Performance of polyethyleneimine–silica adsorbent for post-combustion CO2 capture in a bubbling fluidized bed

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Zhang, W. ORCID: 0000-0002-3053-2388, Liu, H., Sun, C., Drage, T.C. and Snape, C.E., 2014. Performance of polyethyleneimine–silica adsorbent for post-combustion CO2 capture in a bubbling fluidized bed. Chemical Engineering Journal, 251, pp. 293-303. ISSN 1385-8947

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.04.063

Abstract

The high performance of polyethyleneimine (PEI)-based solid adsorbent for CO2 capture has been well recognized in thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and small-scale fixed bed reactors through the measurements of their equilibrium capacities but has not been really demonstrated on larger scales towards practical utilization. In the present study, a laboratory-scale bubbling fluidized bed reactor loaded with a few kg adsorbent is used to evaluate the adsorption performance of PEI-silica adsorbent under different working conditions including with/without the presence of moisture, different gas-solid contact times, initial bed temperatures, and CO2 partial pressures. The adsorption capacities have shown a clear degradation tendency under dry condition. However, they can be stabilized at a high level of 10.6-11.1% w/w over 60 cycles if moisture (ca. 8.8vol%) is present in the gas flow during adsorption and desorption. Breakthrough capacities can be stabilized at the level of 7.6-8.2% w/w with the gas-solid contact time of 13s. The adsorption capacities for the simulated flue gases containing 5% CO2 are only slightly lower than those for the simulated flue gases containing 15% CO2, indicating that the PEI-silica adsorbent is suitable for CO2 capture from flue gases of both coal-fired and natural gas-fired combined cycle power plants. The exothermal heat of adsorption is estimated by the energy balance in the fluidized bed reactor and found to be close (within 10%) to the measured value by TG-DSC. The regeneration heat for the as-prepared PEI-silica adsorbent is found to be 2360kJ/kgCO2 assuming 75% recovery of sensible heat which is well below the values of 3900-4500kJ/kgCO2 for a typical MEA scrubbing process with 90% recovery of sensible heat.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Chemical Engineering Journal

Creators:

Zhang, W., Liu, H., Sun, C., Drage, T.C. and Snape, C.E.

Publisher:

Elsevier BV

Date:

September 2014

Volume:

251