First Name: | Jim R |
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Last Name: | Stewart, PhD |
Email Address: | drjimstewart@gmail.com |
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Subject | Use biogas with carbon capture to make carbon negative electricity |
Comment |
Our peer-reviewed paper (Energies 2020, 13, 4972; doi:10.3390/en13184972) reports anaerobic digestion of biomass with the methane/carbon dioxide mixture fed into an Allam Cycle power plant produces electricity with zero emissions plus high pressure pure CO2 ready for deep aquifer sequestration without additional pressurizing. The income from the electricity, plus income from the sequestered CO2, and potentially digestate sales, make this economically interesting. Hopefully, the digestate (if using pure food waste) can be sold as a high quality fertilizer that can be used on organic and other food crops and rangelands. If the organics are mixed with sewage sludge or other impure wastes, the digestate could be used to enrich shrublands and forests to increase natural sequestration. In addition the digestate could be added as a liquid to other organics in the composting process. Such profitable use of biomass is essential, especially with the requirement under SB 1383 to divert millions of tons of organic wastes now going to landfills every year. Hope CARB can model this opportunity for economical carbon negative electricity. You may contact me for more information, references and spreadsheets. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2021-09-03 21:14:56 |
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