Open AccessCO Methanation for Synthetic Natural Gas Production
Author(s) -
Anastasios Kambolis,
Tilman J. Schildhauer,
Oliver Kröcher
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2015.608
Subject(s) - methanation , substitute natural gas , renewable energy , fossil fuel , natural gas , environmental science , pipeline (software) , production (economics) , biomass (ecology) , catalysis , process (computing) , process engineering , biochemical engineering , waste management , syngas , chemistry , engineering , computer science , geology , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , oceanography , electrical engineering , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Energy from woody biomass could supplement renewable energy production towards the replacement of fossil fuels. A multi-stage process involving gasification of wood and then catalytic transformation of the producer gas to synthetic natural gas (SNG) represents progress in this direction. SNG can be transported and distributed through the existing pipeline grid, which is advantageous from an economical point of view. Therefore, CO methanation is attracting a great deal of attention and much research effort is focusing on the understanding of the process steps and its further development. This short review summarizes recent efforts at Paul Scherrer Institute on the understanding of the reaction mechanism, the catalyst deactivation, and the development of catalytic materials with benign properties for CO methanation.