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Schaumann BioEnergy Consult is a specialist in
energy production from renewable raw material
substrates.
Schaumann BioEnergy Consult offers a wide range of innovative products such as trace elements, enzymes & flow improvers as well as special additives for ensiling & feedstock preservation.
High-quality silages and substrates form the basis for successful biogas production. Learn more about our biological silage additives for energy crops and our preserving acids for freshly harvested feedstocks.
Sometimes people forget that it is often the little things that make the biggest difference. We experience this time and again in our current research work. With meticulousness and passion, we create fascinating products that meet the complex requirements of state-of-the-art ensiling additives. Our ability to draw on an in-house experience base of over 20 years of microbial research enables us to develop a strong, authentic product from a collective brainstorming idea. Our way of thinking and developing products is unique in the market.
Silage additives from the SILASIL ENERGY product group are specialised, biological silage additives for the preparation and preservative storage of renewable forage materials for biogas production. The fermentation process is optimised and the stability of the silage is improved. For example, the exclusive bacterial strain Lactobacillus diolivorans in SILASIL ENERGY.XD shortens the silage ripening time to two weeks and prevents aerobic spoilage processes and reheating. The energy-rich, aerobically stable silages ensure more efficient biogas production and higher methane yields per hectare of farmland.
Silage additive for carbohydrate-rich energy crops
Silage additive for the accelerated preservation of carbohydrate-rich energy crops
Silage additive for wet, protein-rich and low-sugar energy crops
Combination product for wet, protein-rich and low-sugar plants
Silage additive for moist (> 25 % dry matter) and protein-rich substrates with a medium sugar content
Combination product for carbohydrate-rich plants
For preservation of liquid feed components and industrial by-products
For the preservation of fruit cereals and CCM
Highly concentrated premix for silage treatment
An optimally adjusted dosage of trace elements stabilises and optimises the methane formation process by both promoting the growth of the microorganisms involved in the degradation process and enabling the formation of the necessary enzymes and co-enzymes.
The demand of biogas-forming microorganisms for essential trace and bulk elements is well known by now. The substrate mix of a plant determines the supply of elements and its hydraulic load the concrete demand. While in the past it was assumed that farm manure (slurry, manure, etc.) and most wastewater provided sufficient trace elements, science and experience shows very specific elements are required in biogas production which are not used in animal feed or food production. As a result, even biogas plants with a larger proportion of appropriate residual substrates are forced to supplement the trace element supply to their digesters in order to obtain the full gas yield from their substrates and/or to achieve full plant utilization.
As a result of the different feeding regimes, the trace element supply of biogas plants differs significantly. The dosage of additives must therefore be adapted to the ration, as is common in animal feeding; one reason for this being the avoidance of oversupply potentially resulting in inhibition. Another reason is the prevention of performance losses due to the deficiency of individual elements. At the same time, it must be the goal of biogas industry and agriculture in general to protect arable land and to safely comply with local ordinance limit values. This can only be achieved through bespoke trace element dosing based on regular digester analysis. This is where the Schaumann BioEnergy concept comes in.
Targeted trace element supplementation with reduced application rate
Targeted addition of micro- and macro-elements
Essential trace elements for the basic supply of plants
Trace and macro-elements according to requirements
Compensates for deficits in macro-elements
Detects weak points in the digester
Certified trace element products for organic farming
Liquid trace element concentrates
Targeted addition of trace elements in waste-fed plants
Essential trace elements for the basic supply of plants
Emergency preparation in case of digester failure
The liquid special product for emergency situations in the digester
Description
Special product for plant start-ups
Schaumann BioEnergy offers enzyme building blocks specially optimised for the biogas process. Enzymes reduce viscosity and improve substrate utilisation. They accelerate the decomposition of organic matter or make it possible in the first place.
Even high-fibre substrates such as grass, whole-crop silages, manure, sorghum or sunflowers are readily available by bacteria in the biogas plant. Problems only arise with increasing hydraulic load and decreasing retention time; the reason being that cellulose and hemicellulose, unlike many other high-molecular sugar chains, are degraded only slowly. However, particularly at short retention times, rapid degradation is of the essence, otherwise undigested substrate - i.e. your return on investment - vanishes from heated digester volume into digestate storage.
Insufficient degradation can cause floating and sinking layers in the digester, increase viscosity, increase wear on the pumps and agitators, and make mixing more difficult. Poor mixing leads to gradient formation such as differences in temperature, substrate concentration or organic fermentation acids which can no longer be compensated. Homeostasis in the digester is disrupted and bacterial metabolism slows down.
Proven ALGEACELL with an additional focus on toxin binding
Proven ALGEACELL with a focus on improving viscosity in the digester
The efficient alginate-based combination product with specially formulated enzymes
Improves the digestibility of substrates rich in raw fibre such as grass and perennial rye silage
Enables the digestion of very dry substrates that are difficult to break down, such as maize straw and manure
Increases digestibility of maize silage
Increases digestibility of drought-damaged maize silage
Improves digestibility, especially at elevated nitrogen concentrations
Restores mixability with a high mucilage content
Bespoke enzyme mixture adapted specifically to the substrates used on site
The proven algae-based product to optimise digesters run at high organic loading rates
Improves viscosity in nitrogen-rich digesters
Proven ALGEACELL with an additional focus on toxin binding
Proven ALGEACELL with a focus on improving viscosity in the digester
The efficient alginate-based combination product with specially formulated enzymes
In cases of floating layers by drought-damaged maize silage
Proven ALGEACELL with an additional focus on toxin binding
The efficient alginate-based combination product with specially formulated enzymes
Prevents phase separation in the digester
Efficient desulphurisation based on iron hydroxide
Liquid iron product based on 30 % iron(II) chloride
Iron granules for sulphur binding in the external filter
Iron granules for sulphur binding in the external filter
Acid degradation in nitrogen-rich digesters
The proven algae-based product to optimise digesters run at high organic loading rates
Reduces the inhibitory effect of ammonia
Liquid iron product based on 30 % iron(II) chloride
Reduced inhibitory effect of ammonia
Reduces the inhibitory effect of ammonia
Buffer product for biogas digesters based on Ca-hydroxide
Buffer product to increase and stabilise buffer capacity
The solution for excessive foaming in sites using manure
The solution for excessive foaming in waste plants
Crystallisation inhibitor against struvite and carbonate precipitation
Schaumann BioEnergy Consult has an international network of partners and subsidiaries to consult for biogas projects globally and provide short- and long-term on-site assistance. In particular, safe and efficient biological commissioning and rapid resolution of process imbalances guarantee maximum profitability of biogas plants as part of the biological support provided by Schaumann BioEnergy Consult.
Expertise and experienceThe expertise and experience of Schaumann BioEnergy Consult are based on extensive years of support and evaluation of operating data from several thousand biogas plants worldwide being run at capacities ranging from 60kW to 25 MW and fed the entire range of organic feedstocks available, from organic residue streams to agricultural wastes as well as energy crops.
In addition, our own full-scale pilot plants and specialized laboratories of ISF Schaumann Research with several dozen continuously operating lab reactors, more than 100 batch reactors and numerous options for biological inhibitor and activity tests enable us to comprehensively answer all questions on technical and biological process parameters or the digestability of substrates.
This comprehensive data basis and sound expertise is passed on to operators, investors and authorities in theoretical and practical training courses.
The analytics packages provide you with a fine-tuned view of your digester. Analytics form a prerequisite for undisrupted, economical plant operation and an optimal return on investment.