Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Waste Resource Management at the Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics (IUE) addresses all questions related the resource management, waste to energy systems, polymer recycling and recovery of rare metals from wastes.
PRELAB
- Quality assessment of recycled packaging
- Optimization of process parameters in extrusion and injection molding
- Monitoring influences of impurities in polymer material of mechanical properties
- Degradation assessment using fast optical NIR-measurement
BioTech
- Development and operation of bio test systems under anaerobic and aerobic conditions
- Balancing of pollutants and product degradation in bioconversion processes
- Process optimisation of bio methane and bio hydrogen technology
- Development of integrated waste treatment systems
- Simulation of waste degradation under landfill conditions
- Monitoring of emission potential
BIOTOPE
- Cultivation systems in the form of closed photobioreactors (6 L, 30 L and 8 x 180 L), raceway pond (5000 L) and application of Solar Tracking technology
- Measurement technique to monitor process parameter e.g. light intensity, temperature and pH-value
- Peripheral devices for the realization of the bio-refinery concept: Biogas plant (Volume 2 m3 ), CHP and membrane separator
WEEEA: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment & Ashes
- Research on substitution of primary resources
- Development of innovative processes for the metals recovery
- Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge ash
- Alternative utilization of bottom ashes