Virtual Pipeline
With our Virtual Pipeline you can monetize resources which lacked value before, and provide clean Bio-CNG fuel.
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SOURCES
Sewage sludge and landfills
Cultivable and inedible vegetable species
Manure and guano from animals in stalls and/or feed lots
Effluents and waste from the brewing, dairy and jelly industries.
Biogas sources
MOTHER STATION
MOTHER STATION
MOTHER STATION
PAC Platforms
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT
MAT-B
DAUGHTER STATIONS
PAD Platforms
DAUGHTER STATIONS
RETURN TO THE MOTHER STATION
MOTHER STATION
PAC Platforms
Biodigester
The efluents of the digestion are transformed into Biol (a biofertilizer).
Biogas
1Microbox-Bio Biogas upgrading and biomethane compression package
Microbox-Bio compression packages allow upgrading 600-1500 m³/h of raw biogas by removing all its undesirable components (H2O, H2S, and CO2 among others). Hence, it is possible to provide clean Bio-CNG at a pressure of 250 bar (3625 psi).
During the process, a water cooling system refrigerates the Microbox-Bio and supplies the kilocalories per hour (Kcal/h) that ensure the thermal operating conditions of the biodigester.
Bio-GNC
Compressed
Biomethane Gas
Biogas
Biodigester
2MAT Bio-CNG containers
Bio-CNG is sent from the compressors to the PAC platforms that work as a fixed support and load source for the MAT modular containers.
MAT containers can store 1500 Nm³ (420 GGE) of ambient temperature Bio-CNG at a pressure of 250 bar (3625 psi).
3VST Trailer
MATs are transported by road on VST trailers and distributed at the daughter stations located at different consumption centers.
VST can transport up to 2, 3 or 4 MATs, and the anchoring mechanism ensures the route is safely done and at the average speed of any freight.
A trailer with a MAT-B unit can operate as a mobile Bio-CNG fueling station and supply fleets at their own fleet yards.
Equipped with a recompression booster and a dispenser, the MAT-B allow to distribute Bio-CNG in bulk.
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Once at the consumption center, the VST trailer's hoisting systems slide the filled MATs on a PAD unload platform while simultaneously removing the empty containers.
The exchange and connection operation takes less than 7 minutes per MAT, and is carried out with the aid of the truck driver only, who immediately continues the route to the following daughter station.
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When placed on the PAD, MATs are connected so the CNG can be transferred to a Pressure Regulation Plant (PRP), which provides natural gas at the flow and outlet pressure required by end users.
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Finally, gas is distributed through a network of pipes so houses can replace gas cylinders by a simple stopcock. Upstream operations, industries, power plants and tourist centers can also replace the consumption of expensive and polluting fuels by biomethane.
Continuous and monitored supply
Every time the MATs' gauge indicates the load level is low, the system receives an automatic replenishment order.
Outlying communities
Injection into the natural
gas grid
Mines and industrial facilities
Power generation
Tourist resorts
The Virtual Pipeline makes it possible to install CNG stations even without connection to the gas network. In such case, a recompression system is added to the daughter station that, connected with the EMB dispensers, boosts the fill speed.
Fueling stations
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The VST trailer returns to the mother station to replace empty MATs with filled ones.
8PAC Platforms
After arriving to the mother station, the VST trailers exchange the MATs brought from the consumption centers with the recently filled ones placed on the PAC. Containers are carefully slid from one platform to another thanks to the anchoring mechanisms controlled by the truck driver.
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