On the 24th of July Jörgen Held visited EnergyLab in Vigo, Spain.
Gerardo Rodríguez Vázquez, Innovation and Markets Director gave an overview of the EnergyLab activities, such as dark fermentation, hydrogen production, distribution and utilisation, biological methanation, syngas fermentation, thermal gasification, gas cleaning and purification followed by a highly appreciated tour through the different laboratories,
From left: Gerardo Rodríguez Vázquez, Innovation and Markets Director, Elena Olaya, Senior Researcher Biomethane and Sonia Pascual, European projects unit and manager of the HYDEA project.
Photo: Jörgen Held
Elena showed the counter-current trickle bed reactor for syngas fermentation as well as reactors for hydrogen production through dark fermentation of organic waste.
Joaquín Grassi, Senior Researcher Hydrogen and SOEC electrolysis shows a fuel cell and highlights some of the associated R&D activities.
Photo: Gerardo Rodríguez Vázquez
Xandre Costas, Junior Researcher gasification, shows the fluidised bed gasifier and the subsequent catalytic tar reforming reactor.
Photo: Gerardo Rodríguez Vázquez
The activities include among others the use of pulverized seashells for sorption enhanced gasification and co-gasification of sewage sludge with different types of biomasses.
It was concluded that there is a strong common interest between the SynFerm project and other projects where BEIC is involved and the activities at EnergyLab.
