Anaero Technology - Caterpillar - Ten Automatically Fed 1-litre Reactors

Anaero Technology offers lab-scale anaerobic digestion research bioreactors designed for automatic feeding of heterogeneous feedstock, replicating full-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) processes. These advanced systems incorporate components such as feeders, digesters, digestate tanks, and gas flow meters, ensuring precise mass balances within a gas-tight setup. The bioreactors support frequent feeding with automatic feeders capable of delivering small slurry volumes with precision. Mixed feeds with a 19% dry solids average, commonly entering full-scale food waste AD plants, have been used with these bioreactors for over 8 years. This approach helps address challenges such as foaming, inhibition, and optimal loading, which often skew results when managed manually. By leveraging real feed instead of diluted alternatives, these bioreactors significantly contribute to mixed feedstock research, including food waste and sludge. Equipped with gas flow meters and data loggers, the system is well-suited for advancing AD process research and optimization.