High quality methane gas through modified anaerobic digestion

Details High quality methane gas through modified anaerobic digestion High quality methane gas through modified anaerobic digestion

1974-11-22

1976-09-21

Hart, Charles N.

Liquid purification or separation

With alarm, indicator, register, recorder, signal or...

Responsive to fluid flow

210 12, 210 16, 195 27, C02C 114

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039818004

ABSTRACT:
Conventional anaerobic digestion, as practiced in municipal waste treatment plants, is modified to yield high-quality methane gas. Upwards of 98 percent methane is produced rather than the normal 60 to 70 percent methane (diluted with carbon dioxide).
The process, wherein digestion is conducted under several atmospheres of pressure, involves the application of Henry's Law. Digesting sludge is used as a scrubbing agent. According to one system a recirculation loop features pressure release and degassing of carbon dioxide. Degassed sludge is then pumped, under pressure, back into a digestion tank. The recirculation rate is designed to maintain sludge in the digester in an unsaturated state with regard to carbon dioxide solubility. This keeps the carbon dioxide from precipitating out of the sludge within the digestion tank and results in high purity methane production. Another system accomplishes similar results by periodically depressurizing the digestion tanks to allow carbon dioxide to escape. This configuration requires no recirculation for degassification.

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patent: 3890113 (1975-06-01), Child

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