Benjamin Schwan
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Benjamin Schwan M.Sc.
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Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy
Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy
Visiting address:
Pratzschwitzer Str. 15, Room 103
01796 Pirna
Table of contents
Education
2010-2014 Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment, B. Sc.
2014-2016 Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment, M.Sc.
Core research areas/areas of work
Mineral waste and construction site waste
Waste containing fibers and fiber recycling
Mining waste
Circular construction
Process engineering in the waste and recycling industry
Projects
INTEGRAL
WIR B2
WIR V1.1
DeHyb
Publications/Conference contributions
Publications
Geißler, A., Schwan, B., Dornack, C.: Developing a high-performance methane stage for biomass with high nitrogen loads, Renewable Energy, Volume 143, 2019, Pages 1744-1754, ISSN 0960-1481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.043.
Schwan, B., Abendroth, C., Latorre-Pérez, A., Porcar, M., Vilanova, C. .and Dornack, C. (2020) Chemically Stressed Bacterial Communities in Anaerobic Digesters Exhibit Resilience and Ecological Flexibility.Front. Microbiol. 11:867.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00867.
Barth, M., Werner, M., Otto, P., Richwien, B., Bahramsari, S. Krause, M., Schwan, B., Abendroth, C.: Microwave-assisted organic acids and green hydrogen production during mixed culture fermentation. Biotechnol Biofuels 17, 123 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-024-02573-7
Contributions
Schwan, B., Geißler, A.: Integration of carbonization processes into a biorefinery concept. 2nd Doctoral Colloquium Bioenergy, Nuremberg, 30 September 2019
Schwan, B., Geißler, A.: Nutrient recovery from biogas digestate. DECHEMA colloquium "Raw materials from waste: New concepts for the future circular economy", Magdeburg, November 12, 2019
Zentner, A., Schwan, B.: Interdisciplinary approach of recycling of C&D-waste and development of new materials to increase raw material productivity, UNU Flores Nexus Conference, Dresden, June 3, 2020
Schwan, B., Zentner, A.: Strengthening the urban-rural relationship through mineral waste - a new approach, poster contribution, UNU Flores Nexus Conference, Dresden, June 3 - 5, 2020
Schwan, B., Abendroth, C.: Application of the Lotka-Volterra equations in the biogas process, DGAW Science Congress, Dresden, November 9, 2020
Schwan, B., Dornack, C.: Der Beitrag des kleinen Fachs Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschafts zur Erreichung der Sustainable Development Goals der Vereinten Nationen, Symposium der kleinen Fächer für Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Landesrektorenkonferenz Sachsen, May 19, 2022
Schwan, B.: The European Green Deal: The end of the landfill?, 18th Circular Economy and Landfill Workshop Zittau-Liberec 2022, Keynote Lecture, November 09, 2022
Schwan, B.: Contribution oft he circular economy tu sustainable development, iSCoPe Summer School, September 10, 2022
Lectures
Mineral waste and the Mantelverordnung
Environmental impact assessment
Initial status report
Explosion protection
Planning of waste treatment plants
Process engineering
Plant design
Waste containing fibers
Recycling of wind turbines
Biological waste treatment
Sewage sludge utilization
From waste management to the circular economy
Glass recycling
Waste and recycling management simulation games
Landfill
Exploration and environmental contaminants
Supervised final theses
PFAS pollutant of the century: Investigation of PFAS contamination in a former quartz sand opencast mine
Demonstration of hydrochemical effects of biological glycerol degradation on water quality for the derivation of easily measurable proxies
Comparison and evaluation of suitable recycling routes for waste paper with residual adhesions with regard to the growth of microorganisms and the effects on the quality of the waste paper
Substitute Building Materials Ordinance (EBV) - comparison of the previously valid disposal standards with the disposal processes to be carried out from August 1, 2023 in accordance with Article 1 of the Mantelverordnung
Waste saving potential of the TU Dresden
Recycling rates for selected elements of the periodic table
Construction of a processing plant for wind turbines, aircraft and cars with CFRP and GFRP components
An evaluation of the mass flows of mineral waste in selected European countries
Testing new recycling routes for ashes and slags in hydraulically bound substitute building materials
Material flow analysis of floral cuttings in the city of Dresden
Influence of the transportation of mineral construction demolition materials on disposal and provision as secondary material
Environmental balancing models in the start-up phase of a new semiconductor factory
Statistical analysis of process potentials to optimize the efficiency and added value of garage fermentation using a selected German biogas plant
Investigation of different growth carriers in fixed-bed fermentation with percolate as inoculum
Development of an overview of tools, approaches and analysis methods for the manipulation of microbial communities in biogas plants
Commissioning of a test rig for the investigation of microbial methane production under the influence of light with an upstream acidification stage
Anaerobic digestion in fixed-bed reactors comparing the performance of different types of packing material
Use and evaluation of recycled aggregates in a flood remediation measure
Citric acid production from sewage sludge
Construction and commissioning of a multi-stage biogas plant with separate acidification and an illumination module for the enrichment of phototrophic microorganisms
Requirements for the co-combustion of HTC coal in power plants and balancing the theoretical savings potential of greenhouse gas emissions
Desorption behavior of HTC coal from different source substrates
Adsorption behavior of HTC coal from different source substrates