PALM OIL MILL BIOGAS UPGRADING PROJECT
The palm oil industry is one of the leading industries in Malaysia with yearly production of over 13 million tons of crude palm oil.
Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is the highest feedstock contributor for biogas plants in Malaysia.
One palm oil mill is capable of producing 1,000 – 4,200 tons of biomethane per year and capable of fuelling 1,300- 3,300 cars per year depending on the size of the project.
PRODUCTION PROCESS
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Biogas systems use anaerobic digestion to recycle these organic materials, turning them into biogas
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Upgrading biogas means separating the Methane(CH4) from the Carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting in a pure Methane gas flow.
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When purification process is not included, the extracted biogas turns into the electricity.
REFERENCE
A privately owned palm oil mill has built a new anaerobic pond equipped with methane trapping system with a methane upgrading plant
● Generating 2,000m3/hr
Its anaerobic pond is to generate biogas about 2,000m3/hr. The methane upgrading plant will then purify the biogas and produce biomethane.
● Supply Biomethane to local gas distributor
The project owner had signed a Gas Supply Agreement (GSA) with a buyer to supply a minimum of 200,000MMBtu of bio-methane per year for a period of 15 years. This gas will then be distributed to industries within the Kluang area.
● More than 95% GHG Emission (150,000MT of CO2 equivalent a year)
This project in total will be cutting more than 95% of its greenhouse gases (GHG) emission.
The reduction is expected up to 150,000MT of CO2 equivalent a year, which is also going to be one of the biggest GHG reductions ever in palm oil mill.
