Objectives of the project

– holding working meetings, and online seminars to define the concept of target processes and challenges to the implementation of pre-treatment in anaerobic digestion processes, considering economic and environmental aspects;

– conducting joint research on bioprocessing of different type of wastes (separately typical substrate for Ukraine and Czech Republic to get real relationship between the waste content and digestate properties) into useful products under bioproducts production;

– assessment of research trends using different methods to intensify bioprocesses in biogas production in the form of pre-treatment by combinations of physical and chemical methods;

– join investigation of the effectiveness of pre-treatment methods (cavitation and electrolysis) to improve substrates anaerobic degradability for the purpose of biogas performance increasing;

– forming joint research directions for further cooperation in the implementation of joint scientific projects under international grant programs.

Key words: Bioprocesses; Pre-treatment combinations; Anaerobic digestion; Substrates; Cavitation; Electrolysis

Multidisciplinary research team composition:

Researchers from Sumy State University, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University and the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague participate in the multidisciplinary research team.

From Sumy State University:

Yelizaveta Chernysh (scientist under 35 years) – main coordinator, PhD, D.Sc., Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection Technologies

Igor Roy (scientist under 35 years) – co-researcher, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection Technologies

Victoriia Chubur – co-researcher, PhD student, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection Technologies

Dmitro Danylov – co-researcher, Master student, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection Technologies, Sumy State University

Oleksii Bilous – co-researcher, Bachelor student, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection Technologies, Sumy State University

From Dnipro State Agrarian and Ecology University (DSAEU):

Mykola Kharytonov – co-researcher, professor, PhD, Department of soil science and farming

Andriy Tokar co-researcher, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Olha Sumiatina, Master student, Department of Soil Sciences and Farming

Diana Bilan, Master student, Department of Soil Sciences and Farming

From Czech University of Life Sciences Prague:

Hynek Roubík – co-researcher, PhD, Group leader of Biogas Research Team, Department of Sustainable Technologies

Chama Theodore Ketuama – co-researchers, PhD student, member of Biogas Research Team, Department of Sustainable Technologies