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Chair: Fabian Jacobi, Hessian State Laboratory (LHL)  

Speaker:

1. Francisco Raposo Bejines, Instituto de la Grasa-CSIC   
   Laboratory Measurements: The Achilles´ heel for the anaerobic digestion of complex solid substrates
    
2. Torsten Stefan, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel /Hochschule Flensburg
   Potential of predicting Klason-lignin in digestates by calorimetry >> PDF (263 kB)
    
3. Holger Müller, BlueSens gas sensor
   Measuring instruments for determining low volume flows

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Chair: Christian Wolf, Institute for Automation and Industrial IT, TH Köln

Speaker:

1. Eric Mauky, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH
   Thermodynamic modelling of gas storages for optimised demand-driven operation of anaerobic digestion plants >> PDF (1.38 MB)
    
2. Florian Centler, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
   Opening the Black Box: Coupling ADM1 with constraint-based methods to include intracellular activity in anaerobic digestion modeling
    
3. Jürgen Kube, Future Biogas Ltd
   Optimisation of the three-stage biogas upgrading process >> PDF (702 kB)

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Chair: Hinrich Uellendahl, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences

Speaker:

1. Alastair James Ward, Aarhus University
   Examining the relationship between inoculum to substrate ratio and apparent hydrolysis rate in biogas batch test assays >> PDF (410 kB)
    
2. Joern Heerenklage, Hamburg University of Technology
   Lab tests with a mini-bioreactor test system (all-in-one) for the development of standardized and storable inocula for BMP-tests
    
3. Sasha D. Hafner, Aarhus University
   Improving BMP determination with mass-based measurements >> PPT (734 kB)
    
4. Sören Weinrich, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH
   Value of batch tests for estimating biogas potentials and degradation kinetics in anaerobic digestion
    
5. Mark Paterson, Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V. (KTBL)
   Experiences from the KTBL/VDLUFA Inter-Laboratory Test Biogas regarding the biogas yield determination in batch tests

Chair: Sabine Kleinsteuber, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

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Speaker:

1. Denny Popp, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
   Metabolism-centered Predictive Modeling of Anaerobic Digestion of Biogas Production
    
2. Niti B Jadeja, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, CSIR
   Microbiome analysis to understand the biotransformation reactions responsible for conversion of food waste to energy in biogas reactors
    
3. Anko Fischer, Isodetect GmbH
   Evaluation of the process performance at commercial biogas plants using compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA)

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Chair: Frank Scholwin, Institute for Biogas, Waste Management & Energy

1. Johan Grope, Institute for Biogas, Waste Management & Energy
   Challenges in Data Acquisition and Application for Biogas Process Modelling in Practice >> PDF (931 kB)
    
2. Anne Geißler, Technische Universität Dresden
   Process control of a high-performance hybrid reactor as a methane stage for biomass with high nitrogen content
    
3. Wolfgang Pfeiffer, University of Wismar
   Control of alkalinity of a full-scale biogas plant treating waste water from the cleaning of car tanks transporting food and fodder, adaption of biogas production to the demand and verification of Nordmann titration method for measuring VOA and alkalinity >> PDF (1.05 MB)
    
4. Karlheinz Meier, BayWa r.e. Bioenergy GmbH
   Monitoring of (manufacturer independent) biogas plants with evaluation of all the data of necessary data points

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Chair: Alastair James Ward, Aarhus University

1. Robin Eccleston, TH-Köln
   Determining Conditions of Intermittently Fed Digesters from Biogas Production Rate Data
    
2. Stefan Junne, Technische Universität Berlin
   Evaluation of pre-treatment methods by in-line particle size distribution monitoring with laserlight backreflection
    
3. Wu Shubiao, Aarhus University
   Minimizing negative effects of liquid digestate recirculation on methane production and system stability in anaerobic digestion of livestock bio-wastes
    
4. Niloofar Raeyatdoost, TH Köln
   Flexible methane production using PI Controller with simulation based soft sensor >> PDF (1.90 MB)