Automatic Methane Potential Test System

Bioprocess Control’s (Sweden) Automatic Methane Potential Test System (AMPTS) II allows users to determine the true methane potential and dynamic degradation profile of any substrate. This allows users to easily determine the optimal retention time and mix of substrates for co-digesting, screen proper pre-treatment methods and evaluate the need for additives.

The AMPTS II is a well-engineered analytical device developed for on-line measurements of ultra-low bio-methane flows produced from the anaerobic digestion of any biological degradable substrate at laboratory scale. It follows the same analysing principles as conventional methane potential tests, which make the results fully comparable with common methods. However, with the AMPTS II both the gas volume measurements and data logging are fully automatic during the long incubation period and experimental data is calculated and generated into a standard data sheet. This in turn significantly reduces time and labour demand for carrying out the analysis and data calculations.

The high quality of the data obtained from the AMPTS II can be used to extract kinetic information of the degradation process, which provides for a much better understanding of the dynamic degradation behaviour of specific substrates. For further information contact [email protected]