
Name |
Markus Voelklein |
Place of birth |
Oettingen, Germany |
Education |
Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) in Biotechnology (University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan) Master of Engineering Science in Sustainable Energy (University College Cork) |
Relevant experience |
Diplom-Ingenieur thesis: “Energy balance of biogas production in terms of an optimised hydrolysis” at the Fraunhofer Research Institute in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany Master thesis: “Energy balance of two phase anaerobic food waste digestion” at the Environmental Research Institute in Cork, Ireland Work placement in Dunedin, New Zealand at Waste Solutions. A consulting and designing company for wastewater treatment and biogas technology |
Research interests |
Optimisation of biogas applications, full scale operation of biogas plants , sustainability and LCA analysis of innovative methane applications, biological methanation & Sabatier process, demand driven biogas production |
Current research |
Multiphase digestion Demand driven biogas/electricity production Upgrading of biogas with hydrogen (Sabatier |
Papers |
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Interests/ hobbies |
Swimming, snowboarding |