Highly efficient technology for biogas production from biomass, in an integrate system generating electric power and heat, in the case of Romanian agricultural farms, BIOGEF

• establishment of a solid and viable partnership among different RD organizations (universities and research institutes) and enterprises with activity in the field;
• development of products, processes and clean technologies and the capitalization of the biomass from energetic point of view;
• promotion of clean energy technologies, environment protection measures and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
• promotion of technologies that capitalize waste byproducts;
• technology optimization at laboratory scale;
• technological transfer from laboratory scale to pilot scale;
• patent proposal;
• dissemination of obtained results.

• development and implementation of clean technologies for superior utilization of biomass;
• realization of a pilot plant that will apply this technology;
• recovery of resulted sludge and their use as fertilizer in agriculture;
• elaboration of a biogas standard according to EU norms;
• technology patent;
• PC7 proposal.

The degree of novelty for this project is given by:

• achievement of a flexible CHP system that allow the use of a wide range of biomass under conditions of farms in Romania;
• determination of factors that influence the energy efficiency of biogas production in an integrated system including cogeneration;
• recovery of resulted sludge and their use as fertilizer in agriculture;
• design and construction of a pilot plant;
• transfer of developed technology and of pilot plant at economic scale
• impact study of biogas production;
• a standard for biogas according to EU norms.

• identified biomass resources in agricultural farms (according to farm types that are characteristic for Romania);
• standard for biogas according to EU norms;
• technology and methods for sludge recovery (technological residues) in order to be used for crop fertilization;
• energetic balance;
• physicochemical and energetic characteristics of biogas;
• pilot station for the capitalization of biomass resources;
• engine modifications required to function with the new type of biofuel;
• patent proposal;
• articles;
• techno– economic studies;
• scientific communications;
• web page;
• CD presentation;
• demonstrative meetings;
• techno – economic documentation;
• patent;
• course material;
• draft PC7 project.

A1.1 Characterization of biomass resources from Romanian agricultural farms;
A1.2 Evaluation of biomass energy resources from the agricultural farms;
A1.3 Identification of energetic demand for each type of farms;
A1.4 Study on the possibilities of using sludge as fertilizer;
A1.5 Dissemination of obtained results – web page.

Stage II 

A2.1 Determination of the optimal solution for biogas production;
A2.2 Development of technology laboratory for biogas production – elaboration of technological flow;
A2.3 Experiments for the use of sludge for fertilization – part I: Identification of sludge that can be used for fertilization.