Biogas technologies –

Ukrainian perspective

Dr. Hennadiy Zhuk

Map of biogas objects in Ukraine

Sources:

Biogas from agriculture and animal residuals

Biogas from distillery

Landfill gas

Type of using:

Electricity production

Processing to Methane / Carbon dioxide

Biogas Facility Raw Material Since Power,

kW

Average

Power 2018,

kW

1 LLC "Agrobudtehnologii"

Vinnytsya

agriculture residuals 2015 0,630 0,000

2 LLC "Agro Enterprise" Green Gai "

Mykolaiv region

agriculture residuals 2017 0,125 0,000

3 LLC "GoodValley Ukraine" ("Danosha")

Ivano-Frankivsk region

animal residuals 2013 1,166 0,883

4 PJSC "Ecoprod"

Donetsk region

agriculture residuals 2017 1,487 0,786

5 LLC "Komerzbudplast"

PJSC "Chernobayevske"

(Avangard Holding)

Kherson region

animal residuals 2016 3,120 1,169

6 PJSC "Oriel-Leader"

Mironovsky Bread Product

Dnipropetrovsk region

animal residuals 2013 5,692 1,109

7 Rokitnyansky Sugar Plant LLC

Kiev region

agriculture/animal residuals 2015 2,382 1,156

8 Theophypol Power Company Ltd

Khmelnytsky region

agriculture residuals 2017 5,109 3,583

9 Astarta

Poltava region

agriculture residuals 2014 6250

m3/h

-

Total 19,711 8,686

Biogas facilities in Ukraine (according to NATIONAL ENERGY AND UTILITIES REGULATORY COMMISSION, UKRAINE)

Facility Region Since Power,

kW

Average

Power 2018,

kW

1 AEU Energo Ltd. Vinnitsa region 2015 0,999 0,673

2 Biogas Energy LLC Khmelnytsky city 2017 0,659 0,049

3

Clear Energy LLC

Ivano-Frankivsk region

2016

0,660

2,072

4 Kharkiv region 1,063

5 Kharkiv region 0,845

6 Dnipropetrovsk region 1,063

7 Volyn region 0,659

8 Dnipropetrovsk region 1,318

9 Clear Energy-Kremenchuk LLC Poltava region 2017 0,845 0,340

10 Clear Energy Chernihiv LLC Chernihiv region 2017 1,131 0,273

11 PE "MPP" Latex " Transcarpathian region 2014 0,600 0,095

12

LLC "LNK"

Kiev region

2011

1,063

2,995

13 Kiev region 2,126

14 Kiev region 0,885

15 Zhytomyr region 1,063

16 Mykolaiv region 1,063

17 Cherkasy region 0,600

18 "Masterenergo Invest" Ltd Rivne region 2017 0,500 -

19 TIS Eco Ltd. Mariupol, Donetsk region. 2011 0,200 0,031

Total 17,342 6,528

Landfill Gas facilities in Ukraine (according to NATIONAL ENERGY AND UTILITIES REGULATORY COMMISSION, UKRAINE)

Technical regulation for natural gas for

consumers Last version 2018

Characteristic Unit Normative value

Min Max

The higher Wobbe number under standard conditions 25/20

*

МJ/m3 44,9 53,7

under normal conditions 25/0* 48,2 57,7

The higher heat of combustion

under standard conditions 25/20*

МJ/m3 35,4 -

under normal conditions 25/0* 38,0

hydrogen sulfide ppm - 3.5

Molar share of carbon dioxide mole/mole - 2,5%

The temperature of the

moisture dew point at 3,92 МPа

С - minus 8

Methane concentration mole/mole 90% -

Biogas type

theoretical

potential

in million tons of

standard fuel

coefficient of

technical

availability

technical

potential

in million tons of

standard fuel

Biogas from animal waste 3,27 0,7 2,45

Biogas from solid waste

0,77

0,6

0,46

Biogas from sludge 0,21 0,6 0,13

Biogas from maize as

energy crops

1,59

0,7

1,11

TOTAL 5,84 4,15

The energy potential of biogas production in Ukraine

(by Ministry of Agriculture in 2007 )

Regulations

Law of Ukraine № 555-15 of 11.06.2017 "On alternative energy

sources": sets the "green tariff" and its premium value for

electricity received by bio gas

Object

categories

Put into operation

until

31.03.2013

from

01.04.2013

to 31.12.2014

from 01.01.

2015 to

30.06.2015

from

01.07.2015 to

31.12.2015

from

01.01.2016

to 31.12.2016

from

01.01.2017 to

31.12.2019

from

01.01.2020

to

31.12.2024

from

01.01.2025

to

31.12.2029

electricity

produced

from

biogas

- 2,30 2,07 2,30 2,07 1,84

Taking probes of LFG were done by mobile unit of

the original design

Gas probes were analyzed in the laboratory of the

Gas Institute of NASU

Landfills Research

The trend in the contention of the LFG

vo

lum

e %

years

Production of commercial methane and СО2

Liquefied methane - Transport of natural gas bypassing gas distribution

networks, directly to the consumer

Refueling cars - Refueling of garbage trucks and others, transportation in

a compressed state

Supply in gas distribution networks

Carbon dioxide used as a commodity product

Absorption with amines

The basic technological scheme of amine recovery of CO2 from process

gases: Absorber (A); Desorber (D); Heat exchanger-cooler (Hc);

Pump (P); Heat exchanger (H); Condenser (Cond.); Dephlegmator

(Dephl.); Reboiler (Reb.)

Excess of thermal loads of amine process using absorbent

18%MEA+82%Н2О

in comparison with absorbent 40%MDEA+10%MEA+50%Н2О

1 - flue gas; 2 - generator gas; 3 - synthesis gas; 4 - biogas

0

50

100

150

200

250

1 2 3 4Technological gas

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tio

n o

f th

erm

al lo

ad

s

δ,%

Reboiler Dephlegmator Heat exchanger-cooler

Comparison of energy costs for biogas processing

flow rate 20 Nm3/h ,%(vol): 63СН4+34СО2+1Н2S+1N2+1Н2О,

AMINES VS WATER

Process

indicators Absorbent,% (mass):

100Н2О 40МDEA+10MEA+50Н2О

Yield of

biomethane,

Nm3/h

11.7

11.2

13.7

13.6 Contention in

biomethane:

CO2, %(vol)

H2S, mg/Nm3

0.9

20

0.3

5

1.5

20

1.1

5 Specific energy

costs,

kW/Nm3_biogas

0.65

0.74

0.80

0.87

Pidhirtsi (Kyiv region)

with LNK Company

year of implementation 2012

2 MW total

Power Stations

Boryspil

power 1MW

Similar projects are developed and implemented in

Zhitomyr, Mykolaiv, Brovary

CONCLUSIONS Ukraine has significant potential of biogas producing estimated

as 4-6 mln. tons of standard fuel

There are at least 9 objects of biogas and 19 objects of electricity

producing in Ukraine, stimulated by “green tariff”

The complex technology of gathering, preparing and using of

landfill gas to generate electricity and heat commodity was

developed in Gas Institute

The original absorption processing was developed with

40МDEA+10MEA+50Н2О amines solution allows 2-3 times energy

saving compared with traditional MEA technique

It has advantages in comparison with traditional water process:

water saving, methane yield rising

Industrial scale complexes for the atmosphere protection of

greenhouse gases and their utilization were developed and

implemented

Biogas technologies – Ukrainian perspective

Gas Institute of National Science Academy of Ukraine Department of gas technologies

Phone : +380935767713. E-mail: hen_zhuk@ukr.net

Gas Institute of NASU Ukraine, Kyiv, Degtyarivska str.,39

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

Dr. Hennadiy Zhuk