Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_WWU_038 | |
| Title | Flexible biomethane production using carboxylic acids | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Applications for heat and electricity) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences) 50%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Wales and West Utilities |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 January 2017 | |
| End Date | 01 January 2020 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £38,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Technical Consultancy | |
| Region | Wales | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Wales and West Utilities (100.000%) |
| Web Site | http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_WWU_038 |
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| Objectives | To determine whether it is both technically feasible and cost effective to implement a novel concept of energy storage based on carboxylic acids for flexible and enhanced methane production to meet gas demand in various networks throughout the year Producing clear evidence as to whether a novel concept of energy storage based on carboxylic acids would allow flexible biomethane production in various networks throughout the year. | |
| Abstract | Biomethane is typically injected into the Intermediate or Medium pressure tiers, most of the demand on these networks is heat related and demand for gas and therefore the capacity available for biomethane injection falls considerably during the summer. Current biological processes used Anaerobic Digestion are slow and therefore cannot cope with short term changes in demand. In addition plant operators wish to maximise utilisation of their plants so will size them so that they can inject at times of lowest demand on the network. If they had a cost effective method of storing biomethane it would enable them to produce in the summer, store what could not be injected, and then inject it as demand picked up in the autumn. Other options to address this problem include compressing gas up the pressure tiers for example from intermediate to high pressure, however currently this has not been done operationally in Great Britain. WWU has done work to reconfigure networks to maximise the capacity available to biomethane plants but this is limited in scope and dependent on the individual characteristics of the network. Utilising a combination of literature reviews, theoretical desktop studies, appropriate research and practical experimentation methods, the project will test and evaluate the opportunities and potential to utilise carboxylic acids as an intermediate stage in the production of biomethane and also as a storage and fast acting production method to help address the issues associated with seasonal gas demandsNote : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 15/08/18 | |
