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Ah c my ch t k nh/ r nn c j t type ra, b coi th r them v nha >_< y l ci ch m ng ging pack in column ny n m t k hu lm, y l note t ghi: Store + high pressure process (not continuous collection)

1. How should we position the zeolites to increase the effectiveness of it capturing the methane? (Refer to Figure 5 to show our proposed location) 2. As far as we know zeolites are rock-like in shape. Do you suggest breaking it down into powder form to maximize its interactive surface area with methane gas particles? Does it work by the principle of having increasing area leading to increasing sorption? You can break it into smaller grains to increase the surface area. However, zeolite cannot be used in powdered form. The minimum size that it can be is about 3-4mm. For your project, I suggest 4A zeolite to be used, not 5A zeolite. 3. How effective do you evaluate our system to be for the purpose of collecting methane gas and translating them into electricity? 12 metre cube of methane from flatulence and 20 metre cube of methane from manure can be collected daily, so the amount of methane collected from flatulence is smaller than 40%. To consider how effective the system is, you must consider whether the amount of energy produced is more than the amount of energy consumed. If it is not, then the collection is not worth it. Zeolite can capture about 0.2 tons of carbon dioxide per metre cube per day. It cannot be used to concentrate methane without energy. You will need to pass the entire feed of gas through zeolite in high pressure so that zeolite will trap the smaller gas molecules such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen and let methane particles pass through. You need to use pressure swing, you can google on that. Basically, the feed will go from higher pressure region to lower pressure one: from high pressure to atmospheric pressure (atm) or from atm to vacuum environment. Here is where the energy is mostly consumed a lot on the vacuum pump or the gas compressor, depend on which one you use. You can also look for more information about natural gas upgrading. In order to make this system efficient, the concentration of methane must be increased to about 95% from around 20% in the cow ranch, which is very expensive as high energy consumption is needed to extract the gases from zeolite to reuse it. You may consider other methods that require less energy consumption, carbon molecular sieve, for example. You may also consider improving the feeding and removal system and the gas emission of cows.

4. How can we contain the zeolite such that we can prevent it from leaking while allowing the air to pass through it? **So far we have thought of using filter paper or the tea bag packet paper material, ie. we will lay a skeleton for the zeolite first (using stainless steel net/porous metal/wood surface), then a layer of the above-mentioned paper material to wrap up zeolite solids/powder inside. It should be packed in industrial column in parallel units with proper inlet, outlet and valve to regulate

pressure at different times. (diagram)

5. We found that the lifespan of zeolite is 2 months but this is another kind of zeolite, not the methane adsorbing zeolite. Is this information on the lifespan of zeolite accurate? Is there a need to replace them for maintenance? (Ah I just found that lifespan for the ammonia absorbing zeolite is 2 months) Zeolite can be reused by depressurize it. It can be replaced once every two years.