BioGame project

Financed by:  POR FERS Lazio 2007-13
Period: September 2012 - September 2014

Introduction

The BioGame project proposes to develop, test and optimize the purification phase that leads to obtaining biomethane from biogas, on a small and economic scale, through the experimental use of natural zeolites taken from the processing waste of Lazio tuff.

Description

The project proposes to develop, test and optimize the purification phase from biogas to biomethane on a small and economic scale, through the experimental use of natural zeolites taken from the processing waste of the Lazio tuff, with the general aim of favoring the development of market and distributed production of biomethane.

Biogas derives from the biological process of anaerobic digestion of organic waste and is mainly composed of methane gas, carbon dioxide and other by-products. The purification of biogas, with the elimination of all impurities and carbon dioxide, provides a gas called biomethane, with characteristics very similar to methane gas extracted from non-renewable sources. For the production of biogas, the project focuses on the enhancement of the Organic Fraction of Urban Solid Waste (FORSU) and waste from olive oil production, stimulating a virtuous management of organic residues and exploiting their great energy potential.

Aims

• Reduction of dependence on fossil fuels and increase of the security of energy supply
• Development of distributed biomethane production and enhancement of independence from centralized energy systems
• Increasing knowledge on the opportunities deriving from the production of biomethane for operators in the agricultural sector and for all stakeholders
• Identification of a methodology for the valorisation of waste, sustainable even for small producers
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

Partners

• CNR IIA
• Zero CO2