Development of carbon-based vacuum, temperature and concentration swing adsorption post-combustion CO2 capture processes

Vacuum, temperature and concentration swing adsorption processes, have been designed to capture 85% of the CO2 emitted by an advanced supercritical coal fired power plant of 800 MW taken as reference, and to produce a concentrated product with 95% of CO2 (dry basis) using a sustainable carbon adsorb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: González Plaza, Marta, Rubiera González, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/187507
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/187507
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CO2 capture
Post-combustion
Power plant
Adsorption
Simulation
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Sumario:Vacuum, temperature and concentration swing adsorption processes, have been designed to capture 85% of the CO2 emitted by an advanced supercritical coal fired power plant of 800 MW taken as reference, and to produce a concentrated product with 95% of CO2 (dry basis) using a sustainable carbon adsorbent inside the tubes of a tube-bundle adsorber. Indirect heat transfer is used to increase productivity and to conserve energy within the process. Two different configurations of the cyclic process have been evaluated at cyclic steady state through dynamic process simulation, using a detailed non-isothermal non-equilibrium fixed bed adsorption model that takes into consideration competitive adsorption between the main flue gas components: N2, CO2 and H2O. Simulation results indicate that the purity and recovery constraints can be met with a specific heat duty of 2.32 MJth kg−1 CO2 and a specific electric consumption of 0.66 MJe kg−1 CO2. The main advantage of this process is that the specific heat duty, which is lower than the benchmark amine absorption technology, could be satisfied using waste heat.