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Programme:: ERA-NET Bioenergy - Kooperative F&E-Projekte - Industrielle Forschung

Project partners: AAT Abwasser- und Abfalltechnik GmbH & Co, Weidachstraße 6, 6900 Bregenz, Austria.
Contact person: Johanna Bogner;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Fachhochschule Wädenswil, Switzerland.
Contact person: Hajo Nägele;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Staff: Pröll Tobias, Sub Projectleader; Pfeifer Christoph, Sub Projectleader; Fuchs Werner, Project Staff; Gabauer Wolfgang, Project Staff; Petritsch Florian, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units: Institute for Environmental Biotechnology; Institute of Chemical and Energy Engineering (IVET)

Funded by: Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Sensengasse 1, 1090 Wien, Austria

Abstract: After the European Union climate and energy package (“the three 20 targets”), the zero carbon economy in the European Union by 2050 was suggested in 2018-19 to reach the reduction of climate change. The proposal “VARESI” aiming to valorise industrial residues onsite the production plant and to integrate the energy vectors, mainly into the production process. To realise this target the consortium combines anaerobic treatment technologies, hydrothermal carbonisation and energetical process integration including exergy analysis. In addition to energy efficiency, water recovery plays an important role during the project. The project is completed by a techno-economic assessment. The focused industries are breweries, dairies, meat processing industry, pharmaceutical industry, pulp and paper industry and sugar industry.

Keywords: Environmental Biotechnology; Energy saving; Energy technology;; anaerobic digestion; biochar; energy recovery; industrial residues;