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Study on Characteristics of Solubilization for Sewage Sludge Using Electronic Field and Ultrasonification

전기장과 초음파를 이용한 하수슬러지의 가용화 특성 연구

  • Received : 2010.10.14
  • Accepted : 2011.09.28
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Sludge solubilization using sonification has been increasingly used for sludge volume reduction along with enhancing digestion efficiency during anaerobic biogas production. In this study, either electric field or ultrasonification or in combination with were investigated using three types of sludge (return, excess and mixed at G sewage treatment facility) for the most efficient solubilization. As a the closed loop, 200 L of sludge was continuously passing through the solubilization system at an average flow rate of $0.7m^3/h$, which is equivalent to 3.5 times treated per hour for up to 84 times (24 h). Only implying electric field showed no variation for sCOD/tCOD before and after treatment on sludge solubilization regardless of types of sludge. However, employing the ultrasonic or combined system could both increasingly solubilize sludge with regard to the number of passing-through, which more enhanced by the combined. In addition, VSS/TSS was lowered to in the range of 2 and 6% while its particle size, diameter (0.9) and diameter (0.5) were more minimized than that of raw sludge. For return sludge, ultrasonification was more efficiently facilitated for solubilization, whereas electric field-ultrasonification was more preferably applied for excess and mixed sludge. It is concluded that depending on types of sludge, solubilization system must be selectively applied for the most efficient break-up of them.

초음파를 사용한 슬러지 가용화는 슬러지 부피 감소 및 혐기성 바이오가스 생산시의 소화효율 강화를 위해 그 이용이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 세 종류의 슬러지(G 하수처리장의 반송슬러지, 잉여슬러지와 혼합슬러지)를 대상으로 가장 효율적인 가용화를 위해 전기장단독처리와 초음파단독처리 및 전기장-초음파 복합처리를 연구하였다. 폐쇄된 회로로서, 평균 $0.7m^3/h$의 유량으로 200 L의 슬러지(이는 1시간당 3.5회 처리에 해당)를 24시간 동안 84회까지 연속적으로 가용화 공정을 통과시켰다. 전기장만 단독으로 적용하였을 때의 경우 슬러지 종류와 관계없이, 처리 전과 후에 어떤 sCOD/tCOD 변화도 발생하지 않았다. 그러나 초음파 단독 또는 복합된 공정을 이용한 경우 통과횟수에 따라 두 방법 모두 슬러지 가용화율이 증가하였고 복합된 경우 더 크게 증가하였다. 또한, 입자의 직경(0.9)과 직경(0.5)이 원 슬러지보다 감소하는 동시에 VSS/TSS는 2~6% 범위까지 감소하였다. 잉여슬러지와 혼합슬러지에는 전기장 및 초음파 복합처리가 더 적합했던 것에 비해 반송슬러지는 초음파 처리가 더 가용화를 효과적으로 촉진하였다. 가장 효율적인 슬러지 파괴를 위해서는 슬러지 종류에 따라 가용화 공정이 선택적으로 적용되어져야 할 것으로 판단할 수 있었다.

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