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Chin.J.Chem.Eng. ›› 2016, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 460-467.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2015.11.030

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Strategies for CO2 capture from different CO2 emission sources by vacuum swing adsorption technology

Jianghua Ling1,2, Penny Xiao2, Augustine Ntiamoah2, Dong Xu3, PaulWebley2, Yuchun Zhai1   

  1. 1 School of Material and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China;
    2 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;
    3 Guodian New Energy Technology Research Institute, China Guodian Corporation, Beijing 100000, China
  • Received:2015-04-18 Revised:2015-07-01 Online:2016-05-27 Published:2016-04-28
  • Contact: Yuchun Zhai
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the Corporate Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technology Foundation in Australia, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51074205).

Strategies for CO2 capture from different CO2 emission sources by vacuum swing adsorption technology

Jianghua Ling1,2, Penny Xiao2, Augustine Ntiamoah2, Dong Xu3, PaulWebley2, Yuchun Zhai1   

  1. 1 School of Material and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China;
    2 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;
    3 Guodian New Energy Technology Research Institute, China Guodian Corporation, Beijing 100000, China
  • 通讯作者: Yuchun Zhai
  • 基金资助:

    Supported by the Corporate Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technology Foundation in Australia, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51074205).

Abstract: Different VSA (Vacuum Swing Adsorption) cycles and process schemes have been evaluated to find suitable process configurations for effectively separating CO2 from flue gases from different industrial sectors. The cycles were studied using an adsorption simulator developed in our research group, which has been successfully used to predict experimental results over several years. Commercial zeolite APGIII and granular activated carbon were used as the adsorbents. Three-bed VSA cycles with- and without-product purge and 2-stage VSA systems have been investigated. It was found that for a feed gas containing 15% CO2 (representing flue gas from power plants), high CO2 purities and recoveries could be obtained using a three-bed zeolite APGIII VSA unit for one stage capture, but with more stringent conditions such as deeper vacuum pressures of 1-3 kPa. 2-stage VSA process operated in series allowed us to use simple process steps and operate at more realistic vacuum pressures. With a vacuum pressure of 10 kPa, final CO2 purity of 95.3% with a recovery of 98.2% were obtained at specific power consumption of 0.55 MJ·(kg CO2)-1 from feed gas containing 15% CO2. These numbers compare very well with those obtained from a single stage process operating at 1 kPa vacuum pressure. The feed CO2 concentration was very influential in determining the desorption pressure necessary to achieve high separation efficiency. For feed gases containing >30% CO2, a singlestage VSA capture process operating at moderate vacuum pressure and without a product purge, can achieve very high product purities and recoveries.

Key words: CO2 capture, Vacuum swing adsorption, APGIII, Coconut carbon, 2-Stage VSA

摘要: Different VSA (Vacuum Swing Adsorption) cycles and process schemes have been evaluated to find suitable process configurations for effectively separating CO2 from flue gases from different industrial sectors. The cycles were studied using an adsorption simulator developed in our research group, which has been successfully used to predict experimental results over several years. Commercial zeolite APGIII and granular activated carbon were used as the adsorbents. Three-bed VSA cycles with- and without-product purge and 2-stage VSA systems have been investigated. It was found that for a feed gas containing 15% CO2 (representing flue gas from power plants), high CO2 purities and recoveries could be obtained using a three-bed zeolite APGIII VSA unit for one stage capture, but with more stringent conditions such as deeper vacuum pressures of 1-3 kPa. 2-stage VSA process operated in series allowed us to use simple process steps and operate at more realistic vacuum pressures. With a vacuum pressure of 10 kPa, final CO2 purity of 95.3% with a recovery of 98.2% were obtained at specific power consumption of 0.55 MJ·(kg CO2)-1 from feed gas containing 15% CO2. These numbers compare very well with those obtained from a single stage process operating at 1 kPa vacuum pressure. The feed CO2 concentration was very influential in determining the desorption pressure necessary to achieve high separation efficiency. For feed gases containing >30% CO2, a singlestage VSA capture process operating at moderate vacuum pressure and without a product purge, can achieve very high product purities and recoveries.

关键词: CO2 capture, Vacuum swing adsorption, APGIII, Coconut carbon, 2-Stage VSA