Description: The aim of the course is to give insight into the fundamental laws and the technology of anaerobic digestion as a process for waste treatment and renewable energy production. It will give an overview of the microbiology of the process and its application for large-scale processes. The course will deal with the following topics:
- The AD pathway and the involved microbial groups
- Inhibition and adaptation mechanisms
- Monitoring and control of the AD process
- Modeling of the AD process
- Reactor design for anaerobic treatment of waste, wastewater and energy crops
- Low and high-tech process design
- Sustainability of AD
- Synergy of AD and agriculture
- AD in the biorefinery context
Program: Lectures, group work and presentations by the students
Organizer: Associate Professor Hinrich Uellendahl, e-mail: hu@bio.aau.dk
Lecturers: Birgitte Kiær Ahring, Peter Westermann, loannis V. Skiadas, Hariklia Gavala, Hinrich Uellendahl, National and international experts from industry and academia
ECTS: 3
Time: June 4-8, 2012
Place: Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen
Deadline for registration: May 25, 2012
- Teacher: Mette Lübeck
- Teacher: Hinrich W. Uellendahl