Biogas technology / Technology

The advantages of second generation biogas production technology

The basic intent of the production of biogas through the anaerobic digestion process is environmental in nature, reducing greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere, while also having a positive effect on social and economic conditions for society at large, while primarily benefiting farming.

The increase in the awareness of higher technical and economic efficiency in allocation and the utilisation of sources has grown from a basic method of producing energy into a multi-functional system in both developed and developing countries:

• Anaerobic treatment of organic waste
• Production and utilisation of electric and heating energy
• Production of high quality organic fertilizer
  

In Company Ecos, through research and development from basic studies of anaerobic fermentation, we have crossed over to the processing of more complicated materials, that is to say second generation anaerobic processing. Due to this, basic development activities are currently underway in the following areas:

• Fermentation with a high level of organic burden
• High degree of immobilisation of microorganisms
• Fermentation and repeat utilisation of specific materials in the integrated manner of farming
• Cleaning, processing and additional treatment of biogas
  

Production of biogas

The properties of biogas

Biogas is a mix of various gases, such as methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen sulphide and other gases. The presence of the gases listed is the result of the decomposition of organic substances.







Theoretical yield curve of biogas




Intelligent solutions for the optimisation of the production of 2nd generation biogas

Optimised production of biogas