2nd MEDITERRANEAN WORKSHOP ON ORGANIC WASTE

RECOVERY, BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

POSTGRADUATE SPANISH-MOROCCAN COURSE ON ORGANIC WASTE RECOVERY

13th-16th December 2011

Participation to the Workshop

This workshop will be a course in Cordoba for graduate students, researchers, technicians and professionals working at Moroccan and foreign universities, agencies, research centres or private companies.

Workshop Objectives

The aim of this course is to give insight into the fundamental of composting and anaerobic digestion technology with the particulate focus on Mediterranean region. Furthermore, the participants will have the opportunity to know how could energy recovery from organic waste contribute to resource and environmental safety.

Workshop Topics

• The Compost of organic waste

• The anaerobic digestion of many kind of biomass feedstock.

• Appropriate and adapted technologies for different substrates in Mediterranean region.

• Life cycle assessment and Environmental impact assessment of different recovery methods.

• Agriculture biogas.

• Using the collected gas as a source of renewable energy.

• Monitoring and control of the AD process

• Modeling of the AD process

• Reactor design for anaerobic treatment of waste and wastewater

• Types of anaerobic digestion systems.

• R&D projects and Pilot plants.

Organizing Committee

Arturo Francisco Chica Perez, Antonio Martin Martin, Maria Angeles Martín Santos, Manuel Dios Pérez (University of Cordoba – Spain ).

Hassan El Bari (Ibn Tofail University – Kenitra, Morocco).

Entities collaborators