System and process for recovering methane and carbon dioxide from biogas and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
AssigneeWm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
InventorNOAH WHITMORE
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Abstract
Various illustrative embodiments of a system and process for recovering high-quality biomethane and carbon dioxide product streams from biogas sources and utilizing or sequestering the product streams are provided. The system and process synergistically yield a biomethane product which meets gas pipeline quality specifications and a carbon dioxide product of a quality and form that allows for its transport and sequestration or utilization and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The system and process result in improved access to gas pipelines for products, an improvement in the carbon intensity rating of the methane fuel, and improvements in generation of credits related to reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases.
Claims13
A process for recovering methane and carbon dioxide from a biogas source for beneficial use or sequestration, comprising the steps of:
- (a) extracting at least one gas stream comprising a biogas from a biogas-generating facility;
- (b) compressing, cooling, and separating the gas stream from liquid water;
- (c) removing a majority of trace contaminants from the gas stream;
- (d) cooling the gas stream in a liquefaction unit to liquefy at least some of the contained carbon dioxide;
- (e) separating remaining gaseous carbon dioxide from the gas stream and recycling to a point upstream from the liquefaction unit such that the carbon dioxide is substantially recovered as a liquid product;
- (f) generating a biomethane product for beneficial use;
- (g) monitoring material and energy inputs and outputs from a biogas processing facility, wherein at least some of steps (b)-(f) occur in the biogas processing facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.