Abstract
본 연구는 메탄생성에 직접적으로 관여하는 혼합 메탄균과 셀롤로스 등의 고분자 물질의 가수분해 반응에 활성이 뛰어난 반추위 내 혐기성 섬유소분해균 중에서 대표적인 Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens 및 Ruminococcus albus를 biochemical methane potential (BMP) 시험에 첨가하였을 때 메탄 발생에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 수행되었다. BMP시험은 멸균증류수를 첨가한 control과 각각의 미생물 배양액을 첨가한 혼합 메탄균 첨가구 (M), F. succinogenes 첨가구 (FS) R. flavefaciens 첨가구 (RF), R. albus 첨가구 (RA) 및 RA+FS 혼합첨가구와 M+RA+FS 혼합 첨가구로 총 7개 처리구로 각 처리구별 3반복으로 진행되었다. 미생물 배양액의 첨가량은 식종액과 기초혐기배지 (anaerobic basic medium) 혼합액 50 mL에 1% (0.5 mL), 3% (1.5 mL) 및 5% (2.5 mL) 씩 첨가 하였고 배양을 위한 기질로는 cellulose (<TEX>$2.0g\;VS\;L^{-1}$</TEX>)이 이용되었다. BMP 시험을 위해 40일간 배양이 지속되었고 중온소화를 위해 <TEX>$38^{\circ}C$</TEX>의 배양기에서 수행되었다. 실험의 결과 총 바이오가스 및 메탄 발생량은 5% FS에서 다른 처리구와 비교하여 각각 10.4~22.7% 및 17.4~27.5% 높았다 (p<0.05). 총고형물 (TS) 분해율도 가스발생 결과와 유사하였는데, 전반적으로 FS가 높게 나타났으며, 5% FS에서 64.2%로 가장 높았다. 휘발성 고형물 (VS) 분해율은 5% FS와 5% RF가 각각 68.4 및 71.0%로 가장 높았다. BMP 종료시 배양액내 pH는 모든 처리구가 6.4이상으로 메탄발효에 큰 영향을 주지 않았음을 알 수 있었다. 결론적으로 본 실험의 결과 혐기소화에 대한 회분식 배양에서는 메탄생성단계보다는 가수분해단계에서 특히, F. succinogenes 배양액의 첨가량이 증가할수록 메탄의 생성량을 증가시킴을 알 수 있었다. The study investigated the biochemical methane potential (BMP) assay of cellulose supplementing with mixed methanogens and cellulolytic bacteria to improve anaerobic digestion for methane production. For the BMP assay, 7 different microbial supplementation groups were consisted of the cultures of mixed methanogens (M), Fibrobacter succinogenes (FS), Ruminococcus flavefaciensn (RF), R. albus (RA), RA+FS and M+RA+FS including control. The cultures were added in the batch reactors with the increasing dose levels of 1% (0.5 mL), 3% (1.5 mL) and 5% (2.5 mL). Incubation for the BMP assay was carried out for 40 days at <TEX>$38^{\circ}C$</TEX> and anaerobic digestate obtained from an anaerobic digester with pig slurry as inoculum was used. In results, 5% FS increased total biogas and methane production up to 10.4~22.7% and 17.4~27.5%, respectively, compared to other groups (p<0.05). Total solid (TS) digestion efficiency showed a similar trend to the total biogas and methane productions. Generally the TS digestion efficiency of the FS group was higher than that of other groups showing at the highest value of 64.2% in the 5% FS group. Volatile solid (VS) digestion efficiencies of 68.4 and 71.0% in the 5% FS and the 5% RF were higher than other groups. After incubation, pH values in all treatment groups were over 6.4 indicating that methanogensis was not inhibited during the incubation. In conclusion, the results indicated that the hydrolysis stage for methane production in anaerobic batch reactors was the late-limiting stage compared with the methanogenesis stage, and especially, as the supplementation levels of F. succinogenes supplementation increased, the methane production was increased in the BMP assay compared with other microbial culture addition.
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