| Ref.No: | 61401400 |
| Start date: | 01.02.2024 |
| End date: | 31.12.2025 |
| Approval date: | 31.01.2024 |
| Department: | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
| Sector: | SYNTHESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES |
| Financier: | ΕΛΛΑΔΑ 2.0 ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΣΧΕΔΙΟ ΑΝΑΚΑΜΨΗΣ &ΑΝΘΕΚΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ, ELLHNIKO IDRYMA EREYNAS KAI KAINOTOMIAS |
| Budget: | 400.000,00 € |
| Public key: | 6Δ4Ν46ΨΖΣ4-6ΨΦ |
| Scientific Responsible: | Prof. LYMPERATOS |
| Email: | lyberatos@chemeng.ntua.gr |
| Description: | GREENUPGRADE – VALORIZATION OF GREEN ENERGY FOR ENHANCING THE ROBUSTNESS AND UPGRADING PERFORMANCE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION SYSTEMS– IS A PROJECT AIMED TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES THAT BOUND BIOGAS UPGRADING WITH BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES FROM THEIR SUCCESSFUL SCALE-UP. THE TARGETED BREAKTHROUGH OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE ACTIONS THAT WILL BOOST ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TOWARDS THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, DURING GREENUPGRADE, DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, OPERATED AND COMPARED IN TERMS OF BIOGAS UPGRADING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT. DURING GREENUPGRADE A BIOLOGICAL TRICKLING FILTER (BTF) REACTOR WILL BE COMBINED WITH AN UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTOR AND OPERATE AS AN EX-SITU BIOGAS UPGRADING UNIT. THE BIOGAS WILL BE PRODUCED FROM THE UASB REACTOR. ADDITIONALLY, IN-SITU BIOGAS UPGRADING WILL BE EXPLORED USING AN UASB REACTOR WITH HYDROGEN INJECTION USING MICROBUBBLES. ONLY RECENTLY SCIENTISTS FOUND THAT THE INTEGRATED MEC-AD TECHNOLOGY (ELECTROFERMENTATION) IS A PROMISING SOLUTION FOR SIMULTANEOUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND BIOGAS UPGRADING. ALL SYSTEMS WILL BE ASSESSED IN TERMS OF BIOGAS PRODUCTION RATE AND QUALITY AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNDER VARIOUS OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS (GAS FEEDING RATE, GAS DIFFUSION SYSTEM, DIFFERENT OPERATION MODES, GAS FLOW RATE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF REAL WASTEWATERS, APPLIED VOLTAGE, NUMBER OF CATHODE ELECTRODES FOR THE MEC-AD UNITS ETC.) |
