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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Economic Perspectives of Biogas Production via Anaerobic Digestion.

Arpit H Bhatt, Ling Tao

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Anaerobic Digestion in the 21st Century.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Arpit H BhattStrategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3780-1800
Ling TaoNational Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1063-1984

Funding

Bioenergy Technologies Office Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the demand for utilizing environment-friendly and sustainable energy sources is increasing, the adoption of waste-to-energy technologies has started gaining attention. Producing biogas via anaerobic digestion (AD) is promising and well-established; however, this process in many circumstances is unable to be cost competitive with natural gas. In this research, we provide a technical assessment of current process challenges and compare the cost of biogas production via the AD process from the literature, Aspen Plus process modeling, and CapdetWorks software. We also provide insights on critical factors affecting the AD process and recommendations on optimizing the process. We utilize four types of wet wastes, including wastewater sludge, food waste, swine manure, and fat, oil, and grease, to provide a quantitative assessment of theoretical energy yields of biogas production and its economic potential at different plant scales. Our results show that the cost of biogas production from process and economic models are in line with the literature with a potential to go even lower for small-scale plants with technological advancements. This research illuminates potential cost savings for biogas production using different wastes and guide investors to make informed decisions, while achieving waste management goals.

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anaerobic digestionbioenergybiogastechno-economic analysiswaste-to-energywet waste

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PMID32674480
PMCPMC7552621

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