{"id":6991,"date":"2025-08-14T07:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:46:03","slug":"optifermad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/en\/optifermad\/","title":{"rendered":"OptiFermAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pfi-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-051ba3dda60e836d61c4fdebecf0eba1\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Integration of Fungal solid-state fermentation for the optimization of anaerobic digestion of agrifood waste<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Logo-OptiFermAD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Logo-OptiFermAD.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Logo-OptiFermAD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Logo-OptiFermAD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Logo-OptiFermAD-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Logo-OptiFermAD-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0b710646 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-pfi-grey-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cbd023f1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ed53c8ae6f1a04d8e1d7931b77a7de10\" style=\"border-radius:20px\">Project Information<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-658170e2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-white-color has-pfi-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-62a3e9cfb39762c23d9fd745bec7af00 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);flex-basis:130px\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duration:        <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">1 June 2022 to 30 November 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f2b5d7df wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-white-color has-pfi-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-702bd9b300b86df469b0d56b5d179730 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);flex-basis:130px\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Sponsors: <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">German Aerospace Center <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f2b5d7df wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-white-color has-pfi-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f0c3226d8ae7237f428041fa100cf539 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);flex-basis:130px\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programm:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Industrial Collective Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Cornet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f2b5d7df wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-white-color has-pfi-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7658b94260c38a6955633afcedc01c70 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);flex-basis:130px\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ministerium:<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a781681 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"gradient-separator\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left translation-block\">Residues from vegetable cultivation and processing account for a significant proportion of available biomass. In Europe, this amounts to almost 88.5 million tonnes annually. Disposal is costly for many companies, and uncontrolled decomposition releases unnecessary CO2 into the atmosphere and is economically unfavourable. At the same time, biogas plants are looking for alternative substrates to reduce the proportion of energy crops. Residual materials from vegetable production can also be used here. In Germany, however, such biomass accounts for only just under 5% in biogas plants. This is due, among other things, to the difficult-to-degrade structures in the residual materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the project was to develop a new process for improving the use of vegetable waste as a substrate in biogas plants. This was demonstrated using the example of residues from pea production. A sub-fraction of the biomass (max. 15%) was disintegrated using a combination of physical and thermochemical methods and subsequently used for on-site enzyme production with special fungi. The treated fraction, enriched with hydrolytic enzymes, was then mixed with the untreated main fraction and the effects in terms of degradation and biogas potential were investigated. The technical optimisation focused on pulsed electric field (PEF) technology and thermochemical disintegration methods. In parallel, solid-state fermentation (SSF) based on residual materials was developed for the production of high-performance cellulases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left translation-block\">Within the scope of the project, the parameters of the pretreatment methods for structural disintegration of the residues were significantly optimised. With a view to minimising energy consumption for thermochemical treatment, a process approach was developed in the unpressurised range (&lt;100 \u00b0C) using low concentrations (&lt; 0.5 %) of nitric acid. For the subsequent on-site enzyme production, an SSF process was developed in a drum reactor using a species of the genus Trichoderma. Both enzyme production and significant effects on biogas potential were demonstrated. When treating a 15% fraction with the combined process under optimised conditions, an increase in biogas potential of up to 20% was determined in relation to the total biomass. In biogas plants with combined heat and power units, the required process energy can essentially be provided by the waste heat from the cooling water. The project thus provided important process engineering principles for the energy-efficient pre-treatment of difficult-to-degrade residues based on an innovative combination of physical, thermochemical and enzymatic processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1386\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6995\" style=\"width:656px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD.png 1386w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD-1024x287.png 1024w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD-50x14.png 50w, https:\/\/pfi-germany.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ablaufschema-des-Vorhabens-OptiFermAD-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ablaufschema des Vorhabens OptiFermAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acknowledgements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">We would like to express our gratitude for the funding of the research project with the funding code <strong>01IF00339C<\/strong>, which was provided as part of the program to promote \u201cIndustrial Collective Research (IGF)\u201d from the budgetary funds of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag via the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as the project management agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also extend our sincere thanks to all companies and their employees for their active support in the execution of this project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3c8805c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex 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