Eco-Tec's Biogas Purification Technology Part of RGMRM's Innovative Greenhouse Gas-to-Energy Project
Pickering, Ontario/
December 2007
Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has recently been
awarded the contract for a biogas purification system
by Régie de gestion des matières résiduelles de
la
Mauricie (RGMRM) of Quebec. The integrated
process includes the capture, purification and use of
biogas as an alternative energy source for
greenhouses.
"Hot house tomatoes are not the only beneficiary of
biogas purification technology, and we are pleased to
be a part of RGMRM's long-term plans to reduce
greenhouse gases," stated Carmine Fontana, Eco-
Tec's VP Business Development.
RGMRM is a municipal organization that operates
most of the municipal landfills in the Mauricie region
in Quebec. The landfills, such as the Saint-Étienne-
des-Grès landfill and the Trois-Rivières landfill have
life spans of over 60 years. Each year one landfill will
generate 18,000,000 m3 of biogas, the energy
equivalent of 9,000,000 m3 of natural gas. RGMRM
has developed and implemented plans to capture the
biogas and use it in sustainable development
projects that are designed to reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions by approximately 135,000 tons of
CO2.
RGMRM's projects have three major advantages: they
provide plans to use an environmentally sustainable
process to manage the entire life cycle of buried
waste; they allow a renewable energy generated from
biogas to replace a fossil fuel; and the projects are
becoming sources of revenue for RGMRM and the
municipalities that use and sell the biogas.
Biogas is a
mixture of methane (CH4) and carbon
dioxide (CO2) and is often contaminated with toxic
quantities of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Eco-Tec's
biogas purification
system was selected for its proven,
highly efficient technology. The system was designed
to integrate into RGMRM's process, that includes gas
conditioning through the removal of water, sulfur and
H2S. Using a patented, high efficiency gas-liquid
contacting process, H2S is absorbed and the gas is
purified for use in power generation facilities, and
other heating applications such as heat for tomato
greenhouses.
Eco-Tec
was recently awarded the Canadian
Innovation Award for Environmental
Technology, by the
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters association,
for this biogas technology.
Sources:
Natural Resources Canada
Eco-Tec Inc.
About Eco-Tec Inc.
Eco-Tec is an award-winning, globally recognized
manufacturer of water purification, gas processing,
and chemical recovery systems for industrial
operations. Eco-Tec provides proven integrated
technologies based on proprietary technologies that
offer significant cost reduction and superior process
efficiency. Eco-Tec has provided more than 1500
systems in over 52 countries, and is represented in all
major markets.
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