RNG plant construction

April 16, 2020

Environmental Business Journal had this to say in their recently published Emerging Technology & the Environmental Industry issue:

SCS Engineers has built an impressive history, set of accomplishments and qualifications in designing, building and operating Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facilities. In the RNG field, which is one of the company’s most important market areas, SCS creates the RNG by removing almost all other gas constituents except the methane. These other constituents include carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and other sulfur compounds, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including siloxanes, oxygen, nitrogen, and waste.

According to Steve Hamilton, a senior vice president, SCS’s leadership position is a result of the firm’s holistic approach and experience.

Our teams employ decades of energy systems expertise as we analyze and evaluate the effects of variations in processes and the parameters important to success. SCS models, maps, and evaluates complex systems and processes to evaluate plant performance. We account for project objectives and requirements while taking your technical, business, energy and environmental objectives into account.

Read the article here, or visit the SCS Engineers website.

 

 

Posted by Diane Samuels at 6:00 am

September 4, 2019

In August 2019, SCS Energy broke ground on construction of a 4,000-scfm landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Indianapolis. Indy High Btu, LLC engaged SCS Energy to build the RNG plant under an engineer/procure/construct (EPC) agreement. Indy High Btu, LLC is jointly owned by Kinetrex Energy, Southside Landfill, and EDL Energy.

The RNG plant employs an iron redox scrubber for hydrogen sulfide removal, membranes for carbon dioxide removal and pressure swing adsorption for nitrogen removal. The plant is on schedule to achieve commercial operation in February 2020.

Kinetrex, as a major distributor of LNG, intends to convert the RNG into LNG. RNG from the plant will fuel trucks replacing nearly 8 million gallons of diesel a year. RNG is less expensive than diesel and significantly reduces the emission of methane and other greenhouse gases.

The Indy High Btu RNG plant is the third landfill gas-to-RNG plant designed by SCS to employ nitrogen removal, meeting pipeline specifications and maximizing gas recovery. Two other plants, including a 5,000-scfm project in Kentucky, which commenced operation in March 2018, and a 5,000-scfm project in Texas, which is currently under construction and scheduled to begin operations in November 2019, are both SCS Energy designs.

SCS Energy is a practice of SCS Engineers specializing in Biogas, Anaerobic Digestion, Renewable Natural Gas and Energy Systems for industrial and agricultural operations.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Diane Samuels at 6:03 am