proBIOGAS #International – Biogas engineering and operating training with plant visits
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This event is ideal for:
- Existing and future owners/operators of biogas plants
- Investors looking for a practical and realistic debate
- Local organisations
- Institutions
It’s all about coming together for a common cause, getting the most out of the multi-decade knowledge that is present during these 8 days…
And return back home with the specific action steps you need to take to advance with your biogas project.
The best part: it doesn’t matter what your previous knowledge is.
The combination of presentations, workshops and question & answer-sessions together with two and a half days of biogas plant visits will fill every possible knowledge gap you have.
On the 2-day field trips, you will have the opportunity to see biogas plants with new, ground-breaking concepts and technology in Germany first-hand.
For your best experience, we’re going to be doing biogas plant visits on the following, specific focus areas:
- Biogas upgrading to biomethane with grid injection
- Digestate treatment and upgrading
During these visits you will be guided by both the biogas plant operator and our experts.
You will gain profound insights into the daily operation of the plant while always being assisted by our specialists with both practical and theoretical experience.
On the laboratory day you will receive practical tips for the optimisation of your anaerobic digestion process through the analysis of fermentation samples.
This proBIOGAS #International course is ideal for:
- Biogas plant operators & staff
- Farmers planning to operate an AD facility
- Government officials engaged with AD
- Academic researchers looking for practical answers
- Investors
Calling all biogas plant operators and AD enthusiasts…
If you want to really understand…
- How exactly biogas is produced from organic waste and biomass
- What to do when you run into troubles with your day-to-day operation
- What the most modern biogas technologies are
- If you should even consider building a biogas plant
- Which type of biogas plant makes sense for your available substrates
- What the most experienced biogas plant operators do every single day
…then this event is for you.
Even if you’ve never had to deal with anything related to biogas in your life before.
Keep reading…
During this 8-day, highly focused biogas training you will acquire specific operating and engineering knowledge regarding the biogas processes and available technologies.
In the last 20+ years in the biogas trenches, we have collected boatloads of valuable know-how.
This means you will only get the absolute best, directly applicable tips, examples and lessons learned.
As you probably already know, biogas production is a very fragile process that depends on lots of factors:
- Which substrate you use
- Wet vs. dry fermentation
- Process temperature
- How much and how often you feed
- Which mixers and stirrers are installed
- And many, many more…
You see, every case is different.
Every project is different.
It all depends!
Depends on what?
On your unique situation…
Which is why we have started doing these types of live trainings more than a decade ago.
To give people just like you the unique opportunity to ask the very specific questions you need to ask.
And to also forward these questions to the right pair of ears.
Sure, we also offer special consultation services…but these are much more expensive and might not make sense for your situation.
Besides, it’s not every day that we get together a group of experts such as during this event.
All of the presenters you will meet in this training have at least 10 years of practical experience in their special biogas niche.
Which means they have most likely faced the very same challenges you are facing right now.
Best part: they will give their presentation on this subject first – and then stick around for all of your questions afterwards.
Over the many years of conducting these events, we have found out that the most valued part by all participants is the chance to directly interact with the experts.
Be it through questions during their presentation…
Conversations during lunch and coffee breaks…
Or even directly on the biogas plant during one of the five plant visits.
- All seminar lectures including decades of worthy biogas related information
- 1 on 1 time with all speakers, allowing you to pick their brain
- Access to multiple different biogas plants
- Exclusive insight into the most advanced biogas technologies IN ACTION
- Local snacks and lunches directly in the facility
- A close group interaction with worldwide participants sharing a common interest
- Cultural and sightseeing opportunities in Stuttgart
- Personalized and signed participation certificate
This training is segmented in the following theoretical and practical elements:
- 5 days of class lessons
- 2 days of field trips
- 1/2-day onsite measurements
- 1/2-day lab visit
The training is structured so that you have a weekend break to explore the local culture, go shopping and enjoy the local cuisine.
The lectures are held by 10+ specialised instructors bundling the profound knowledge of Germany’s most experienced biogas experts.
All of our speakers have been working for at least 10 years in the field of biogas, both in industry and operation. This course stands out through its interactive character, with small classrooms and ample time for discussion and knowledge exchange.
We specifically limit the number of participants to keep interaction high and to make sure every participant can get maximum value out of this event.
During the field trip days on Thursday and Friday, we will visit four different biogas plants in the region of Stuttgart and Southern Germany, the cradle of the biogas technology in Germany.
You will get in touch with plant operators and visit carefully selected, established and successful biogas plant concepts. The used substrates range from maize- and grass-silage, through liquid and solid manure, to bio- and food-waste.
Each of these plants is unique in its technology and approach so you can see for yourself which one fits for which case.
- Overview of the Biogas technology and its future development
- Introduction into plant technology
- Planning & designing of stirring and mixing techn. for digesters, pits & storages
- Decision criteria for a biogas plant
- Introduction into digester biology
- Crucial substrate parameters and their impact on plant performance
- Start-up phase and practical measures for monitoring the digestion process
- Meet the challenge – how to digest fibrous and N-rich feedstocks
- Process control and process optimization
- Pre-treatment and pre-storage technology
- Day to day maintenance on a biogas plant
- Biogas specific building materials for for sustainable plant operation
- Biogas desulphurization
- Proper usage of organic fertilizer
- Cogeneration to heat and power – gas utilization
- Measurement and data recording for optimization, stabilization and enhancement of the biogas process
- Results of a comparative study of biogas plants in Germany
- Organic waste fermentation technology – processes and biological stability
- Visit of an agricultural biogas plant using the irrigation mixing system
- Visit of a dry-fermentation plant with composting
- Interactive field session – on site tests and interpretation of operating modes
- Visit at the biogas laboratories of the University of Hohenheim
- Taking a detailed look at an innovative digestate upgrading facility
- 5-1/2 days in-class training
- 2 days study tour, visiting plants
- 1/2-day lab-session
- All slides of the training lectures + additional biogas literature
- PDF documentation of the visited plants
- Transportation to and from tour facilities
- Lunch, snacks & beverages during the courses
- Certificate of participation