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Process Technologies of Reforming, Upgrading and Purification of Anaerobic Digestion Gas for Fuel Cells

연료전지에의 적용을 위한 혐기성 소화가스의 정제, 고질화 및 메탄개질 기술

  • BAE, MINSOO (R&D Team, Enviromental Corporation of Incheon) ;
  • LEE, JONGYEON (Dept. of Environmental Energy, Korea Environment Corporation) ;
  • LEE, JONGGYU (Energry Research Group, Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2016.03.17
  • Accepted : 2016.04.30
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

Biogas is a renewable fuel from anaerobic digestion of organic matters such as sewage sludge, manure and food waste. Raw biogas consists mainly of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and water. Biogas may also contain other impurities such as siloxanes, halogenated hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons. Efficient power technologies such as fuel cell demand ultra-low concentration of containments in the biogas feed, imposing stringent requirements on fuel purification technology. Biogas is upgraded from pressure swing adsorption after biogas purification process which consists of water, $H_2S$ and siloxane removal. A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell power plant is designed to operate on reformate produced from upgraded biogas by steam reformer.

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