IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v231y2024ics0960148124010097.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Ultra-fast polarity switching GC-IMS for the analysis of volatiles in biogas

Author

Listed:
  • Nitschke, Alexander
  • Hitzemann, Moritz
  • Winkelholz, Jonas
  • Kobelt, Tim
  • Thoben, Christian
  • Lippmann, Martin
  • Stolpe, Lennard
  • Plinke, Henrik
  • Zimmermann, Stefan

Abstract

The Renewable Energy Act 2023 (§39i) requires reducing corn silage in biogas plants from 40 % to 30 % in 2026. Since corn silage yields the highest biogas per weight unit of all biogas feedstocks, this poses new challenges for biogas plant operators. However, alternative biogas feedstocks not harvested directly from the field may contain siloxanes due to the use of care products and disinfectants. The conversion of siloxanes into silicon dioxide during the combustion process seriously threatens the lifetime and efficiency of the used gas engine, even in very low concentrations. Consequently, we present a highly sensitive measurement system for monitoring biogas. Detection limits down to 0.037 mg/m³ for the tested siloxanes have been reached. Furthermore, ketones can be detected down to 0.002 mg/m³, alcohols down to 0.001 mg/m³. The device combines an ultra-fast polarity switching ion mobility spectrometer with a switching time of 12 ms and a resolving power of RP = 70, a gas chromatographic pre-separation, and a non-dispersive infrared sensor for methane. In this context, we analyzed the biogas composition for volatile substances and siloxanes, whereby we only found the volatile substances. For demonstration, biogas was analyzed at three different stages during the gas purification process.

Suggested Citation

  • Nitschke, Alexander & Hitzemann, Moritz & Winkelholz, Jonas & Kobelt, Tim & Thoben, Christian & Lippmann, Martin & Stolpe, Lennard & Plinke, Henrik & Zimmermann, Stefan, 2024. "Ultra-fast polarity switching GC-IMS for the analysis of volatiles in biogas," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:231:y:2024:i:c:s0960148124010097
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120941
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148124010097
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120941?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Britz, Wolfgang & Delzeit, Ruth, 2013. "The impact of German biogas production on European and global agricultural markets, land use and the environment," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 1268-1275.
    2. Eva M. Salgado & Ana L. Gonçalves & Francisco Sánchez-Soberón & Nuno Ratola & José C. M. Pires, 2022. "Microalgal Cultures for the Bioremediation of Urban Wastewaters in the Presence of Siloxanes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-27, February.
    3. Vasileiadis, V.P. & Sattin, M. & Otto, S. & Veres, A. & Pálinkás, Z. & Ban, R. & Pons, X. & Kudsk, P. & van der Weide, R. & Czembor, E. & Moonen, A.C. & Kiss, J., 2011. "Crop protection in European maize-based cropping systems: Current practices and recommendations for innovative Integrated Pest Management," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 104(7), pages 533-540, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. M. Lefebvre & C. Biguzzi & E. Ginon & S. Gomez-y-Paloma & S. R. H. Langrell & S. Marette & G. Mateu & A. Sutan, 2017. "Mandatory integrated pest management in the European Union: experimental insights on consumers’ reactions," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer, vol. 98(1), pages 25-54, July.
    2. Röder, Mirjam, 2016. "More than food or fuel. Stakeholder perceptions of anaerobic digestion and land use; a case study from the United Kingdom," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 73-81.
    3. Feusthuber, E. & Schönhart, M. & Schmid, E., 2015. "Spatial analysis of maize cropping systems to relieve crop pest pressure in Austria," 150th Seminar, October 22-23, 2015, Edinburgh, Scotland 212661, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. Fabio De Menna & Remo Alessio Malagnino & Matteo Vittuari & Giovanni Molari & Giovanna Seddaiu & Paola A. Deligios & Stefania Solinas & Luigi Ledda, 2016. "Potential Biogas Production from Artichoke Byproducts in Sardinia, Italy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-11, February.
    5. Lauven, Lars-Peter & Geldermann, Jutta & Desideri, Umberto, 2019. "Estimating the revenue potential of flexible biogas plants in the power sector," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 402-410.
    6. Venus, Terese E. & Strauss, Felix & Venus, Thomas J. & Sauer, Johannes, 2021. "Understanding stakeholder preferences for future biogas development in Germany," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    7. Lavik, Ming Su & Hardaker, J. Brian & Lien, Gudbrand & Berge, Therese W., 2020. "A multi-attribute decision analysis of pest management strategies for Norwegian crop farmers," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    8. De Menna, Fabio & Malagnino, Remo Alessio & Vittuari, Matteo & Segrè, Andrea & Molari, Giovanni & Deligios, Paola A. & Solinas, Stefania & Ledda, Luigi, 2018. "Optimization of agricultural biogas supply chains using artichoke byproducts in existing plants," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 137-146.
    9. Sören Mohrmann & Verena Otter, 2022. "Categorisation of Biogas Plant Operators in Germany with Regards to Their Intention to Use Straw Pellets as Innovative and Sustainable Substrate Alternative," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-26, December.
    10. Carsten Herbes & Lorenz Braun & Dennis Rube, 2016. "Pricing of Biomethane Products Targeted at Private Households in Germany—Product Attributes and Providers’ Pricing Strategies," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-15, March.
    11. Fabio Bartolini & Luciana G. Angelini & Gianluca Brunori & Oriana Gava, 2015. "Impacts of the CAP 2014–2020 on the Agroenergy Sector in Tuscany, Italy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-22, February.
    12. Susanne Theuerl & Christiane Herrmann & Monika Heiermann & Philipp Grundmann & Niels Landwehr & Ulrich Kreidenweis & Annette Prochnow, 2019. "The Future Agricultural Biogas Plant in Germany: A Vision," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-32, January.
    13. Negri, Camilla & Ricci, Marina & Zilio, Massimo & D'Imporzano, Giuliana & Qiao, Wei & Dong, Renjie & Adani, Fabrizio, 2020. "Anaerobic digestion of food waste for bio-energy production in China and Southeast Asia: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    14. Valve, Helena & Lazarevic, David & Humalisto, Niko, 2021. "When the circular economy diverges: The co-evolution of biogas business models and material circuits in Finland," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
    15. Haddad, Salwa & Britz, Wolfgang & Börner, Jan, 2017. "Impacts Of Increased Forest Biomass Demand In The European Bioeconomy," 57th Annual Conference, Weihenstephan, Germany, September 13-15, 2017 261986, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA).
    16. Andreas Meyer-Aurich & Yulia Lochmann & Hilde Klauss & Annette Prochnow, 2016. "Comparative Advantage of Maize- and Grass-Silage Based Feedstock for Biogas Production with Respect to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(7), pages 1-14, June.
    17. Lei Zheng & Jingang Chen & Mingyue Zhao & Shikun Cheng & Li-Pang Wang & Heinz-Peter Mang & Zifu Li, 2020. "What Could China Give to and Take from Other Countries in Terms of the Development of the Biogas Industry?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-21, February.
    18. Bartoli, A. & Cavicchioli, D. & Kremmydas, D. & Rozakis, S. & Olper, A., 2016. "The impact of different energy policy options on feedstock price and land demand for maize silage: The case of biogas in Lombardy," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 351-363.
    19. Ida Nordin & Katarina Elofsson & Torbjörn Jansson, 2022. "Optimal localisation of agricultural biofuel production facilities and feedstock: a Swedish case study," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 49(4), pages 910-941.
    20. Jonas Zetterholm & Elina Bryngemark & Johan Ahlström & Patrik Söderholm & Simon Harvey & Elisabeth Wetterlund, 2020. "Economic Evaluation of Large-Scale Biorefinery Deployment: A Framework Integrating Dynamic Biomass Market and Techno-Economic Models," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-28, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:231:y:2024:i:c:s0960148124010097. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.