BioSNG Demonstration Plant
Reference Number
NGGDGN01
Title
BioSNG Demonstration Plant
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Non-conventional oil and gas production)
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes))
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes))
Research Types
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Project Contact
Cadent Gas
Cadent Gas
Award Type
Network Innovation Competition
Funding Source
Ofgem
Start Date
01 April 2014
End Date
31 March 2017
Duration
36 months
Total Grant Value
£4,251,000
Industrial Sectors
Manufacturing
Region
London
Programme
New and Renewable Gas Sources
Web Site
Objectives
The challenge therefore is providing cost-effective bio-methane at sufficient scale to meet a greater proportion of the future heat demand and thereby avoid the significant costs to the consumer of decarbonisation via other routes. Expected Benefits: The project will determine whether or not it is possible to upgrade gas from waste to a pipeline quality. It will also identify technical performance of the plant and any issues that network licensees would need to address if connecting such a plant, such as pressure, temperature, quality, ramp up ramp down type parameters.
Abstract
This project seeks to prove the technical and economic feasibility of thermal gasification of waste to renewable gas (bio-substitute natural gas or BioSNG), through constructing a demonstration plant to take an existing stream of syngas and upgrading it to GSMR quality gas. If successful this will increase the potential availability of renewable gas in the UK by 100TWh.
It will test and demonstrate this by taking a waste derived syngas from Advanced Plasma Power&8217;s (APP) Gasplasma demonstration facility, located at Swindon and upgrade it through a dedicated conversion and clean up plant to a pipeline quality (Gas Safety Management Regulation Specification or GSMR) gas.
The build and operation of the processing plant and test programme will test and demonstrate the concept and design of how syngas from waste can be converted to pipeline quality gas. It will inform the design and economics of subsequent commercial plants that could significantly increase the potential of renewable gas in the UK.
The project follows on from IFI79 (Feasibility and Design of a BioSNG Demonstration project). The project is expected to take approximately 3 years, split into a number of phases including final design and safety, build, commission and detailed test programmes. The planned start date is the 1st April 2014 with an expected completion date of 31st March 2017.
The project will by demonstrating technology to show how biogenic waste and biomass can be converted into a BioSNG gas stream which can provide renewable gas into the grid at the correct pipeline specifications. By doing this it will ensure that there is an alternative source of fuel to deliver low carbon heat other than converting domestic and commercial heat demand to electric heat pumps. The avoided costs of conversion to electric heat sources for gas customers has been estimated at 25bn, whilst the cost of decommissioning the gas distribution networks would be a further 8bn.
It will test and demonstrate this by taking a waste derived syngas from Advanced Plasma Power&8217;s (APP) Gasplasma demonstration facility, located at Swindon and upgrade it through a dedicated conversion and clean up plant to a pipeline quality (Gas Safety Management Regulation Specification or GSMR) gas.
The build and operation of the processing plant and test programme will test and demonstrate the concept and design of how syngas from waste can be converted to pipeline quality gas. It will inform the design and economics of subsequent commercial plants that could significantly increase the potential of renewable gas in the UK.
The project follows on from IFI79 (Feasibility and Design of a BioSNG Demonstration project). The project is expected to take approximately 3 years, split into a number of phases including final design and safety, build, commission and detailed test programmes. The planned start date is the 1st April 2014 with an expected completion date of 31st March 2017.
The project will by demonstrating technology to show how biogenic waste and biomass can be converted into a BioSNG gas stream which can provide renewable gas into the grid at the correct pipeline specifications. By doing this it will ensure that there is an alternative source of fuel to deliver low carbon heat other than converting domestic and commercial heat demand to electric heat pumps. The avoided costs of conversion to electric heat sources for gas customers has been estimated at 25bn, whilst the cost of decommissioning the gas distribution networks would be a further 8bn.
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