Scenarios for upgrading and distribution of compressed and liquefied biogas — Energy, environmental, and economic analysis

Gustafsson, Marcus; Cruz, Igor; Svensson, Niclas; Karlsson, Magnus

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120473

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“…The three most common methods to achieve this purity are water scrubbing, pressure swing adsorption and chemical (amine) absorption [17]. The methods differ in, for example, how much methane losses there are, how pure the end product/s is/are, how much energy was used in the upgrading and if it required any chemicals or special equipment [17,24]. Biomethane produced from upgrading can be used directly as fuel in two wayseither by compressing it to 200 bar (compressed biogas, CBG) or by cooling it down to a liquid at À162 C (liquefied biogas, LBG).…”

Section: Fuels Produced From Biogasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To liquefy biomethane, an extra polishing step is often needed where the biomethane is purified even further. Gustafsson et al [24] compared different upgrading methods for CBG and LBG as well as ways to distribute the gas, and found that LBG requires more energy than CBG (0.03-0.04 kWh/MJ LBG instead of 0.02-0.03 kWh/MJ CBG), but LBG often seems to have less global warming impact than CBG due to reduced methane slip [24].…”

Section: Fuels Produced From Biogasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Today, the research on CBG often focuses on available upgrading technologies and their comparative performance, e.g. [16,24,[36][37][38] and exhaust emissions from gas vehicles, e.g. [15,39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Today, LBG research mainly focuses on upgrading and liquefication technologies [24,[57][58][59]. There are also studies on the feasibility of using LBG as a road transportation fuel [60,61], as well as a marine transportation fuel [62,63].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Or Zain and Mohamed [154], who give an overview of previous studies on methane to syngas conversion and the conversion of CO 2 to methanol, focusing on the parameters they used and what conversion rates they got. Another example is provided by Gustafsson et al [24], who studied energy use in different upgrading methods for CBG and LBG.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Biogas-based fuels as renewable energy in the transport sector: an overview of the potential of using CBG, LBG and other vehicle fuels produced from biogas

Dahlgren

2020

Biofuels

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The energy supply in the world needs to change from fossil fuels to renewable alternatives. Biogas is such a renewable alternative, and there is potential to increase the biogas production in the world. In recent decades, many countries have increasingly been upgrading biogas to vehicle fuel. In the last few years, the interest has also increased in liquefying biogas for heavier transports. Biogas can also be a raw material for other fuels by gasifying the biogas, for example Fischer-Tropsch fuels, methanol, dimethyl ether and hydrogen. This study provides an overview of vehicle fuels that can be produced from biogas, their technological maturity and their respective potentials as substitutes for fossil fuels in the transport system. A common factor for all of them is that they are most often produced from fossil fuels. Compressed and liquefied methane are the only fuels being commercially produced using biogas. The other fuels all have strengths that both compressed and liquefied methane lack, for example the possibility of emission-free fuel cell vehicles. However, they are all less mature technologies than compressed and liquefied methane. The greatest short-term potential is thus for expanded use of biogas as compressed and liquefied biomethane.

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Essentials of Liquefied Biomethane Gas (LBG)

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Solid‐Gaseous Biofuels Production

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A conceptual review of sustainable electrical power generation from biogas

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Abbaspour

Ahmadi

et al. 2021

Energy Science & Engineering

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High‐energy demand with rapid industrialization and mechanization combined with environmental pollution due to the burning of fossil fuels has driven a shift toward renewable energy. Biogas derived from biomass is a potential renewable energy source that can be used in different sectors such as transportation sector, electricity generation, heat production, combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and fuel cells. Moreover, the upgraded biogas can be applied as transportation fuel via an internal combustion chamber (for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles), and electricity station (for electric vehicles). In the present work, a conceptual review of biogas‐based electrical power production systems is presented. It is clear that the conventional types of biomass contain a high amount of pollutants and unwanted constituents, which lower the lower heating value (LHV) of biogas fuel. Moreover, the energy and exergy efficiencies of biogas applications are influenced by these components. Consequently, several biogas‐upgrading technologies have been elaborated to increase the LHV of biogas fuel by removing biogas pollutants. So, the energy and exergy analyses of biogas‐driven plants are discussed in this regard. Also, the economic analysis of biogas‐fueled systems is measured through the connection between biogas production, purchased electrical power, and selling of an additional amount of biogas. Biogas represents an important source of renewable energy as shown before, and it helps in waste management and W‐to‐E (waste to energy) conversion, which allows utilizing huge amounts of wastes instead of disposal or landfill procedures. However, handling of biogas from production to utilization has an impact on the environment. Therefore, the assessment of the environmental impacts of biogas plants is presented. In addition, a combination of the biogas energy with other sources, especially renewable energy sources (eg, solar‐biogas, geothermal‐biogas, wind‐biogas, CHP, CCHP, and concentrated photovoltaic‐biogas), and reusing waste energy for other tasks (eg, employing the waste heat from a gas turbine) are examined.

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Scenarios for upgrading and distribution of compressed and liquefied biogas — Energy, environmental, and economic analysis

Cited by 41 publications

References 18 publications

Biogas-based fuels as renewable energy in the transport sector: an overview of the potential of using CBG, LBG and other vehicle fuels produced from biogas

Biogas-based fuels as renewable energy in the transport sector: an overview of the potential of using CBG, LBG and other vehicle fuels produced from biogas

Essentials of Liquefied Biomethane Gas (LBG)

A conceptual review of sustainable electrical power generation from biogas

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