Research activities
- Optimization of wet and dry anaerobic digestion.
- Assessment of anaerobic digestion of demanding materials and waste streams.
- Design and development of novel bioreactors – focus on mobile and easily transferable units.
Equipment
- Respirometric system WTW OXITOP AN6.
- Series of 1lt bottle reactors (BMP tests)
- Lab-scale rotary reactor (15 lt)
- Four (4) vertical reactors coupled with incubator (20 lt)
- Three (3) CSTR reactors (60 lt)
- Two (2) rotary reactors with volume 160 lt
- Two-stage vertical AD reactor (200 lt)
- Pilot-scale horizontal CSTR AD unit (400 lt)
- Adjustable inclination (0-90°) pilot-scale reactor (900 lt)
- Pilot-scale rotary reactor with 10 m3 volume
- Infrared and electrochemical biogas analysers (CH4, CO2, O2, H2, H2S).
- Elemental analyser (C, H, N, O, S).
- Measuring equipment: COD, pH, conductivity, moisture, ORP, O2.
- Processing equipment: incubators, dryers, autoclaves, gas-holders, crushers, mills, homogenizers.
Offered services
- Physicochemical characterization of solids (biomass, biowaste, digestate).
- Chemical characterization of gases (biogas, natural gas).
- Feedstock preparation and pre-treatment (crushing, hydrolysis, acidification).
- Downscale of industrial plants anaerobic (co)digestion process.
- Testing of industrial process parameters (loading, retention time, mixing).
- Assessment of additives (trace elements, buffering, enzymes, microorganisms).
Research team
Ing. Jiří Rusín, Ph.D.
Ing. et Ing. Kateřina Chamrádová, Ph.D.
Ing. Markéta Bouchalová, Ph.D.
Ing. Basinas Panagiotis, Ph.D.
Ing. Petra Wojnarová
Ing. Tomáš Výtisk, Ph.D.
Jiří Jureček
Contact
Ing. Jiří Rusín, Ph.D.
e-mail:
tel.: 00420 597 32 7328
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