scholarly journals A novel system for large-scale storage of electricity as synthetic natural gas using reversible pressurized solid oxide cells

Energy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 738-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Butera ◽  
Søren Højgaard Jensen ◽  
Lasse Røngaard Clausen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas

Technology Outlook and Sustainability of the Synthetic Natural Gas Production Process Derived From Coal

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando M. Ramirez ◽  
Lesme Corredor
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Technical Performance

Natural gas is the most environmental friendly fossil fuel with a high energy content and has a promising future within the energy consumption outlook. For this reason, its production from coal is gaining a significant interest, converting the most abundant, stable, and low price fossil fuel to synthetic natural gas (SNG). In this paper a technology outlook and a sustainability assessment of the technical, economical, and environmental factors is developed. It was found that the sustainability of the process depends mainly on the local price of coal and natural gas, as well as, emerging SNG technologies, also known as direct methanation. The conventional methanation process, the indirect methanation, has high capital costs but it is currently the only proven large scale technology. Although the emerging technology has not yet been tested at a commercial scale, it has a better technical performance with an net efficiency increase of more than 10 percent as results of the process stage reduction which should lead to lower capital costs requirements. Regarding the environmental performance, the conventional process produces large amounts of CO2, approximately 1.3 kg CO2 for each kg of coal, that has to be compressed and sequestered to meet the environmental targets.

scholarly journals Investigation of Co–Fe–Al Catalysts for High-Calorific Synthetic Natural Gas Production: Pilot-Scale Synthesis of Catalysts

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Tae Young Kim ◽  
Seong Bin Jo ◽  
Jin Hyeok Woo ◽  
Jong Heon Lee ◽  
Ragupathy Dhanusuraman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Spinel Phase ◽  
Space Velocity ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Laboratory Scale ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas ◽  
Co Conversion ◽  
Ft Ir

Co–Fe–Al catalysts prepared using coprecipitation at laboratory scale were investigated and extended to pilot scale for high-calorific synthetic natural gas. The Co–Fe–Al catalysts with different metal loadings were analyzed using BET, XRD, H2-TPR, and FT-IR. An increase in the metal loading of the Co–Fe–Al catalysts showed low spinel phase ratio, leading to an improvement in reducibility. Among the catalysts, 40CFAl catalyst prepared at laboratory scale afforded the highest C2–C4 hydrocarbon time yield, and this catalyst was successfully reproduced at the pilot scale. The pelletized catalyst prepared at pilot scale showed high CO conversion (87.6%), high light hydrocarbon selectivity (CH4 59.3% and C2–C4 18.8%), and low byproduct amounts (C5+: 4.1% and CO2: 17.8%) under optimum conditions (space velocity: 4000 mL/g/h, 350 °C, and 20 bar).

scholarly journals Differential hydrocarbon enrichment in deep Paleogene tight sandstones of the Dongpu Depression in Eastern China

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872098811
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Zhang ◽  
Zhanli Ren ◽  
Youlu Jiang ◽  
Jingdong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Continuous Distribution ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Pyrolysis Gas ◽  
Hydrocarbon Charging ◽  
Dongpu Depression ◽  
Kerogen Pyrolysis

To clarify the characteristics and enrichment rules of Paleogene tight sandstone reservoirs inside the rifted-basin of Eastern China, the third member of Shahejie Formation (abbreviated as Es3) in Wendong area of Dongpu Depression is selected as the research object. It not only clarified the geochemical characteristics of oil and natural gas in the Es3 of Wendong area through testing and analysis of crude oil biomarkers, natural gas components and carbon isotopes, etc.; but also compared and explained the types and geneses of oil and gas reservoirs in slope zone and sub-sag zone by matching relationship between the porosity evolution of tight reservoirs and the charging process of hydrocarbons. Significant differences have been found between the properties and the enrichment rules of hydrocarbon reservoirs in different structural areas in Wendong area. The study shows that the Paleogene hydrocarbon resources are quasi-continuous distribution in Wendong area. The late kerogen pyrolysis gas, light crude oil, medium crude oil, oil-cracked gas and the early kerogen pyrolysis gas are distributed in a semicircle successively, from the center of sub-sag zone to the uplift belt, that is the result of two discontinuous hydrocarbon charging. Among them, the slope zone is dominated by early conventional filling of oil-gas mixture (at the late deposition period of Dongying Formation, about 31–27 Ma ago), while the reservoirs are gradually densified in the late stage without large-scale hydrocarbon charging (since the deposition stage of Minghuazhen Formation, about 6–0 Ma). In contrast, the sub-sag zone is lack of oil reservoirs, but a lot of late kerogen pyrolysis gas reservoirs are enriched, and the reservoir densification and hydrocarbon filling occur in both early and late stages.

CO2 valorization into synthetic natural gas (SNG) using a Co–Ni bimetallic Y2O3 based catalysts

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radwa A. El-Salamony ◽  
Sara A. El-Sharaky ◽  
Seham A. Al-Temtamy ◽  
Ahmed M. Al-Sabagh ◽  
Hamada M. Killa
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Catalytic Performance ◽  
Fixed Bed Reactor ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Impregnation Method ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas ◽  
Methanation Reaction ◽  
Co2 Valorization

Abstract Recently, because of the increasing demand for natural gas and the reduction of greenhouse gases, interests have focused on producing synthetic natural gas (SNG), which is suggested as an important future energy carrier. Hydrogenation of CO2, the so-called methanation reaction, is a suitable technique for the fixation of CO2. Nickel supported on yttrium oxide and promoted with cobalt were prepared by the wet-impregnation method respectively and characterized using SBET, XRD, FTIR, XPS, TPR, and HRTEM/EDX. CO2 hydrogenation over the Ni/Y2O3 catalyst was examined and compared with Co–Ni/Y2O3 catalysts, Co% = 10 and 15 wt/wt. The catalytic test was conducted with the use of a fixed-bed reactor under atmospheric pressure. The catalytic performance temperature was 350 °C with a supply of H2:CO2 molar ratio of 4 and a total flow rate of 200 mL/min. The CH4 yield was reached 67%, and CO2 conversion extended 48.5% with CO traces over 10Co–Ni/Y2O3 catalyst. This encourages the direct methanation reaction mechanism. However, the reaction mechanism over Ni/Y2O3 catalyst shows different behaviors rather than that over bi-metal catalysts, whereas the steam reforming of methane reaction was arisen associated with methane consumption besides increase in H2 and CO formation; at the same temperature reaction.

Comparative Exploration of Mini Vertical Axis Breeze-Driven Generator

2014 ◽  
Vol 670-671 ◽  
pp. 964-967
Author(s):  
Shu Hua Bai ◽  
Hai Dong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
Fossil Energy

Nowadays, energy crisis is becoming increasingly serious. Coal, petroleum, natural gas and other fossil energy tend to be exhausted due to the crazy exploration. In recent decades, several long lasting local wars broke out in large scale in Mideast and North Africa because of the fighting for the limited petroleum. The reusable green energy in our life like enormous wind power, solar power, etc is to become the essential energy. This article is to conduct a comparative exploration of mini wind turbine, with the purpose of finding a good way to effectively deal with the energy crisis.

scholarly journals Influence of Ni on Fe and Co-Fe Based Catalysts for High-Calorific Synthetic Natural Gas

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 697
Author(s):  
Tae-Young Kim ◽  
Seongbin Jo ◽  
Yeji Lee ◽  
Suk-Hwan Kang ◽  
Joon-Woo Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Catalytic Performance ◽  
Impregnation Method ◽  
Ni Catalysts ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas ◽  
Fe Catalyst ◽  
Ni Addition ◽  
Hydrocarbon Yield ◽  
Fe Catalysts

Fe-Ni and Co-Fe-Ni catalysts were prepared by the wet impregnation method for the production of high-calorific synthetic natural gas. The influence of Ni addition to Fe and Co-Fe catalyst structure and catalytic performance was investigated. The results show that the increasing of Ni amount in Fe-Ni and Co-Fe-Ni catalysts increased the formation of Ni-Fe alloy. In addition, the addition of nickel to the Fe and Co-Fe catalysts could promote the dispersion of metal and decrease the reduction temperature. Consequently, the Fe-Ni and Co-Fe-Ni catalysts exhibited higher CO conversion compared to Fe and Co-Fe catalysts. A higher Ni amount in the catalysts could increase C1–C4 hydrocarbon production and reduce the byproducts (C5+ and CO2). Among the catalysts, the 5Co-15Fe-5Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst affords a high light hydrocarbon yield (51.7% CH4 and 21.8% C2–C4) with a low byproduct yield (14.1% C5+ and 12.1% CO2).

Membranes utilization for biogas upgrading to synthetic natural gas

2019 ◽  
pp. 245-274
Author(s):  
Jose Antonio Medrano ◽  
Margot Anabell Llosa-Tanco ◽  
David Alfredo Pacheco Tanaka ◽  
Fausto Gallucci
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Biogas Upgrading ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas
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