Biomethanisation of CO2 in anaerobic digestion plants
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The research will create a hybrid anaerobic digestion process in which hydrogen made from renewable energy sources (e.g. wind and photovoltaics) is used to produce biomethane at more than 95% purity. The process therefore provides an efficient in situ biogas upgrading technique which will maximise the conversion of the available carbon in waste biomass into a fuel product that has a wide range of applications, including short-term storage for grid balancing and use as a vehicle fuel. The process is likely to be more environmentally friendly and sustainable than current methods for biogas upgrading as there is reduced process loss of methane. The target is to develop the system for use in the water industry where there is a large potential to integrate it into existing infrastructure and to maximise the use of process heat and other by-products. A second targeted application is at a smaller scale on farms, where there is an abundant supply of waste biomass and a lack of suitable biogas upgrading plant.
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As described in proposal submitted to Innovate UK
| University of Southampton | LEAD_ORG |
| Federal University of Minas Gerais | COLLAB_ORG |
| University of Sheffield | COLLAB_ORG |
| Western Isles Council | COLLAB_ORG |
| Leap Micro Ad Ltd | COLLAB_ORG |
| Sativa Holdings Limited | COLLAB_ORG |
| Federal University of Amazonas | COLLAB_ORG |
| BBSRC | COFUND_ORG |
| Lutra Limited | PP_ORG |
| ITM Power plc | PP_ORG |
| Food & Environment Research Agency -FERA | PP_ORG |
| United Utilities Water PLC | PP_ORG |
| Charles Banks | PI_PER |
| Jane Thomas-Oates | COI_PER |
| Yue Zhang | COI_PER |
| Sonia Heaven | COI_PER |
| Mohamed Pourkashanian | COI_PER |
| William Nimmo | COI_PER |
| James Chong | COI_PER |
| Mark Walker | RESEARCH_COI_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Biogas
- Renewable energy sources
- Methane
- Energy production (process industry)
- Sustainable development
- Wastes
- Hydrogen
- Greenhouse gases
- Biogas plants
- Biomass (industry)
Extracted key phrases
- Hybrid anaerobic digestion process
- Anaerobic digestion plant
- Suitable biogas upgrading plant
- Situ biogas upgrading technique
- Process loss
- Process heat
- Biomethanisation
- Renewable energy source
- Waste biomass
- Use
- Fuel product
- Research
- Second targeted application
- CO2
- Vehicle fuel