In terms of industry benefits BioWin has the ability to be a useful tool in the analysis of pond performance, that is, varying the default parameters in BioWin has the potential to determine how efficient the anaerobic pond is operating. For example, reducing the hydrolysis rate’s default value in order to match the measured data with BioWin prediction is an indication of low efficiency of the anaerobic pond. This can be related to the pond design, low degradability of the influent waste, and/or to microbiological aspects. The actual cause can then be determined via further simulation through altering other related parameters to aid in optimising
the amount of potential biogas produced.