스 보유열, 소각로 방열손실, 바닥재 배출열, 미연탄소분 열손실의 총 4가지 출열항목을 산정하였다. 이를 출열분포를 산정하기 위해 계측기를 이용하여 관련한 데이터를 일별로 수집하였으며, 계측이 되지 않는 항목에 대하여는 직접 측정하여 산정하였다. 출열분포 특성을 살펴본 결과 일체형 보일러를 설치한 소각시설의 경우 증기 흡수열이 출열분포가 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 분리형 보일러를 설치한 소각시설은 배출가스 보유열이 가장 많이 차지하는 것으로 나타났다.

As of 2013, approximately 253 domestic incineration facilities including incineration facilities for municipal waste and industrial wastes were collected. The distribution of domestic incineration heat through these incineration facilities is estimated to reach about 1,756 thousands toe by 2013. In this study, a high temperature and pressure boiler was applied to evaluate the improvement effect of power generation efficiency of waste incineration facilities. It is possible to increase the power generation efficiency of the steam turbine by increasing the heat loss of the turbine through the high temperature and pressure depending on the steam pressure and the temperature. The boiler main steam amount is reduced by about 10% due to the high temperature and pressure, but the increase rate of the heat fall rate is larger than the decrease rate of the steam flow rate, so that the power generation efficiency is improved. In case of steam temperature, the steam temperature is increased by 50 ℃ at 500 ℃ and 20 kg/㎠ at the pressure of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃, and it is increased by 10 kg/㎠ to 60 kg/㎠, electricity production changes were investigated. Electricity production increased with increasing temperature and pressure. The electricity production increased by 51.03 % at 40 kg/㎠×400 ℃ and by 89.07 % at 60 kg/㎠×500 ℃, compared to the standard condition of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃ for comparison. The boiler main steam amount is reduced by about 10 % due to the high temperature and pressure, but the increase rate of the heat fall rate is larger than the decrease rate of the steam flow rate, so that the power generation efficiency is improved. In case of steam temperature, the steam temperature is increased by 50 ℃ at 500 ℃ and 20 kg/㎠ at the pressure of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃, and it is increased by 10 kg/㎠ to 60 kg/㎠. Electricity production changes were investigated. Electricity production increased with increasing temperature and pressure. The electricity production increased by 51.03 % at 40 kg/㎠×400 ℃ and by 89.07 % at 60 kg/㎠×500 ℃, compared to the standard condition of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃ for comparison.

WtE of MSW plays a crucial role in renewable energy production in Korea. Municipal solid waste (MSW) is an important energy resource for combined heat and power (CHP) production. This study investigated an increasing method to the power generation efficiency by MSW to energy (WtE) plants in South Korea and discussed the issues related to energy efficiency improvement. To achieve energy efficiency improvement is used to lower temperature for emission gas at catalyst inlet, or to reduce/stop using steam to reheat emission gas. Saved energy from this process can be used as power source in order to increase generation efficiency. It is possible to increase denitrification efficiency by maintaining the temperature of emission gas for catalyst denitrification. The temperature of emission gas of which moisture is increased to saturation point (relative humidity of 100%) at the exit of wet scrubber is between 50 and 60℃. This means there should be reheating of emission gas with the approximate temperature of 150℃. Dry emission gas treatment, on the other hand, is the technology to increase generation efficiency by using highly efficient desalination materials including highly-responsive slaked lime and sodium type chemicals in order to comply with air pollution standards and reduce used steam volume for reheating emission gas. If dry emission gas is available, reheating is possible only with the temperature of 45℃ in order to expect generation efficiency by reducing steam volume for reheating.