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:metabolon – from a landfill to a competence center for sustainable resource
managementBergische Waste Management Association
andCologne University of Applied Sciences
Andreas Cronrath, Christian WolfAndreas.cronrath@fh-koeln.dechristian.wolf@fh-koeln.de
Gummersbach EnvironmentalComputing Center
Campus GummersbachSteinmüllerallee 1
51643 Gummersbach
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3 The :metabolon project4 Project organization
5 Research – Concepts and Goals6 Partners
7 Conclusion
The site
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Landfill History Household Waste Disposal since 1982
EU Eco-Audit as the first landfilloperation in Germany
Waste Management Company
Expansion for Waste Management Center
End of Organic Landfill since 31.12.2004
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The site and its unique features• The disposal center Leppe is the first choice for the
realization of a value chain. – Logistics of recycable materials on an industrial scale– Free Industrial Area– Human Capacity
– Industrial Treatment Plants– Close research association
with Cologne University ofApplied Sciences and theGECOC work group atCampus Gummersbach
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Leppe after 2010 – only grassland?
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Subsequent use of central landfill Leppe
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Interdisciplenary Research Group
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Project Initiators
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Areal Implementation – Winning Design
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Areal Implementation – Entrance Area
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Place of learning outside school
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Leppe receives the official title:„European Teaching and Research Centre of the Cologne University“
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Sustainable Business Park Companies in the field of waste management, the material conversion
and the environmental technology
Official Partner Site of the pilot project„Sustainable development of commercial area in NRW“ (MUNLV NRW)
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Research concept :metabolon• Waste2Energy
• Regional material flow managementuse of unexploited energy sources
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Project aim: Lighthouse – Knowledge Centre• Development and operation of an
internationally accepted Center of Knowledge for treatment as well as the use and conversion of renewable energy. – Development of a cross-universitary “Place of research and learning
outside university”– Development of innovative technical and structural solutions for the
recycling of waste materials for natural resource conservation– Installation and operation of pilot plants for the transfer of research
results into industrial practice– Accompanied by a scientific advisory board
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Project aim – Use of Synergies• The strategy aims of the research project are
interrelated, thus creating maximum synergies.Synergy – Relation
- practical knowledge trans-fer (Bachelor, Master)
- Congress-, Conference Centre- etc.
Transfer Centre
Pilot Plants- Construction of pilot plantswith industrial partners
- Testing for businessapplication
Beauftragung durch Sparte oder F&E nach Projekt- aufwand
- Processing of research projects- Measurement and controltechnology
- Analysis laboratory
Laboratory Infrastructure
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Existing research areas• Landfill research
– Long-term behavior– Landfill gas / Landfill gas used by electrical power– Infiltration / Leachate
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Existing research areas• Renewable Energies
– Digestion and Composting– Warming up of the fermentation substrate with waste heat– Photovoltaic systems
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Pilot-scale plant for biogas
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Pilot-scale plant for leachate and wastewatertreatment
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Pilot-scale plant for carbonization
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Laboratory for comprehensive chemical andphysical analysis
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New research areas• :metabolon
– Biogas production– Treatment of waste– Combustion– Material Flow and Energy Flow– Innovative Measurement Technology
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What we can offer additionally
• Modeling & dynamic Simulation• Optimization and Model-based Control• Machine Learning, Data Analysis• Process Optimization using
Computational Intelligence• Software Engineering• Image Analysis• Project Management
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What we are looking for
• Research and SME partners for European projects
• Test cases for our pilot-scale plants
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Partners from Universities
Frau Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christiane Rieker
Frau Prof. Dr. sc.agr. Dagmar Gaese
Herr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Bongards
Frau Prof. Dr. Astrid Rehorek
Herr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Pretz
Herr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Heil
Herr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Stegmann
Herr Prof. Dr .-Ing. Gerhard Rettenberger
Herr Prof. Dr.- Ing. Manfred Schlich
Herr Dr. Dietrich Meier Herr Priv.-Dz. Dr. Ralf Pude
Herr Prof. Dr. Michael Narodoslawsky
Herr Prof. Dr.-Techn. Ralf Simon
Herr Prof. Dr.- Ing. Ulrich Glinka
Hr. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Krumm
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Partners from Universities
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:metabolon– transformation of Leppe landfill (Lindlar) into a learning
and leisure area– National and international knowledge transfer– Development of a cross-universitary “Teaching and
Research Centre” – Regional material flow management for the use of
unexploited energy sources
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Thank You!
Dr. Christian Wolf, Andreas Cronrathandreas.cronrath@fh-koeln.dechristian.wolf@fh-koeln.de
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