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Biomethane from Anaerobic Processes

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Renewable Energy Systems

Definition of the Subject and Its Importance

This entry focuses on the development, its reasons, and the perspectives of biomethane supply from biogas through anaerobic digestion . This option becomes more and more important due to the political requirements for reduction of greenhouse gases as well as for raised independency on fossil fuels coming from abroad. Thus, a detailed analysis of market development as well as technology development of this sector with about 10 years experiences is done to discuss the possibilities and the challenges of biomethane supply and its contribution to reach these targets.

Introduction

Biomethane can generally be produced following two pathways. The first and more established one is the upgradation of biogas from anaerobic digestion of wet biomass . The second one is the cleaning and upgradation of gas derived from thermochemical treatment (gasification...

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Abbreviations

Biomethane:

Biomethane is produced in technical processes from biogenic resources. It can be generated via the biochemical pathway (from biogas) and via the thermochemical pathway (Bio-SNG). Through upgrading processes, its composition, focusing mainly on the methane content, is adapted to natural gas quality.

Biogas upgradation:

Biogas upgradation is the process which adapts the biogas quality to natural gas quality after cleaning the biogas from trace gases (H2S, NH3, water vapor, and others). Within this process, mainly carbon dioxide is removed from the biogas.

Biogas:

Biogas is a gas that is produced as waste product during anaerobic microbiological breakdown of organic substances.

Landfill gas:

Landfill gas is a special type of biogas produced in landfills from the degradation of the organic constituents of wastes. It is characterized by many organic long chain trace gases.

Sewage sludge gas:

Sewage sludge gas is a special type of biogas that is produced at wastewater treatment plants during the anaerobic treatment of sewage sludge. It is characterized by the content of siloxanes.

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  1. University Rostock, Leipzig, Germany

    Frank Scholwin

  2. Swedish Gas Centre, Malmö, Sweden

    Jörgen Held

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  1. German Biomass Research Centre, Leipzig, Germany

    Martin Kaltschmitt

  2. Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany

    Martin Kaltschmitt

  3. Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Nickolas J. Themelis

  4. Ormat Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV, USA

    Lucien Y. Bronicki

  5. Royal Institute of Technology, Electric Power Systems, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lennart Söder

  6. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, School of Ocean And Earth Science And Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Luis A. Vega

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Scholwin, F., Held, J. (2013). Biomethane from Anaerobic Processes. In: Kaltschmitt, M., Themelis, N.J., Bronicki, L.Y., Söder, L., Vega, L.A. (eds) Renewable Energy Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5820-3_317

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