Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen Production from Swine Manure Biogas via Steam Reforming in Pilot-Scale Installation

Artur Wodołażski, Małgorzata Magdziarczyk and Adam Smoliński ()
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Artur Wodołażski: Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
Małgorzata Magdziarczyk: Department of Economics, Finance, Regional and International Research, Opole University of Technology, Luboszycka 7, 45-036 Opole, Poland
Adam Smoliński: Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is the techno-economic analysis of hydrogen production from biogas via steam reforming in a pilot plant. Process flow modeling based on mass and energy balance is used to estimate the total equipment purchase and operating costs of hydrogen production. The pilot plant installation produced 250.67 kg/h hydrogen from 1260 kg/h biomethane obtained after purification of 4208 m 3 /h biogas using a heat and mass integration process. Despite the high investment cost, the plant shows a great potential for biomethane reduction and conversion to hydrogen, an attractive economic path with ecological possibilities. The conversion of waste into hydrogen is a possibility of increasing importance in the global energy economy. In the future, such a plant will be expanded with a CO 2 reduction module to increase economic efficiency and further reduce greenhouse gases in an economically viable manner.

Keywords: biogas; bio-CH 4 utilization; conceptual design; hydrogen production; economic analysis; exergy analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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