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This Newsletter will provide insights into
our new research projects and how they follow on
from work already completed. You will see: We shall soon have a
solution for biotechnological utilisation of scrap dough from cutting out
biscuits! Dr. Stefan Dröge |
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NEWS |
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PFI Technology Attracts Leading Politcians
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Successful Participation in the 11th LfL Biogas Round Robin Test
Our PFI biotechnology laboratory was successful in all areas in which it participated, thus reconfirming the quality of our analyses. |
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RESEARCH |
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More Power for P2G Plants
The Power2Gas (P2G) Technology is the most promising technological approach to solution of the power storage problem. PFI is conducting intense research in this area. A new two-year research project which started in September 2017 aims to significantly improve the performance of P2G plants. |
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«SucciniGas» The project, started jointly by PFI Biotechnology and the US University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) at the beginning of October 2017, bears the title «Integrated Succinic Acid Production Using Xylose from Lignocellulose and Carbon Dioxide from Biogas and Ethanol Fermentation – SucciniGas». The principal focus is
on the production of succinic acid by adapted microorganisms which can
synthesise succinic acid from xylose and CO2. |
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Raw Materials from Waste Water?
Back in 2011 a feasibility study conducted jointly by PFI and the City of Pirmasens showed that some 50 percent of the phosphorus present in waste water can be recovered by a novel process. After systematic further development considering aspects of sustainability and energy saving, the new process for phosphorus recovery is to be implemented by the City of Pirmasens in a pilot plant. |
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Bio-based Products
and Sustainable
By embarking on a new research project entitled «Development of Processes for Combined Material and Energetic Utilisation from Residual and Waste Materials from the Food Industry for Production of Biobutanol and Biogas» (abbreviated as «Waste4Butanol&Biogas») we can further augment our expertise in the important area of bioeconomics. More ... |
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MASTHEAD |
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PFI
Biotechnology Tel.: +49 6331 2490 0 Chairman: Michael Tackenberg Managing Director: Dr. Kerstin Schulte Heads of the Biotechnological Department: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan | Technical Development, Research Plants, Project Management Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Dröge |
Biotechnology and Microbiology, Project Management Authors: Dr. Thomas Fiehn, Dr. Stefan Dröge, Dr. Michael Müller, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan Editor: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Elisabeth Rouiller | Translation: Anthony J. Rackstraw B.Sc. (Hons) Please send us your comments and questions: newsletter@pfi-biotechnology.de. |
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Our plants at Pirmasens-Winzeln Energy
Park have proved to be a very popular showpiece, also in
times of election campaigns: We have had visits by high-level
politicians on a state and even federal level.
The Pirmasens-Winzeln
Energy Park was definitely one of the places to be for leading politicians
during the federal electoral campaign: Simone
Peter, party leader Alliance 90 / The Greens,
and Anton Hofreiter, group chairman of the same party,
visited the park and showed avid interest in PFI technologies and
equipment.
