Paper details

Title:

Efficiency Enhancement of Biogas Plants - Results from the National Funding Program 'Biomass Energy Use'

Author(s):

Pfeiffer, D., Krebs, C., Liebetrau, J., Zosel, J., Schelter, M., Häring, G., Sonnleitner, M., Zörner, W.

Document(s):

Abstract:

Three exemplary projects within the program for "Promoting Projects to Optimize the Use of Biomass for Energy Production" ("Biomass energy use") funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) are presented. All projects aim to support the increase of renewable energies fraction of electricity supply and contribute to the environmentally friendly energy production and recycling of waste materials. One project gives a detailed analysis of greenhouse gas emissions by production of biogas from organic waste material at biogas plants. In the second project a mobile testing plant is developed to optimize decentralized small and medium sized biogas plants, which convert also agro-industrial biogenic waste and/or biomass from landscape conservation. The third project presents approaches to implement a system for the controllable generation of electricity by biogas plants to meet consumer demands. The provided results of the projects can be used to support the reduction of greenhouse gases in biogas production and contribute to a climate-efficient technology in general.

Keywords:

biogas, electricity, greenhouse gases (GHG), measurement, CO₂ reduction

Topic:

R&D on Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Electricity and Chemicals

Subtopic:

Anaerobic digestion for biogas production

Event:

20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

2DV.3.22

Pages:

1450 - 1456

ISBN:

978-88-89407-54-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/20thEUBCE2012-2DV.3.22

Price:

FREE