March 17, 2022. Hydron Energy Inc., the cleaner fuel company that is commercializing a revolutionary biogas upgrading solution, is receiving advisory services and funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) and Innovate BC, through the BC Fast Pilot program. The funding will support Hydron to design, build, and operate a pilot-scale, mobile renewable natural gas (RNG) upgrader system known as INTRUPTor™ I-Multi Waste-to-Energy Pilot Project.
“The BC Fast Pilot Program enables Hydron to apply its gas separation expertise to create a next-generation multi-swing process and demonstrate a breakthrough approach with 50% lower cost for upgrading biogas to RNG,” said Hydron Energy President and CEO Soheil Khiavi. “Commercially viable, small-scale gas separating solutions are crucial to unlocking access to dispersed waste feedstocks, preventing methane emissions, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.”
The I-Multi Waste-to-Energy Pilot Project will demonstrate the feasibility of using the INTRUPT™ process, an acronym for Intensified Regenerative Upgrading Platform Technology, in a field test to upgrade biogas to biomethane. During the 1,000 planned hours of field testing, which will take place in the fall of 2022, the I-Multi will produce 5,000 Nm3 of RNG with a purity between 94-98%.
EPCOR Commercial Services Inc. (EPCOR) has been a strategic partner since the project launched in June 2021 and continues to have a positive influence on the project’s outcomes. In addition to supporting the development of the pilot, EPCOR is identifying potential test sites within its network, connecting Hydron with facility owners to pilot the INTRUPT™ process.