SMARTCAT - Development of a „smart concept“ for a biogas upgrade by continuous CO2 methanation

Methane conversion efficiency of the novel «Smartcat» (blue) in comparison to a "conventional concept" (grey, dry) at identical operation conditions (T=300°C and 1 bar).

At a glance

Project leader : Dr. Andre Heel
Project team : Dr. Andreas Borgschulte, Dr. Renaud Delmelle
Project budget : CHF 850'000
Project status : completed
Funding partner : Federal government (Bundesamt für Energie), Other (FOGA)

Description

The aim of the project is the development and demonstration of a new concept for a continuously operated CO2 methanation reactor for organic sources. On base of a novel and innovative concept, a self-regenerating sorption catalyst (SMARTCAT), it has to be demonstrated how residual CO2 from biogas plants can be efficiently converted with regenerative hydrogen (RH2) to an enriched and pure methane stream. The methane should be of such a quality already after the conversion that it can directly injected into the existing natural gas grid.

Publications

Terreni, Jasmin; Trottmann, Matthias; Delmelle, Renaud; Heel, Andre; Trtik, Pavel; Lehmann, Eberhard H.; Borgschulte, Andreas,

2018.

Observing chemical reactions by time-resolved high-resolution neutron imaging.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

122(41), pp. 23574-23581.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07321
Delmelle, Renaud; Terreni, Jasmin; Remhof, Arndt; Heel, Andre; Proost, Joris; Borgschulte, Andreas,

2018.

Evolution of water diffusion in a sorption-enhanced methanation catalyst.

Catalysts.

8(9).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8090341

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