Žemo šilumingumo dujų panaudojimas žaliosios energijos gamybai (LoCaGas 2024)

Projekto programa
Vykdymo laikotarpis
2024.07.01 - 2027.06.30
Projekto statusas
Vykdomas
Projekto lentelė
Projekto svetainė
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LoCaGas Interreg South Baltic project logo

Projekto santrauka (anglų k.):
Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 34 on a timespan of 100 years, according to IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report. The concentration of methane in the atmosphere has more than doubled in the last 150 years and landfills are the third largest (16%) emitter of anthropogenic methane after fossil fuel production, distribution, combustion (33%) and livestock farming (27%). In the Baltic Sea region, there are up to 100 thousand of landfills including closed or abandoned sites, which pose environmental risks due to greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. According to the Report of National Inventory Submissions to the UNFCCC, 2020, these landfills emit 782 kt in Sweden, 662 kt in Lithuania, 302 kt in Poland, 270 kt in Germany and 21 kt in Denmark of CH4 emissions. However, only a small number of these are equipped with gas extraction equipment (51 landfills in SE, 267 in PL, 10 in LT). In Denmark there are already 10 sites utilizing dual-fuel technology with Diesel as pilot fuel (all operated by Deponigas ApS).
The objective of this project is twofold; the production of green electricity and heat, which in itself contributes to GHG reduction if the corresponding use of fossil fuels is offset, and reduction of GHG gases by reduction of spontaneous methane emission from landfills and elimination of methane emissions from different types of off-gases. In addition, transforming indigenous low-quality gas streams into power and heat contributes to the security of supply and diversification of energy systems. Sixteen EU member states have already applied a landfill ban on organic material, and, as the gas production in landfills declines when no new organic material is landfilled, the methane level decreases and conventional CHP production using an Otto engine is no longer possible. The current procedure is to cover the landfill and install so-called bio-windows, where microbes oxidize the methane to carbon dioxide. However, methane content is only reduced, not eliminated, through the use of such bio-windows, and there is no guarantee that all the methane produced inside the landfill will pass a bio-window before entering the atmosphere. In addition, the energy contained within methane is not utilized. In this project three different options to use landfill gas and off-gases with low methane (40%) content will be evaluated and benchmarked. The three technologies are developed in different countries, thus the need for international cooperation is evident. The landfill gas is extracted by suction and the negative pressure prevents the methane from escaping to the atmosphere. The project idea is well aligned with the EU Methane Strategy as part of the European Green Deal.

The project will result in a decision support tool and recommendations for landfill gas operators and other parties dealing with off-gases containing methane, to minimize methane emissions and produce green power and heat.
 

LEI veikla projekte

LEI Degimo procesų laboratorijos mokslininkai pritaikys ir išbandys deguonimi praturtinto degimo technologiją vidaus degimo variklyje žemo šilumingumo dujų utilizacijai. LEI bus atsakinga už 3 darbo paketo (WP3) įgyvendinimą – Pilotinių įrenginių išbandymas, taip pat prisidės įgyvendinat 2 darbo paketą – Laboratorinio mastelio technologijų vystymas ir testavimas, 4 darbo paketą – aplinkosaugos ir technologinių-ekonominių galimybių analizė ir 5 darbo paketą – Sprendimo pasiūlymas ir rekomendacija.

 

Raktažodžiai:

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Akronimas: LoCaGas

Projekto ID: STHB.02.01-IP.01-0011/23

Projekto numeris LEI vidaus apskaitoje: 13-104.24.27

Kvietimas: PRIORITY 2 – Sustainable South Baltic Programme Measure 2.1 Supporting transition towards green energy

Bendra projekto vertė: 1 786 200 EUR (LEI skirta dalis: 303 000 EUR).

 

Koordinatorius: Gdansk University of Technology, Lenkija.

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Finansuoja ES - vertikalus logotipas

Projektas finansuojamas Europos Sąjungos „Interreg Pietų Baltijos regiono programos 2021–2027“ lėšomis.

Projekto vykdytojai

Vardas, pavardė kabinetas tel. nr. el. paštas

Instituto atstovas
 
Rolandas Paulauskas 105-LK +37037401830 Rolandas.Paulauskas@lei.lt

Projekto vykdytojai
 
Ernest Bykov 107-LK +37037401876 Ernest.Bykov@lei.lt
Adolfas Jančauskas 107-LK +37037401876 Adolfas.Jancauskas@lei.lt
Aurimas Lisauskas 103-LK +37037401932 Aurimas.Lisauskas@lei.lt
Lina Vorotinskienė 104-LK +37037401881 Lina.Vorotinskiene@lei.lt
Kęstutis Zakarauskas 105-LK +37037401830 Kestutis.Zakarauskas@lei.lt