CO2 desorption performance from imidazolium ionic liquids by membrane vacuum regeneration technology

In this work, the membrane vacuum regeneration (MVR) process was considered as a promising technology for solvent regeneration in post-combustion CO2 capture and utilization (CCU) since high purity CO2 is needed for a technical valorization approach. First, a desorption test by MVR using polypropyle...

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Autores: Vadillo Abascal, José Manuel|||0000-0003-0206-3817, Gómez Coma, Lucía|||0000-0001-7586-6552, Garea Vázquez, Aurora|||0000-0002-6356-4298, Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/19209
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/19209
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CO2 desorption
Membrane vacuum regeneration
Hollow fiber membrane contactor
Ionic liquid [emim][Ac]
Modeling
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Sumario:In this work, the membrane vacuum regeneration (MVR) process was considered as a promising technology for solvent regeneration in post-combustion CO2 capture and utilization (CCU) since high purity CO2 is needed for a technical valorization approach. First, a desorption test by MVR using polypropylene hollow fiber membrane contactor (PP-HFMC) was carried out in order to evaluate the behavior of physical and physico-chemical absorbents in terms of CO2 solubility and regeneration efficiency. The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate, [emim][Ac], was presented as a suitable alternative to conventional amine-based absorbents. Then, a rigorous two-dimensional mathematical model of the MVR process in a HFMC was developed based on a pseudo-steady-state to understand the influence of the solvent regeneration process in the absorption–desorption process. CO2 absorption–desorption experiments in PP-HFMC at different operating conditions for desorption, varying vacuum pressure and temperature, were used for model validation. Results showed that MVR efficiency increased from 3% at room temperature and 500 mbar to 95% at 310K and 40 mbar vacuum. Moreover, model deviation studies were carried out using sensitivity analysis of Henry’s constant and pre-exponential factor of chemical interaction, thus as to contribute to the knowledge in further works.