HYFUELUP has already published its first two scientific articles, a milestone that shows that the project is already in the phase of obtaining the early results and being able to disseminate them, contributing to the race to produce European biomethane efficiently and innovatively.
Filomena Pinto, representative of our partner LNEG, published in September 2024 together with Paula Costa, Rui AndrĂ©, Paula Marques and Filipe Paradela, the article entitled âCleaning and Conditioning of Biomass Gasification Gas to Produce Biomethaneâ in the prestigious Italian journal Chemical Engineering Transactions (CET) of the Associazione Italiana dâIngegneria Chimica (AIDIC).
The objective of this article was to study hot cleaning and upgrading processes of gasification gas to allow it to be suitable for biomethane production, since nowadays it is urgent to develop new energy production and utilisation routes to achieve sustainable development with low environmental impact.
âGas produced by gasification of eucalyptus wastes at 750 ÂșC and 850 ÂșC was used to study the hot gas conditioning process. For this, two sequential fixed-bed steps with different catalysts or sorbents and at different temperatures were tested. In Pathway A, a low-cost natural mineral, limestone, was used in both steps at temperatures from 500 Âș to 700 ÂșC. In Pathway B, limestone was used in the first step and in the second one, a nickel-based catalyst was tested (âŠ) Pathway B showed to be the best option, especially at the highest temperature tested, producing a syngas richer in H2 and CO2, with very low contents of tar and heavier gaseous hydrocarbonsâ.
Chemical Engineering Transactions (CET) aims to be a leading international journal for the publication of original research and review articles in chemical, process, and environmental engineering.
Moreover, HyFuelup project announced in January 2025 the publication of its second scientific article, entitled ‘Systematic and Bibliometric Review of Biomethane Production from Biomass-Based Residues: Technologies, Economics and Environmental Impact‘, in Fuels Journal.
Written by Tiago F. Lopes, Gonçalo Tiago, Naresh R., Gonçalo Lourinho, and Francisco GĂrio, this review on the TEA and LCA of biomethane production technologies critically evaluates the technical and economic challenges, along with the opportunities for optimizing biomethane production, and discusses the potential for these technologies to contribute to sustainable bioenergy solutions in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
âDespite the promising advancements, the economic and environmental viability of biomethane production via gasification and methanation remains uncertain, primarily due to the limited research available on this technology. The European Commission-funded HYFUELUP project aims to address this by developing advanced technology for biomethane production, combining gasification and methanation with renewable hydrogen, and then the produced biomethane is liquified and used for decarbonization of long-distance road freight transport and maritime transportationâ.
Fuels is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on fuel science, published quarterly online by MDPI.
