Upcycling agri food waste into rural biomethane

Main objective

The main goal of LIFE CHANDELIER project is to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of a novel cost-effective, traceable, and sustainable solution for biomethane production in rural areas as advanced biofuel for transport sector according to the EU standards for automotive fuels from agri-food wastes combination.

Objectives

To develop and commission a demonstrator plant at pre-industrial scale that encompasses the following main features:

Sub-objectives

Innovative thermoextrusor system for the pre-treatment process of lignocellulosic agrifood wastes.
A small-scale anaerobic digester (100 m3) for co-digestion trials and production of discrete biogas/biomethane flows (<10m3/h)
Auxiliary elements (mixing tanks, pipings) for an existing medium-scale anaerobic digester (3000 m3) for co-digestion under optimized conditions and production of moderate biogas/biomethane flows (400 and 10-15m3/h, respectively)
Biogas upgrading system based on dry hydrophobic membranes able to process 7-20 m3/h biogas produced at both, the new small-scale and the existing medium scale anaerobic digestors.
BioCNG recharging station for HDV propulsion

To demonstrate the viability of using the proposed lignocellulosic waste to enhance biogas production throughout the year.

To demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed biogas upgrading system processing different flow ranges of biogas streams with variable compositions.

To analyze and validate the quality of vehicular biomethane for BioCNG fuel in freight transport.

To demonstrate up to a 60% reduction potential in GHG emissions among other environmental impacts by means of a LCSA and techno-economical (TEA) analysis and determine sustainability and viability of the proposed business model.