|
|
|
The project “Anaerobic Pathways
to Renewable Energies and Carbon
Sinks” aims to reach following
overall goals:
| ■
|
Establishment of agriculture as real carbon sink
|
| ■
|
Energetic and material exploitation
of to date unused or barely used
organic mass flows in order to
close material cycles regionally
|
| ■
|
Significant increase of the
overall energetic
efficiency compared to
conventional processes
|
| ■
|
Preservation or
enhancement of
soil fertility
under stress of
climate change
and reduced
biomass return |
| ■
|
Preservation or
enhancement of
ground water
quality under
stress of
growing nitrogen
recirculation
and declining
precipitation
|
| ■
|
Income
protection for
agricultural
farms via
diversification
(“Energy and
climate
farming”) and
production of
bioenergy,
bio-fertilizers,
biochar, and CO2-certificates
|
| ■
|
Fast transfer of
innovative
technologies to
the market
including
partial and
spin-off
solutions
|
Scientific aims are:
| ■
|
Identification,
description, and
assurance of a
highly effective
microbiological
structure for
digesting complex biomasses
|
| ■
|
Modeling and
optimization of the anaerobic
digestion
process using
nitrogen- and
fiber-rich
organic wastes
and an
innovative upflow reactor
|
| ■
|
Analysis of the
feasibility of
different
methods to
carbonize the
digestate into
biochar
|
| ■
|
Designing
biochars for an
integrated use
as an adsorbent
for process
inhibitors, a
biofilm carrier,
and a filter
material for
process gases
and fluids
|
| ■
|
Synergetic
integration of
individual
energy and mass
flows of
bioconversion
and
carbonization
into one
efficient hybrid
process
|
| ■
|
Evaluating the
use of biochar
as a soil
improver
|
| ■
|
Assessment of
the whole
process
including the
aspects
technical
function,
technical and
economical
performance as
well as
environmental
effects
|
| ■
|
Publication of
results in scientific
journals and on
conferences and
exhibitions
|
|
|
