PFI Biotechnology is participating / has participated in the following research projects:

English Title of Project

• Thermal Pressure Hydrolysis for Improvement of the Biogas Yield from Grape Pomace
• Raising the Specific Methane Yield from Agricultural Biomass by Combination of Innovative Approaches to Processing
• Added Value from Xylan-containing Biomass for the Example of Spent Brewer’s Grains
• Construction and Operation of a Pilot Plant for Thermal Pressure Hydrolysis for Improvement of the Energetic Utilisation of Biomass for the Example of Activated Sludge
• Design and Construction of an Innovative Biogas Plant with Upstream Process-controlled Enzymatic Hydrolysis (PEH) of Renewable Resources
• Material and Energetic Utilisation of Straw
• Early Detection and Correction of Faulty Fermentation for Enhancement of Process Reliability und Damage Prevention in Biogas Plants Paying Particular Attention to Propionic Acid Formation
• Characterisation of Methanogenic Archaebacteria in Agricultural Biogas Plants for Renewable Resources
• Application of Alkaline Thermal Pressure Hydrolysis (TPH) for Production of Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate (MAP) from Digested Sludge
• Upgrading of waste heat to process heat for different industries (From Waste Heat to Process Heat) – W2PHeat (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2013)

• BiogasEnzyme – Research and assessment of enzyme application to anaerobic digestion regarding enzyme activity and modes of action as well as modifications of procedures in lab scale, pilot plants and full scale biogas plants (01.08.2010 – 31.07.2013)
  Funding: Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.
  Partner: Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V. (ATB), Archea Service GmbH, ASA Spezialenzyme GmbH, Biogas Nord AG
• Fermentative production of polyhydroxybutyric acid from lignocellulosic biomass (01.08.2010 – 31.07.2013)
  Funding: ERDF
  Partner: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz – Institut für Mikrobiologie und Weinforschung
• Development of a biotechnological process for the reduction of methane slippage of gas purification plants using methanotrophic microorganisms (01.06.2011 – 31.05.2014)
  Funding: Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.
  Partner: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz – Institut für Mikrobiologie und Weinforschung