Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGBMunich / May 13, 2024 - May 17, 2024
IFAT | Trade fair
World's Leading Trade Fair forWater, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management
Hall B2, Booth 338
IFAT is the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management and will take place in Munich this year from May 13 to 17. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be represented with a joint booth in Hall B2, stand 338. The Fraunhofer IGB will also be there with topics such as hydroponics/bioponics, recovering recyclable materials from wastewater, water purification and pollutant removal with plasmas, trace substance removal as well as drying and torrefaction processes. The InBiRa insect biorefinery will also be presented at the trade fair.
Wastewater treatment: Recovery processes for valuable materials
- RoKKa – Sewage sludge as a resource and climate protection at wastewater treatment plants
- ePhos® − Electrochemical phosphorus recovery
- AmmoRe – Pilot plant for nitrogen recovery
Water and nutrients: Bioponic and hydroponic resource recovery
- Use of microorganisms for the conversion and mobilization of nutrients for hydroponic plant cultivation
- Substitution of mineral fertilizers with nutrients contained in organic waste and wastewater
- Circular bioeconomy through the reuse of water and nutrients
- Concepts – Technologies – Analytics – Solutions
Innovative AtWaPlas: Dielectric discharge in atmosphere
Plasma technology for water treatment:
- Elimination instead of immobilization
- Removal of PFAS pollutants from contaminated water
- Applies to other pollutants such as pesticides, herbicides or drug residues
Industrial Biotechnology: InBiRa – Insect Biorefinery
- Conversion of organic residues and waste into new, technically usable products
- Utilization of fats, proteins and chitin from insect biomass
- Pilot plant available
Water treatment: Removal of Micropollutants
Degradation of man-made pollutants in low concentrations, so-called organic trace substances or micropollutants.
Purification of process water
Development of bio-based and functionalized flocculants for the efficient purification of seasonally occurring complex agro-industrial wastewater using residues from food production.
Drying and torrefaction processes
- Thermal water treatment
- Drying with superheated steam
- Torrefaction of lignocellulosic biomass