Poznań 2017 - Program

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017

9:00

Welcome to the 5th Inter Baltic Biogas Arena Workshop

Prof. Frank Scholwin, Institute for Biogas, Waste Management and Energy, Germany and Ph.D. ass. Prof. Piotr Oleskowicz-Popiel, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland

9:20

Keynote: Biogas perspective in Poland

Prof. Jacek Dach, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

9:50

Resource recovery at the municipal waste water treatment plants

Magdalena Budych-Gorzna, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

10:20

Break

10:40

Innovative circular approaches on the recycling of phosphorus

Dr. Carsten Gellermann / Dr. Karolina Kazmierczak, Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung ISC, Germany

11:10

Sponsor presentation

Aquateam COWI

11:20

High-value products from anaerobic digestion – Norwegian experiences

Renata Tomczak-Wandzel, PhD eng., Aquateam COWI, Norway

 

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

Speed Dating – Networking

14:00

Break

14:10

Treatment of digestates and recovery of nutrients

Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Simbach, POLL, Germany

14:40

Nitrogen extraction in biogas plants

Dr. Sci. Ilkka Virkajärvi, Ductor, Finland

15:10

Integrated biogas production for nutrients recirculation: a large-scale demonstration project

Francesco Ometto, Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International AB, Sweden

15:40

Break

16:00

Digeponics – Use of digestate as growing medium and as fertilizer in greenhouses

Ketil Stoknes, Lindum, Norway

 

16:30

Overview of catalytic purification and conversion of biogas

Dr. Sebastian Wohlrab, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany

17:00

Recovery of medium-chain fatty acids as platform chemicals from biomass

Dr. Heike Sträuber, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany

17:30

Concluding Remarks

18:30

Dinner and Discussion

At “Common table” – Restaurant with inclusive concept and food that is a fusion between traditional Polish cuisine and modern-healthy trends

Thursday, August 24th, 2017

8:00

Excursion – Meet and departure time

8:30

Tour of waste water treatment plant in Poznan with co-digestion of sludge with food-industry waste

10:30

Tour of the Food2Waste2Food pilot plant at Poznan University of Life Sciences

The project aims to demonstrate a closed cycle organic waste treatment system using municipal organic waste to provide energy, water, fertilizer and carbon dioxide for greenhouse agriculture. The innovated greenhouse will be visited.

12:00

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