DE-FE0031865 Final Technical Report Methane Mitigator – Development of a Scalable Vent Mitigation Strategy to Simultaneously Reduce Methane Emissions and Fuel Consumption from the Compression Industry

Summary

The United States Department of Energy funded a project to address significant methane emissions and fuel consumption from the natural gas compression industry. Researchers developed a scalable Methane Mitigator System (MMS) to capture methane-rich vent streams from sources like engine crankcases, pneumatic controllers, and compressor vents, then reuse this gas as supplemental engine fuel. The project, now completed, demonstrated in laboratory settings up to a 99% reduction in crankcase methane emissions and an overall potential to reduce total methane emissions by 30-60% while simultaneously cutting fuel consumption by 15-27%.

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