Experimental and numerical study on CO2 absorption mass transfer enhancement for a diameter-varying spray tower

Xiao M. Wu, Zhen Qin, Yun S. Yu and Zao X. Zhang

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 225, issue C, 367-379

Abstract: In this research article, orthogonal experiments were performed in a proposed diameter-varying spray tower system to evaluate the importance of operating parameters and analyse the relationship between factors and the mass transfer evaluation indices (the CO2 removal rate and overall absorption rate). Two different spray methods such as dual-nozzle opposed impinging and spray in the middle method were discussed for performance comparison. Optimal operating conditions for different evaluation indices were obtained by using range analysis. After analysis it was found that the absorption performance was mainly affected by two parameters, monoethanolamine concentration and CO2 concentration. The effects of different operating parameters on the CO2 removal rate and overall absorption rate were also discussed by using trend analysis. Furthermore, gas phase mass transfer coefficient and effective contacting area were determined by experimental data. A comparison with reported conventional reactor systems demonstrated a great application potential for proposed spray tower in CO2 capture. Finally, simulation results were illustrated which shows that the gas phase and liquid phase distributions for the dual-nozzle opposed impinging spray method enhance CO2 absorption performance.

Keywords: Carbon capture; Orthogonal experiments; Diameter-varying spray tower; Absorption performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.053

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