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TUM School of Engineering and Design
Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Drewes
The SWW is researching the microbiological methanation of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in a trickle bed reactor under thermophilic conditions. As the end product, CH4 should be as pure as possible.
The goal is to develop a simple and robust system for decentralized operation e.g. on wastewater treatment plants in order to use their existing infrastructure (gas storage, CHP, etc.) for energy storage. The gas-tight but pressureless system is inoculated with digestate from the digester of sewage or biogas plants.
Website: Research at SWW
Contact: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Konrad Koch
Demonstration of microbiological Methanation
Optimization of microbiological methanation in the anaerobic trickle bed reactor and demonstration of the reactor performance at pilot-scale
The project examines the following aspects of microbiological methanation:
- Upscaling of the technology, plant construction and operation of a pilot plant at KA Garching
- Attempts to optimize the technology on a laboratory scale
Completed previous projects:
MikMeth Tailored energy supply by microbial methanation
OptiMeth Optimization of Microbial Methanation
Funding: Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (StmWi) (BE/19/03)
Runtime : 08/2019-07/2022
Partner: Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Central Department for Quality Assurance and Analytics
Website: DemoMeth SWW
Contact: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Konrad Koch