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Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
Foreword
Preface
Organisations supporting IEA Bioenergy Task 37 - Energy from
Biogas
Part 1: Biomass resources, feedstock treatment and biogas
production
Chapter 1: Biogas as an energy option: an overview
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biogas technologies and environmental efficiency
1.3 Political drivers and legislation
1.4 Health, safety and risk assessment
1.5 Conclusions and future trends
1.6 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 2: Biomass resources for biogas production
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Categories of biomass appropriate as feedstocks for biogas
production
2.3 Characteristics of biogas feedstock
2.4 Resource availability and supply chain issues
2.5 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Analysis and characterisation of biogas feedstocks
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Preliminary feedstock characterisation
3.3 Essential laboratory analysis of feedstocks
3.4 Additional laboratory analysis of feedstocks
3.5 Detailed feedstock evaluation
3.6 Conclusions
3.7 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 4: Storage and pre-treatment of substrates for biogas
production
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Storage and ensiling of crops for biogas production
4.3 Pre-treatment technologies for biogas production
4.4 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 5: Fundamental science and engineering of the anaerobic
digestion process for biogas production
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Microbiology
5.3 Microbial environment
5.4 Gas production and feedstocks
5.5 Reactor configuration
5.6 Parasitic energy demand of process
5.7 Laboratory analysis and scale up
5.8 Modelling and optimisation of anaerobic digestion
5.9 Conclusions and future trends
Chapter 6: Optimisation of biogas yields from anaerobic digestion
by feedstock type
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Defining optimisation
6.3 Basic definitions and concepts
6.4 Overcoming limitation as a result of hydraulic retention time
(HRT)
6.5 Increasing the metabolic capacity of a digester
6.6 Matching feedstocks and digester type
6.7 Case studies
6.8 Future trends
Chapter 7: Anaerobic digestion as a key technology for biomass
valorization: contribution to the energy balance of biofuel
chains
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The role of anaerobic digestion in biomass chains
7.3 A framework for approaching the role of anaerobic digestion
within biomass chains
7.4 Contribution of anaerobic digestion to the energy balance of
biofuel chains
7.5 Conclusion and future trends
Part 2: Plant design, engineering, process optimisation and
digestate utilisation
Chapter 8: Design and engineering of biogas plants
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Digestion unit
8.3 Gas storage
8.4 Pipework, pumps and valves
8.5 Site characteristics and plant layout
8.6 Process control technology
8.7 Social and legal aspects
8.8 Practical challenges and future trends
Chapter 9: Energy flows in biogas plants: analysis and implications
for plant design
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Energy demand of biogas plants
9.3 Energy supply for biogas plants
9.4 Balancing energy flows
9.5 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 10: Process control in biogas plants
Abstract:
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Process analysis and monitoring
10.3 Optimising and implementing on-line process control in biogas
plants
10.4 Mathematical process modelling and optimisation in
practice
10.5 Advantages and limitations of process control
10.6 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 11: Methane emissions in biogas production
Abstract:
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Methane emissions in biogas production
11.3 Methane emissions in biogas utilization, biogas upgrading and
digestate storage
11.4 Overall methane emissions
11.5 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 12: Biogas digestate quality and utilization
Abstract:
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Digestate quality
12.3 Processing of digestate
12.4 Utilization of digestate and digestate fractions
12.5 Conclusion
Chapter 13: Land application of digestate
Abstract:
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Overview of substrates and land application of digestate
13.3 Field experience of land application and associated
environmental impacts
13.4 Conclusion and future trends
13.5 Acknowledgements
Part III: Biogas utilisation: international experience and best
practice
Chapter 14: Biogas cleaning
Abstract:
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Biogas characterisation and quality standards
14.3 Biogas cleaning techniques
14.4 Biogas cleaning in combination with upgrading
14.5 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 15: Biogas upgrading to biomethane
Abstract:
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Development and overview of biogas upgrading
15.3 Biogas cleaning and upgrading technologies
15.4 Costs of biogas upgrading
15.5 Conclusion
Chapter 16: Biomethane injection into natural gas networks
Abstract:
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Technical and legal conditions of biomethane feed-in in
Germany
16.3 Design and operation of injection utilities
16.4 Biomethane quality adjustments
16.5 Economic aspects of biomethane injection
16.6 Optimization and efficiency increase
16.7 Conclusion and future trends
16.10 Appendix: glossary
Chapter 17: Generation of heat and power from biogas for stationary
applications: boilers, gas engines and turbines, combined heat and
power (CHP) plants and fuel cells
Abstract:
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Biogas and biomethane combustion issues
17.3 Utilisation of biogas for the generation of electric power and
heat in stationary applications
17.4 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 18: Biomethane for transport applications
Abstract:
18.1 Biomethane as a transport fuel
18.2 Biomethane distribution logistics and the synergies of jointly
used natural gas and biomethane
18.3 Growth of the natural gas vehicle market in Sweden
18.4 Extent and potential of the natural gas vehicle world
market
18.5 Future trends
18.6 References
Chapter 19: Market development and certification schemes for
biomethane
Abstract:
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Market development
19.3 Biomethane certification and mass balancing
19.4 European mass balancing schemes for biomethane
19.5 Future trends
19.6 Sources of further information and advice
Index
Arthur Wellinger is Managing Director of Triple E&M, an internationally operating research and consulting company located in Switzerland, and President of the European Biogas Association. Jerry Murphy is the Lead Investigator in Bioenergy and Biofuels in the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork, Ireland. David Baxter is a Project Leader at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, The Netherlands and the leader of Task 37 of IEA Bioenergy.
"The extent and depth of knowledge and experience captured in The Biogas Handbook will help the emerging AD and biogas industries construct and operate state-of-the-art (and science) biogas plants., BioCycle. As an Editor, I am impressed with the handbook's ability to convey technical and scientific information in a style that can be understood by individuals with varying levels of knowledge about the topics discussed." --Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
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