Biogas production & biogas treatment

Bioenergy production plays a crucial role in diversifying energy sources, reducing dependency on fossil fuels, and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Derived from organic materials such as agricultural residues, forest biomass, and organic waste, bioenergy offers a renewable and sustainable alternative to conventional energy sources. It can be converted into various forms of energy, including heat, electricity, and biofuels, thereby contributing to energy security and rural development.

However, bioenergy production faces several challenges, which include competition with food production for land and water resources, and the efficiency of conversion technologies. Overcoming these challenges requires highly efficient technologies for biogas production from a wide variety of sources at the highest rate and at the lowest cost possible. Likewise, biogas treatment in a sustainable and cost-effective way is key to maximize the benefits of bioenergy production while minimizing its potential drawbacks.

As the need for bioenergy and biofuels evolves, more and more projects are driven by biogas and biomethane production. But the substrates to generate biogas are varied, from industrial wastewater to household organic waste, from vinasse to manure. That’s why industrial & municipal facilities best partner up with Paques. We have more than 40 years of experience in anaerobic wastewater treatment and extensive experience in the digestion of substrates with higher solids concentration.

Our wide range of high-rate and low-rate anaerobic reactors and digesters enable more than 1,500 customers worldwide to generate biogas from any kind of substrate in a cost-effective, efficient and sustainable manner:

• For lighter wastewaters, Paques offers the BIOPAQ^® UASB, BIOPAQ^® IC, BIOPAQ^® ICX and BIOPAQ^® RISE anaerobic reactors.
• For projects where the solids and/or fat concentrations are higher, Paques offers the BIOPAQ^® AFR and BIOPAQ^® CBD^® digesters, which eliminate pre-treatment.

In most cases, the H₂S present in the biogas needs to be removed before the biogas is used or converted into biomethane. For more cost-effective biogas production Paques developed the THIOPAQ^® technology for biogas treatment. It not only reduces the H₂S in the biogas to levels below 20 ppm, but also converts it into valuable elemental sulfur. Moreover, it uses biotechnology to regenerate the scrubbing fluid, leading to the lowest OPEX among all competing technologies. THIOPAQ^® can be combined with any anaerobic digestion system.