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Article

Design and Construction of a New Reactor for Flexible Biomethanation of Hydrogen

by
Kevin Hoffstadt
1,*,
Dheeraja Cheenakula
1,
Marcell Nikolausz
2,
Simone Krafft
1,*,
Hauke Harms
2 and
Isabel Kuperjans
1
1
Institute NOWUM-Energy, University of Applied Sciences Aachen, Heinrich-Mussmann-Str. 1, 52428 Juelich, Germany
2
Department of Environmental Microbiology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Fermentation 2023, 9(8), 774; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation9080774
Submission received: 29 June 2023 / Revised: 14 August 2023 / Accepted: 17 August 2023 / Published: 19 August 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fermentation Processes: Modeling, Optimization and Control)
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The increasing share of renewable electricity in the grid drives the need for sufficient storage capacity. Especially for seasonal storage, power-to-gas can be a promising approach. Biologically produced methane from hydrogen produced from surplus electricity can be used to substitute natural gas in the existing infrastructure. Current reactor types are not or are poorly optimized for flexible methanation. Therefore, this work proposes a new reactor type with a plug flow reactor (PFR) design. Simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics ® showed promising properties for operation in laminar flow. An experiment was conducted to support the simulation results and to determine the gas fraction of the novel reactor, which was measured to be 29%. Based on these simulations and experimental results, the reactor was constructed as a 14 m long, 50 mm diameter tube with a meandering orientation. Data processing was established, and a step experiment was performed. In addition, a kLa of 1 h−1 was determined. The results revealed that the experimental outcomes of the type of flow and gas fractions are in line with the theoretical simulation. The new design shows promising properties for flexible methanation and will be tested.
Keywords: methanation; plug flow reactor; bubble column; bio-methane; power-to-gas; P2G methanation; plug flow reactor; bubble column; bio-methane; power-to-gas; P2G

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Hoffstadt, K.; Cheenakula, D.; Nikolausz, M.; Krafft, S.; Harms, H.; Kuperjans, I. Design and Construction of a New Reactor for Flexible Biomethanation of Hydrogen. Fermentation 2023, 9, 774. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation9080774

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Hoffstadt K, Cheenakula D, Nikolausz M, Krafft S, Harms H, Kuperjans I. Design and Construction of a New Reactor for Flexible Biomethanation of Hydrogen. Fermentation. 2023; 9(8):774. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation9080774

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Hoffstadt, Kevin, Dheeraja Cheenakula, Marcell Nikolausz, Simone Krafft, Hauke Harms, and Isabel Kuperjans. 2023. "Design and Construction of a New Reactor for Flexible Biomethanation of Hydrogen" Fermentation 9, no. 8: 774. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation9080774

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Hoffstadt, K., Cheenakula, D., Nikolausz, M., Krafft, S., Harms, H., & Kuperjans, I. (2023). Design and Construction of a New Reactor for Flexible Biomethanation of Hydrogen. Fermentation, 9(8), 774. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation9080774

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