Anaerobic Digestion

Various process challenges within the field of anaerobic digestion are commonly recognized. For instance, the degradation process is too slow and inefficient, or the presence of toxic substances or nutrients is poorly managed. In this article, the current challenges are discussed and various recommendations are made. When these are followed, it is expected that the advancements in the research related to anaerobic digestion will progress much faster. This will lead to a quicker solution to the current technological challenges.

This is a short description of an industrial application where AMPTS II Light has been used to identify the microbiological reason of a poorly operated Italian biogas plant, which naturally led to a correct rescue solution.

This is a short description of an industrial application where AMPTS II Light has been used to optimise the dosing of micronutrients and give quick restart of a failure Italian biogas plant.

A published article in Water Science and Technology presents the latest guideline for biomethane potential (BMP) assays. Senior scientists Dr. Mihaela Nistor, Sten Strömberg and Prof. Jing Liu from Bioprocess Control provided contribution as co-authors.

For an efficient AD process it is important to monitor the viability and density of the anaerobic microbes involved in the process.

Many biomass sources used to produce biogas are suffering from insufficient amounts of various essential nutrients.

The concept of biorefineries, where biomass is used to produce various products (e.g. transportation fuels, electricity, different chemicals), is considered an integral part of the process of reducing the dependency of fossil fuels.

Performing a life cycle assessment is very important for the determination of the environmental impact of both existing and future projects that affect society.

Monitoring and evaluating the performance of a continuous process is very important in order to know where the process is heading and whether the process is operated at optimal conditions.

Fermentation test in batch procedures for various biological processes (e.g. anaerobic digestion, anammox, dark fermentation, ethanol fermentation, etc.) are increasingly recognised as key experimental approaches for research studies and industrial applications.