BIOGAS/BIOMETHANE

PRODUCTION, FILTERNING
AND UTILIZATION

NATURAL GAS IN ENERGY TRANSITION

21-06-2022 – CAIRO – GRAND NILE HOTEL –
ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, OLD CAIRO, CAIRO GOVERNORATE

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 WHAT IS THE BIOGAS ?
It’s Mixture of gases,
Compound Formula Percentage (%)
basically:
Methane CH4 50–80
Carbon dioxide CO2 15–50
 Methane(CH4)
Nitrogen N2 0–10
Hydrogen H2 0–1
 Carbon dioxide(CO2)
Hydrogen sulfide H2S 0–0.5
Oxygen O2 0–2.5
 Hydrogen sulphide (H2S)

It’s produced by anaerobic

bacterial fermentation of :

 Agricultural waste

 Green waste

 Plant material
 WHAT IS BIOMETHANE?
It’s Methane obtained by a
proper filtration of Biogas.

The main removed components

are:

 Hydroogen Sulfide (H2S)

 Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

 Silicon compounds (Siloxanes)

 FILTERING SYSTEM
The Filter is basically a vessel
composed by the following
elements:

 Micro-perforated sheet and its

supports

 Condensate tank

 Nozzle for gas inlet and outlet

The vessel is then filled with

active carbon, the real filtering
component.
 FILTERING FLOW
The filtering flow can be sum up
in a few passages:

 Biogas enters the vesel

through main Nozzle

 Reaches the condensate tank

 Separation of condasables

 Filtration thanks to Active

carbons
 ACTIVE CARBONS
The Active carbons are the
filtering media:

 Granular sphere

 4 x 6 US Sieve

 Density: 0,45 kg/l

 Surface area: 800 m^2/g

 H2S adsorption capacity: 20%

by weight (average), varies
from 10% to 50%
 FILTERING FLOW OPTIONS
A typical filtration system is
composed by 2 filtering vessel
placed in two ways:

 1) Vessels in parallel

 Low pressure drop

 2) Vessels in series

 Cleaner Gas
 GS OPERATIVE UNITS
GS INDUSTRIAL SERVICE SRL The Fabrication Materials are:
OPERATIVE UNITS ranges :
 AISI 304/304L
 From 2m^3 ACF
 AISI 316/316L
 To 5 m^3 ACF

Operating pressures ranges:

 From 10 bar

 To 50 bar
 BIOMETHANE ACTIVITIES
THE BIOMETHANE CAN BE THE
RESOURCE FOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS:

 Energy production

 fuel for combined cycle plants

 Transports

 Fuel for cars

 Fuel cells
 BIOMETHANE ADVANTAGES
THE BIOMETHANE ADAVNTAGES ARE:
 No ‘NEW’ produced CO2
 The amount of CO2 eventually produced
by the combustion of Biomethane would
be released into the atmosphere if organic
matter (from which biomethane is
produced) would simply be left to
decompose naturally
 The Emission of 1 Kg of CH4 (due to
spontaneous natural waste decomposition)
in a time interval of 100 years is equal to
emit 25 Kg of CO2, so its re-utilization is
very auspicable
 Lower water, soil and air pollution
 Preservation of forests
 GS NEW PROJECTS
TOGHETER WITH PARTNERS GS INDUSTRIAL
SERVICE SRL IS DEVELOPING AN INNOVATIVE
ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEM BASED ON:

 Supercritical fluid

 New rankine cycle

 No need of combustion and condesation

 No co2 emissions
THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION

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