Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Biogas measuring device and method for measuring biogas volumes
- Patent Title (中): 沼气测量装置及沼气测量方法
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Application No.: US11575631Application Date: 2005-09-28
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Publication No.: US08012741B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Ottmar Schlafer
- Applicant: Ottmar Schlafer
- Applicant Address: DE Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- Assignee: Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Institut (GmbH) (Cutec-Institut)
- Current Assignee: Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Institut (GmbH) (Cutec-Institut)
- Current Assignee Address: DE Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- Agency: Whitham Curtis Christofferson & Cook, PC
- Priority: DE102004047560 20040930
- International Application: PCT/DE2005/001725 WO 20050928
- International Announcement: WO2006/034699 WO 20060406
- Main IPC: C12M1/36
- IPC: C12M1/36 ; C12M1/34 ; C12M3/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a biogas measuring device comprising a bioreactor (9); a gas volume measuring appliance (2) which is connected to the bioreactor (9) in a communicating manner by means of a gas line (11) for biogas; a stirring machine (10) guided in the bioreactor in a gas-tight manner, and a measurement, control and evaluation unit for controlling the biogas measuring device and determining the gas volume (V) produced in the bioreactor according to gas volumes (ΔV) of consecutive measuring cycles, measured by means of the gas volume measuring appliance (2). The inventive biogas measuring device is characterized in that the bioreactor (9) is outwardly sealed in a gas-tight manner in such a way that all gas volumes produced in the bioreactor (9) can be recorded by the measuring chamber (3) of the gas volume measuring appliance (2); a cooling element is provided on the gas line (11) for the biogas; and the measurement, control and evaluation unit is used, in each measuring cycle, to introduce a gas quantity into the measuring chamber (3) by opening the gas inlet valve (12) until a defined threshold gas pressure is reached, to close the gas inlet valve (12) when a defined threshold gas pressure is reached, to measure the temperature (Ti) in the measuring chamber (3), to open the gas outlet valve (14) for a relief time, and to close the gas outlet valve (14), and to control the biogas measuring device, in such a way that the cooling element is controlled in order to reduce the water vapor concentration in the biogas by condensation, and the measured gas volume (ΔV) of a measuring cycle is standardized to standard conditions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080121019A1 Biogas Measuring Device and Method for Measuring Biogas Volumes Public/Granted day:2008-05-29
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