Bio LNG - Renewable Energy from Biomass

Course Overview The Bio-LNG market is moving forward. Bio-LNG has an enormous potential to become the cleanest and most widespread biofuel in Asia. Experts estimate that several tens of millions of tons of Bio-LNG can be produced from Bamboo, bagasse, rice husks, maize silage, wheat straw, empty fruit bunches and landfills in Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and other Asian countries. Why bio-LNG will conquer the market? Attend this course to discover the advantages, disadvantages of Bio-LNG and huge opportunities for agriculture and the energy industry in Asia. 6 Reasons Must Attend Understand that Bio-LNG is the best opportunity to validate biomass in Asia Select the best feedstock, configuration and process installation for bio-LNG production Understand that Bio-LNG is superior to fossil LNG and even cheaper to produce Hear business cases from Europe and will hear potential business cases in Asia Learn how to calculate energy and mass balance and revenues Consider multiple applications of bio-LNG and defend Bio-LNG as the cleanest fuel worldwide Who should attend Oil & Gas companies Agricultural companies Biofuels companies Port & Terminals Operators Shipping & Logistic Companies Investment Companies Government & Regulators
Day 1 Natural Gas Natural gas from coal Natural gas from shale Natural gas from small reservoirs Differences in production, composition, calorific value and distribution Liquefied natural gas (LNG) What is it and which are the benefits Differences in LNG composition, lean and heavy: Calorific value, methane number LNG or natural gas: Pro and contra Transport, storage and distribution of LNG How to handle aging, roll over, boil off Case study: Small scale LNG production units: Suppliers and different technologies Practical applications of: Heavy duty trucks, buses, mining, trains, marine applications and applications in industry for LNG and CNG Suppliers of equipment, vehicles and engines and comparison of their benefits Market developments in engines: The advantages of dual fuel and lean burning gas engines Day 2 Bio-LNG what is it? From Biogas to Bio-LNG: Production processes Feedstock pre-treatment Anaerobic digestion Advanced Upgrading Liquefaction Distribution and Storage Biomass: Types of factors influence decision making Which kind of biomass will I choose? Which pre-treatment can I afford: Steam and vacuum Will I go for thermophilic or mesophilic digestion How can I decrease retention time of digestion Which will be the maximum yield per ton of dry weight Will I choose for pressure swing absorption, scrubbing, chemical absorption, cryogenic upgrading or membranes What kind of liquefaction unit will I take for my process? Differences of Bio-LNG compared to fossil LNG and the benefits of bio-LNG Differences of Bio-LNG with other bio fuels (biodiesel – bio-ethanol) Carbon footprint of all liquid fuels and Bio-LNG How to improve LNG quality with Bio-LNG? How to make Bio-CNG from Bio-LNG and decrease costs of equipment and maintenance Case study: Blending and the worldwide developments of Bio-LNG Day 3 Case study: Existing Bio-LNG business cases: Norway, Netherlands, UK Analyse potential bio-LNG projects in Asia Bio-LNG from landfills How to enlarge landfill gas yield in limited time How to develop and build a mobile installations Bio-LNG from biomass Which are the preferable Asian feedstock What is the best configurations for Bio-LNG production Comparing the economics with other applications of biomass in Asia and IRR of the projects How do you kick start your Bio-LNG project? The demands in a feasibility study Feedstock availability Mass and energy balance By products of Bio-LNG production Rough cost estimates of equipment Economy of scale improvements Estimate of profits (IRR) Delivery of equipment and building time Extra case study: Evaluate empty fruit bunches (EFB), bamboo, bagasse from sugar cane, maiz silage, rice husks, fishery waste, wheat straw and other available biomass