Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry (ILT)
Parent institution:
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL-Bayern) Details of LfL-Bayern
Address
Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry (ILT)
Vöttinger Straße 36
85354 Freising
Bavaria
Phone: +49 08161/71-3450
Fax: +49 08161/71-4048
email: TierundTechnik(@)LfL.bayern.de
Activities:
- Research
Coordinated projects
- 'Collaborative project: Development of a control module for automatic guidance of robot scrapers, devices for cleaning and scattering cubicles as well as selfdrive mixer feeders – Subproject 1' Details of 'Collaborative project: Development of a control module for automatic guidance of robot scrapers, devices for cleaning and scattering cubicles as well as selfdrive mixer feeders – Subproject 1'
- Benchmark system for biogas plants Details of Benchmark system for biogas plants
- Biogas technology on environmentally compatible slurry recycling and energy production in water protection areas Details of Biogas technology on environmentally compatible slurry recycling and energy production in water protection areas
- Classification of greenhouse gas and energy balance of agricultural biogas installations Details of Classification of greenhouse gas and energy balance of agricultural biogas installations
- Collaborative project: Barrier System for Avian Influenza in Free-range Poultry Farming – Subproject 4 Details of Collaborative project: Barrier System for Avian Influenza in Free-range Poultry Farming – Subproject 4
- Collaborative project: Development and evaluation of an automatic optical sensor system for monitoring the body condition of dairy cows – Subproject 1 Details of Collaborative project: Development and evaluation of an automatic optical sensor system for monitoring the body condition of dairy cows – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development, testing and evaluation of a positioning system and its software applications for cattle on pastures in lowlands and mountainous regions based on GPS- and GSM-technology - subproject 1 Details of Collaborative project: Development, testing and evaluation of a positioning system and its software applications for cattle on pastures in lowlands and mountainous regions based on GPS- and GSM-technology - subproject 1
- Collaborative Project: Intensification of the anaerobic degradation of biomass for methane production from renewable resources (IBMN). Project: process engineering, process automation, and microbiology. a. Optimization of process engineering and process automation, process monitoring and data management. Details of Collaborative Project: Intensification of the anaerobic degradation of biomass for methane production from renewable resources (IBMN). Project: process engineering, process automation, and microbiology. a. Optimization of process engineering and process automation, process monitoring and data management.
- Comparison of circular crates and box-stands in farrowing house in terms of ethological and process parameters Details of Comparison of circular crates and box-stands in farrowing house in terms of ethological and process parameters
- Conception, creation and operation of an experimental digester plant for handling issues relating to input materials and microbiology in agricultural biogas plants Details of Conception, creation and operation of an experimental digester plant for handling issues relating to input materials and microbiology in agricultural biogas plants
- Control of biogas processes through the influence of doped zeolite on sludge - B1 - BRIDGE 7 Details of Control of biogas processes through the influence of doped zeolite on sludge - B1 - BRIDGE 7
- Conversion to organic dairy farming Details of Conversion to organic dairy farming
- Demonstration Project medicinal plants (CAMEL); development of a system for gentle harvest of valerian roots Details of Demonstration Project medicinal plants (CAMEL); development of a system for gentle harvest of valerian roots
- Development of genomic breeding evaluation methods Details of Development of genomic breeding evaluation methods
- Development of the data basis for the organization of work on dairy farms Details of Development of the data basis for the organization of work on dairy farms
- Efficiency, reduced emissions and CO2 supply through optimal engine settings for biogas cogeneration plants for distributed power Details of Efficiency, reduced emissions and CO2 supply through optimal engine settings for biogas cogeneration plants for distributed power
- Electronic identification of sheep and goat traceability and traceability Details of Electronic identification of sheep and goat traceability and traceability
- Emission and performance of biogas combustion engines depending on the engine maintenance Details of Emission and performance of biogas combustion engines depending on the engine maintenance
- Energy efficiency and emissions of biogas recycling Details of Energy efficiency and emissions of biogas recycling
- Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility Details of Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility
- Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility, sub-project 5 Details of Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility, sub-project 5
- Expert Group bioenergy resource management in Bavaria Details of Expert Group bioenergy resource management in Bavaria
- FABES. Subproject 2: Microbiological optimization of hydrolysis Details of FABES. Subproject 2: Microbiological optimization of hydrolysis
- FABES. Subproject 5: Ecological-economic evaluation Details of FABES. Subproject 5: Ecological-economic evaluation
- Farm monitoring, comparative study of alternative process chains for raising and and fermenting of grassland growth - Subproject optimization of the process chains of grassland harvest Details of Farm monitoring, comparative study of alternative process chains for raising and and fermenting of grassland growth - Subproject optimization of the process chains of grassland harvest
- Hygienisierungspotenzials evaluation of the biogas process in model systems as well as identification of the current phytosanitary risk in Bavaria biogas pilot plant using the example of the quarantine-antine pests (QSO) of potato Details of Hygienisierungspotenzials evaluation of the biogas process in model systems as well as identification of the current phytosanitary risk in Bavaria biogas pilot plant using the example of the quarantine-antine pests (QSO) of potato
- Improvement of group housing of horses by ethological and work economically optimized feeding systems Details of Improvement of group housing of horses by ethological and work economically optimized feeding systems
- Improvement of the claw health of dairy cows Details of Improvement of the claw health of dairy cows
- Improving claw health by claw cleaning systems Details of Improving claw health by claw cleaning systems
- Improving the organization of work in Bavarian dairy farms through analysis, benchmarking and optimization of different farming systems Details of Improving the organization of work in Bavarian dairy farms through analysis, benchmarking and optimization of different farming systems
- Joint project: Quantifying the effect of mineral additives biogas from the fermentation of renewable resources and its verification in practice (Subproject 2) Details of Joint project: Quantifying the effect of mineral additives biogas from the fermentation of renewable resources and its verification in practice (Subproject 2)
- Labour Economic Aspects for improving the organization of work in Bavarian dairy farms Details of Labour Economic Aspects for improving the organization of work in Bavarian dairy farms
- Management audit biogas Details of Management audit biogas
- Microbiological process optimization of biogas technology - the diagnosis of microbial populations and identification of key organisms in biogas digesters Details of Microbiological process optimization of biogas technology - the diagnosis of microbial populations and identification of key organisms in biogas digesters
- Mobile housing system for the outdoor keeping of laying hens: Project III: Ethological conditions of semi-natural rearing systems Details of Mobile housing system for the outdoor keeping of laying hens: Project III: Ethological conditions of semi-natural rearing systems
- Monitoring and evaluation of innovative practice facilities - continuation of the scientific monitoring of the Bavarian pilot and demonstration biogas plants Details of Monitoring and evaluation of innovative practice facilities - continuation of the scientific monitoring of the Bavarian pilot and demonstration biogas plants
- Monitoring of biogas systems Details of Monitoring of biogas systems
- Operator Guide for optimum plant operation (Biogas) Details of Operator Guide for optimum plant operation (Biogas)
- Optimization of environmental attitudes in birth stall and piglets in the rearing Details of Optimization of environmental attitudes in birth stall and piglets in the rearing
- Optimization of methane yield, process management and control of anaerobic fermentation of renewable raw materials in agricultural biogas plants Details of Optimization of methane yield, process management and control of anaerobic fermentation of renewable raw materials in agricultural biogas plants
- Optimization of process technology Details of Optimization of process technology
- Optimization of site-specific gas productivity of species and varieties comparison of potential renewable resources in Bavaria Details of Optimization of site-specific gas productivity of species and varieties comparison of potential renewable resources in Bavaria
- Optimizing the process chain to extract methane from grassland regrowth by biogas technology Details of Optimizing the process chain to extract methane from grassland regrowth by biogas technology
- Pilot project biogas plants Details of Pilot project biogas plants
- Process acceleration and sanitation in biogas plants by connecting an Hydrolysephase / level Details of Process acceleration and sanitation in biogas plants by connecting an Hydrolysephase / level
- Process optimization by additives in biogas technology Details of Process optimization by additives in biogas technology
- Production of high-quality raw milk - Residues of cleaning and disinfecting agents Details of Production of high-quality raw milk - Residues of cleaning and disinfecting agents
- Production of quality forage in farm's hay-air ventilation systems Details of Production of quality forage in farm's hay-air ventilation systems
- Quantitative climate balance of agricultural measures and procedures Details of Quantitative climate balance of agricultural measures and procedures
- Scientific monitoring and optimization of a new biogas process from Hörmann Energy GmbH for the efficient exploitation of renewable resources on the basis of a thermophilic hydrolysis using bacterial cultures selectively enriched Details of Scientific monitoring and optimization of a new biogas process from Hörmann Energy GmbH for the efficient exploitation of renewable resources on the basis of a thermophilic hydrolysis using bacterial cultures selectively enriched
- Scientific monitoring of pilot plants for biogas production - Economy Details of Scientific monitoring of pilot plants for biogas production - Economy
- Scientific monitoring of the pilot farms Details of Scientific monitoring of the pilot farms
- Soil exposure by heavy machinery in the arable land Details of Soil exposure by heavy machinery in the arable land
- Specific activity, toxicity and physiological Supplementierungstests on key activities in the biogas process to provide a 'on-site diagnostic service ' for the optimization of plant operation Details of Specific activity, toxicity and physiological Supplementierungstests on key activities in the biogas process to provide a 'on-site diagnostic service ' for the optimization of plant operation
- Stationary plant for solid and liquid manure, biowaste and biogas substrates Details of Stationary plant for solid and liquid manure, biowaste and biogas substrates
- Studies on automatic submission of mixed feed for cattle Details of Studies on automatic submission of mixed feed for cattle
- Study of long-term behavior of the electrical efficiency biogas-powered CHP in practice Details of Study of long-term behavior of the electrical efficiency biogas-powered CHP in practice
- Study the effects of intense crushing of maize straw in rotary combines the Fusariumbelastung in the following crop winter wheat Details of Study the effects of intense crushing of maize straw in rotary combines the Fusariumbelastung in the following crop winter wheat
- Use of grassland to produce biogas. Subproject: Monitoring of biogas production systems Details of Use of grassland to produce biogas. Subproject: Monitoring of biogas production systems
- Working economy in ecological pig farming Details of Working economy in ecological pig farming
Involved in research projects:
- 'Agro-climate Bavaria' Permanent driveways, strip tillage and drip irrigation, work package soil - soil water balance Details of 'Agro-climate Bavaria' Permanent driveways, strip tillage and drip irrigation, work package soil - soil water balance
- Collaborative project: Development, testing and evaluation of a positioning system and its software applications for cattle on pastures in lowlands and mountainous regions based on GPS- and GSM-technology - subproject 2 Details of Collaborative project: Development, testing and evaluation of a positioning system and its software applications for cattle on pastures in lowlands and mountainous regions based on GPS- and GSM-technology - subproject 2
- Development of enzyme containing preparations for hydrolysis in the biogas system Details of Development of enzyme containing preparations for hydrolysis in the biogas system
- Examination of different freezed catch crops and seed process before soybean Details of Examination of different freezed catch crops and seed process before soybean
- Experience with the cultivation of soybeans in the practice of organic farming Details of Experience with the cultivation of soybeans in the practice of organic farming
- Nationwide monitoring program for assessment of novel biomass-biogas plants Details of Nationwide monitoring program for assessment of novel biomass-biogas plants
- Recycling of organic wastes: residues and contaminant levels Details of Recycling of organic wastes: residues and contaminant levels
- Testing various methods of mechanical weed control in organically grown soybeans Details of Testing various methods of mechanical weed control in organically grown soybeans
Work package leader of collaborative projects:
- Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility Details of Enhancing the economic value of organically produced cash crops by optimizing the management of soil fertility
- FABES: biorefinery module for directed-fermentative pulping of biomass for combined energy and material recycling Details of FABES: biorefinery module for directed-fermentative pulping of biomass for combined energy and material recycling