718837 UE Biogas
winter semester 2019/2020 | Last update: 21.09.2020 | Place course on memo listThomas Klammsteiner, PhD Thomas Klammsteiner, PhD, +43 512 507 51322
Students are able to develop a well structured experimental design and how to perform process monitoring. In addition, the lab course will give an insight into analysis, interpretation and correlation of comprehensive data sets (physico-chemical and microbiological parameters).
As part of this exercise, biogas, as an example of a renewable energy source, is being produced in laboratory reactors. The following questions are treated by the students:
• How is biogas produced from waste?
• Which process parameters influence the biogas yield?
• How do I conduct proper monitoring?
• Which process parameters correlate with each other?
• Construction and maintenance of a reactor system in fed-batch mode
• Quantification of the biogas production (gas yield and gas composition)
• Determination of relevant physico-chemical process parameters (pH, DM/VS, volatile fatty acids, ammonium, etc.)
• Plating experiment with selective agar plates to determine the hygienisation potential
• Data analysis and interpretation
25% each:
• Test (about the content of the protocol)
• Cooperation during the lab course
• Presentation of results in the form of posters (1 poster per group)
• Summary of results in the form of an abstract (1 abstract per student)
The skript for the laboratory course will be available online in the OLAT system
Completed Bachelor's degree
If requested, the course will be held in English.
ATTENTION! The laboratory course does not comprise two full weeks! Within these two weeks there will be five whole and two half exercise days. On the remaining days, one person per group will come to the laboratory to measure gas (about one hour).
The final course schedule will take place at the general preliminary meeting on 01.10.2019 at 09:00 in HS G!
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