Dr. Hans-Joachim Nägele

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Projects

• Biological in-situ methanation / Project leader / ongoing
• Cooperation related to Project Noses / Project leader / completed
• Micro-biogas plants in Switzerland: Analysis of performance, economic viability, and approval practices of a small-scale biogas system for tiny living concepts and applications in alpine regions under Swiss climate conditions / Project leader / completed
• Food losses and foreign matter in Swiss green waste 2022/23 / Project leader / completed
• Carbon Negative Biochar-based Building Insulation Materials / Team member / completed
• PURAMMON (Main Project) – Renewable Nitrogen-Mineral Fertiliser from Slurry / Project leader / completed
• PURAMMON (Pre-Project) – Renewable nitrogen mineral fertiliser from liquid manure / Project leader / completed
• Preproject Netz: Nutrient and Energy Technology Centre / Project leader / completed
• SFOE mandate for the "Energy from biogas" working group of the International Energy Agency (2019-2021) / Deputy project leader / completed
• Ecological Engineering Living Lab: Insights into the lab of Ecological Engineering / Team member / completed
• Microalgae for large-scale CO2 re-mediation: Integrated concepts / Team member / completed
• HYKOM – Combination of Hygienisation and Hydrolysis as Pretreatment steps for liquid Substrates prior to Anaerobic Digestion. / Deputy project leader / completed
• Development of a Training for the Green Waste Industry / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Kalbermatten, C. L., Jordan, S., Pothier, J. F., Nägele, H.-J., Smits, T. H. M., & Merkle, W. (2026). Optimizing trickle-bed reactor performance for hydrogenotrophic methane production in power-to-methane systems. Process Biochemistry, 163, 66–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2026.02.010
• Williams, F. P., Harris, P., Tait, S., Mickan, B. S., Merkle, W., Nägele, H.-J., & McCabe, B. K. (2025). Technoeconomic feasibility of integrated organics processing facilities with anaerobic digestion and composting : an analytical framework for regional Australia. Waste Management, 208(115153). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115153
• Pochwatka, P., Rozakis, S., Kowalczyk-Juśko, A., Czekała, W., Qiao, W., Nägele, H.-J., Janczak, D., Mazurkiewicz, J., Mazur, A., & Dach, J. (2023). The energetic and economic analysis of demand-driven biogas plant investment possibility in dairy farm. Energy, 283(129165). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129165
• Frick, H., Efosa, N., Oberson, A., Krause, H.-M., Nägele, H.-J., Frossard, E., & Bünemann, E. K. (2023). Nitrogen dynamics after slurry application as affected by anaerobic digestion, biochar and a nitrification inhibitor. Soil Use and Management, 40(1), e12953. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12953

Other publications

• Miescher, S., Hüsch, S., Nägele, H.-J., & Yildirim, S. (2025). Entwicklung biologisch abbaubarer Materialien aus Weintrester zur Reduktion von Plastikmüll in der Landwirtschaft (BIMWET). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33868
• Ammenberg, J., Baier, U., Lyng, K.-A., Nägele, H.-J., Thual, J., & Wellisch, M. (2025). Identification and assessment of sustainability effects related to biogas solutions : literature review and perspectives from five countries. IEA Bioenergy. https://task37.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/06/IEA-Bioenergy-Task-37-Biogas-Sustainability-Effects-2025.pdf
• Hüsch, R. S., Gächter, A., Moser, Y., & Nägele, H.-J. (2023). Lebensmittelverluste und Fremdstoffe in Schweizer Grüngut 2022/23. Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32052
• Rüsch, F., Nägele, H.-J., & Baier, U. (2018). Restmethanpotenzial auf Biogasanlagen. Aqua & Gas, 2018(9), 48–53.

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