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CAD Model of a Methanation Plant

PeriodMarch 2023 — December 2023
Organisation / contextForschungsstelle für Energienetze und Energiespeicher (FENES) · Part of ORBIT II Research Project

Project context

ORBIT II expands a trickle-bed bioreactor for the biological methanation of carbon dioxide with archaea. The research plant combines the reactor with an electrolyser, gas-treatment equipment, gas storage and the necessary auxiliary systems. It is tested with different industrial gas streams and then integrated/ operated at a wastewater-treatment plant.

CAD modelling and plant documentation

This sub-project created a complete CAD representation of the plant and its process sections. The model records technical components, component identifiers and all measurement points consistently with the process flow diagrams. This provides a structured plant documentation and makes it substantially easier to locate individual components or instrumentation points during operation, analysis and further development.

Project media

Complete plant model
Opened view of the complete plant
Methanation process section

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