Adsorption-based post-combustion carbon capture assisted by synergetic heating and cooling

W. Liu, Y. Ji, Y. Huang, X.J. Zhang, T. Wang, M.X. Fang and L. Jiang

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: Adsorption carbon capture has shown its superiority in energy consumption and cost investment when compared with common amine scrubbing technologies. However, high regeneration energy demand of adsorbents is still a challenge for large-scale application. This paper proposes a temperature vacuum swing adsorption system integrated with auxiliary heating and cooling technology. Absorption chiller and double-stage absorption heat transformer (DAHT) are introduced from the perspective of adsorption and desorption process of CO2 capture system. Results indicate that when the duration of each step increases from 25 min to 45 min, the CO2 recovery rate decreases from almost 100 %–75.7 %, and CO2 purity increases slightly from 89.6 % to 91.1 %. Considering the temperature grade of waste heat, heat consumption of the absorption chiller assisted system is lower than that of DAHT for original and adjusted cases at a generation temperature of 58 °C. If the desorption temperature decreases from 120 °C to 100 °C, heat consumption of the absorption chiller decreases from 1.90 GJ·ton−1 to 1.76 GJ·ton−1, but the average capture capacity decreases from 306.3 ton·ton−1ad to 272.1 ton·ton−1ad. It is demonstrated that both absorption chiller and absorption heat transformer could be promising solutions to reducing the energy consumption of CO2 capture system. Absorption chiller has a priority over DAHT in regions with low temperature heat sources. Moreover, a tradeoff between adsorbent loss and heat consumption should be found when choosing the appropriate heat pump for practical application.

Keywords: Carbon capture; Adsorption; Heat pump; Low grade heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.114141

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