History

Engieering, construction and start-up of a commercial methanogenesis plant for the production of synthetic diamonds (UK)        

Commercialization of an innovative adsorber technology for NOx removal in industrial scale   

Engineering, construction and operation of a NOx capturing facility in an urban area.
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Gas purification platform for wide treatment of small/large emission gases and air.

Successful participation in 2 EU funded projects, Celbicon (www.celbicon.org) and Engicoin (www.engicoin.eu) using biochemical core competence for methanogenesis but also acetone production.

New facilities for integrated process development established west of Vienna. Here we focus on the development of closed C- and N-cycles

Krajete Process licenses to first 2 customers.
Krajete GmbH becomes a viable partner in 2 substantial projects on EU (“Celbicon”, Horizon 2020 call) and national (“BioHyMe”) level. Strong focus on process expansion beyond methanogenesis (e.g. gas purification up-/downstream).
Gas Purification beyond CO₂ to NO and NO₂ removal.

Expansion to other C and H sources via gasification and pyrolysis with the intention to save electrolyzer and electricity costs.
Exhaust gas purification established with industrial CO₂ soures in laboratory. Focus on solid adsorbers.

Further process improvement through optimized media composition to reduce operating cost. The process development is reflected in 4 patent applications. “Krajete® Process“ becomes a brand name. First candidates for licensing. Diversification of the full process by adopting complementary technologies. Methanogenesis employed for other carbon sources than CO₂.

Exhaust gas purification established in laboratory scale with the intention to enrich CO₂.

Krajete GmbH becomes a pioneer in process development of methanogenesis.

Limited Liability Company formation and further process development with industrial gases. Key arguments from 2007 verified. The process unveils its full potential through robustness, adaptation, conversion and simplicity.

A third grant by Austrian „FFG“ awarded. Individual enterprise established. First customers and different perception of the technology`s potential triggered by a) Fukushima, b) Arabic Spring, c) German Abandoning of Nuclear Power

Selection of a robust microrganism. Process development with pure gases in 10 L scale.

First grant by Upper Austrian start-up incubator „tech2b“ followed by a second grant by „AWS”, preseed funding. Start of process development at Technical University of Vienna in 1 L scale.

Inspiration to develop a biological process for CO₂ utilization. Motivation is derived “from waste to energy”. The process should have the potential to process CO₂ in kiloton scale and beyond.