Membrane tech cuts costs in biogas purification by 70%

  • Gas
  • January 13, 2026

A one-year trial held by Japan-based Toray Industries found that its membrane technology can reduce moisture removal costs in biogas purification by around 70% compared with those of existing technologies.

The trial was conducted at the biogas production facility of a customer’s sewage plant in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Toray targets natural gas and biogas purification and carbon dioxide capture from industrial exhaust.

The company claims that its all-carbon CO2/methane separation membrane resists chemicals and separate gases. Biogas purification turns biogas into biomethane by removing impurities from gas made when waste and other feedstocks ferment.

… to continue reading this article and more, please login, register for free, or consider subscribing to gasworld

You’ve reached your weekly limit to access free articles!

Want to keep reading?

Please register for free and create a profile to gain access to this full article and gasworld’s daily news.

For access to more content including our monthly digital magazines, subscriber-only features or columns and all our other gasworld archives, please consider subscribing.

Alternatively, you can continue reading more articles as a guest on Tuesday, 20th January at 1:28PM

   

  • Related Posts

    • Gas
    • March 4, 2026
    Shipping and trade lawyers’ workloads rise as Gulf crisis disputes soar

       

    • Gas
    • March 4, 2026
    Nasa resolves helium flow issue on Artemis II rocket

       

    Have You Seen?

    Oil Prices up 1% as Iran Crisis Disrupts Middle East Supply

    • March 4, 2026
    Oil Prices up 1% as Iran Crisis Disrupts Middle East Supply

    JP Morgan Warns of Catastrophic Oil Supply Loss from Middle East War

    • March 4, 2026
    JP Morgan Warns of Catastrophic Oil Supply Loss from Middle East War

    Oil, Fuel Contracts Break Records on Surging Prices

    • March 4, 2026
    Oil, Fuel Contracts Break Records on Surging Prices

    Analyst Outlines 2 Potential Scenarios for Conflict

    • March 4, 2026
    Analyst Outlines 2 Potential Scenarios for Conflict

    Shipping and trade lawyers’ workloads rise as Gulf crisis disputes soar

    • March 4, 2026
    Shipping and trade lawyers’ workloads rise as Gulf crisis disputes soar

    Nasa resolves helium flow issue on Artemis II rocket

    • March 4, 2026
    Nasa resolves helium flow issue on Artemis II rocket

    Canada’s Heavy Crude Tightens as Hormuz Risk Ripples Through Global Markets

    • March 4, 2026
    Canada’s Heavy Crude Tightens as Hormuz Risk Ripples Through Global Markets

    Sanctioned Russian LNG Tanker Explodes in Mediterranean — A First of Its Kind?

    • March 4, 2026
    Sanctioned Russian LNG Tanker Explodes in Mediterranean — A First of Its Kind?

    US Crude Oil Inventories Continue to Build While Gasoline Draws Down

    • March 4, 2026
    US Crude Oil Inventories Continue to Build While Gasoline Draws Down

    Trump Says US to Provide Insurance to All Maritime Trade in Gulf

    • March 4, 2026
    Trump Says US to Provide Insurance to All Maritime Trade in Gulf