PSI visited by Renewtec

On the 1st of May Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland was visited by Jörgen Held. PSI works actively with the development of fluidised bed methanation which has potential to lower the production cost of bioSNG.

Serge_BiollazDr. Serge Biollaz, head of Thermal Process Engineering Group at PSI shows a ”cold flow” model of fluidised bed methanation. It’s important to obtain good contact between the syngas bubbles and the catalytic bed material and at the same time  keep the temperature on a constant level. Dr. Biollaz revealed that shortly a new lab for methanation of biogas and syngas as well as Power-to-gas will be built on the PSI premises.

The meeting finished with Renewtec informing about the market and competence platform for small scale bioSNG production that Renewtec and BioMil together with project partners from industry and academia is building up with financial support from the regional authority in Scania.

Renewtec visits KIT

The 30th of April Jörgen Held visited Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT, one of Europe´s largest energy research institutes. Dr. Siegfried Bajohr gave a presentation on KIT’s honeycomb methanation catalyst. The catalyst has potential to reduce the investment cost which is advantageous,  especially for small scale plants. The catalyst is under testing in pilot scale at the Cortus gasification plant in Köping.

Dr. Manuel Götz gave a much appreciated guided tour in the  KIT lab and told about  3-phase methanation which is another methanation technique suitable for small scale plants.

The meeting finished with Renewtec informing about the market and competence platform for small scale bioSNG production that Renewtec and BioMil together with project partners from industry and academia is building up with financial support from the regional authority in Scania.

Dr. Siegfried BajohrTo the right, Dr. Siegfried Bajohr, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and to the left Jörgen Held, Renewtec AB.

 

Honeycomb catalyst

 

 

Crosscuts of honeycomb catalysts. The catalyst length is normally several meters.

 

Dr. Manuel Götz

 

Dr. Manuel Götz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology shows an experimental set-up for 3-phase methanation.