Energy and economic analysis of a water scrubbing based biogas upgrading process for biomethane injection into the gas grid or use as transportation fuel

Paolo Rotunno, Andrea Lanzini and Pierluigi Leone

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 102, issue PB, 417-432

Abstract: This works describes the biogas upgrading process to substituted natural gas (SNG), specifically called biomethane, for grid and vehicle application. The physical processes of carbon dioxide absorption and desorption respectively in a pressurized water scrubber and a stripper are described by means of the Henry’s law. Both the water scrubber and CO2 stripper columns are designed by means of the Transfer Units Method in order to handle the biogas stream that is available from an anaerobic digestion of manure.

Keywords: Biogas upgrading; Biomethane; Pressurized water scrubber; Biofuels; Biomass (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.062

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