CO2 capture capacity of CaO in long series of pressure swing sorption cycles |
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Authors: | James W Butler C Jim LimJohn R Grace |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 |
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Abstract: | One promising method for the capture of CO2 from point sources is through the usage of a lime-based sorbent. Lime (CaO) acts as a CO2 carrier, absorbing CO2 from the flue gas (carbonation) and releasing it in a separate reactor (calcination) to create a pure stream of CO2 suitable for sequestration. One of the challenges with this process is the decay in calcium utilization (CO2 capture capacity) during carbonation/calcination cycling. The reduction in calcium utilization of natural limestone over large numbers of cycles (>250) was studied. Cycling was accomplished using pressure swing CO2 adsorption in a pressurized thermogravimetric reactor (PTGA). The effect of carbonation pressure on calcium utilization was studied in CO2 with the reactor operated at 1000 °C. The pressure was cycled between atmospheric pressure for calcination, and 6, 11 or 21 bar for carbonation. Over the first 250 cycles, the calcium utilization reached a near-asymptotic value of 12.5-27.7%, depending on the cycling conditions. Pressure cycling resulted in improved long-term calcium utilization compared to temperature swing or CO2 partial pressure swing adsorption under similar conditions. An increased rate of de-pressurization caused an increase in calcium utilization, attributed to fracturing of the sorbent particle during the rapid calcination, as observed via SEM analysis. |
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Keywords: | Calcium utilization CO2 capture Limestone Pressure swing Carbonation Calcination |
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