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The project “Agriwastevalue” is similarly exciting: Together with partner institutes we are developing a new value chain for essentially residue-free utilisation of waste products from fruit growing and viticulture to produce bio-based substances of use in cosmetics, dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals, and in the chemical industry. Moreover, PFI can very soon benefit from the high-precision analytical technique Single Cell ICP-MS which will be a real boon to numerous projects because it permits targeted optimisation of fermentation processes.
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Presentation
of PFI’s P2G Technology
In the course of the Science Forum at the Biogas Info Days, PFI’s Benjamin Pacan presented Germany’s most advanced P2G plant technology, which has been implemented by PFI and other partners at Pirmasens Energy Park and is undergoing constant expansion and optimisation. |
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Renewed Successful Participation in Biogas Round Robin Tests In 2018 our laboratory participated in two
round robin tests relating to biogas – once again successfully: In
addition to the biogas round robin test of the Bavarian State Institute
for Agriculture (Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, LfL), in
which PFI has participated for several years, the KTBL-VDLUFA round robin
test for biogas yields was also included in the program.
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Valuable Straw-derived Enzymes for a Sustainable Energy Supply
These cellulases can be used to break down remaining cellulose in pre-treated straw and to produce biofuels or other high-quality bio-based products from the resulting sugar solutions.
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Bio-based Products from Fruit Growing and Viticulture Residues
The goal of the new “Agriwastevalue“ project is to create an innovative value chain for novel bio-based products in the areas of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, and the chemical industry with an almost hundred percent utilisation of the residues. This is to be demonstrated for the example of agricultural residues from fruit growing and viticulture. |
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Focus on the Cell: High Resolution Natural Product Analysis at a Cellular Level
PFI will in future be using an innovative measuring technique for the targeted optimisation of fermentation processes: So-called Single Cell ICP-MS permits determination of concentrations of process-relevant nutrients and trace elements in the bacterial cell. This will lead to considerable advances in medium optimisation and medium recycling in the Power2Gas process as well as in the use of trace elements in biogas plants. |
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Biotechnology Phone: +49 6331 2490 0 Chairman: Michael Tackenberg Managing Director: Dr. Kerstin Schulte Department Heads: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan | Technical Development, Research Plants, Project Management Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Dröge | Biotechnology and Microbiology, Project Management Authors: Dr. Patrick Ballmann, Dr. Stefan Dröge, Dr. Thomas Fiehn, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Pacan Redaktion: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Elisabeth Rouiller | Translation: Anthony J. Rackstraw B.Sc. (Hons) Please send us your comments
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In our work on the new research project
“HydroProCellu” we are currently investigating how
biofuels and other valuable bio-based products can be produced from
straw.
