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Project #1502

Producing Value-Added Biopolymer from Methane Gas Generated by Water Resource Recovery Facilities

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Principal Investigator
Molly
Morse
Research Manager
Mrs. Christine H. Radke, PMP
Contractor
Mango Materials
Resource Recovery
Treatment
Energy Optimization

Abstract

This project explored optimal integration of biopolymer production and water resource recovery facility (WRRF) processes. It demonstrated that untreated biogas produced at WRRFs can be used as a viable feedstock to produce PHA. The project team found that converting biogas into biopolymers was more than three times more economical than converting it to electricity and more than two times more economical than converting it to vehicle fuels. Published by WE&RF. 58 pages. Online PDF. (2017)

Originally funded as WERF project NTRY5R14.