• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.113-129
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• 1998

To suggest the separate collection system of garbage in household, people's disposition was evaluated. It was indicated that garbage be collected daily to minimize the odor which was major nuisance from garbage. However, most people wanted to discharge garbage in two or three days interval, as they did not prefer frequent handling. So, proper size of garbage container was determined as two to three days capacity. In contrast with it, it was major opinion that dicharged garbage should be collected everyday by local government to eliminate the outdoor pollution. Plastic bag was the most popular container, as it could be used instantly. Price of the bag affected on the efficiency of reduction and separate collection of garbage. Low price increased the separate collection and decreased the reduction, while high price introduced the opposite result. So, the dual price system was suggested to enhance both objectives.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.312-320
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• 1996

This study was to investigate the changes of phytotoxicity of food waste during composting at an aerated static pile for 80 days. The concentration of sodium in the final compost increased by more than 30% and almost of the sodium was a water soluble type which corresponds to about 94% of the total concentration. Major volatile fatty acid(VFA) produced during the composting was acetic acid and also somewhat of butyric acid. High concentration of acetic acid during the composting was kept up for a month and then decreased progressively. It suggests that the phytotoxicity by the VFAs produced during composting of food waste could be removed through a stabilization process in a period of about 40 days. From the statistical analysis between germination index(G.I.) and VFAs. or G.I. and sodium, the phytotoxicity of food waste samples was more dependent in the changes of acetic acid concentration than that of sodium concentration. Considering low G.I. value in the final food waste compost which is matured completely, however. the agricultural utilization of the food waste compost may be to have a big problem due to excess sodium of the compost which is impossible to remove by composting and seriously inhibits growth of plants.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.3-11
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• 1995

This study was conducted to estimate the stabilization degree of compost which made from Korean food wastes. To make the compost, food wastes were mixed with dried paper sludge, sawdust and the rotten wood waste which had cultivated mushrooms, and then mixture was composted in $1.1m^3$ of chamber which installed with the blower for maintaining the aerobic condition. Y value, EC and pH were changed remarkably for the early stage of composting. These changes showed that the compost of food wastes could be stabilized within 30~35 days and that the substrate, food wastes, can be easily used as energy source for microorganisms. Although these phyico-chemical properties indicated that food wastes could be composted within 30 days during the composting, the temperature of pile maintained over $50^{\circ}C$ for 80 days, and C/N ratio decreased gradually for over 50 days. In conclusion, more than 50 days were required to stabilize the compost of food wastes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.351-354
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 산발효산물과 하수슬러지의 혼합소화를 위한 적정 혼합비를 도출을 위하여 음식물찌꺼기 고온 산발효산물과 하수슬러지의 생분해 특성과 적정혼합비를 도출하고자 수행한 결과 음식물찌꺼기 고온 산발효액과 하수슬러지를 혼합비별로 회분식 혼합소화 실험을 실시 한 결과 혼합비 1:1에서 385ml CH$_4$/g VS$_{added}$로 가장 높은 메탄발생량을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 음식물찌꺼기와 하수슬러지를 1:1로 동일하게 혼합하여 비교 소화실험을 실시했을 때 의 293m1 CH$_4$/g VS$_{added}$와 비교하여 상대적으로 높은 메 탄발생량을 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.35-42
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• 1995

To evaluate the stability of the compost made from food wastes, which were treated in the fermenting tank for 96 hours and then composted additionally in the static pile, physico-chemical properties and phytotoxicities were investigated. When food wastes were treated in the fermenting tank for 96 hours at $55{\sim}60^{\circ}C$, there is the effect of decreasing about 60% of total weight and improving the storage and the handling. However, it is impossible to make the matured compost in the fermenting tank within 2~3 days, which is the operating condition recommended by manufacturers. To use compost in the agricultural field, after treating food wastes in the fermenting tank for 2~3 days, it needs to compost additionally in the staic pile under the suitable fermenting condition over 6 weeks.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.220-227
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• 2004

This study showed that thermophilic anaerobic acid fermentation of food wastes had an enhanced hydrolysis capability and improvement of acidification efficiency. Influence of pH on the anaerobic hydrolysis and acidogenesis was investigated to determine the proper alkalinity in the thermophilic fermentation of food wastes. The results of putting NaOH as alkali to evaluate hydrolysis and acid fermentation efficiency In acid fermentation process of food wastes showed that the food wastes pretreated with 0.05 g NaOH/g TS had the maximum 12,600 mg/L of VFAs concentration during HRT 3 days in $55^{\circ}C$ thermophilic condition and the maximum 9,700 mg/L of VFAs concentration during HRT 5 days in $35^{\circ}C$ mesophilic condition. The accomplishment of high VFAs concentration resulted from that the main component of food wastes such as cellulose, lignin and etc. is performed active chemical decomposition by alkali in thermophilic condition. The major components of VFAs produced from the thermophilic acid fermentation process of food wastes were the short chain fatty acids such as acetic acid, butyric acid, and propionic acid.

• The Korea Swine Journal
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• v.16 no.9 s.181
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• pp.54-56
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• 1994

• Monthly Duck's Village
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• s.6
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• pp.3-6
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• 1998

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.247-256
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• 2006

This study has been conducted for the process of food wastes disposal using surplus capacity of established sewage treatment plant by co-digestion of fermented food wastes and sewage sludge after thermophilic acid fermentation of food wastes. The co-digestion of thermophilic acid fermented food wastes and sewage sludge was performed by semi-continous method in mesophilic anaerobic digestion reactor. It showed great digestion efficiency as the average SCOD and VS removal efficiency in organic loading rate 3.30g VS/L.d. were 74.2% and 73.6%, and the gas production rate and average methane content were 0.440 L/g $VS_{add}.d$ and 66.5%, respectively. Based on the results of this study, the co-digestion of thermophilic acid fermented food wastes and sewage sludge in sewage treatment plant is able to improve treatment efficiency of anaerobic digestion reactor and to dispose food wastes simultaneously, and was proved excellent economical efficiency comparing with any other treatment methods.

• The Korea Swine Journal
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• v.19 no.12 s.220
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• pp.94-97
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• 1997