Umoe Advanced Composites Type IV gas transportation containers are probably the most cost-effective solution on the market for the transportation of compressed natural gas (CNG) and biomethane (CBG).
Biogas upgraded to biomethane has nearly the same characteristics as a fossil natural gas, though it is carbon dioxide neutral. In order to utilize the gas far away from a biogas plant, there are several options for its transportation.
Gas transportation options:
When biomethane needs to be transported for its use outside the biogas plant site, high pressure gas transportation containers are a cost-effective way to do this. Biomethane is often transported either to a gas filling station, to industrial plants using biogas for process energy production or to be injected to the natural gas grid. When pressurized, the gas volume is about 250-300 times lower than gas in atmospheric pressure.
The UMOE containers represented by Biovoima are one of the most advanced gas transportation solutions on the market. They are made of very light but considerably cheaper fiberglass instead of expensive carbon fiber. These lightweight type IV gas transportation containers allow a large amount of CNG to be transported with minimum container mass and maximum safety. The gas transportation solutions have all the type approvals (material, safety in transportation, CE) required in the EU.
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Containers are available in the following sizes:
Container type | 20” Hook | 20” ISO | 20” ISO | 40” ISO | 40” ISO | 45” ISO | 45” ISO |
Volume (l) | 14 850 | 14 850 | 18 150 | 30 600 | 37 400 | 34 650 | 42 350 |
Storage capacity (kg) | 2 667 | 2 667 | 3 260 | 5 497 | 6 718 | 6 224 | 7 607 |
Storage capacity (kg) | 3 149 | 3 149 | 3 849 | 6 489 | 7 931 | 7 348 | 8 981 |
Gas cylinders for transportation containers are also available for operating pressures of 300-350 bar.