Hydrogen Production from a Large Digester Gas Plant - Plant Layout, Modeling, and Evaluation

Author

Gair, Sinclair ; Finlayson, Neil ; De Martini, André Martins ; MacIver, Ruairi D.

Author_Institution

Univ. of the Highlands & Islands, Stomoway

fYear

2008

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The technical features of a large (300 - 500 kW) anaerobic digester (AD) plant operating on recycled organic waste are presented. The plant is located on the remote Hebridean island of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland. Excess electrical production from the AD plant´s biogas engine will be used by the Hebridean Hydrogen Park currently under development for the generation of hydrogen through water electrolysis. The hydrogen in turn will be used to provide fuel for a transport fleet of hydrogen internal combustion engine or fuel cell vehicles on the island. Results of modeling carried out on the digester and electrolyser are presented and an up-date on current progress is presented.

Keywords

biofuel; electrolysis; fuel cell vehicles; hydrogen economy; internal combustion engines; anaerobic digester plant; biogas engine; digester gas plant; electrolyser; fuel cell vehicles; hydrogen generation; hydrogen production; internal combustion engine; water electrolysis; Biological materials; Carbon dioxide; Electrochemical processes; Fuels; Hydrogen; Internal combustion engines; Microorganisms; Production; Solids; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2008. IAS '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Edmonton, Alta.

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2278-4

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/08IAS.2008.130

Filename

4658918