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iCapInnovative CO2 Capture, EU 7th FP , Cr. No 241391
Hallvard F. SvendsenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, NTNU
Phase change solvents;can they deliver?
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Contents
• Objectives• Outline of work programme• Consortium • Phase change solvents
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Objectives• Reducing the current energy penalty in power plant
efficiency to 4-5% points by introducing a new breed of solvents based on phase change.
• Combined SO2 and CO2 removal, thereby introducing process intensification, reducing capital cost, and energy requirement
• Make low temperature membranes feasible for post-combustion processes, thereby creating a solvent free alternative
• Develop new power cycles that can enable high pressure/high temperature post combustion membrane CO2 capture
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iCap Project OverviewWork programme organization
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ConsortiumRTD providers CSLF partners End-Users
NTNU TNO
SINTEFIFP DTU
TUHH ARMINES PROCEDÉ
CSIRO THU
DONG VTF ABVTF AS
VTF R&DEnBW
Project Overview
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• 15 partners• 8 nationalities • Total Budget 6.3 M€• EC Funding 4.3 M€• Duration 48 Months• Starting Date 01.01.10
iCap Project Overview
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Phase change solvents
iCap advancements beyond the State of the Art
Systems forming two liquid phases, one lean in CO2 and one rich in CO2 phase, resulting in lower recycle and higher CO2/H2O ratios. This lowers heat duty and creates a possibility for pressurised desorption in smaller and less costly desorbers, and with decreased recompression cost.
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CO2 capture by liquid/liquid formation
Amine reclaimer
Reclaimer bottoms
Separator
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Example pictures from one experiment
Before experiment During Experiment After separation
Screening tests
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Screening tests
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Equilibrium data converted to loading per mol amine Group, using total alkalinity and LC-MS
Vapour-Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium
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Vapour-Liquid-Liquid EquilibriumCO2-rich phase vapour pressure as function of temperature
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Heat of absorption
○ 6 m K+ + 1.2 m Pz; ● 5 m K+ + 3.5 m Pz
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 110
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/molCO2molAm-1
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olCO
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precipitation region
Precipitating system
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Heat of absorption
5M DEEA and 2M MAPA
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0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 1,2 1,4 1,6 1,8
ΔHab
s(k
J/ m
ol C
O2)
Loading (mol CO2/ mol amine)
T = 40oC
5M DEEA - 22M MAPA - 25M DEEA + 2M MAPA - 130% MEA (~ 5M)
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Kinetics, mass transfer rates
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T (ºC)
CO
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MAPA 1M MAPA 2M MAPA 3M MAPA 4M MAPA 5M MEA 5M (30%)DEEA 1 M DEEA 2M DEEA 4M DEEA 5M D5M2
Mass transfer rates in MAPA and DEEA solutions
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Thermodynamic modeling
Source: http://www.itm.uni-stuttgart.de/research/pso_opt/pso_en.php
Rigorous activity based models are complex and many parameters must be fitted.
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pKa-values and binaryequlibrium for DEEA
pKa values DEEA
Parity plot vapour pressuresActivity coefficients from binary data
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Example results, pressures and speciation
5M DEEA 2M DEEA
2M DEEA
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Implementation of models into CO2SIM
CO2SIM flow sheet of regenerator part
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Heat exchanger
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Light phaseSampling
Flow diagram Lab Pilot
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Pressure Temperature Duty lean loading Flow rate mol fraction Flow rate Specific Heat[kPa] [K] [kJ/s] CO2 H2O amine [mol CO2/mol amine] [kmol/h] CO2 [kmol/h] [kJ/kg CO2]
329,96 4 0,1561 0,4633 0,3806 0,410 5,8211 0,9818 0,1789 1863,27 16,18 %337,80 5 0,1501 0,4665 0,3834 0,391 5,7789 0,9818 0,2211 1884,55 19,99 %345,15 6 0,1439 0,4698 0,3863 0,373 5,7364 0,9817 0,2636 1897,04 23,87 %357,46 8 0,1317 0,4764 0,3919 0,336 5,6544 0,9817 0,3456 1929,24 31,32 %367,13 10 0,1197 0,4829 0,3974 0,301 5,5751 0,9817 0,4249 1961,48 38,44 %374,87 12 0,1074 0,4895 0,4031 0,266 5,4971 0,9817 0,5029 1988,71 45,55 %381,11 14 0,095 0,4962 0,4088 0,232 5,4204 0,9818 0,5796 2012,92 52,51 %346,44 6 0,1535 0,4646 0,3819 0,402 5,8022 0,9787 0,1978 2535,86 17,86 %360,57 8 0,1411 0,4715 0,3874 0,364 5,7205 0,9908 0,2795 2363,59 25,56 %372,05 10 0,1287 0,4783 0,393 0,327 5,6382 0,9908 0,3618 2282,42 33,07 %381,34 12 0,1162 0,4851 0,3987 0,291 5,5576 0,9908 0,4424 2239,91 40,44 %388,96 14 0,1036 0,492 0,4044 0,256 5,4784 0,9909 0,5216 2216,21 47,64 %395,33 16 0,0907 0,499 0,4103 0,221 5,4002 0,9909 0,5998 2202,59 54,82 %400,80 18 0,0777 0,5061 0,4162 0,187 5,323 0,9909 0,677 2195,35 61,85 %405,70 20 0,0644 0,5133 0,4223 0,152 5,2468 0,9909 0,753 2193,08 68,83 %410,35 22 0,051 0,5206 0,4284 0,119 5,1719 0,9909 0,8281 2193,61 75,67 %415,11 24 0,0375 0,5279 0,4346 0,086 5,0989 0,9909 0,9011 2199,17 82,37 %348,88 6 0,1576 0,4625 0,3799 0,415 5,8325 0,9841 0,1675 2978,15 15,22 %365,50 8 0,1453 0,4693 0,3854 0,377 5,7499 0,9939 0,2501 2633,20 22,95 %375,61 10 0,1329 0,4761 0,391 0,340 5,6669 0,9939 0,3331 2471,34 30,53 %385,53 12 0,1203 0,483 0,3967 0,303 5,5853 0,9939 0,4147 2382,07 38,02 %393,72 14 0,1076 0,4899 0,4025 0,267 5,505 0,9939 0,495 2328,25 45,37 %400,64 16 0,0946 0,497 0,4084 0,232 5,4256 0,9939 0,5744 2293,05 52,66 %406,63 18 0,0814 0,5042 0,4144 0,196 5,3473 0,9939 0,6527 2270,21 59,86 %412,03 20 0,0681 0,5115 0,4204 0,162 5,27 0,9939 0,73 2255,35 66,89 %417,20 22 0,0545 0,5189 0,4266 0,128 5,1939 0,9939 0,8061 2246,68 73,89 %422,53 24 0,0409 0,5264 0,4327 0,095 5,1196 0,9939 0,8804 2244,08 80,68 %428,64 26 0,0274 0,5337 0,4389 0,062 5,0484 0,994 0,9516 2248,96 87,24 %
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Coal ‐ PCO2 = 13 kPaReboiler (U06) Lean Stream (P112) Gas stream (P08)
% CO2
removedmol fraction
Preliminary flowsheeting results
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Summary: Achievements o Specific solvent systems have the property of forming
two liquid phases, one low in CO2 the other very high in CO2
o Characterization data indicate that very high CO2 partial pressures can be obtained even at low regeneration temperatures
o Kinetic data show rapid absorptiono Calorimetric data indicate that one may operate in a
range with relatively low heats of reactiono Regeneration at elevated pressure achievable o Preliminary feasibility studies show potential for
regeneration heat requirements of about 1.9-2 GJ/ton CO2 with reboiler temperatures of 75-90oC
o Equivalent efficiency penalty loss at 5% points
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Thank you