Press releases and news 2002

The first Hugo Geiger Prize 2002 of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft went to the up-and-coming biologist Marc Röhm from Fraunhofer IGB, the second to chemist Christian Schmalz.

Fraunhofer researchers in collaboration with GUTec mbH have developed a mobile system with bio-adsorbers using bran. It reduces the amount of arsenic and HCH in water to well below the statutory limit values.

The Fraunhofer IGB has developed a high-rate process for the digestion of sewage sludge. In the Heidelberg municipal sewage plant, it was integrated into the existing disposal line a year ago. This means that the plant can save costs, gain energy and at the same time has to dispose of less remaining organics.

Miriam Kilgus was awarded the EMTEC Magnetics Prize for her thesis on metallic membranes for hydrogen separation at Fraunhofer IGB.