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Assessment of Environmental Impacts and $CO_2$ Emissions from Soil Remediation Technologies using Life Cycle Assessment - Case Studies on SVE and Biopile Systems -

전과정평가(LCA)에 의한 토양오염 정화공정의 환경영향분석 및 $CO_2$ 배출량 산정 - SVE 및 Biopile 시스템 중심으로 -

  • Jeong, Seung-Woo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Suh, Sang-Won (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California-Santa Barbara)
  • 정승우 (군산대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 서상원 (캘리포니아주립대학교-Santa Barbara)
  • Received : 2011.04.13
  • Accepted : 2011.04.27
  • Published : 2011.04.29
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Abstract

The environmental impacts of 95% remediation of a total petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil were evaluated using life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA of two remediation systems, soil vapor extraction (SVE) and biopile, were conducted by using imput materials and energy listed in a remedial system standardization report. Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) results showed that the environmental impacts of SVE were all higher than those of biopile. Prominent four environmental impacts, human toxicity via soil, aquatic ecotoxicity, human toxicity via surface water and human toxicity via air, were apparently found from the LCIA results of the both remedial systems. Human toxicity via soil was the prominent impact of SVE, while aquatic ecotoxicity was the prominent impact of biopile. This study also showed that the operation stage and the activated carbon replacement stage contributed 60% and 36% of the environmental impacts of SVE system, respectively. The major input affecting the environmental impact of SVE was electricity. The operation stage of biopile resulted in the highest contribution to the entire environmental impact. The key input affecting the environmental impact of biopile was also electricity. This study suggested that electricity reduction strategies would be tried in the contaminated-soil remediation sites for archieving less environmental impacts. Remediation of contaminated soil normally takes long time and thus requires a great deal of material and energy. More extensive life cycle researches on remedial systems are required to meet recent national challenges toward carbon dioxide reduction and green growth. Furthermore, systematic information on electricity use of remedial systems should be collected for the reliable assessment of environmental impacts and carbon dioxide emissions during soil remediation.

'오염토양 복원작업 품셈자료 산출근거 마련을 위한 연구'에 제시된 토양증기추출법(soil vapor extraction: SVE)과 바이오파일(biopile) 시스템 구성을 바탕으로 두 오염토양 정화공정이 토양 $1,000m^3$내 총탄화수소를 95% 제거하는 전과정을 전과정평가기법을 통해 평가하였다. 전과정영향평가 결과 SVE가 9개 환경영향범주에서 모두 바이오파일에 비해 높은 환경영향수치를 나타내었다. SVE와 바이오파일, 두 정화방법 공히 토양경로 인체독성(Human toxicity-soil), 수생태독성(Ecotoxicity-water), 지표수경로 인체독성(Human toxicity-surface water), 대기경로 인체독성(Human toxicity-air) 등 4가지 범주에서 상대적으로 높은 환경영향값을 보였다. SVE방법이 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 환경범주는 인체독성(토양)이었으며 바이오파일이 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 환경범주는 수생태독성이었다. SVE방법의 세부 공정별 환경영향을 분석한 결과 운영단계에서 전체 환경영향의 60%를 초래하였고 활성탄교체단계가 36%를 초래하는 등 두 개 단계가 전체 환경영향의 96%를 차지하였다. 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 투입물은 운영 중 사용된 전기였다. 바이오파일 세부 공정별 환경영향 분석결과에서도 운영단계가 전체영향의 55.7%를 차지하였고 활성탄교체단계가 12.4%를 차지하였다. 바이오파일에서도 역시 전기사용에 따른 환경영향이 가장 크게 나타났다. SVE 와 바이오파일, 두 공정 모두 운영단계에서 소비되는 전기에 의한 환경영향이 가장 크므로 오염토양 정화시스템 운영 중 전기소비를 최소화 할 수 있는 운영방안이 필요하다. 오염토양 정화는 비교적 장기간 많은 에너지와 물질이 투입된다. 최근 이산화탄소발생량 감축과 녹색성장에 대한 사회적 요구에 따라 오염토양정화공정에 대한 체계적인 분석과 연구가 필요한 것으로 예상된다. 특히 운영 중 전기소비량은 전과정영향평가 및 탄소배출량 결과에 큰 영향을 미치므로 앞으로 보다 신뢰성 높은 전과정평가를 위해서 전기사용량에 대한 데이터 수집 및 확보가 가장 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

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