Network Meeting May 2015 Essen

The 3rd meeting of the ATBEST consortium took place at the Essen Campus of the University of Duisbury-Essen, Germany, on May 12th and 13th 2015.

This meeting served as the project's mid-term review, where a representative of the EC Research Executive Agency attended to check on the progress made in the project. ATBEST Coordinator, Sam McCloskey, provided the assessor with an overview of the project and the ATBEST fellows gave a non-technical presentation on themselves and their activities in the project as well as poster presentations on their scientific progress.

An industrial session was also held, with representations from Professor Burkhard Teichgräber from ATBEST Associate Partner Emschergenossenschaft; Dr Christian Wolf from GECOC at CUAS and Roel Swierenga from 928 Revolution.

The presentations and posters can be downloaded from the links below:

ATBEST - A Mid Term Update; Sam McCloskey, ATBEST Coordinator

Researcher presentations and posters

Work Package 2 - Feedstock Sustainability and Digestion

ESR 2.1: Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment of feedstock digestion systems; Markus Voelklein (UCC) (Poster)

ESR 2.2: Synergies from co-digestion of grass silage with other feedstocks; Himanshu (TEAGASC) (Poster)

ESR 2.3: Viscosity characteristics of CSTR biogas processes as affected by substrate composition; Luka Šafaric (LIU) (Poster)

ER 2.4: Development of macroalgae as substrate for biogas production; Francesco Ometto (SBF) (Poster)

Work Package 3 – Process Monitoring

ESR 3.1: Genomic optimisation of hydrolysis in biogas production; Joanna Grebosz (QUB) (Poster)

ESR 3.2: Analysis of anaerobic fermentation process by online spectroscopic UV/Vis, NIR and MIR measurement; Robin Eccleston (CUAS) (Poster)

Work Package 4 – Biogas Upgrading and Supply