[Digestion] methanol from biogas?

[Paul Harris]

G'day Charles,

The Bioconversion (and sometimes Gasification?) Lists discuss this sort
of thing every now and then, but you have to remember that ANY
conversion process is inefficient and that "we" (perhaps that stands for
"Western Entrepreneurs"!) tend to throw energy at any problem to solve
it instantly.

Nitogen is a resource that will be very scarce with fossil fuel
depletion, so we should be trying to use it rather than discard it -
natural systems will do this quite well but take some time. Perhaps this
discussion should go to bioconversion!

All the best,
HOOROO

Charles Coronella wrote:
> 
> Since many wastewater facilities require methanol (for denitrification) and
> also produce copious biogas, I wonder if there are any facilities out link
> these two?  I'd be interested in technologies, demonstrations, or related
> research.
> 
> Chuck Coronella
> Reno, NV  USA
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