A biogas upgrader is a facility that is used to concentrate the methane in biogas to natural gas standards. The system removes carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide,[1] water and contaminants from the biogas. One technique for doing this uses amine gas treating. This purified biogas is also called biomethane. It can be used interchangeably with natural gas.
Raw biogas produced from digestion is roughly 60% methane and 29% CO2 with trace elements of H2S; it is not high quality enough to be used as fuel gas for machinery. The corrosive nature of H2S alone is enough to destroy the internals of a plant.
Component
Range
Average
Methane
45–70%
60%
Carbon dioxide
25–55%
35%
Water vapour
0–10%
3,1%
Nitrogen
0,01–5%
1%
Oxygen
0,01–2%
0,3%
Hydrogen
0–1%
< 1%
Ammonia
0,01–2,5 mg/m3
0,7 mg/m3
Hydrogen Sulphide
0–30'000 mg/m3
500 mg/m3
The solution is the use of biogas upgrading or purification processes whereby contaminants in the raw biogas stream are absorbed or scrubbed, leaving more methane per unit volume of gas. There are four main methods of upgrading: water washing, pressure swing adsorption, selexol adsorbtion, and amine gas treating.
^EVALUATION OF UPGRADING TECHNIQUES FOR BIOGAS, Margareta Persson, October 2003, School of Environmental Engineering, Lund University
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