Hydrogen- Methane
Waste Fermentations for Clean Electricity Generation
John Benemann
02-09
EISG Project
Title: Hydrogen- Methane Waste
Fermentations for Clean Electricity Generation
EISG Grant Number: 02-09
PIER Area: Renewable Energy Technologies
Principal Investigator: John Benemann
Contact Information: Phone:
(925) 939-5864, email: jbenemann@aol.com
Organization: Benemann Associates
Grant Amount: $75,000
Grant Term: 12 Months
Project Description:
Proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of two-phase anaerobic digestion processes for the production of hydrogen-methane mixtures from organic wastes that may reduce NOx and other pollutants during electricity generation.
Proposed Outcomes:
§ Bench-scale bioreactors using simulated and actual food and food processing wastes will be utilized. A technical and economic feasibility analysis will be carried out based on the experimental results.
Anticipated Benefits:
§ Potential to capture at least 25 MWe of electrical power generation currently available as a byproduct of environmental wastewater disposal.
§ Potential to provide a system to acquire this energy that could be paid off in 2 to 3 years at $20 per megawatt hour.