Emissions from Biogas Fueled Engine Generator Compared to a Fuel Cell

This is the first side-by-side comparison of these two different ways of converting the biogas to marketable distributed energy. The advanced treatment of the digester provides beneficial treatment for manure including organic loading reduction, odor reduction and enhanced handling characteristics. The engine generator (135 kW) has been operational more than 97% of the time during the first 5 years of operation. The fuel cell is a 5 kW proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM) from Plug PowerT of Latham New York. The anaerobic digester and fuel cell forms a system that reduces greenhouse gases and odors while recycling the nutrients to the soil and at the same time produces renewable distributed energy reducing fossil fuel use and reducing the need for long transmission lines

Check Also

Egypt reviews Red Sea waste management system – Dailynewsegypt

Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Environment, Manal Awad, and Red Sea Governor Walid El-Barqi held an extensive meeting to review the performance of the governorate’s waste management system and discuss measures to improve environmental services and operational efficiency. The meeting, held during Awad’s visit to the Red Sea Governorate to mark World Environment Day, focused on assessing current challenges facing waste collection, sorting, recycling and disposal operations, as well as identifying priority actions to strengthen the system’s performance. Awad stressed that the government places significant importance on developing an integrated waste management system in the Red Sea Governorate, given its strategic importance as one of Egypt’s leading tourism destinations. She emphasized the need to comply with environmental and technical standards governing sanitary landfills, waste treatment facilities and environmentally sound disposal practices. During the meeting, officials reviewed the current status of waste management operations in Hurghada, including collection, transportation, sorting, recycling and final disposal activities. Discussions also covered the infrastructure upgrades required to improve system efficiency and ensure the proper operation of sanitary landfill facilities. Yasser Abdullah, head of Egypt’s Waste Management Regulatory Authority, presented updates on temporary waste collection and sorting sites and outlined measures to strengthen operational management and oversight. He highlighted the importance of improving monitoring mechanisms for waste handling activities and maximizing the recovery of recyclable materials while reducing informal and unregulated practices.