Recent Trends in Biogas Upgrading
Technologies for Biomethane Production
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B. S. Dhanya, Dhruv Singh, Asim Kumar Jana,
Anjani Kumar Dwiwedi, Ashok Kumar Sharma,
Munusamy Chamundeeswari, and Madan Lal Verma
Abstract
Biogas, an ultimate renewable energy, is of enormous demand currently, due to
increased fuel price and its fluctuations with expansive pollution emission.
Biogas is environmentally feasible and viable. Biomethane production is of
high impact, and hence the present chapter is concentrated on various biogas
upgradation technologies conjugated with carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide
removal strategies. The upgrading methods such as absorption, adsorption, membrane separation, biological methods, cryogenic technology, hybrid methods,
supersonic separation, industrial lung, in situ methane enrichment and chemical
dehydrogenation are discussed. High methane purity with minimized methane
loss is the key for an effective upgradation method. A comprehensive study of
comparison between various biogas upgradation technologies is analysed,
Authors “B. S. Dhanya” and “Dhruv Singh”contributed equally to this work.
B. S. Dhanya
Department of Biotechnology, Udaya School of Engineering, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
D. Singh · A. K. Dwiwedi · A. K. Sharma
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
A. K. Jana
Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
M. Chamundeeswari
Department of Biotechnology, Udaya School of Engineering, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
M. L. Verma (*)
Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Department of Biotechnology, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Hamirpur,
Himachal Pradesh, India
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis
for Sustainability, Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_9
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Technologies for Biomethane Production
9
B. S. Dhanya, Dhruv Singh, Asim Kumar Jana,
Anjani Kumar Dwiwedi, Ashok Kumar Sharma,
Munusamy Chamundeeswari, and Madan Lal Verma
Abstract
Biogas, an ultimate renewable energy, is of enormous demand currently, due to
increased fuel price and its fluctuations with expansive pollution emission.
Biogas is environmentally feasible and viable. Biomethane production is of
high impact, and hence the present chapter is concentrated on various biogas
upgradation technologies conjugated with carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide
removal strategies. The upgrading methods such as absorption, adsorption, membrane separation, biological methods, cryogenic technology, hybrid methods,
supersonic separation, industrial lung, in situ methane enrichment and chemical
dehydrogenation are discussed. High methane purity with minimized methane
loss is the key for an effective upgradation method. A comprehensive study of
comparison between various biogas upgradation technologies is analysed,
Authors “B. S. Dhanya” and “Dhruv Singh”contributed equally to this work.
B. S. Dhanya
Department of Biotechnology, Udaya School of Engineering, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
D. Singh · A. K. Dwiwedi · A. K. Sharma
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
A. K. Jana
Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
M. Chamundeeswari
Department of Biotechnology, Udaya School of Engineering, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
M. L. Verma (*)
Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Department of Biotechnology, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Hamirpur,
Himachal Pradesh, India
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis
for Sustainability, Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_9
239