VALORISATION OF TWO-PHASE OLIVE MILL SOLID WASTE FOR BIOGAS PRODUCTION

CSIC and the University Pablo de Olavide have developed an improved procedure for obtaining biogas from the anaerobic co-digestion of two-phase olive mill solid waste (“alperujo”), the main by-product generated in the production of olive oil, with a microalga. This procedure allows increasing both the methane yield in the biogas and the rate at which it is produced.

Industrial partners dedicated to the treatment of wastes and by-products by means of anaerobic digestion, are being sought to collaborate through a patent licence agreement.