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Utilization of Biogas from Solid Waste in the Production of Biomethane and Its Use as Biofuel in the Transport Sector

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The accelerated increase in the production of solid waste has been the object of worldwide concern. However, the adequate treatment of the organic portion of these residues by anaerobic digestion makes it possible to produce renewable energy sources, such as biogas, biomethane, and electrical energy, and to generate digestate. That said this work aims to analyze the use of biogas from solid waste in the production of biomethane and its use in the transport sector. Recently, options have appeared in the market for heavy vehicles powered by biomethane, which would result in a significant contribution to the battle against the emission of greenhouse gases and the dependence of the transport sector in fossil sources. It appears that, in addition to the diversification of transport fuel supply, the use of biomethane to replace diesel contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gases and other pollutants that harm the atmosphere, reducing emissions of these gases by up to 300%. The European biomethane market holds 90% of the world supply, and given the feasibility of using biomethane in the heavy transport sector, this market has been growing significantly since 2000. However, even though it is an economically viable dynamic, so that the expansion of the use of biomethane as a vehicle biofuel is made possible, the existence of a wide consumer and producer market is necessary, capable of allowing the use of several fuelling stations, providing an adequate structure for the consolidation of its use in place of diesel in the transport sector.

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This research was financially supported by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

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    Geovana Menegheti, Reinalda Blanco Pereira, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos de Francisco & Juliana Vitoria Messias Bittencourt

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Menegheti, G., Pereira, R.B., Piekarski, C.M., de Francisco, A.C., Sydney, E.B., Bittencourt, J.V.M. (2022). Utilization of Biogas from Solid Waste in the Production of Biomethane and Its Use as Biofuel in the Transport Sector. In: Baskar, C., Ramakrishna, S., Baskar, S., Sharma, R., Chinnappan, A., Sehrawat, R. (eds) Handbook of Solid Waste Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4230-2_103

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