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Workshop on Heat Pumps in CHPs
«Experience with Heat Pumps in CHPs» is the title of our workshop on 19 August. We sincerely hope to welcome you here in Pirmasens for this event! Participation is free of charge but we kindly request interested persons to register. And beyond? We continue working intensively on our research projects. This newsletter provides you with some brief project updates. If you appreciate this newsletter, please recommend us to your colleagues and business partners - they are cordially invited to subscribe to the English or German version.
Dr. Stefan Dröge and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan |
CONTENTS Conference on «Progress in Biogas III» Imminent Breakthrough for Power-to-Gas Technology On-site Enzyme Production to Obtain Bio-based Chemicals and Polymers from Straw | |
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In the context of the transnational W2PHeat research project, PFI is inviting interested persons to participate in the 2nd «Experience with Heat Pumps in CHPs» workshop. The workshop will be held at PFI in Pirmasens on 19 August 2014. There is no participation fee, but participants are kindly requested to register. | ||
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PFI Biotechnology had organised a first workshop on heat pumps in 2013 | ||
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Ukrainian Delegation at PFI
A 30-person delegation from Ukraine visited PFI on 8 July. Pirmasens was one of the stops on the itinerary of a fact-finding trip organised by the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety within the framework of a project entitled «Establishment of Energy Agencies in Ukraine». | ||
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Conference on «Progress in Biogas III» PFI Biotechnology has been operating its own highly innovative biogas plant to produce green electricity since the start of 2014. PFI staff member Dr. Michael Müller will describe the design of the plant and the operating experience gained so far at the international «Progress in Biogas III» conference to be held in Stuttgart on 10 September. More ...
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Success of the German energy turnaround will be critically dependent upon the development of intelligent practical solutions for energy conversion and storage. The most promising approach to long-term storage of excess power generated by wind turbines and solar installations is provided by power-to-gas technology, in which electricity is converted into the gaseous fuel methane. With financial support from the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, PFI and Mainz University have jointly developed a novel biological power-to-gas process and successfully tested it on an engineering lab scale. | ||
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On-site Enzyme Production to Obtain Bio-based Chemicals and Polymers from Straw The production of bio-based chemicals and polymers from renewable raw materials is destined to be a major future issue. That is why PFI has long been active of the area of white biotechnology and has undertaken various research projects for the development of digestion processes and fermentation technologies which utilise agricultural waste materials for the production of bio-based products.
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Wishing you an enjoyable read
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PFI Biotechnology Phone: +49 6331 2490 0 Chairman: Ralph Rieker Managing Director PFI: Dr. Kerstin
Schulte Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan | Technical Development, Research Facilities, Project Management Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Dröge | Biotechnology and Microbiology, Project Management Authors: Dr. Michael Müller, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan Editor: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Elisabeth Rouiller | Translation: Anthony J. Rackstraw B.Sc. (Hons) Please send comments and questions to: newsletter@pfi-biotechnology.de. | ||
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Link to the German version of this newsletter
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