Schmack investigates biogas microbes

摘要

The German company Schmack Biogas AG is attempting the com-mercially viable breeding of microbes that are able to increase the yield attained in biogas plants by 20 % and the turnover by up to 100 %. The German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protec-tion is supporting the project.Laboratory experiments using two bac-terial species discovered by Schmack have already resulted in a doubling of the volu-metric loading of a biogas fermenter with-out any acidification of the process.