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Removal of Volatile Organic Silicon Compounds (Siloxanes) from Landfill Gas by Adsorbents

흡착제에 의한 매립가스 중 휘발성 유기규소화합물(실록산) 제거특성

  • Seo, Dong-Cheon (Green Technology Research Center, SUDOKWON Landfill Site Management Corp.) ;
  • Song, Soo-Sung (Green Technology Research Center, SUDOKWON Landfill Site Management Corp.) ;
  • Won, Jong-Choul (Green Technology Research Center, SUDOKWON Landfill Site Management Corp.)
  • 서동천 (수도권매립지관리공사 녹색기술연구센터) ;
  • 송수성 (수도권매립지관리공사 녹색기술연구센터) ;
  • 원종철 (수도권매립지관리공사 녹색기술연구센터)
  • Received : 2009.02.03
  • Accepted : 2009.08.17
  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

Adsorption properties were estimated for the organic silicon compounds (siloxanes) in an actual landfill gas (LFG) using adsorbents such as coconut activated carbon, coal activated carbon, silica gel, sulfur adsorbent, carbonized sludge, and molecular sieve 13X. Coconut activated carbon showed the highest removal efficiency of more than 95%. The desorption of hexamethyldisiloxane (L2) from the adsorbent, however, resulted in the remarkable concentration variation of the compound in the treated gas. Silica gel, which had high adsorption capacity for L2 in single substance adsorption experiment in the other study, could not remove the component in the actual landfill gas while it adsorbed well octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) in the LFG. Therefore the elimination of hexamethyldisiloxane is an important factor to determine the level of total organosilicon compound in pretreated landfill gas. Moreover, the L2 from the actual landfill gas was effectively adsorbed by the serial adsorption test using two columns packed with coconut activated carbon which has the great capacity of siloxanes removal among others. In order to utilize efficiently LFG as a renewable energy, the emission and adsorptive characteristics of the substance to be treated should be considered for the organization, operation, and management of pretreatment process.

매립가스의 자원화를 저해하는 전처리 대상물질 중 하나인 유기규소화합물(실록산)에 대한 흡착제의 제거특성을 확인하기 위하여 실제 매립가스를 대상으로 야자계 활성탄, 석탄계 활성탄, 실리카겔, 탈황제, 슬러지탄화물, molecular sieve 13X의 여섯 가지 상용 흡착제 등을 사용한 흡착실험을 수행하였다. 흡착제별 실록산 제거특성을 확인한 결과, 야자계 활성탄은 흡착된 L2성분의 급격한 유출이 확인되었으나 전체적인 실록산 제거효율과 흡착특성을 고려할 때 가장 우수한 흡착제로 나타났다. 그러나 실록산의 제거효과가 있는 것으로 알려져 있는 실리카겔의 경우에는 매립가스 중 D4와 D5 성분을 효과적으로 제거하였으나 L2성분은 흡착되지 않는 것으로 나타나 일부 실록산 성분의 제거효과만이 확인되었다. 한편, 야자계 활성탄을 직렬배열하였을 때, 처리된 매립가스의 실록산 함유정도와 농도변동의 주요인자인 L2성분을 비롯한 실록산 성분의 안정적인 제거가 가능한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 실제 매립가스를 구성하고 있는 매우 다양한 성분들의 특성과 상호작용으로 흡착제의 실록산 제거특성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 효율적인 매립가스 자원화를 위해서는 흡착제와 대상물질 사이의 흡착특성과 함께 매립가스에 포함된 처리대상물질의 배출특성에 따른 전처리가 이루어져야 함을 확인할 수 있었다.

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