Dr. Péter Bakonyi, leader of the Bioprocess Engineering, Membrane Technology and Energy Research Group at the University of Pannonia, participating in the National Laboratory for Renewable Energy (NLRE) project, shares his insights.
Within the project, the research group had the opportunity to significantly expand their research in two areas: waste-based anaerobic fermentations, which produce energetically valuable components such as hydrogen and methane, and related membrane-based gas separation solutions. During their work, the group developed novel technological schemes and tested modular systems in both small- and large-scale laboratory setups to achieve efficient carbon dioxide separation.
The most important result of the research group in the NLRE project, pointing toward practical applications, was the Hungarian utility model application filed in March 2025 under registration number U2500081: “Pressure-controlled membrane gas separation system with permeate recirculation.”
Additionally, their book “Membrane Separation of Gas Mixtures” was published under the auspices of the project by Akadémiai Kiadó: https://mersz.hu/dokumentum/m1212gazme__1/
The research group also published several high-impact (D1/Q1) journal articles in the fields of anaerobic fermentation and membrane-based gas separation:
- Bioresource Technology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128072
- Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2024.100607
