Renewable energies for wastewater treatment plants – INVENT as project partner
How can wastewater treatment plants be supplied with climate-neutral electricity? The Chair of Energy Process Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) asked themselves this question and is attempting to answer it with the project “KLÄFFIZIENTER”.
This project, which started in October 2024, focuses on the reduction of emissions and the use of renewable energies for wastewater treatment plants. This is to be achieved through a process where hydrogen is added to the existing sewage gas to obtain methane gas and the experimental use of AI algorithms to optimize the energy management of treatment plants.
These AI-algorithms are used in the project to guarantee the most optimal use of the plant. In the course of the project, the efficiency and feasibility of the system will be demonstrated through simulation-based and experimental studies.
Dr.-Ing. Marcus Höfken received his doctorate from the Chair of Fluid Mechanics at FAU in 1994. Together with other experts in fluid mechanics, he founded INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG in Erlangen in 1995 as a spin-off from the Chair.
At INVENT, we work with commitment and passion, since 1995, on the purification of water and wastewater every day and enjoy supporting the FAU as a project partner.
Abb: Development of the KLÄFFIZIENTER control concept for wastewater treatment plants (Source: FAU)
