Schildhauer T.J., Biollaz S.M.A. (Eds.) Synthetic Natural Gas: From Coal, Dry Biomass, and Power-to-Gas Applications

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, Canada, 2016. – 321 p. – ISBN10: 1118541812Provides an overview of the different pathways to produce Synthetic Natural Gas
Covers technological, and economic aspects of this Synthetic Natural Gas
Details the most popular technologies and state-of-the-art of SNG technologies while also covering recent and future research trends
Covers the main process steps during conversion of coal and dry biomass to SNG: gasification, gas cleaning, methanation and gas upgrading
Describes a number of novel processes for the production of SNG with their specific combination of process steps as well as the boundary conditions
Covers important technical aspects of Power-to-Gas processesIntroductory Remarks
Coal and Biomass Gasification for SNG Production
Gas Cleaning
Methanation for Synthetic Natural Gas Production – Chemical Reaction engineering Aspects
SNG Upgrading
SNG from Wood – the GoBiGas Project
The Power to Gas Process: Storage of Renewable energy in the Natural Gas Grid via Fixed Bed Methanation of CO₂/H₂
Fluidized Bed Methanation for SNG Production – Process Development at the Paul‐Scherrer Institut
MILeNA Indirect Gasification, OLGA tar Removal, and eCN Process for Methanation
Hydrothermal Production of SNG from Wet Biomass
Agnion’s Small Scale SNG Concept
Integrated Desulfurization and Methanation Concepts for SNG Production