Porous carbon-based material as a sustainable alternative for the storage of natural gas (methane) and biogas (biomethane): A review

Due to environmental performance, biogas (biomethane) and natural gas (methane) are at the center of attention among renewable fuels due to environmental performance. Gas fuels have significant environmental advantages over traditional petroleum-based fuels or fossil fuels. Adsorption technology for methane adsorption, storage, and transportation (biomethane and natural gas) can link gas supplies to consumers. The review considers the advantages of biomethane and natural gas as energy sources. The efficiency criteria for methane carbon-based storage systems have been analyzed and discussed. Porous carbon-based adsorption materials have been found to be very useful in methane adsorption, storage, and transportation. The outstanding characteristics of carbon materials such as high surface area and large pore volume, tunability, high abundance of precursors, thermal stability, and environmental friendliness are important features for their extensive usability. The findings on the sorption capacity of porous carbon-based materials for biomethane and natural gas have been discussed in detail and summarized. Based on the findings, it was found that the ANG technology has great potential for using natural gas and biomethane in the transport sector, provided that an appropriate adsorbent with suitable properties is applied.

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This review examines the advantages of biomethane and natural gas as energy sources, focusing on the application of porous carbon-based adsorption materials in methane adsorption, storage, and transportation. The findings indicate that the ANG technology has great potential for using natural gas and biomethane in the transport sector, provided that an appropriate adsorbent with suitable properties is applied.