- Sustainability
Biogas and biomethane
Comprehensive recovery of by-products and waste
The management of by-products and waste represents a cost for companies, while at the same time there is growing interest in renewable energy sources.
The generation of organic waste and by-products requires appropriate management, which in many cases generates little income or may even represent a cost. In addition, from an environmental perspective, it can have a negative impact on the company’s brand image.
However, the evolution towards a more circular economy, in which resources are recovered and made profitable, offers new opportunities for the valorisation of organic by-products and waste, including the generation of renewable energy that brings economic and environmental value to the company.
At AINIA, we add value
- We develop new efficient and sustainable processes for the production of biogas and biomethane from organic waste.
- We diversify the applications of anaerobic digestion towards biorefinery models.
- We have experience and pilot infrastructures to test new anaerobic digestion processes and digestate treatment.
- Study of new substrates and raw material pretreatments.
- Technical-economic feasibility studies and support in industrial projects, due diligence, etc.
- Determination of biogas composition, CH4, CO2, O2 and H2S, and purity measurement.
- Batch tests to measure the biomethanisation potential of waste, biodegradability curve, inhibition, etc.
Biogas and biomethane
- Substrate pretreatments to improve their biodegradability.
- Anaerobic co-digestion technologies, wet or dry process, mesophilic or thermophilic, two-phase digestion, dark fermentation, etc.
- Technologies for upgrading biogas to biomethane, renewable natural gas.
- Post-treatment and agronomic management of digestates from anaerobic digestion plants.
- Two-phase digestion and dark fermentation: biohydrogen and VFAs.
- Recovery and bioconversion of VFAs.
- Bioconversion of gases, CH4/CO2, into high added-value bioproducts.
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Pablo López
Head of Bioenergy and Biorefinery.
