Production of Sustainable Adsorbents for CO 2 Capture Applications from Food Biowastes

Fernando Rubiera, Carlos Córdoba, Tamara Pena and Marta G. Plaza ()
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Fernando Rubiera: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR), CSIC, C/Francisco Pintado Fe 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Carlos Córdoba: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR), CSIC, C/Francisco Pintado Fe 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Tamara Pena: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR), CSIC, C/Francisco Pintado Fe 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Marta G. Plaza: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR), CSIC, C/Francisco Pintado Fe 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: Traditional methods to develop biomass-based carbon adsorbents generally involve carbonization followed by chemical or physical activation. However, routes involving the hydrothermal treatment of biomass are receiving growing interest. In this work, two different strategies for the synthesis of sustainable CO 2 adsorbents are compared, i.e., in situ ionic activation and hydrothermal treatment followed by activation with CO 2 . The latter is a green and simple procedure that does not require the addition of chemicals or acid-washing stages, and which leads to carbon adsorbents with relatively high CO 2 adsorption capacity at low pressures, up to 0.64 mmol g −1 at 15 kPa and 50 °C, conditions relevant for postcombustion CO 2 capture applications. On the other hand, in situ ionic activation can lead to carbon adsorbents with superior CO 2 adsorption capacity in the aforementioned conditions, 0.78 mmol g −1 , and with reduced cost and environmental impact compared to conventional chemical activation.

Keywords: CO 2 capture; adsorption; hydrothermal carbonization; biomass; in situ ionic activation; activated carbon (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: 2024
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