Anaerobic digestion as a core research theme

LBE and AD: an old history for today and tomorrow

INRAE has published 762 articles on anaerobic digestion (AD; results from searching “anaerobic digestion” or “biogas” in Web of Science). Globally, INRAE is among the top three institutions publishing on the topic. From all INRAE articles on AD, more than 457 (62%) come from LBE researchers. We have more than 35 years of experience on the topic. Bories et al. published the first article in 1988 [1] !

Figure 1: Schematic showing the current research line on AD at the LBE. AD is in the core of our environmental biorefinery concept.

Experimental capabilities

• 3,500 m2 experimental hall
• More than 50 reactors (from 1 L to several m3)
• Pretreatment equipment
• Full analytical services for characterisation 

References

[1] Bories et al. 1988, Biological Wastes 23 (4), 251-267.