A Process Intensification Approach for CO 2 Absorption Using Amino Acid Solutions and a Guanidine Compound

Abishek Kasturi, Jorge F. Gabitto, Radu Custelcean and Costas Tsouris
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Abishek Kasturi: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Jorge F. Gabitto: Department of Chemical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA
Radu Custelcean: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Costas Tsouris: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: Environmentally friendly amino-acid salt solutions are used for the absorption of carbon dioxide from concentrated flue-gas streams via chemical absorption. Process intensification reduces operating and capital costs by combining chemical reactions and separation operations. Here, we present a new process-intensification approach that combines the CO 2 capture and the amino-acid regeneration steps into a single process carried out in a slurry three-phase reactor. The absorbed CO 2 precipitates as a solid carbonated guanidine compound. The cycle is completed by separation of the solid precipitate to strip the CO 2 and regenerate the guanidine compound, while the liquid solution is recycled to the slurry reactor. The process was studied by modifying a model developed by the authors for a gas-liquid bubble column without the presence of the guanidine compound. The guanidine precipitation reaction was accounted for using kinetic parameters calculated by the authors in another study. The proposed model was implemented by modifying an existing computer code used for the simulation of gas-liquid bubble columns. The calculated results showed that the proposed cycle can significantly reduce energy, equipment, and operating costs and can make an important contribution to developing a competitive cost-effective large-scale process for CO 2 capture.

Keywords: CO 2 absorption; amino acids; process intensification; slurry bubble column (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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