Room: Yangtze 1
Date: Friday, 22 May 2026
Time: 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
Session code 5DO.3
Hydrothermal carbonisation
Hydrothermal Carbonization of Digestate: Influence of Temperature, Residence Time, and Solid to Water Ratio on Hydrochar Yield, Aqueous Phase and Filtration Performance
Short Introductive summary
Anaerobically digested feedstock is one of the most challenging input substrates owing to its complex composition, pathogenic organism presence, and ash content, and needs to be introduced to a straightforward and circular thermochemical pretreatment and energy-intensive process. In this study, hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of manure digestate originating from a local biogas plant (Biogas Wipptal GmbH) is examined in a lab-scale batch reactor, with focus on how operating conditions affect hydrochar yield as well as aqueous phase (AP) distribution and filtration performance during slurry separation.
Presenter
Payam DANESH
Politecnico di Torino, Energy Dpt., ITALY
Presenter's biography
Payam Danesh is a PhD researcher at Politecnico di Torino working on biomass thermochemical conversion. His research focuses on experimental hydrothermal carbonization, and reactor scale-up through integrated mass-energy modeling for sustainable fuel production.
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Co-authors:
M. Prussi, Politecnico di Torino, ITALY
A. Salimbeni, RE-CORD, Scarperia, ITALY
D. Chiaramonti, Politecnico di Torino, ITALY
Session reference: 5DO.3.3