Research Projects

  • RESERVES - Resource and energy reliability by co-digestion of veg-market and slaughterhouse waste
    Led by: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Weichgrebe
    Team: Moni Mondal, M.Sc.
    Year: 2019
    Funding: BMBF, IGSTC Indo German Science & Technology Center
    Duration: 11/2015 - 12/2019
  • CLEAN - Cruise Liners: Efficient onboard Anaerobic digestioN of organic wastes for energy recovery
    Anaerobic digestion onboard of cruise ships
    Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Köster
    Team: Kai Schumüller, M. Sc.
    Year: 2020
    Funding: BMWi
    Duration: 08/2017 - 07/2020
  • PYRASOL - Smart Cities integrated energy supply, carbon sequestration and urban organic waste treatment through combined solar sludge drying and pyrolysis
    Led by: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Weichgrebe
    Team: Moni Mohan Mondal, M.Sc., Rahul Ramesh Nair, M. Eng
    Year: 2022
    Funding: BMBF, IGSTC Indo German Science & Technology Center
    Duration: 04/2018 - 6/2022
  • Daumen 3.0 - Practical implementation of the DAUMEN process for the use of raw fibre-rich substrates in biogas plants; sub-project 1: Process engineering implementation and practical evaluation
    Led by: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Weichgrebe
    Team: Lukas Illi, M.Sc.
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL), Projektträger: FNR (Fachagentur für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe)
    Duration: 10/2020 - 09/2023
  • Oxi-Loc - Sustainable and exemplary treatment of residual gas emissions from landfills in the aftercare phase using the example of the old landfill Loccum
    Led by: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Weichgrebe
    Team: Tim Kappmeier, M. Sc.
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Land Niedersachsen – Umweltbundesamt (Klimaschutzinitiative Niedersachsen)
    Duration: 07/2022 - 06/2024
  • SeWAGE PLANT H -SeWAGE PLANT H - Sector-coupled production of hydrogen, oxygen and waste heat at the large-scale waste water treatment plant in Hannover-Herrenhausen, Germany
    Led by: Dr.-Ing. Maike Beier, PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Weichgrebe
    Team: Sara Zahedi Nezhad, Arne Freyschmidt
    Year: 2025
    Funding: Land Niedersachsen (niedersächsische Wasserstoffförderrichtlinie)
    Duration: 09/2021 - 12/2025