RE:RE:RE:Upcoming Natural Gas Renewable acquisition Being made of charged particles, plasmas can do things gases cannot, like conduct electricity. We know plasma can destroy solid matter and impurities, like it does with PYR's NAVY technology and PureVap technology.
What PYR will want to bring to its RNG player is an
economical way to remove impurities via its plasma technology so the gas can have higher purity, as regulated by pipeline players. That's why PYR says it could help its partner move 1-2 notches up.
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The feasibility of renewable natural gas as a large-scale, low carbon substitute Generally speaking, the process for creating RNG is more costly than extracting fossil natural gas. This can create challenges to commercial scalability of RNG. If volumes are not sufficiently large,
the cost for RNG processing equipment to remove impurities (clean up) and to improve energy content (conditioning) can be a barrier to commercial feasibility. One aspect of the high costs for pipeline injection is the testing and verification required to meet pipeline owner specifications. Oct. 2020: Renewable Natural Gas Provides a Vital Sustainable Energy Solution (prnewswire.com) Greenlane Renewables is focused on using RNG to decarbonize commercial transportation and the natural gas grid. The company provides biogas upgrading systems that remove impurities and separate carbon dioxide from biomethane in raw biogas. The end result of Greenlane's systems is a clean RNG that is ready for pipeline injection, liquefaction, or direct use as a vehicle fuel. Greenlane leads the global RNG industry in supplied capacity, with more than 100 installations in 18 countries. The company supplies major end-users like Enbridge and Fortis. Jan. 2020: Alternative Fuel: Renewable Natural Gas 101 | U.S. Gain Renewable Natural Gas, known also as RNG, biogas or biomethane, is methane captured from the decomposition of organic materials in agricultural, landfill and wastewater treatment facilities, cleaned and conditioned to strip out impurities, then injected back into the natural gas pipeline. RNG is chemically identical to conventional natural gas but made from renewable verses geologic sources. It is a renewable solution that leverages proven natural gas vehicles and accessible fueling infrastructure.
Feb 2021: Clean Power Capital Corp. PowerTap’s Onsite Blue Hydrogen Production Use of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) as Feedstock Makes its Hydrogen Greener (streetinsider.com) Common sources of RNG, also referred to as biomethane or upgraded biogas, include landfills, animal manure, food scraps and wastewater sludge. With these “wet” wastes, bacteria break down organic matter and produce methane, carbon dioxide, and other gases and solids through a process referred to as anaerobic digestion. The resulting biogas can then be processed or “upgraded” to get rid of impurities, so that it is nearly pure methane, and injected into the natural gas pipeline system in the USA.