Woodhead Publishing The Biogas Handbook: Science, Production and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy)

With pressure increasing to utilise wastes and residues effectively and sustainably, the production of biogas represents one of the most important routes towards reaching national and international renewable energy targets. The biogas handbook: Science, production and applications provides a comprehensive and systematic guide to the development and deployment of biogas supply chains and technology. Following a concise overview of biogas as an energy option, part one explores biomass resources and fundamental science and engineering of biogas production. Plant design, engineering, process optimisation and digestate utilization are the focus of part two. Finally, part three discusses international experience and best practice in biogas utilization, including a review of market development and biomethane certification schemes. Key Features: provides a concise overview of biogas as an energy option; explores biomass resources for production; examines plant design and engineering and process optimisation. Contents: Biogas as an energy option: An overview. Part 1 Biomass resources, feedstock treatment and biogas production: Biomass resources for biogas production; Analysis and characterisation of biogas feedstocks; Storage and pre-treatment of substrates for biogas production; Fundamental science and engineering of the anaerobic digestion process for biogas production; Optimisation of biogas yields from anaerobic digestion by feedstock type; Anaerobicdigestion as a key technology for biomass valorization: Contribution to the energy balance of biofuel chains. Part 2 Plant design, engineering, process optimisation and digestate utilization: Design and engineering of biogas plants; Energy flows in biogas plants: Analysis and implications for plant design; Process control in biogas plants; Methane emissions in biogas production; Biogas digestate quality and utilization; Land application of digestate. Part 3 Biogas utilisation: International experience and best practice: Biogas cleaning; Biogas up-grading to biomethane; Biomethane feed-in into natural gas networks; Generation of heat and power from biogas for stationery applications: Boilers, gas engines and turbines, combined heat and power (CHP) plants and fuel cells; Biomethane for transport applications; Market development and certification schemes for biomethane.