Biomethanisation of CO2 in anaerobic digestion plants
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Faculty of Engineering & the Environment
Abstract
The research will create a hybrid anaerobic digestion process in which hydrogen made from renewable energy sources (e.g. wind and photovoltaics) is used to produce biomethane at more than 95% purity. The process therefore provides an efficient in situ biogas upgrading technique which will maximise the conversion of the available carbon in waste biomass into a fuel product that has a wide range of applications, including short-term storage for grid balancing and use as a vehicle fuel. The process is likely to be more environmentally friendly and sustainable than current methods for biogas upgrading as there is reduced process loss of methane. The target is to develop the system for use in the water industry where there is a large potential to integrate it into existing infrastructure and to maximise the use of process heat and other by-products. A second targeted application is at a smaller scale on farms, where there is an abundant supply of waste biomass and a lack of suitable biogas upgrading plant.
Planned Impact
As described in proposal submitted to Innovate UK
Organisations
- University of Southampton (Lead Research Organisation)
- LEAP micro AD Ltd (Collaboration)
- Sativa Holdings Limited (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Minas Gerais (Collaboration)
- Western Isles Council (Collaboration)
- UK Environmental Biotechnology Network (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Amazonas (Collaboration)
Publications
Alessi AM
(2018)
A practical introduction to microbial molecular ecology through the use of isolation chips.
in Ecology and evolution
Bywater A
(2022)
Potential for Biomethanisation of CO2 from Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes in the United Kingdom
in Processes
Michailos S
(2021)
A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant
in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Michailos S
(2020)
Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment
in Energy Conversion and Management
Nock W
(2019)
Evaluation of microporous hollow fibre membranes for mass transfer of H 2 into anaerobic digesters for biomethanization
in Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
Redeker K
(2018)
Next Generation Biomonitoring: Part 2
Tao B
(2019)
Simultaneous biomethanisation of endogenous and imported CO2 in organically loaded anaerobic digesters
in Applied Energy
| Description | The research to date has shown that it is possible to convert a conventional anaerobic digester into a biomethanisation reactor, which simultaneously upgrades the biogas and increases the biomethane yield. There are indications that this is likely to be the most appropriate technology in several types of application and scales of operation. The research also indicates that this is a potentially effective means of decarbonising wastewater treatment. A key finding is that the microbial community can rapidly adapt to the changing conditions with hydrogenotrophic populations becoming dominant in a short period. Rapid tests to follow these changes have been developed. |
| Exploitation Route | The technology is ready to be taken forward at pilot and demonstration scales in conjuction with industrial partners, to explore the effects and potential benefits of scale-up. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Energy Environment Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
| Description | After a lull in which policy and industry attention was more focused on aspects of the proposed hydrogen economy, we are now receiving enquiries from governmental, funding and industry bodies on CO2 biomethanisation: this has led to preparation of a report jointly funded by Carbon Recycling Network (BB/S009795/1) and the Environmental Biotechnology Network (BB/S009795/1) on potential for implementation. A joint industry/academic workshop on microbial systems with gaseous feedstocks is taking place in March 2024 to develop a position statement and an additional workshop is planned for later this year to identify any policy and regulatory obstacles and propose actions for technology progression and implementation. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | ADNet BIV |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BIV2016013 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Department | Anaerobic Digestion Network (AD Network) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | BBSRC Anaerobic Digestion Network Seeding Catalyst Funding |
| Amount | £49,879 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SC2017002 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | Business Interaction Voucher |
| Amount | £4,971 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BIV2017001 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | C1net BBSRC NIBB Business Interaction Voucher |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BIV-18-banks-C1net |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | CCNet BBSRC NIBB Proof of Concept |
| Amount | £65,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | POC-02-ZHANG-CCnet |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | CRNet and EBNet NIBB BBSRC funding for "CO2 Biomethanation as an enabling process for carbon recycling and utilisation - critical review of gaps and opportunities for future scale-up in the UK" |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | Industry Fellowship |
| Amount | £123,285 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IF160022 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop Grant-2 |
| Amount | £39,600 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 216405884 |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | Research England QR GCRF Institutional Allocation for "Research Energy Institute - Development and evaluation of integrated systems for the provision of drinking water, electricity and fuel to rural communities" |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | Research England QR GCRF Institutional Allocation for "Sustainable energy access for isolated rural communities with hybrid solar and biogas micro-grids' project" |
| Amount | £7,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Title | Dataset for 'Potential for biomethanisation of CO2 from anaerobic digestion of organic wastes in the UK' |
| Description | This dataset contains the literature data and supporting calculations used to generate Tables S1-S4 in the associated publication: AUTHORS Bywater, A., Heaven, S., Zhang, Y., Banks, C.J. TITLE Potential for Biomethanisation of CO2 from Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes in the United Kingdom JOURNAL Processes PAPER DOI 10.3390/pr10061202 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data and standardised comparative values from a wide range of publications made available to researchers in the field of in situ CO2 biomethanisation |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/457966/ |
| Title | Dataset for Dynamic changes in anaerobic digester metabolic pathways and microbial populations during acclimatisation to increasing ammonium concentrations |
| Description | This file contains the analytical data for the publication: Wei Zhang, Anna M. Alessi, Sonia Heaven, James P.J. Chong, Charles J. Banks (2021) 'Dynamic changes in anaerobic digester metabolic pathways and microbial populations during acclimatisation to increasing ammonium concentrations', Waste Management, Vol. 135, pp 409-419, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.09.017 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data on dynamic changes in anaerobic digester metabolic pathways and microbial populations made widely available to other researchers |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/451556/ |
| Title | Dataset for Evaluation of microporous hollow fibre membranes for mass transfer of H2 into anaerobic digesters for biomethanisation |
| Description | Experimental data from work described in the following publication: Nock, W.J., Serna-Maza, A., Heaven, S. and Banks, C.J., 2019. Evaluation of microporous hollow fibre membranes for mass transfer of H2 into anaerobic digesters for biomethanization. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 94(8), pp.2693-2701. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Modelling and experimental data indicates that addition of hydrogen to full-scale anaerobic digestion plant for the purposes of in situ biomethanisation of CO2 may be an effective option |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/431516/ |
| Title | Dataset for Simultaneous biomethanisation of endogenous and imported CO2 in organically loaded anaerobic digesters |
| Description | Experimental data associated with the work reported in the following publication: Tao, B., Alessi, A.M., Zhang, Y., Chong, J.P., Heaven, S. and Banks, C.J., 2019. Simultaneous biomethanisation of endogenous and imported CO2 in organically loaded anaerobic digesters. Applied energy, 247, pp.670-681. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The data formed the basis of a successful application for Proof of Concept funding from the UKRI-funded Carbon Recycling Network https://carbonrecycling.net |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/430285/ |
| Title | Dataset in support of the journal paper 'Validation of two theoretically-derived equations for predicting pH in CO2 biomethanisation' |
| Description | This file contains the data from experimental work described in the above paper published in 'Processes' This dataset contains: A file in Microsoft Excel format containing results from a laboratory-scale study on anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge with H2 addition during part of the experimental period. The data include experimental values for pH, ammonia, volatile fatty acids, alkalinity, total and volatile solids, gas composition (CH4 and CO2) and gas production volumes. The file also includes the results of application of two theoretically-derived equations presented in the paper to this experimentally-obtained data. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Dataset only made available this year, impacts not yet ascertained and verified |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/472916 |
| Title | Experimental evaluation of continuous in-situ biomethanation of CO2 in anaerobic digesters fed on sewage sludge and food waste, and the influence of hydrogen gas-liquid mass transfer |
| Description | This data repository collects all the experimental data related to the paper "Experimental evaluation of continuous in-situ biomethanation of CO2 in anaerobic digesters fed on sewage sludge and food waste, and the influence of hydrogen gas-liquid mass transfer". The data is divided in two main folders, according to the substrate used in the biomethanation experiments, i.e.: - Sewage Sludge (SS) - Food waste (FW) In each substrate folder, the data is further reported in different folders, for each of the experimental periods - R1 , R2, R3 (gas recirculation rate experiments) - O1, O2, O3 (operational conditions experiments) For each experimental period, three Excel (*.xlsx) files are included: - Organic Loading Rate (OLR), Biogas Flow and H2 Injection - Gas Composition - pH Each experimental period is described in detail in the PhD Thesis: "Sastraatmaja, A. Experimental Process Development and Techno-Economic Assessment of In-Situ Biomethanation of Carbon Dioxide in Biowaste Anaerobic Digesters, University of Sheffield, 2022." Graphs from PhD Thesis are included in each Excel file to facilitate referencing. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Dataset only made available this year, impacts not yet ascertained and verified |
| URL | https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Experimental_evaluation_of_continuous_in-situ_biomethan... |
| Title | Raw reads and metadata from 16S amplicon sequencing for A practical introduction to microbial molecular ecology through the use of isolation chips |
| Description | Raw reads from 16S amplicon sequencing deposited to European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) and available under accession number PRJEB26611. Sampling locations and other metadata are available from Dryad, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cq4pv11. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Clear demonstration of enrichment of species not usually cultured. |
| URL | https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB26611 |
| Title | Whole shotgun metagenome sequencing of AD microbiomes |
| Description | The microbial community responsible for the biogas-producing anaerobic digestion (AD) process used to recover energy from waste is poorly characterised and likely contains many organisms not required for gas generation. Metagenomics approaches offer insights into AD communities that could potentially be exploited to improve the conversion of biomass to biogas, but distinguishing between the biological and technical variability of samples from different sources makes generalisation of results challenging. To determine how different DNA extraction methodologies and sequencing approaches influence the perceived microbiome, we analysed technical replicates of 16S rRNA amplicons and whole shotgun metagenomes from different AD systems. Here we show that diversity measurements of the microbiome in AD samples were strongly influenced by extraction regimes and analysis methodology. 16S rRNA amplification resulted in over- and under-estimation of several taxonomic phyla compared to a PCR-free metagenomics approach. Samples extracted using mechanical methods displayed significantly lower diversity and fewer observed phylotypes than samples extracted by chemical and thermal lysis, which produced higher molecular weight DNA and showed the greatest diversity in community profiles. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Our results highlight that the most commonly used extraction and analysis protocols provide a skewed view of the diversity and species richness of the AD microbiome which is likely to extent to other samples. We suggest that methodological differences could be a significant source of variability among AD, and other, metagenomics studies. |
| URL | https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB20855 |
| Description | Application to Energy Entrepreneurs Fund Round 6 (first round success, final decision not yet notified) |
| Organisation | LEAP micro AD Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The University of Sheffield is part of this Biomethanisation project, supported by the University of Southampton. The AD Network has been working with LEAP since its inception, and helped to broker this partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LEAP: are community micro-AD experts, having run systems in London for 6+ years and as supporters of the AD Network BIV 2016001. Sativa founded Tiny Leaf, an organic zero waste vegetarian restaurant. Principal has advisory roles in UN World Food Program and SDG2 Advocacy Hub. He leads the Chefs' Manifesto team for Global Sustainability Goals 2030 and is founder of Sativa Vertical Farm Circular Restaurant. Partners will provide on-the-ground AD expertise and sites in London for potential biomethanisation project. University of Sheffield will provide sub-contract biomethanisation expertise, with the support of the University of Southampton. |
| Impact | Currently, the partnership is awaiting the results of the EEF Round 6 which has been delayed and should have been announced by now. Nevertheless, Sativa's zero waste principles mean that they are keen to collaborate in order to fulfil their ambitions to utilise their food waste on site through AD for a number of further uses. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Application to Energy Entrepreneurs Fund Round 6 (first round success, final decision not yet notified) |
| Organisation | Sativa Holdings Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The University of Sheffield is part of this Biomethanisation project, supported by the University of Southampton. The AD Network has been working with LEAP since its inception, and helped to broker this partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LEAP: are community micro-AD experts, having run systems in London for 6+ years and as supporters of the AD Network BIV 2016001. Sativa founded Tiny Leaf, an organic zero waste vegetarian restaurant. Principal has advisory roles in UN World Food Program and SDG2 Advocacy Hub. He leads the Chefs' Manifesto team for Global Sustainability Goals 2030 and is founder of Sativa Vertical Farm Circular Restaurant. Partners will provide on-the-ground AD expertise and sites in London for potential biomethanisation project. University of Sheffield will provide sub-contract biomethanisation expertise, with the support of the University of Southampton. |
| Impact | Currently, the partnership is awaiting the results of the EEF Round 6 which has been delayed and should have been announced by now. Nevertheless, Sativa's zero waste principles mean that they are keen to collaborate in order to fulfil their ambitions to utilise their food waste on site through AD for a number of further uses. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Application to Energy Entrepreneurs Fund Round 6 (first round success, final decision not yet notified) |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Department | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The University of Sheffield is part of this Biomethanisation project, supported by the University of Southampton. The AD Network has been working with LEAP since its inception, and helped to broker this partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LEAP: are community micro-AD experts, having run systems in London for 6+ years and as supporters of the AD Network BIV 2016001. Sativa founded Tiny Leaf, an organic zero waste vegetarian restaurant. Principal has advisory roles in UN World Food Program and SDG2 Advocacy Hub. He leads the Chefs' Manifesto team for Global Sustainability Goals 2030 and is founder of Sativa Vertical Farm Circular Restaurant. Partners will provide on-the-ground AD expertise and sites in London for potential biomethanisation project. University of Sheffield will provide sub-contract biomethanisation expertise, with the support of the University of Southampton. |
| Impact | Currently, the partnership is awaiting the results of the EEF Round 6 which has been delayed and should have been announced by now. Nevertheless, Sativa's zero waste principles mean that they are keen to collaborate in order to fulfil their ambitions to utilise their food waste on site through AD for a number of further uses. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Biomethanation feasibility study with CNES, Stornoway |
| Organisation | Western Isles Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration will assess the potential benefits of the implementation of hydrogen biomethanation in an existing AD plant at the Creed Enterprise Park in Stornoway. The Creed Park site has a variety of energy systems already installed including a waste fed AD plant and CHP, a wind turbine, an electrolyser and a thermal store, and a hydrogen vehicle refuelling station, the combination of which would make this an ideal site for a pilot demonstration of biomethanation. Initially the the work be a high level modelling study, enhanced by detailed process modelling of the H2AD process, initially predicting the improvements in produced biogas quality by the AD plant, and later quantifying the potential benefits of this on the wider integrated energy system. The contribution of the University of Sheffield will comprise of site data collection/processing, modeling of the AD system integrated with biomethanation, high level modelling of the integration of AD, biomethanation, wind and hydrogen refueling, and a summary report on the benefits in terms of electricity production, emission and revenue. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The contribution made so far by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has been in data provision and project meetings. |
| Impact | Successful research funding proposal to ADNet - Business Interaction Voucher (BIV2017001). |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | EBnet Collaboration |
| Organisation | UK Environmental Biotechnology Network |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | James Chong and Sarah Forrester are active members within the EBnet Working Group. Through their work with EBnet they are able to publicise the Cloud-SPAN project, via sharing information and delivering talks at webinars. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EBnet support and promote the training opportunities created through the Cloud-SPAN project. The collaboration also allows members to exchange expertise in the field of HPC driven microbial genomics research, which in turn improves the quality of the Cloud-SPAN training resources. |
| Impact | James Chong and Sarah Forrester are active members within the EBnet Working Group. Through their work with EBnet they are able to publicise the Cloud-SPAN project, via sharing information and delivering talks at webinars. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | GCRF collaboration with Brazilian Universities for the development of hybrid solar-biogas microgrids |
| Organisation | Federal University of Amazonas |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The knowledge developed in this Newton Fund project with Egypt has been instrumental to start a new collaboration with two Brazilian Universities, namely: Federal University of Amazonas and Federal University of Minas Gerais. In this project we are developing novel hybrid microgrids system for the electrification of isolated communities in the Amazon Region. For this new project we are adapting the modelling tools that we have developed in this Newton Fund project with Egypt, namely: the anaerobic digestion dynamic model and the optimization routine developed in Matlab. This project has received a grant from the University of Sheffield's Research England QR GCRF Institutional Allocation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners in Egypt have given us confidence about the usefulness of our modelling and design tools and helped in their further development. |
| Impact | - obtained pump-priming funding from the Research England, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (£ 7000) - visit and survey of communities in the Amazon Region - design and sizing of pilot community micro-grid for a selected community - draft paper in the process of submission - preparation of a new proposal to be submitted to GCRF funding |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | GCRF collaboration with Brazilian Universities for the development of hybrid solar-biogas microgrids |
| Organisation | Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The knowledge developed in this Newton Fund project with Egypt has been instrumental to start a new collaboration with two Brazilian Universities, namely: Federal University of Amazonas and Federal University of Minas Gerais. In this project we are developing novel hybrid microgrids system for the electrification of isolated communities in the Amazon Region. For this new project we are adapting the modelling tools that we have developed in this Newton Fund project with Egypt, namely: the anaerobic digestion dynamic model and the optimization routine developed in Matlab. This project has received a grant from the University of Sheffield's Research England QR GCRF Institutional Allocation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners in Egypt have given us confidence about the usefulness of our modelling and design tools and helped in their further development. |
| Impact | - obtained pump-priming funding from the Research England, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (£ 7000) - visit and survey of communities in the Amazon Region - design and sizing of pilot community micro-grid for a selected community - draft paper in the process of submission - preparation of a new proposal to be submitted to GCRF funding |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 23rd European Biosolids meeting - IBCat H2AD Nov 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary session by James Chong on 'Understanding and manipulating microbial communities in AD' at 23rd European Biosolids and Organic Resources meeting, Leeds 13-14 Nov 20 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://european-biosolids.com/conference-programme/ |
| Description | AD Monitoring Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to discuss UK AD research at the University of Warwick |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ADNet Research Colloquium 2017 poster sessions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentations at ADNet Research Colloquium Sept 2017 on research being carried out as part of Newton Link with NUCE, and from ERA-Net AmbiGAs project, IBCat H2AD and CLEANFIBER. Also publicised on social media - see Facebook post 114 on 24 Sept 2017 https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/811962112298248 |
| Description | ADNet Research Colloquium 2019 - IBCat H2AD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Prof Charles Banks on biomethanisation of CO2 including issues of scale and application, to the ADnet Research colloquium 24-25 Jan 2019 Manchester. Presentations were also available as a webinar watched by more than 70 additional participants. The biomethnisation presentation has been made into a podcast for upload to YouTube and use in other media and outreach events. . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.anaerobicdigestionnet.com |
| Description | ADNet Research Colloquium 2019 - Lutra |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Michael Chesshire, Director of Lutra Ltd, on collaborative work with IBCat H2AD project with supporting funding from BBSRC to establish pilot-scale biomethanisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.anaerobicdigestionnet.com |
| Description | ADNet Research Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research symposium to report pump-priming work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BORRG Presentation IBCat H2AD (Smith, June 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Thomas Smith on 13 June 2018 of research progress and activities on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 25 attendees, presentation also posted and available on Faculty Groupsite. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BORRG Presentation IBCat H2AD (W Zhang, Jan 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Wei Zhang on 16 Jan 2019 of research progress and activities on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 20 attendees, presentation also made available on Faculty Groupsite. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BORRG presentation - Gomez Gato and Escobar (Dec 2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentations by Gabriel Gomez Gato and Javier Escobar Ortiz on work carried out during Erasmus+ placements in conjunction with IBCat H2AD project (under the supervision of PDRA Dr Alba Serna Maza) and the BioWaMet project (under the supervision of PDRA Dr Craig Dolder). Approx 30 attendees. Stimulated interests in exchange programmes as well as in research topics covered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BORRG presentation IBCat H2AD (Smith May 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Thomas Smith on 22 May 2018 of research progress and activities on IBCat H2AD (EP/M028208/1 ) project to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 25 attendees, presentation also posted and available on Faculty Groupsite |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BORRG presentation IBCat H2AD (Tao April 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Bing Tao on 10 April 2019 of research progress and activities on IBCat H2AD (EP/M028208/1 ) project to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 25 attendees, presentation also posted and available on Faculty Groupsite |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BORRG presentation IBCat H2AD (Tao, Oct 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Bing Tao on 24 Oct 2018 of research progress and activities on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 25 attendees, presentation also posted and available on Faculty Groupsite. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BORRG presentation IBCat H2AD (Zhang July 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Wei Zhang on 30 May 2018 of research progress and activities on R2B (EP/P032826/1) project to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 25 attendees, presentation also posted and available on Faculty Groupsite |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BORRG presentation in situ (Tao April 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Bing Tao on 18 April 2018 of research progress and activities on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) to members of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton. Approx 30 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | C1Net / ADNet post June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on 19 Jun 2018 reporting on ADNet support for participation in joint C1Net meeting in China. Viewed by over 180 people to date, 15 Likes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/948116342016157 |
| Description | C1net conference - IBCat H2AD Jan 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Prof Charles Banks on biomethanisation of CO2 including issues of scale and application, to C1Net conference 23 Jan 2019 in University of Nottingham's conference centre. International audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://c1net.co.uk/event/fourth-annual-conference-nottingham/ |
| Description | CCNet ADNet Beijing Workshop - IBCat H2AD June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 3-5 June 2018 Joint C1Net - ADNet Carbon recycling workshop in Beijing. Session on biomethanisation with presentations by James Chong (York), Yue Zhang (Southampton), Mark Walker (Sheffield) on IBCat H2AD (EP/M028208/1) and related biomethanisation research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://c1net.co.uk/event/china-workshop/ |
| Description | CCNet Conference Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Prof Charles Banks on 'Can anaerobic digestion coupled to reductive biomethanisation de-fossilise the gas grid?' to Carbon Recycling network conference 10-12 Feb 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://carbonrecycling.net/event/ccnet-conference-1/ |
| Description | Carbon capture Sept 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on 26 Sept 2018 on carbon capture and utilisation and issues of scale in relation to IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Viewed by over 250 people to date, 19 Likes and 2 shares. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1042878019206655 |
| Description | Creed Park AD plant biomethanisation post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environment Lab Facebook site describing start of collaboration with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and potential for biomethanisation case study. Viewed by over 230 people including local and regional government. See post 83 on 06/12/2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/pg/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/?ref=page_internal |
| Description | EBNet Webinar: Using Big Data Approaches to Understand Microbial Communities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EBNet Webinar: Using Big Data Approaches to Understand Microbial Communities Thursday, 10th February 2022 at 13.00 - 14.15. The SESSION RECORDING is available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QH0JK0X0Xw EBNet are hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. "Using Big Data Approaches to Understand Microbial Communities". Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. This fascinating session is brought to you by the Chairs: Dr Sarah Forrester, the Chong Group, Dept. of Biology, University of York & Dr Bing Guo. Dr Sarah Forrester is a PDRA within James Chong's group within the Biology department at the University of York. She gained her PhD at the University of Liverpool in 2016 using multi 'omic approaches to analyse parasite genomic data, and has worked since then on a range of microbial systems and used a variety of bioinformatic methods. She performs HPC driven microbial genomics research and delivers bioinformatics training. As a 2022 Software Sustainability fellow and a certified Software Carpentry instructor, she is passionate about instilling good bioinformatic practises into her training. She is also involved in the preparation and delivery of the material for Cloud-SPAN: Specialised analyses for environmental 'omics with Cloud-based High Performance Computing , see https://cloud-span.york.ac.uk/. TALK TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO THE EBNET BIOINFORMATICS WORKING GROUP Prof James Chong is a Royal Society Industry Fellow and Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of York, where he runs a research group exploiting a range of 'omics techniques to understand microbial community dynamics, as well as leading the EBNet Working Group "Bioinformatics Training for Microbial Environmental Biotechnologies". His group is involved in generating microbial community metagenomics, meta-transcriptomics and metabolomics datasets. His group use established analytical pipelines, but also develop their own bespoke scripts for data analysis. Insight into the application of 'omics techniques, and the ways in which they can be applied to environmental biotechnology use cases to greater understand microbial community dynamics, has driven his desire to develop bioinformatic training resources. This is currently being supported by the UKRI Grant Cloud-SPAN: Specialised analyses for environmental 'omics with Cloud-based High Performance Computing, and is co-led by James, see https://cloud-span.york.ac.uk/. Impact: enables the dissemination of the project details to a wider audience and generates registrations to current activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ebnet.ac.uk/ebnet-rc22-bigdata/ |
| Description | EBNet Working Group Coordinator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Chong is the Working Group Chair for EBnet. This WG aims to create Bioinformatics training for microbial Environmental Biotechnologies. In this role James is able to make new connections and publicise the work of Cloud-SPAN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://ebnet.ac.uk/about/wg-details/wg-bioinformatics/ |
| Description | European biogas Association - Chesshire biomethanisation May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 24 May 2018 Michael Chesshire Chair and presenter at European Biogas Association workshop in Brussels - 'Greening the gas grid for sustainable cities and communities' presentation featuring IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). 50 people from across EU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://european-biogas.eu/2018/05/07/event-greening-gas-grid-sustainable-cities-communities-eu-green... |
| Description | Facebook post 52 Soton Env Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Post on project background and start-up of preliminary experiments on RCUK IB Catalyst H2AD project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Description | First Turkey-UK international workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speakler and participant in Biobased Approaches on Renewable Energy Technologies, Izmir, Turkey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://egeduyuru.ege.edu.tr/dosyalar/biyo.pdf |
| Description | House of Commons STEM for Britain poster presentation (Dr Anna Alessi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended STEM for Britain event at the House of Commons and presented poster; 100+ MPs attended |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/2018event.asp |
| Description | IB Cat H2AD project page BORRG Soton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Project webpage on Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bioenergy.soton.ac.uk/projects/IB%20Cat%20H2%20151125.pdf |
| Description | IB Cat H2AD project page Soton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Project webpage on University of Southampton website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/research/projects/biomethanisationofco2inanaerobicdigestion... |
| Description | IB Cat H2AD project page York |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Project webpage on York University website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/projects/biomethanisation-of-co2-in-anaerobic-digestion-plants--le... |
| Description | IBCat H2AD - ADNet ECR presentations July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | ADNet ECR conference 16-17 July 2018 Platform presentations on research carried out for on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) by Dr Bing Tao (Southampton), Dr Thomas Smith (Southampton) and Dr Anna Alessi (York). Anna Alessi won the prize for her presentation on 'Dissecting biomethane production in biomethanisation reactors through DNA sequencing'. Approx 50 attendees plus industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.anaerobicdigestionnet.com |
| Description | IBCat H2AD AD16 presentation June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation by Wei Zhang on results of IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) at Anaerobic Digestion Conference AD16, Delft University of Technology 23-27 June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ad16conference.com/ |
| Description | IBCat H2AD APEN post July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on 9 July 2019 on publication of in situ paper in relation to IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Viewed by over 200 people to date, 13 Likes and 2 shares. See post 188 on https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1234914410003014 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD BORRG Presentation 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Michael Fagbohungbe on 18/07/2016 to Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG) at the University of Southampton, plus external visitors and guests, summarising research progress and results. Approximately 35 participants. Presentation subsequently circulated to attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD BORRG presentation (Tao, Oct 2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of results from IBCat H2AD to meeting of Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (www.bioenergy.soton.ac.uk) at the University of Southampton by Dr Bing Tao on 18/10/2017. Approx. 30 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD BORRG presentation (W Zhang, Feb 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on results from IBCat H2AD project to the bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group (BORRG, www.bioenergy.soton.ac.uk) at the University of Southampton, plus visiting researchers; by Wei Zhang, approx. 20 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD DTU visit post May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on 9 July 2019 on visit to Danish Technical University by Specialist Research Technician on to IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Viewed by over 200 people to date, 14 Likes and 2 shares. See post 183 on https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1203788093115646 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD EBNet ECR presentation 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Bing Tao at EBNet ECR event Sheffield Hallam University 1-2 July 2019 on results from IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ebnet.ac.uk/ecr2019/ |
| Description | IBCat H2AD Erasmus collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Post on collaborative work being carried out in an Erasmus+ exchange with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, on the IBCat H2AD project. (EP/M028208/1). Item viewed by 875 people with 12 Likes. See post 119 on 14 November on https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/835729996588126 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD Facebook update |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | University of Southampton Environment Lab Facebook post describing University of Sheffield's work on scenario development for IBCat H2AD and rational for the project. Viewed by more than 200 people to date. See post 93 on 01/03/2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/ |
| Description | IBCat H2AD Physcial Chemistry presentation Dec 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Thomas Smith on IBCat H2AD measurement work to Physical Chemistry research group University Sheffield on 11 Dec 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD Poster presentation Vienna workshop 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation on evaluation of membranes for mass transfer of H2 into anaerobic digesters for biomethanisation at the 2-day workshop on ABE production and CO2/H2 fermentation in Vienna 10-11 Nov 2016. Abstracts available from workshop website. This was a joint presentation between IBCat H2AD (EP/M028208/1) and the BBSRC ADnet-funded project on 'Effective mass transfer of hydrogen into digester mixed liquor for biomethanisation of biogas CO2' (POC2014011). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://clostridia.boku.ac.at/wordpress/ |
| Description | IBCat H2AD REGATEC poster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation on results of IBCat H2AD in situ biomethanisation work by Dr Bing Tao. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://regatec.org/tag/regatec-2017/ |
| Description | IBCat H2AD Rapid Assay post May 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Information on publication of Rapid Assay paper based on work by University of York and others for IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) . Posted 26 May 2020, 170+ views, 12 Likes, 2 comments to date. See post 220 https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1589195551241563 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD Stable in situ biomethanisation post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Information on publication of in situ biomethnisation paper based on work for IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) . Posted 5 Aug 2020, 220+ views, 14 Likes, 2 comments to date. See post 229 https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1651962918298159 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD industry partner workshop July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry / academic workshop for scenario scoping for biomethanisation of CO2 held for IBCat H2AD project in Sheffield on 26 July 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD lab update June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Posting on laboratory activities on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1), with details of some equipment. Posted 6 June 2017, viewed by over 300 people, 16 Likes and one Share. For related posts see https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/758599630967830 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD post on publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on publication of IBCat H2AD paper (post 275 on https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1996448063849641 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD post on related project work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Posts on undergraduate Individual Project work inspired by and building on main IBCat H2AD project. https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1966765270151254 and https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1968971856597262 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/1968971856597262 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD presentation ADNet ECR conference 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of results of IBCat H2AD project to ADNet Early Career Researcher Conference 3-4 July 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IBCat H2AD presentation Brazil Aug 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Davide Poggio on "Sustainable energy access with hybrid solar and biogas micro-grids" at Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil for IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) in conference III Semana de Engenharia Elétrica 22 Aug 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.even3.com.br/seeifpe/ |
| Description | IP round-up Nov 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Update on work being undertaken by Year 3 engineering students as part of their individual projects, including research linked to the EPSRC-funded IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Item seen by over 900 people with 5 Likes. See post 118 on 8 Nov 2017 https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/833482523479540 |
| Description | Launch of anaerobic digestion facility (System 60) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Launch event for System-60 facility at the University of York, sponsored by Yorkshire Water. Attendees included a range of industry stakeholders, about 60 attendees. Included press releases and website pieces that appeared in trade press articles. https://www.yorkshirewater.com/announcements-transforming-ad/ https://wwtonline.co.uk/news/yorkshire-water-university-of-york-team-up-on-uk-first-ad-project https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/08/30/yorkshire-water-and-university-of-york-team-up-on-anaerobic-digestion-project/ http://www.utilitycentre.co.uk/yorkshire-water-and-university-of-york-team-up-on-anaerobic-digestion-project/ https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1593975/university-water-company-work-improving-biogas-production |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/news-events/news/anaerobic-digestion/ |
| Description | Lutra Surrey workshop 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Michael Chesshire of Lutra Ltd on concepts being developed by IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) at University of Surrey Workshop on clean cooking fuel production for Africa 17 Oct 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Microbiology Society conference - IBCat H2AD April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 10-13 April 2018 Annual Conference, Microbiology Society, ICC, Birmingham, UK "Dissecting biomethane production in anaerobic digestion plants through DNA sequencing" Anna Alessi (flash oral and poster presentation) featuring IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Over 1,600 attending with over 200 invited talks and 450 posters, early career and established microbiologists, international audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://microbiologysociety.org/uploads/assets/uploaded/cb35a2c8-07b1-4ec5-94f4af01c82b00d7.pdf |
| Description | Off-Grids - IBCat H2AD Sept 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Davide Poggio to Off-grid Microgrids workshop, Belém, Brazil 10-14 Sept 2018 featuring IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Attended by around 35 participants from UK and Brazil, mostly ECR and Academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://offgridmicrogridsbelem.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | Open Days |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Materials presented and discussed at University of Southampton Open Days 6-7 July and 7-8 September 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | REA Conference - Chesshire Biomethanisation May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2 May 2018 Michael Chesshire presentation at Renewable Energy Association conference in Birmingham -"Biomethane Day", featuring IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). 200 people, mix of government, gas network, AD operators and equipment suppliers. See https://www.r-e-a.net/events/rea-event-uk-biomethane-day-2018 and programme https://www.r-e-a.net/images/upload/events_604_UKBD18_Programme.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.r-e-a.net/images/upload/events_604_UKBD18_Programme.pdf |
| Description | Raman visit June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Post on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on 12 Jun 2018 reporting on visit to University of Sheffield for Raman spectroscopy trials as part of IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Viewed by over 230 people to date, 10 Likes, 2 shares. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/posts/948116342016157 |
| Description | STEM for Britain HoC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Poster Presentation by Dr Anna Alessi at the STEM for Britain 2018 event in the house of commons on "Prehistoric powerstation for 21st century energy production" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/2018event.asp |
| Description | School visit (Ripon Grammar School) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School outreach visit on 4 October 2019, spoke to around 30 secondary school students about the microbiology of anaerobic digestion and how nanopore sequencing can be used to understand this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seed Catalyst pilot plant June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Video clip of Seed Catalyst biomethanisation pilot plant posted on University of Southampton Environmental Laboratory Facebook page on 25 June 2018; supported by ADNet and IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1). Viewed by over 160 people to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/environmental.lab.university.of.southampton/videos/954587964702328 |
| Description | Seminar, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Seminar, University of Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Seminar, University of Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Stakeholder user group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 people met as part of the BioVale Special Interest Group on Anaerobic Digestion at the National Horizons Centre, Darlington (11 April, 2019). A number of talks were provided as a workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UK - India Partnering Symposium and Workshop RCUK 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Charles Banks gave a presentation at a research symposium at the Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai on 9 Jan 2017. The main topic area of the symposium was gas fermentations and speakers included academics and professionals from the UK and their counterparts in India. Prof Banks' presentation made reference to the IBCat H2AD project, as it is directly relevant to some of the technical issues of gas transfer into fermenter systems and to the potential for using methane as a substrate. He also mentioned to the work in PyroAD because of the potential for use of pyrolysis gases. , The Mumbai symposium was followed by a workshop on 10 Jan 2017 which further developed these topics and in which Prof Banks chaired 3 sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | UK AD & World Biogas Expo - IBCat H2AD July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Platform presentation by Dr Yue Zhang on biomethanisation for in situ biogas upgrading, reporting on IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) at UK AD & World Biogas Expo NEC 11-12 July 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.biogastradeshow.com/purple-seminar/ |
| Description | United Utilities - IBCat H2AD presentation Jan 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Charles Banks presented details of IBCat H2AD project (EP/M028208/1) concepts and progress to senior management team of United Utilities including Adam Brammer, Commercial Development Manager; Anthony Freeman, Process Engineer; Richard Brindle, Head of Bioresources Strategy; Pat Horne, Chief Energy Engineer; Jeremy Black, Chief Process Engineer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | YorNight outreach event (J Chong, A Alessi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | YorNight 2018 event provided stall to explain anaerobic digestion to the general public with discussions, demonstrations and activities related to wastewater treatment over several hours for several hundred attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ |
| Description | YorNight outreach event (J Chong, A Alessi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chong Lab stand at YorNight 17 Nov 2018 arranged by Anna Alessi. Provided stall to explain anaerobic digestion to the general public with discussions, demonstrations and activities related to wastewater treatment over several hours. Over 1,000 attending, 32% primary school children (10 and under), 13% secondary school children (11-18 years), 54% adults |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018 |
| Description | York Philosophical Society talk (James Chong) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited 1 hour talk to Yorkshire Philosophical Society and written article for YPS Annual Report describing waste water treatment and potential innovations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ypsyork.org/events/making-sense-of-sewage-industrial-biotechnology/ |