INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR BIOGAS SUBSTRATES
Biogas specialistWeltec Biopower is developing a quick test for identifying inhibitors in biogas substrates. Inputmass may contain substances that prevent efficient biogas production – for example, a small amount ofmould is sufficient to cause an adverse effect in silage. Ammonia, copper, zinc, drugs
With less than 2m clearance, Concorde was winched into its new exhibition space
LAST CONCORDE TO FLY LANDS IN BRISTOL HOME
The last Concorde ever to fly has safely completed her journey to Aerospace Bristol, a new£19m museumtaking off in Filton, to the north of Bristol, this summer. The newmuseumhas been
supportedwith a £180,000 donation fromglobal engineering technology company Renishaw,whichwas created by two former Rolls-
Royce employees to commercialise an innovation that solved ameasurement problemfaced in the manufacture of the Olympus engine that powered Concorde. The complexmovewas
conductedwith the greatest care by engineers fromBritish Airways and Airbus,who managed every facet of Concorde’s final journey.
The iconic aircraftwas towed
across Filton runway and up a ramp into the newpurpose-built hangar at Aerospace Bristol. The hangar, constructed by Kier, had awall removed to allowthe aircraft to enter the building and,with less than 1mbetween eachwing tip and the building, Concordewas slowly and carefullywinched into her exhibition position.
and disinfectants are often identified as inhibitors in slurry andmanure. Even traces of these substances are detrimental to the bacteria in the digester and thus counterproductive to the digestion process. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to identify such inhibitors before transferring the substances into the digester. ”Currently, there is no quick
and reliableway to identify such potential process disruptions, though thiswould be vital to avoid unscheduled downtimes of biogas plants,” explained Sabine Lampe, graduate biologist and supervisor of the research project. “Based on this innovative procedure, biogas plant operatorswill be able to decide fasterwhether to buy offered silage or liquidmanure orwhether to use a certain batch of their own slurry.”
NEW WINGS HELP OIL EXPLORER TO GO GLOBAL
Bell Geospace, the company which specialises in Gravity Gradiometry, a key exploration technique used by oil and gas companies and inmineral exploration, has invested in a newBasler BT-67 aircraft, expanding its technical and global capacity. The newplane is fitted out
with an FTG instrument (Full Tensor Gradiometry),magnetic sensors and associated equipment andwas expected to fly its first on-survey sortie in March 2017. “The Basler BT-67 has proven
to be an efficient and reliable platformfor conducting our FTG surveys and has yielded some of ourmost successful surveys to date. “We are able to acquire FTG
data in a range of often challenging conditions due to the stability and endurance of this fixedwing platform, be it over land or offshore regions.” Post 2D exploration efforts
combinedwith FTG can be used to design 3D seismic or drilling programmes, againmassively reducing acquisition times and cutting spend on groundwork.
The Basler BT-67 aircraft expands Bell Geospace’s technical capacity April 2017 /// Environmental Engineering /// 5
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