EU-PROJEKTER
GasCon´s nøglemedarbejdere har gennem en lang årrække deltaget i EU medfinansierede forsknings- og udviklingsprojekter vedrørende biogas og gylleseparering samt bioenergi generelt – heraf en stor del i rollen som koordinator. De vigtigste kontrakter er anført efterfølgende:
Directorate General XVII:
- Contract no. 380/87, "Ribe Biogas Plant". Coordinator. Completed1990.
- Contract no. 7060/90(c)45, "Energy production through anaerobic digestion". Coordinator. Completed 1992.
- Contract no. 7030/E/90-6D, "Determination of the most favourable European Regions for the energy use of animal waste". Coordinator. Completed 1993.
- Contract no. 4.1000/E/91(c)22, "Technology of centralised digestion of animal manure". Coordinator. Completed 1993.
- Contract THERMIE-BM 77/94, "Grindsted Municipality Wastewater Treatment Plant - codigestion of sludge and MSW". Coordinator, in cooperation abroad with Intercommunale de Propreté Publique (IPALLE),BE. Completed 1997.
- Contract ALTENER/158/95, "Energy neutral sewage plant with simultaneous emission reduction and energy gaining under application of innovative procedures". Contractor, under coordination of SEABORNE G.m.b.H., DE. Completed 1997.
Directorate General XII:
JOULE – programme
- Contract JOUB-0029, "Biomass energy and organic fertilisers within the Whole Crop Bio-Refinery Concept". Coordinator, in cooperation with AGROTECKG.m.b.H., DE and HYPERION ENERGY SYSTEMS Ltd.,IE. Completed 1991.
- Contract JOUB-0066, "Assessment study on organic fertilisers".Contractor and administrative coordinator, under scientific coordination from Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique(INRA),Bordeaux, FR and with participants from GB, IT,ES + Brazil. Completed 1991.
- Contract JOUB-0036 ext., "Coordinated R & D activity in the sector of biomass production - sweet sorghum network". Subcontractor to INRA, Thiverval-Grignon, FR and with other participants from IT, ES, GB and DE. Completed 1993.
- Contract JOUB-92-8011, "Organic fertiliser study - production of organic fertilisers for intensive crops. Coordinator, in cooperation with Dr. Vesterager Entwicklung und Umweltforschung, DE. Completed 1993.
- Contract JOR3-CT97-1025, Joule/CRAFT Exploratory Award.Vacuum steam jet ejector refrigeration related to biogas/CHP. In cooperation with Schreiber A/S and Biogasanlage Barth GmbH.Completed 1998.
- Contract JOR3-CT98-0264, Joule Programme,"Holistic integration of Renewable energy". Under coordination from PROFACTOR GmbH,AT, with co-contractors from DE, IE and 2 other AT.1998-2001. Completed 2001.
- Contract JOR3-CT98-7007,Joule/CRAFT (Cooperative Research),"Refrigeration by a vacuum steam jet ejector system utilising low temperature heat from biogas CHP generation".Coordinator and prime RTD Performer. In cooperation with 1 DK SME company, 5 DE SME companies and 1 AT SME company.1998 - 2001. Completed 2001.
- Contract IEAO-CT2000-00008, “Annual monitoring of the EU RTD Framework Programmes – Impact Assessment of FP4, International Scientific Co-operation INCO-1”. Panel member, ongoing during 2001 and completed by the end of the year. Report published in 2003 – EUR 20452.
5th RTD FRAMEWORK Programme “ Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.
- Contract ERK5-CT1999-00007, “ Holistic integration of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell technology towards a most effective systems compound using biogas as a renewable source of energy “. Subcontractor to Seaborne GmbH, DE, under coordination from PROFACTOR GmbH, AT. Ongoing 2000 – 2004.
- Contract NNE5-2001-00067, “Advanced prediction, monitoring and controlling of anaerobic digestion processes behaviour towards biogas usage in fuel cells”.
Subcontracting German and Danish contractors. Ongoing 2002 – 2005.
AIR programme
- Contract AIR1 - 92 - 8011, "Soil fertility and cultivation of energy crops". Contractor, under coordination from CPL Scientific Ltd., GB and in cooperation with the University of Udine, IT. Completed 1993.
- Contract AIR1 CT 92-0041, "Compost and anaerobic digestion within the European Network on Sweet Sorghum".Contractor and subcoordinator for participants from IT, ES and a subcontractor from DE. Main coordination from INRA, Thiverval-Grignon,FR and with participants also from GR, IE, PT and BE. Completed1998.
Directorate General XIII:
VALUE - programme
- Contract B6-7110 TE-001/91-DK, "Chemical separation process to slurry from animal husbandry and industrial organic waste, producing a dry organic fertiliser of high value and water to sewer". Coordinator, in cooperation with the other contractors Dr.Vesterager Entwicklung und Umweltforschung, DE, Wirtschaftsförderkreis Harlingerland e.V.,DE and Biogas AnlageWittmundG.m.b.H. Completed 1993.
Innovation Programme
- Contract IN20720D, definition phase about the RoHM process to removal of heavy metals in sewage sludge by means of hydrogen sulphide from biogas up-grading. Under coordination from Seaborne GmbH and in cooperation with the municipality of Lohe-Förden,DE. Completed in 1998.
Directorate General XI:
- LIFE99 ENV/DK/000616, “Réduction des émissions de gaz contribuant á l'effet de serre et protection des eaux souterraines par incorporation d'une digestion anaéobie dans un systéme innovateur á épuration du biogaz. »
Coordinator with a German partner. LIFE99 project selected for funding autumn 1999. Finalised.
Beyond the previous listed longer lasting formal RTD contracts short-term consulting have been provided to the European Commission as follows:
- March 1990, Perugia, Italy, "Integrated biomass schemes as related to the LEBEN concept".
- June 1990, Brussels, Belgium, "Pre-feasibility of organic fertilisers to energy crops".
- September, 1991, Angers, France, "Composting and compost quality assurance criteria".
- March, 1993, Brussels, Belgium, "Energy crops in a logistic model".
- May,1995, Bologna, Italy, "The science of composting".
Speeches have been given as invited speaker at conferences funded by the European Commission in Florence 1990,1991 & 1998, Athen 1991, Paris 1993 and Madrid 1994.
May 1999 short listed as qualified expert for evaluation of proposals under the 5th Framework Programme - ref. no. EE19981A03939. Has in this capacity been appointed 1999-2001 to evaluation of RTD proposals for the European Commission under the contracts:
QLEV-CT99-00990
QLEV-CT99-01152
ERBIEA2-CT99-5025
EVK1-CT2000-90073
ENEV-CT2001-1-0059
Publications related to EU-RTD work:
- Soil fertility and cultivation of energy crops. EUR16517EN.1996.
- Biométhanisation et valorisation du biogaz. ACTES.1995.
- Anaerobic Co-digestion of Urban and Rural Waste. PERGAMON.1998.
- CHP generation based upon co-digestion. BIOMASS for ENERGY. 1996.
- Composting of agricultural waste. BLACKIE, SCIENCE of COMPOST. 1995
- Assessment on organic fertilisers. COMPOSTING, EUR1425 EN.
- Chemical processing of biomass slurries. BIOMASS for ENERGY. 1992.
- Impact assessment report on the specific programme International RTD cooperation Fourth framework programme (1994-98). EU 2003. EUR 20452.
- Biogas Powered Fuel Cells, Linz 2004, ISBN 3-85487-626-2.
