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Increasing Calorific Value of Biogas using Different Techniques: A
Review
Akshit Patel1
Jayendra Patel2
Tushar Patel3
1
M.E. Student 2
Assistant Professor 3
Managing Director
1,2
Department of Mechanical Engineering
1,2
Smt. S. R. Patel Engineering College – Dhabi 3
Zero Emission Energy, Palanpur
Abstract— The use of fossil fuel is increasing day by day
and is going to deplete soon. Biogas is a clean environment
friendly fuel. Biogas produced from anaerobic digestion of
organic waste cannot be utilized straight off as a vehicle
fuel. The gases produced from anaerobic digestion are CH4
and trace components like CO2, H2O, H2S, Siloxanes,
Hydrocarbons, NH3, O2, CO and N2. To use biogas as fuel,
its CV should be about equal to CV of natural gas. Hence
CV of biogas can be improved by removing CO2 and trace
components from biogas. These gases are not completely
combustible and will harm engine parts. For transforming
biogas to bioCNG two steps are performed: (1) cleaning
process to remove trace components and (2) upgrading
process to increase CV of biogas. This paper reviews the
attempt made to increase CV of a biogas by different
methods for cleaning and upgrading.
Key words: fossil fuel, biogas, Calorific Value
NOMENCLATURE
CV-Calorific value
VSA-vacuum swing adsorption
PSA-pressure swing adsorption
I. INTRODUCTION
Anaerobic fermentation (AF) of organic waste produces a
biogas with high concentration of methane (CH4). The
biogas formed in AF plants consists of 55–80vol% CH4, 20–
45vol%CO2, 0–1.0vol%H2S, 0–0.05vol% NH3 and it is
saturated with water [1]. Methane is the component chiefly
responsible for a typical calorific value of 21–24 MJ/m3
or
around 6kWh/m3
. Biogas is often utilized for cooking,
warming, lighting or electricity generation. Larger plants
can feed biogas into gas supply networks. The activities of
at least three bacterial communities are required by the
biochemical chain which releases methane. Firstly, during
hydrolysis, extracellular enzymes degrade complex
carbohydrates, proteins and lipids into their constituent
units. Next is acidogenesis (or fermentation) where
hydrolysis products are converted to acetic acid, hydrogen
and carbon dioxide. The facultative bacteria mediating these
reactions exhaust residual oxygen in the digester, thus
producing suitable conditions for the last step:
methanogensis, where obligate anaerobic bacteria control
methane production from acidogenesis products. Anaerobic
digesters are typically planned to run in the mesophilic (20–
40 °C) or thermophilic (above 40 °C) temperature zones.
Sludge produced from the anaerobic digestion of liquid
biomass is often used as a fertilizer [4]. The main impurities
are CO2, which lowers the calorific value of the gas and
hydrogen sulfide (H2S) which could cause several problems
on the engine parts and on human health, in fact on the
engine parts it causes corrosion (compressors, gas storage
tank and engines), while it is toxic after its inhalation.
Although CO2 is a major problem in the biogas as its
removal is useful to adjust the calorific value and the
relative density according to the specifications of the Wobbe
index [5,6]. The unwanted CO2 will bring down the quality
of biogas and contribute to negative effect on biogas
compression. After removing CO2, biogas can be used as
renewable and low carbon fuel substituting natural gas for
electricity generation and natural gas vehicle transportation.
Methods for biogas upgrading is mainly concentrated on the
removal of CO2 with a little CH4 loss [2]. After purification,
the final product is referred to as „Biomethane‟, typically
holding 95-97% CH4 and 1-3% CO2. Biomethane can be
utilized as an alternative for natural gas [7]. Biogas can be
utilized for high temperature and steam production,
electricity production and/or co-generation, vehicles fueling,
chemicals production and injection into the natural gas grid.
Nevertheless, using biogas as a vehicle fuel or injecting it
into the natural gas grid is applications that are gaining
interest at the international stage. In both the terminal cases,
an appropriate upgrading of the biogas i.e. removal of CO2
and trace contaminants is required. The output gas from the
upgrading procedure is generally called Biomethane and it is
qualified by an increased content of methane with respect to
the entering biogas [3].
Fig. 1: Wobbe index and relative density as function of
methane content of the upgraded gas [6]
II. CO2 REMOVING
A. Chemical Absorption Process
Three agents NaOH, KOH and Ca(OH)2 can be used in
chemical upgrading of biogas [18]. The absorption process
is based on using aqueous solutions of potassium hydroxide,
with the final aim of producing potassium carbonate. The
absorption reaction between KOH and the CO2 produces an
aqueous solution of K2CO3:
2 KOH + CO2 K2CO3 + H2O (1.1)
In this reaction, excess KOH leads to an increased
production of potassium carbonate, while excess CO2 leads
to undesired chemical reaction as follows:
K2CO3 + CO2 2 KHCO3 (1.2)
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Potassium carbonate is a product which has many
applications in the chemical industry if adequate quality is
available (e.g., crystal industry, special glass production,
potassium salts, inks and pigments, detergents, food
industry, waste gas treatment). It can be sold as a pulverized
solid, or in aqueous solution. The volumetric concentration
of CH4 significantly increases between 85-97%, similar to
conventional natural gas quality [8]. This process may have
higher energetic penalties since the CO2 removal in biogas is
a bulk removal process. The CH4 purity in the range 97-98%
is obtaining [19].
B. Physical absorption process
This is one of the easiest and cheapest method involves the
use of pressurized water as an absorbent. The raw biogas is
compressed and fed into a packed bed column from bottom
and the pressurized water is sprayed from the top. The
absorption process is, thus a counter-current one. This
dissolves CO2 as well as H2S in water, which are collected
at the bottom of the tower. The water could be recycled to
the first scrubbing tower [18]. This is the simplest method
for upgrading biogas. A continuous counter-current type
scrubber with gas flow rate of 1.8 m3
/h at 0.48 bar pressure
and water inflow rate of 0.465 m3
/h. It continuously reduced
CO2 from 30% at inlet to 2% at outlet by volume [18]. In
this technique, H2S is removed with CO2. Also the purified
CH4 stream (with purity up to 98%) should be dried after
leaving the scrubber [19].
C. Adsorption
PSA and VSA are technologies that uses a column filled
with a molecular sieves to separate some gas species from a
mixture of gases under pressure [9,10]. To separate CO2,
Activated carbon, silicagel, alumina or zeolites are typically
used. The molecules are adsorbed in a reversible way in the
cavities of the molecular sieve, so it is possible to create a
cyclic batch process where the adsorber can be regenerated.
Adsorption is performed on a relatively high pressure (800
kPa) while desorption is performed at lower pressure [11].
Usually three or four vessels are used, each working on a
different stadium: adsorption, depressurization, desorption
and pressurization [12]. Before the PSA or VSA unit, H2S
must be removed in order to prevent poisoning of the
molecular sieve. In addition, the PSA process requires dry
gas; so it is necessary to dry raw biogas before the
upgrading process. PSA and VSA are similar systems, with
the only difference that VSA requires a supplementary
vacuum pump in this case the differential pressure is
situated at lower absolute pressure [13].
Fig. 2: Set-up of (vacuum) pressure swing adsorption [6].
The efficiency of this process is up to 98% [18].
One of the advantages of the PSA process is that is can be
adapted to biogas upgrading in any part of the world since it
does not depend on the availability of cold or hot sources
[19].
D. Membrane separation processes
The use of membranes for gas cleaning is a well-established
technology in chemical industries. The membrane is a
porous material that let some gases permeate through its
structure. The most commonly employed materials are
hollow fibres made of different polymers [19].
1) Gas-gas separation
Gas is pressurized (2000 to 3600 kPa) and cleaned to
remove hydrocarbons, H2S and oil vapor. Acetate-cellulose
membranes separate small polar molecules as CO2, H2S and
moisture. With this technique, it is possible to purify biogas
to maximum 92% CH4 in one step. With more steps (two or
three), a gas with even more than 96% CH4 is achieved. The
off-gas still contains 10-25% of CH4, so that it has to be
flared or used in a steam boiler [14,15]. Besides operation at
high pressure, a pilot study has been carried out at low
pressure (800 kPa) membrane separation system. Trace
components need to be removed before the membrane-unit
i.e. by an active carbon filter. A 10% reduction in costs per
m3
natural gas can be achieved, compared to high pressure
membrane separation techniques [16].
2) Gas-liquid separation
Gas-liquid absorption membranes have been developed
recently and they consist in a micro porous hydro-phobic
membrane that separates the gaseous from the liquid phase.
The gas stream molecules which are able to diffuse through
the membrane will be absorbed on the other side by the
liquid. This process involves gas and liquid flowing in
counter current. The gas is pressurized, so liquid is
prevented to flow to the gas side. This process operates at
atmospheric pressure (100 kPa), with advantages on the
point of view of construction and operating cost. The
removal of CO2 is carried out with an amine solution and
biogas with more than 96% CH4 can be obtained in one step.
Furthermore the amine solution can be regenerated by
heating. During this process, a pure CO2 flow is released
and can be sold for industrial applications [14].
E. Cryogenic separation
It is possible to produce bio-methane by cooling and
compressing the biogas, since different impurities liquefy at
different temperature and pressure conditions. The raw gas
is compressed in multiple stages, up to 8000 kPa. To prevent
freezing during the cooling steps, the gas is dried before.
After the compression, the biogas is cooled until -45 °C. The
condensed CO2 is removed and treated to recover the CH4.
The biogas is cooled further to -55 °C; afterward is
expanded to 800-1000 kPa reaching the temperature of -110
°C. In this condition there is solid CO2 and a gaseous phase
with more than 97% CH4, which is collected and heated
before leaving the process [6,12,18].
In the Netherlands, a cryogenic system to upgrade
biogas to natural gas quality was implemented [15] in four
steps. The incoming biogas is first compressed to 1000 kPa
and cooled to -25 °C. Moisture, H2S, SO2, halogens,
siloxanes and other trace components are removed from the
biogas. From there, the biogas is further cooled till -55 °C.
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Liquefied CO2 is removed from the gas mixture so the
calorific value is increased. The remaining gas stream is
further cooled till -85 °C where CO2 convert in to solid
form. Three vessels are used: one is for upgrading the
biogas, set at -85 °C, one is kept at intermediate
temperatures (-85 °C to -60 °C) and one vessel is set at -60
°C to liquefy the CO2. The gaseous phase is depressurized
and can be injected after removing odour into the natural gas
grid. The results show high efficiency and low methane
losses [15].
F. Biological methane enrichment
In this experiment, different methanogens using only CO2 as
a carbon source and H2 as an energy source were examined.
The selection between mesophilic and thermophilic
operation temperatures is typically based on whether the
completion of reaction or the rate of reaction is of primary
concern. Thermophilic methanogens exhibit rapid
methanogenesis, while mesophilic bacteria give more
complete conversion of the available CO2. The organism
works optimally at temperatures of 65-70 °C and has a
specific requirement for H2S, so both unwanted components
are removed. A synthetic biogas of 50-60% CH4, 30-40%
CO2 and 1-2% H2S was mixed with H2 to a final mole
fraction of H2: CO2 equaling 0.79:0.21. The gas mixture was
fed to the hollow fibers packed with organisms. This
biological system can effectively remove CO2 and H2S,
while approximately double the original CH4 mass.
Alternative physicochemical treatment methods only
remove the contaminating gas components, without
changing CH4 mass. The purified biogas contains about 96%
CH4 and 4% CO2, while H2 and H2S were not detected.
III. REMOVAL OF H2S
A. Removal of H2S during digestion
H2S can be treated directly in the digester vessel and the
most used techniques to interfere with its formation are
adding air/oxygen or iron chloride [6,12].
1) Air/oxygen dosing to the biogas system
This technique is based on the biological aerobic oxidation
of H2S to elemental sulfur by a group of specialized
microorganisms (autotrophic Thiobacillus). The following
reaction occurs in the biogas:
2H2S + O2 2S + 2H2O (1.3)
Elemental sulphur and sulfate is formed, which
cause corrosion in solutions. A small amount (2-6%) of O2
needed for the reaction to occur, is introduced in the biogas
system by an air pump. A reduction of H2S concentrations
down to 20-100100 cm3
/m3
and a removal efficiency of 80-
99% can be achieved [9,14,18]. Safety measures have to be
taken to avoid overdosing of air in the biogas. Biogas in air
(6-12%) is an explosive mixture. Care must be taken so that
anaerobic conditions remain present in order to keep the
digestion process from being inhibited [14,18].
2) Addition of iron chloride into the digester
Iron chloride reacts with the H2S present in the biogas to
form FeS as solid precipitated particles. These are the
chemical reactions:
2Fe3+
+ 3S2-
2FeS + S (1.4)
Fe2+
+ S2-
FeS (1.5)
The presence of H2S in the biogas is avoided due to
precipitation of FeS and therefore this method can achieve a
reduction of H2S concentration in the biogas down to 100
cm3
/m3
at standard condition [17].
B. Removal of H2S after digestion
1) Adsorption using iron oxide or hydroxide
Hydrogen sulfide reacts easily with iron oxide, iron
hydroxide and zinc oxide and forms iron sulfide or zinc
sulphide respectively. This process is often referred to as
“iron sponge” because rust-covered steel wool may be used
to form the reaction bed. Iron oxide and iron hydroxide react
with H2S in the biogas according to following reactions
Fe2O3 + 3H2S Fe2S3 + 3H2O (1.6)
2Fe(OH)3 + 3H2SFe2S3 + 6H2O (1.7)
The iron oxide can be regenerated with oxygen
according to the following reaction:
2Fe2S3 + 3O2 2Fe2O3 + 6S (1.8)
This reaction is exothermic and therefore a large
quantity of heat is released during regeneration. This may
lead to self-ignition of the wood chips, if air flow and
temperature are not carefully controlled. Typically two
reaction beds are installed. One bed is regenerative while the
other bed removes H2S from the biogas [9]. The formed
elementary sulfur remains on the surface and blocks the
active iron oxide or hydroxide, restricting the number of
cycles that can be performed [14].
2) Adsorption on activated carbon
H2S can also be removed by using activated carbon often
dosed with KI or sulfuric acid (H2SO4) to increase the
reaction rate. In biological filters the H2S is catalytically
converted to elemental sulfur and water:
2H2S + O2 2S + 2H2O (1.9)
The biogas must have a certain amount of air
before entering the carbon bed, therefore 4-6% air is added.
The formed elementary sulfur is adsorbed by the activated
carbon. Best efficiency is obtained at pressures of 700-800
kPa and temperatures of 50-70 °C. This temperature is
easily achieved through heat generation during compression.
If a continuous process is required the system can consist of
two vessels [6,12,14]: one vessel for adsorption and the
other for regeneration. Regeneration can be performed with
hot nitrogen (inert gas) or steam. The sulfur is vaporized
and, after cooling, liquefied at approximately 130 °C.
Typically, the activated carbon is replaced rather than
regenerated [6,7,12].
IV. REMOVAL OF WATER
A. Physical drying methods (condensation)
The simplest way of removing excess water vapor is through
refrigeration. The minimum dew point reachable is 0.5 °C at
atmospheric pressure due to freezing problems on the
surface of the heat exchanger. To achieve lower dew points
the gas has to be compressed before cooling and then later
expanded to the desired pressure [6,12]. The use of any kind
of anti-freezing compound is not recommended. The
chemical treatment itself is very complicated and adding
other compounds would be too expensive and would involve
more complexity in the system. In fact adding any chemicals
in the gas requires a control injection system to ensure the
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correct composition and an absorption tower to re-separate
the glycol from the biogas.
Techniques using physical separation of condensed water
include:
Demisters in which liquid particles are removed by
wired mesh (micro-pores, 0.5-2 nm);
Cyclone separators in which water droplets are
separated using centrifugal forces;
Moisture traps in which the condensation takes
place by expansion. As consequence the
temperature decreases and the water condenses;
Water taps in the biogas pipe from which
condensed water can be removed [6,17].
B. Chemical drying methods
These techniques are usually applied at elevated pressures.
The most common technique is adsorption by using alumina
or zeolites/molecular sieves. Methods based on gas drying
include:
Adsorption of water vapor on silica, alumina or
equal chemical components that can bind water
molecules (adsorption dryer). Two chemical
columns are often used together in order to adsorb
the water and to regenerate the adsorber;
Absorption of water in triethylene glycol.
Regeneration of saturated glycol solvent is done in
a specific unit operating at a temperature of 200 °C;
Absorption of water with hygroscopic salts. The
salt dissolves as it absorbs water from the biogas.
The salt is not regenerated and new salt granules
have to be added to replace the dissolved salt
[6,12].
V. CONCLUSION
Biogas produced from animal waste can be a valuable
energy resource. By combusting waste methane (biogas), a
powerful greenhouse gas is eliminated that would otherwise
be released. One of the most interesting utilization of
biomethane is as vehicle fuel. The substitution of
conventional fossil fuels with biomethane can provide up to
80% less of greenhouse gases emissions. The cost of
biomethane without incentives is generally not competitive
compared with conventional natural gas. For increasing CV
of biogas CO2 must be removed from it and thus obtaining
biomethane. Biomethane, due to its composition (97 to 99 %
of CH4), has all the good qualities that natural gas has: it is
one of the most environmental friendly combustion fuel, it is
easy to transport and it can be used as fuel for all sorts of
vehicle.
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