Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Pages: 541-549

Journal: Chemical Engineering & Technology

Volume number: 46

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0930-7516

eISSN: 1521-4125

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202100453

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
The production of biomethane as a fuel is an opportunity for existing combined heat and power biogas plants. These plants are not necessarily located near access points to the natural gas grid and will need to store the produced biomethane on site. Fuel demand is not constant, and the anaerobic digestion plant can vary its production, ramp up compression, and store gas pre-compression near ambient pressure or post-compression in high-pressure storage tanks. Compression is an energy-intensive process, and some of the energy is lost when a storage tank compressed to 250 bar is connected to an empty fuel tank of a vehicle (30 bar). The aim of this work was to develop a method to identify reasonable and optimal tank sizes, volume splits, and starting pressures and provide two control philosophies for the filling station.

Harvard Citation style: Kube, J., Goekgoez, F., Liebetrau, J. and Nelles, M. (2023) Storage Control Philosophies for Gas Filling Stations at Biogas Plants, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 46(3), pp. 541-549. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202100453

APA Citation style: Kube, J., Goekgoez, F., Liebetrau, J., & Nelles, M. (2023). Storage Control Philosophies for Gas Filling Stations at Biogas Plants. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 46(3), 541-549. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202100453