Environmental-Economic Assessment of the Pressure Swing Adsorption Biogas Upgrading Technology
BioEnergy Research Supplementary material
Norbert Kohlheb
1*, Mathias Wluka
2, Alberto Bezama
1, Daniela Thrän
13, Andreas Aurich
1, Roland Arno Müller
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
2
- eins energie in sachsen GmbH & Co. KG, P.B. 411468, 09030 Chemnitz, Germany
3
- Deutsches Biomasseforschugszentrum gGmbH – DBFZ, Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
* Corresponding author, norbert.kohlheb@ufz.de, +49 341 235 4789
Fig. S1. The PSA plant in Brandis Fig. S2. Filling material for the desulfurization reactor
In front the fixed bed biofilm reactor
Fig. S3. Product gas storage Fig. S4. PSA vacuum pump
Fig. S5. Pressure regime of the PSA vessel
Table S1. Inventory of the biogas up-grading plant
Inventar
Life span
General infrastructure
Biogas transfer
Bio-H
2S removal
Biogas
dehumidification
C-H
2S removal
CO
2removal
Biomethane
transfer Instrument air
Cooling
water N provision Cold water
Excavation, kg 20 81.12
Gravel, kg 20 182,516.40
Concrete, kg 20 194,684.16
Steel, kg 20 21,095.00 992.00 917.43 101.00 1,950.00 16,355.00 5,780.00 150.00 73.00 75.00
Messing, kg 20 1.50
PP pipe, kg 20 9,668.24
Pump, kg 5 96.00 212.80 15,617.88 284.00 104.00
Chiller, pcs 10 1.20
Compressor, pcs 5 0.69 0.13
Heat exchanger, pcs 10 13.53 2.00 23.76
Cyclon, Aluminum, kg 20 1.10
Nitrogen, kg 20
Activated carbon, kg 20 39,945.00 27,300.00
Aluminum oxid, kg 5 6.93
Expansion vessel, pcs 5 5.60
Electricity, MJ/lifetime 184,966,920.00
Water, kg 2,013.00 520.00 3,080.00
Glykol, kg 1,077.00 280.00 1,320.00
Lubricating oil, kg 1,800.00
Methane leakage, kg 1,249,876,80
Transport weight, t 400.18 0.99 10.68 1.18 42.39 59.27 5.78 0.16 1.68 0.08 0.10
Distance, km 50.00 50.00 50.00 150.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00
Transport, tkm/lifetime 20,008.83 49.60 534.08 58.90 2,119.39 2,963.64 289.00 7.90 83.85 3.83 5.20
Table S2. Inventory table and calculation of LCC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Investment 2,691,625
Reinvestment H2S removal, €/a 600 600 600 600 2,600 600 600 600 600 2,600 600 600 600 600 2,600 600 600 600 600
Reinvestment carbon filter, €/a 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Reinvestment PSA pressure
containers, €/a 100,000
Reinvestment compressors, €/a 66,000 66,000 66,000
Reinvestment vacuum pumps, €/a 66,000 66,000 66,000
Discounted CAPEX 2,621,446 19,531 554 18,518 117,813 17,557 498 16,646 472 195,054 448 14,963 424 14,187 90,259 13,451 381 12,753 362
Maintenance H2S removal, €/a 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Maintenance carbon filter, €/a 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Maintenance PSA pressure
containers, €/a 50,000 50,000 50,000
Maintenance compressors, €/a 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Maintenance vacuum pumps, €/a 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Power costs, €/a 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727 436,727
Personnel costs, €/a 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000
Discounted OPEX 543,552 529,261 515,347 501,799 532,370 475,761 463,253 451,074 439,215 465,974 416,425 405,477 394,817 384,437 407,858 364,489 354,906 345,576 336,490
CAPEX+OPEX 3,164,997 548,793 515,901 520,316 650,183 493,317 463,751 467,720 439,687 661,027 416,872 420,440 395,241 398,624 498,117 377,939 355,288 358,328 336,852
Cumulated 3,164,997 3,713,790 4,229,691 4,750,007 5,400,190 5,893,508 6,357,259 6,824,978 7,264,665 7,925,693 8,342,565 8,763,005 9,158,246 9,556,869 10,054,986 10,432,925 10,788,213 11,146,541 11,483,394
CAPEX, € 3.156.840
OPEX, €/a 432.786
UPC without personal costs,
€/Nm3 biogas 0.045 4.500 ct/Nm3 0.900 ct/kWhHs
UPC with personal costs, €/Nm3
biogas 0.050 5.057 ct/Nm3 1.011 ct/kWhHs
