BioDME

Today's conventional waste water treatment requires considerable amounts of electricity for the elimination of organic carbon compounds, while their chemical energy remains largely unused. To increase the energy efficiency of waste water treatment, the interdisciplinary collaborative project BioDME aims at using this waste water energy to produce dimethyl ether (DME) - an easy to store and transport energy carrier that can also serve as raw material for the chemical industry. Aim of the project is the development of an upscaled demonstration system to prove the stability, sustainability, and economic feasibility of this process in practice. Today's conventional waste water treatment requires considerable amounts of electricity for the elimination of organic carbon compounds, while their chemical energy remains largely unused. To increase the energy efficiency of waste water treatment, the interdisciplinary collaborative project BioDME aims at using this waste water energy to produce dimethyl ether (DME) - an easy to store and transport energy carrier that can also serve as raw material for the chemical industry. Aim of the project is the development of an upscaled demonstration system to prove the stability, sustainability, and economic feasibility of this process in practice.