Development of Adsorption Isotherm for Enrichment of Biogas to produce Bio-CNG

Second Review
VARUN AIYAR GANESAN

09BEM127 Guided By: Dr. R. Natarajan Senior Professor & General Manager CO2 & Green Technology Research Center VIT University

Table of Contents
Introduction

Problem Statement
Objectives

Completed Work
Current Work

Future Work
References

Introduction
Bio-Gas Energy is an important step towards

Sustainability Effective usage of Waste Materials including Sewage Requires better conditions and improved technology for effective harnessing of Energy. Infrastructure development required to meet demands of future. Adsorption Isotherm is an Integral part of the System. Separates out waste gas from useful gases. Integral component to decide the output gas

 Requires precise designing to provide best

outputs Some of the Adsorption Isotherms

Water Scrubbing Selective Chemical Treatment Pressure Swing Adsorption, Activated Carbon Fibre Cloth Zeolite Removal Techniques & Microbial Isotherms among many others.

Essential testing and Parametric Studies will be

an added advantage for reporting in articles.

Objectives
1. Study the overall layout of the Power Plant. 2. Study the chemical composition of the feed materials. 3. Study the reaction and the conversions expected to

happen in the digester chamber. 4. Study the effluent gases and their concentrations. 5. Study the different types of Adsorption Isotherms 6. Designing the Adsorption Isotherm 7. Fixing the design and Pre-Fabrication readiness 8. Fabrication of the component 9. Pre Installation Tests 10. Trial runs 11. Performance Evaluations 12. Final Report Drafting

Methodology
1. Survey the Available feed matter in and around VIT University using previous data or from accumulated surveys. 2. Analysing the percentage composition of Multiple feeds. 3. Studying the decomposition characteristics using the available resources 4. Outline the requirements of the Adsorption Isotherm using the previous data. 5. Use the Langmuirs theory on Adsorption numerically design the Adsorption Isotherm. 6. Study the characteristics of the various design outcomes using numerical analysis or through available data from previous research. 7. Developing the Bill of Materials and dimensioning. 8. Fabrication of the Adsorption Isotherm.

Completed Work
Literature Review and Preliminary Study (20 days) Identification and Design of Adsorption Isotherm (25 days) Pre-Fabrication Study (15 days) Fabrication and Testing (20 days)

Completed Work
Firstly a deep and thorough insight on the work

carried out by others in the same field was analyzed Simultaneously all the Opp

Future Scope of Work

Development platform for new Adsorbents

Study the efficiency of the Output by varying the

adsorbent characteristics Small scale Academic Research Study on Alterations to accommodate varied product output. Use the waste gas for further use as a fuel. Separation and storage of Hydrogen (in smaller quantities) There can be various other works that can be done with the system that shall contribute to technology development.

References
Carlos A. Grande (2011). Biogas Upgrading by Pressure

Swing Adsorption, Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology, Dr. Marco Aurelio Dos Santos Bernardes (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-480-1
B. Boulinguiez and P. Le Cloirec (2009), Biogas pre-

upgrading by adsorption of trace compounds, Pg 934-944, Water Science & TechnologyWST | 59.5 |
Paolo Cosoli, Marco Ferrone, Sabrina Pricl, Maurizio

Fermeglia, Hydrogen sulphide removal from biogas by zeolite adsorption, Chemical Engineering Journal 145 (2008) 8692
Shuji Himeno,* Toshiya Komatsu, and Shoichi Fujita, High-

Pressure Adsorption Equilibria of Methane and Carbon Dioxide on Several Activated Carbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2005, 50, 369-376