芬兰瓦锡兰将在德国建造碳中和LNG生产厂

据石油新闻伦敦报道，芬兰著名科技集团瓦锡兰公司日前表示，该公司将在德国科隆建造一个二氧化碳中性的液化天然气（LNG）生产厂，该LNG厂预计将在2022年秋季全面投入运营。

瓦锡兰公司表示，这个碳中和LNG生产厂的LNG设计年产能为10万吨，所生产的LNG将用于德国国内运输行业。

瓦锡兰公司气体解决方案副总裁Antti Kuokkanen在一份声明中说，“LNG作为海运和运输行业中减少排放燃料的使用已经得到认可，而引入能够与LNG混合的生物LNG显然是使二氧化碳中性运输燃料成为可能的下一个步骤。”

用于生物LNG的原料是基于生物废料，例如液体肥料和食物残渣，这些废料被送入厌氧消化反应器内产生沼气。然后这些沼气被升级为生物甲烷并被注入天然气网。

瓦锡兰科技公司表示，其建在科隆的二氧化碳中性LNG生产厂将包括一个气体处理系统、一个液化装置储存罐、卡车加气站以及所有必要的安全燃烧和辅助设备。

瓦锡兰科技公司表示，这个碳中和LNG生产厂预计将在2022年秋季全面投入运营。

李峻 编译自 石油新闻

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Finland's Wartsila to build carbon-neutral LNG production plant in Germany

Finland-based technology company Wartsila said Oct. 8 it would build a CO2-neutral LNG production facility in Cologne, Germany, that is expected to be fully operational by the autumn of 2022.

The facility is designed to have a capacity of 100,000 mt/year with the LNG produced set for use in the transportation sector, it said.

"The use of LNG as an emissions-reducing fuel in the marine and transportation industries is already well established, and to introduce bioLNG which can be mixed with LNG is the next obvious step in enabling a CO2-neutral transportation fuel," Wartsila's vice president for gas solutions, Antti Kuokkanen, said in a statement.

The feedstock for bioLNG is based on biological waste material such as liquid manure and food waste, which is fed to an anaerobic digestion reactor that produces biogas.

That gas is then upgraded to biomethane and injected into the gas grid, the company said.

Wartsila said its plant in Cologne would include a gas treatment system, a liquefaction unit storage tanks, truck filling stations, and all necessary safety flare and auxiliary equipment.

"The plant is expected to be fully operational by autumn 2022," it said.