Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_WWU_039 | |
| Title | Higher chain alkane gases from Anaerobic Digestion | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 100%; | |
| 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 April 2017 | |
| End Date | 01 April 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_039 |
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| Objectives | To determine whether it is both technically feasible and cost effective to produce higher chain alkanes from AD process to remove the need to add propane to biomethane to enable it to meet the required CV Producing clear evidence as to whether production of higher chain alkanes is technically feasible and cost effective. | |
| Abstract | Gas from biomethane plants contains methane and no higher chain hydrocarbons, it therefore has a lower energy (this is called Calorific Value or CV )per cubic metre than natural gas. To increase the CV producers add propane, this increases both capital and operational costs and complicates planning applications owing to the need to have propane storage on site and to pay for the propane which cost more than per kWh than the value of the biomethane per kWh. A solution that removed or reduced the requirement to add propane would therefore be benenficial to producers. 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 generate higher chain alkanes (ethane, propane) through anaerobic digestion of organic wastes utilising a variety of different cultures of bacteriaNote : 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 | 21/08/18 | |
