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Energy Process Engineering Measurement Data Analysis

PeriodOctober 2025 — November 2025
Organisation / contextForschungsstelle für Energienetze und Energiespeicher (FENES) · Work Package of ORBIT II research project

Project context

ORBIT II expands a trickle-bed bioreactor for the biological methanation of carbon dioxide with archaea. The research plant combines the reactor with an electrolyser, gas-treatment equipment, gas storage and the necessary auxiliary systems. It is tested with different industrial gas streams and then integrated/ operated at a wastewater-treatment plant.

Measurement data analysis

In this work package, an automated analysis of the experimental results was programmed. The goal was to enable the investigation of the influence of various feed gases on product gas generation. To this end, a comprehensive Python tool was developed that provides visualizations and statistical analyses of the experimental measurements. For example, this made it possible to investigate the influence of ambient temperature on the pH value in the reactor.

Project media

Effect of temperature at three measurement points on the pH value during steady-state operation.
Product gas compositions and methane production rates during steady-state operation over several days.

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