Greek Demo Advances Reactor Design. The Greek demo is making significant progress in optimizing its biogas-to-biomethane conversion technology. Our team is currently focused on refining the reactor’s design, a key component in ensuring the effective upgrading of raw biogas into high-purity biomethane. The reactor serves as the core of the demo, where biogas undergoes a three-step thermocatalytic methanation process. In this process, CO2 from the biogas reacts with renewable hydrogen, using nickel-based catalysts to produce biomethane of over 95% purity.
We are carefully evaluating various design parameters such as catalyst performance, flow dynamics, temperature, and pressure control, all of which are crucial for maximizing conversion efficiency and ensuring long-term sustainability. In parallel, we are advancing the development of the full-scale process unit, with our engineers working diligently to finalize construction plans. The reactor is being designed not only to be robust and scalable but also adaptable to a variety of biogas feedstocks. With the reactor design now in its final stage of refinement, the completed plans will soon be handed over to our manufacturing partner to initiate construction.
Figure 1: 3D model of the cooled fixed bed reactor