Biomethame as a substitute for Natural Gas

摘要

The world's energy consumption keeps its tendency to increase, and the natural gas stands out as one of fuels where this trend is more significant. The environmental benefits in the use of natural gas in certain other fossil fuels, as well as the economic reasons justify this same increase. However, as with any other form of fossil energy, reserves of natural gas have a finite life, which calls into question whether the security of supplies and energy independence.The biomethane is obtained by biomass, and it's in everything is similar to natural gas, with the advantage of being a product from renewable sources, and can replace natural gas in all its various applications. The biomethane could play an important role either in the possibility of reducing energy dependence, or as a factor in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, existing in Europe a high potential for its production and use. In this work, will be assessed the potential of producing biomethane through the quantification of available biomass.