Biogas Asia Pacific Forum 2016

1^st Agro- Industrial Biogas Training Seminar | Training Day 1

The International Biogas and Bioenergy Center of Competence IBBK is delighted to invite you to the first Biogas Training Seminar for the South Asia Region, taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in conjunction with the BIOGAS ASIA PACIFIC FORUM 2016 (25 – 27 May 2016).

Together with our partner AEG, All Events Group, the organizer of the BIOGAS ASIA PACIFIC FORUM 2016 (25 – 27 May 2016) we invite farmers, plantation owners, project developers, consultants, investors and the banking sector to participate in the biogas training seminar to be held on 23 & 24 May 2016.

The seminar will address the topics of project procedures and approvals, quality features and case studies in the field of electricity generation from biomass waste. The course will be facilitated by speakers from South Asia and from IBBK, an internationally renowned German-based training institute

Teaching Method

Interactive classroom teaching with all experts available for comments, questions and answers. With participants active involvement and practical exercises.

Full Schedule

9:00 –
12:30am

Part 1: Welcome to the seminar

• Introduction of the seminar participants and experts
• Expectations from the seminar
• Collection of the first questions

Part 2: Status quo of the biogas sector development in South-East Asia as well as the way forward

• Potentials and prospects
• Status of waste legislation
• Economic framework conditions
• Data for waste arising and composition

10:30 –
11:00am

Coffee Break

Part 3: Development of the biogas technology in Germany and Europe

• Potentials and prospects
• Status of waste legislation
• Economic framework conditions
• Data for waste arising and composition

Part 4: General introduction into biogas technology and digester biology

• Basic principles of process technology
• Temperature, retention time, organic loading rate
• Operating experiences from 8000 agro-industrial biogas plants
• Conditions for the generation of biogas,
• Operating parameters
• Process monitoring and task management
• Process disturbances and failures

12:30 -
1:30

Lunch

1:30 –
5:00pm

Part 5: Examples of different types of biogas plants

• Wet and dry fermentation plants
• Bio-waste Digestion
• Agricultural biogas plants
• Treatment of industrial effluents
• Experiences with investment and operation

3:00 –
3:30pm

Coffee Break

Part 6: Introduction of the main components of a biogas plant

• Digester types and installation technology
• Process and feed in technology
• Developments and adaptations of the technology to suit the local circumstances in South-East Asia.

Part 7: Approval conditions for biogas plants under South-East Asia conditions (regulatory requirements for AD systems) including:

• Licenses for building
• Safety plus licenses
• Emission licenses
• Overview of the legal requirements
• Regulatory tool and how to use it

1^st Agro- Industrial Biogas Training Seminar | Training Day 2

Teaching Method

Interactive classroom teaching with all experts available for comments, questions and answers. With participants active involvement and practical exercises.

Full Schedule

9:00 –
12:30am

Part 1: Overview of dierent substrates which can be used into a biogas plants and its advantages and disadvantages

• Input substrates: , POME, agricultural slurries, industrial and communal organic residues
• Gas yields from POME, residue material and industrial wastes
• solid wastes (empty fruit bunches) as a feedstock for biogas plants
• Pollutants and contraries in solid bio-waste

Part 2: Basic calculation models of a biogas plant process with dierent substrates

• Examples of biogas calculations/gas generation
• Experiences from a field study in Indonesia
• Costs structure of equipment and services
• Key parameters for business plan development,
• Appropriate technology assessment

10:30
11:00am

Coffee Break

Part 3: Interactive planning session for wet and dry fermentation technology

• Retention time
• Organic loading rate
• Sizes of containers and tanks
• Nutrient composition
• Electricity and heat production
• Efficiency factors of gas utilization
• Discussion of the results

12:30-
1:30

Lunch

1:30-
5:00pm

Part 4: Experiences in project and market development under South-East Asian conditions

• Market challenges
• Legal, administrative and technical obstacles
• Experiences with technology and operation

3:30-
4:00pm

Coffee Break

Part 5: Proper usage of digestate as organic fertilizer in agriculture

• Environmental aspects
• Application of digestate
• Digestate processing
• Treatment costs - profitability

CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION DAY ONE

Our 5^th Biogas Asia Pacific Forum is the largest gathering of biogas professionals in Asia and will showcase opportunities for development in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and many more! Find out more about the latest development in technologies, practices and operations in the Biogas Asia Pacific Forum!

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