scholarly journals Modelling and simulation study of CO2 capturing process in coal fired power plant using various amine solvents

2019 ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Basudeb Munshi ◽  
Swaraj Panda ◽  
Arvind Kumar

In the present world, Scientists are very much concern on to reduce the concentration level of carbon dioxide in environment to save the world. In the present work, the CO2 capturing efficiencies of three different amine solvents were analyzed. The selected solvents were mono-ethanol amine (MEA), solvent containing mixture of methyl diethanol amine (MDEA) and piperazine (PZ) called activated -MDEA and aqueous ammonia (NH3) solution. Rigorous simulation method was considered in the current study. The effects of different key parameters for different solvents on the CO2 removal efficiency were analyzed. Packing height, solvent temperature and absorber height were the significant influential parameters for MEA system whereas for activated-MDEA (a-MDEA), those are the ratio of the solvent to feed quantity and the mixed solvent PZ concentration level. For aqueous NH3 solution, absorber and stripper’s temperature, CO2 loading, concentration of NH3, height of the absorber, lean and rich solvent flow rate, boil up ratio, regeneration energy, temperature of the condenser, and duty of the reboiler were considered. The comparative study showed that MEA process recovered the maximum CO2 from flue gas. But it was suffered by the maximum regeneration duty. a-MDEA with PZ recovered 91% CO2. Overall, technically, a-MDEA was the best choice as solvent. Compared to a-MDEA and MEA, aqueous ammonia was identified as more propitious and environment friendly solvent due to its satisfactory performance and easy availability.

2006 ◽  
Vol 317-318 ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Kato ◽  
Yukishige Maezawa ◽  
Shin Takeda ◽  
Yoshikazu Hagiwara ◽  
Ryosuke Kogo ◽  
...  

A novel CO2 separation technique that employs the chemical reaction of lithium-containing oxides with CO2 has been developed. Since this method is effective in the temperature range of 450oC to 700oC, it has the advantages of enabling CO2 separation in power plants without lowering the temperature and of absorbing CO2 from the steam-methane reforming process at the same time. Because the absorption is exothermic and the steam reforming is endothermic, the energy loss is expected to be significantly reduced by combining the reactions. Hydrogen yields are expected to be higher because the equilibrium may be shifted by the removal of the CO2 byproduct. We have therefore proposed a pre-combustion CO2 capture system using lithium silicate and steam reforming. Bench-scale experiments were performed to measure the methane conversion and CO2 removal efficiency in order to evaluate the feasibility of the pre-combustion CO2 capture system. At temperatures of less than 650oC, the methane conversion in the case of mixture of catalyst and absorbent was higher than that in the case of catalyst alone. In addition, the CO2 removal efficiency is almost 90%. These results appear to indicate that pre-combustion CO2 capture combined with steam reforming is feasible.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 689-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Young Kim ◽  
Han Myoung Lee ◽  
Seung Kyu Min ◽  
Yeonchoo Cho ◽  
In-Chul Hwang ◽  
...  

Nowadays, CO2 as the product of fossil fuel combustions, is polluting the air and the human environment, and it causes global warming. To reduce the negative effect of CO2 presence, it should be removed from the air by capturing methods. Hollow fiber membrane contactor (HFMC) system is one of the most efficient method for CO2 capturing than the other feasible capturing methods. In the present paper an HFMC absorbing system has been simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics software and the effect of flow rates of gas and liquid on the amount of CO2 removal has been studied. Aqueous solution of Mono-ethanolamine (MEA) is entered as the absorbent liquid in the tubes, and CO2 is removed from the shell side by the diffusion phenomena by participating in the chemical reaction with MEA. The results show that the higher liquid flow rate the higher %CO2 removal from the inserted gas. Against this result, the percentage of CO2 removal decreases with increasing the gas flow rate as expected. Higher gas flow rate leads the gas velocity to higher values and less possibility of absorbing by the diffusion method. The rate of the CO2 removal variation with liquid flow rate is higher than the CO2 removal variation whit the gas flow rate.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
NUR FARHANA AJUA MUSTAFA ◽  
Azmi bin Mohd Shariff ◽  
WeeHorng Tay ◽  
Hairul Nazirah Abdul Halim ◽  
Siti Munirah Mhd Yusof

This article reports the absorption removal efficiency for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from natural gas using an environmental friendly solvent, potassium carbonate promoted with glycine. Recently, CO2 capture using this solvent (with precipitating) was studied by previous researchers. However, the precipitates of the solvent increase the potential of blockage in the packing and piping thus result failure in absorption processes. Therefore, this study focused to assess the CO2 removal efficiency of non-precipitating potassium carbonate promoted with glycine. This green solvent contains aqueous blend of 20 wt% potassium carbonate and 8 wt% glycine. The absorption performance of the solvent was obtained by demonstrated a few experimental works using a bench scale packed absorption column. The packing type was Sulzer metal gauze and the column consisted of six sampling point which located equidistance along the packing The system was running over a range of liquid flow rate 1.81-7.22 m3/m2.h at fixed operating pressure (4 Mpa), CO2 inlet concentration (20%), gas flow rate (33 kmol/m2.h) and solvent temperature (60 . The effect of liquid flow rate was assessed in term of its CO2 removal efficiency and concentration profile along the packing. The study shows the increasing trend of CO2 removal as liquid flow rate increases. Higher liquid/molar flow rate gas (L/G) offers a better absorption performance compared to lower L/G ratio. This study demonstrated the efficient absorption up to 77 % using non-precipitating potassium carbonate promoted with glycine.


2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Astri Rinanti ◽  
Kania Dewi ◽  
Edwan Kardena ◽  
Dea Indriani Astuti

Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration by green microalgae is receiving increased attention in alleviating the impact of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. The goal of this study was to explore the capacity of mixed culture green microalgae Chlorella sp, Scenedesmus obliquus, and Ankistrodesmus sp. as carbon capture and storage agent to enhance CO2 uptake rate and CO2 removal efficiency which was observed at elevated CO2 aeration rates of 2, 5, and 8 L min-1 supplied to vertical photobioreactor continuously in batch system culture. The operation condition of this research were 6.5-7.5 pH, temperature of 300C, light intensity  of 4000 lux with 16 hours light period and 8 hours dark period, and high pure CO2 elevated level of 5 to 18 (concentration in %; v/v in the aeration gas) as inorganic carbon. The maximum CO2 removal efficiency of the mix culture was 59.80% when the biomass was obtained at 4.90 gL-1 and CO2 flow rate (Lmin-1) of 5 vvm in a vertical photobioreactor. The value of CO2 removal efficiency improved by almost 200% and 120% as compared to that in the low and high aeration rate (2 Lmin-1 and 8 Lmin-1) respectively. The CO2 up take rate of a mixed culture reach 979.62 mg carbon L-1day-1, which was enhancing by 3-fold in high aeration rate (8 Lmin-1). The results showed that the CO2 removal efficiency and carbon uptake rate was related to biomass concentration and aeration rate of CO2 supplied.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3873
Author(s):  
Nur Farhana Ajua Mustafa ◽  
Azmi Mohd Shariff ◽  
Wee Horng Tay ◽  
Hairul Nazirah Abdul Halim ◽  
Siti Munirah Mhd Yusof

The removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) at offshore operation requires an absorption system with an environmentally friendly solvent that can operate at elevated pressure. Potassium carbonate promoted with glycine, PCGLY, is a green solvent that has potential for offshore applications. For high solvent concentrations at elevated pressure, the by-product of CO2 absorption consists of precipitates that increase operational difficulty. Therefore, this study was done to assess the CO2 absorption performance of non-precipitated PCGLY with concentration 15wt%PC+3wt%GLY, which is known to have comparable solubility performance with MDEA. A packed absorption column was used to identify the CO2 removal efficiency, mass transfer coefficient in liquid film, k l a e , and overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient, K G a v . A simplified rate-based model was used to determine k l a e and K G a v based on the experimental data with a maximum MAE value, 0.057. The results showed that liquid flow rates and liquid temperature gives significant effects on the k l a e and K G a v profile, whereas gas flow rate and operating pressure had little effect. The CO2 removal efficiency of PCGLY was found to be 77%, which was only 2% lower than 1.2 kmol/m3 MDEA. K G a v of PCGLY is comparable with MDEA. The absorption process using PCGLY shows potential in the CO2 sweetening process at offshore.


Author(s):  
Prasad Panchabhai ◽  
Neelakandan Kaliaperumal ◽  
Gopalakrishnan Mannathusamy ◽  
Anbuselvan Chinnadurai

The article confers a scalable manufacturing process of Fenspiride HCl. 4-aminomethyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-piperidin-4-ol is the main building block in Fenspiride HCl synthesis. The reported reagents for 4-aminomethyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-piperidin-4-ol synthesis are costly, explosive, highly toxic, produce hazardous waste, and also need to be handled with most care. The paper introduces aqueous ammonia as an alternate reagent in Fenspiride HCl and used in 4-aminomethyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-piperidin-4-ol synthesis. The new green chemistry aspect makes the process environment-friendly and cheaper. It also eliminates toxic, sensitive, and hazardous reagents and makes the process safe on uncomplicated on bulk scale production. The high pure Fenspiride HCl is obtained by following this process and meets the ICH limits with good yield.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 3212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Citlalli Adelaida Arroyo ◽  
José Luis Contreras ◽  
Beatriz Zeifert ◽  
Clementina Ramírez C.

A process composed by a catalytic converter and three sequential Airlift photobioreactors containing the microalga Scenedesmus dimorphus was studied to capture CO2, NOx, and CO from emissions of a steam boiler which was burning diesel. The catalytic converter transformed to CO2 a maximum of 78% of the CO present in the combustion gas. The effects of shear rate, light intensity, and light/dark cycles on the biomass growth of the algae were studied. It was observed that at low shear rates (Re ≈ 3200), a high productivity of 0.29 gcel L−1 d−1 was obtained. When the microalga was exposed to 60.75 µmol·m−2·s−1 of intensity of light and a light/dark cycle of 16/8 h, a maximum productivity of 0.44 gcel L−1 d−1 and a maximum CO2 fixation rate 0.8 g CO2 L−1·d−1 were obtained. The maximum CO2 removal efficiency was 64.3%, and KLa for CO2 and O2 were 1.2 h−1 and 3.71 h−1 respectively.


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