Impulse project 4 in the LaNDER³ joint project is dedicated to the development of a reactor to implement the Sabatier process. Here, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are converted into methane.
First, a suitable concept for heat management is to be developed. Since this is a high-temperature process and will be integrated into an existing plant, the networking and control of the entire system must be coordinated. Reactor development is taking place during the same period, which means that the findings of the heat management concept can and must be incorporated into the design of the plant.
After construction of the reactor, the developed system is tested. The resulting results will be used for initial approaches to process optimization. As a result, the system is to be integrated into the existing modular high-performance biogas system at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. Through further test runs, necessary data for upscaling are available to support the system integration.
On 8 November 2023, the diverse use of hydrogen as a component of the future energy system was discussed at the Oberlausitz Energy Symposium and Zittau Energy Seminar under the motto Hydrogen - Network of the Future. As catalytic methanisation involves the production of a hydrogen derivative, this event was an ideal opportunity to report on the project.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil Tobias Zschunke presented the results of the LaNDER³ - Impulse Project 4 with the title Synthetic natural gas from hydrogen - still an option? You can find the content of the presentation here (German).
This project is carried out in cooperation with the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg. Subject-specific support is provided here by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Jan Ingo Flege, head of the department of applied physics and semiconductor spectroscopy, and his team with their expertise on the sabating process. Find more information here