Research interests
I have taken part in the energetic optimisation of one of the first straw-bale houses in Lower Bavaria www.solar-heizen.com/strohhaus.htm I am currently working under the Valorgas project to bring primary data from biogas plants into a standard LCA format.
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Research project(s)
AD is not a new technology, but its application for energy recovery in the field of municipal waste treatment is only just becoming established in Europe, and only for mixed wastes. The use of source segregated food wastes as substrate is not yet widespread, possibly because of technical challenges linked with collection, handling, pre-treatment and digestion of this material. The research includes a number of closely related components with a common underlying goal: to evaluate and where possible improve the energy production process from the perspective of the overall net energy gain achieved within defined system boundaries that include collection, sorting, processing, and beneficial use of recovered material
This project identified improvements in the thermal and emissions efficiency of brick production and developed plans to implement them.
This Knowledge Transfer (KT) project focused on the following key areas:
Bioenergy (especially methane production through anaerobic digestion, but also with potential for involvement in other areas e.g. other biofuels, production of pellets for local heat and co-firing in power stations, and pyrolysis of residual municipal wastes for syngas production)
Energy footprinting for process optimisation, both in industry and in the waste management sector
Energy efficiency studies within companies
Urban Sustainability studies (including participation in the Thameside Gateway Institute for Sustainability)
Dr Ludwig Gredmaier
Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton, SO16 7QF
