[Digestion] Photosythetically Conditioned Biogas Compression

[Jacob Douenias]

Hi all!

Excited to join this group. I am a researcher working at carnegie mellon
university in pittsburgh.I am working on a startup where we are making
biogas at home and biologically purifying this gas.
Our gas composition at the end of our system is comprised of about 80%
methane and 20% oxygen. We are concerned about the storage and possible
compression of this gas due to the presence of oxygen in the gas. I know
that 80% methane is well above the upper explosive limit of methane (our
working conditions are 15-20psi for final gas compression and 60-80 degrees
farenheight). I know it is bad practice to have oxygen mixed with
combustible gas but at our composition should we worry about safely
compressing this mixture to a low pressure (15-20psi) and storing it in gas
cylinder? I would really love to hear what you think as I am just an
architect who happens to read a lot about biochem.

Glad to be considered,
Jacob

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Jake Douenias
*Biogenous*
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*Bio_Logic Design Group*
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