Projects
Within the working group, research projects focusing on monitoring and optimization of anaerobic processes are conducted. The thematic focus includes projects related to practical process simulation, substrate and efficiency assessment, as well as investigations on model-based monitoring and control of anaerobic digestions plants. In addition to publicly funded third-party projects, direct research and development contracts are also carried out for private companies (including Siemens AG).
Current research projects
FlexApp | Feed management for flexible biogas plants in practical operation | Subproject 1: Plant simulation and economic evaluation | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Coordinator and project lead: S. Weinrich | Project partner: Chemnitz University of Technology | Funding period: 1.2023 to 12.2024 | More information
BioSim | Junior research group for model-based process monitoring and control of anaerobic digestion plants | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Project lead: S. Weinrich | Funding period: 11.2020 to 10.2025 (2023 interim evaluation) | More information
MeMo | Methane emission model for open digestate/slurry storage | Working package: Methane emission model | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Project lead: B. Schumacher | Funding period: 11.2021 to 10.2024 | More information
Effektor | Continuous monitoring of the technical efficiency of biogas plants | Working package: Plant balancing for daily assessment of the energy efficiency of the anaerobic digestion process | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Project lead: M. Pohl | Project partner: Optum Systemtechnik GmbH | Funding period: 10.2019 to 6.2023 | More information
Completed research projects
FlexiMod | Development of a model-based forecasting tool for flexible biogas production of large-scale biogas plants | Subproject 2: Data preparation and revision of existing simulation models considering practical measurement technology | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Project lead: S. Weinrich | Coordinator and project partner: Rostock University | Funding period: 8.2020 to 3.2023 | More information
RestFlex | Suitability of agricultural residues for the flexibilization of the biogas process | Working package: Determination of the biogas potential and degradation kinetics of characteristic residues | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Project lead: J. Kretzschmar | Funding period: 7.2019 to 6.2022 | More information
Gazelle | Integrated control of biogas plants for flexibilization and energy optimization | Working package: Modeling, efficiency evaluation and plant control | Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB) | Project lead: J. Kretzschmar | Funding period: 2.2017 to 12.2020
SubEval | Evaluating substrates for biogas production - from laboratory to industrial scale | Subproject 1: Conduction and model-based evaluation of laboratory and full-scale experiments | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) | Coordinator and project lead: S. Weinrich | Project partner: Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft (KTBL) | Funding period: 10.2015 to 1.2019 | More information
RegEnFlx | Demand-oriented control of energy from biomass | Working package: Control and simulation of biogas plants | Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB) | Project lead: F. Jacobi | Funding period: 1.2013 to 9.2014