Volume 42, Issue 4 pp. 797-804
Research Article

Simulation of Post-Combustion CO2 Capture, a Comparison among Absorption, Adsorption and Membranes

Hélène Anselmi

Hélène Anselmi

Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour and Labex DAMAS, CNRS, 2 allée A. Guinier, 54011 Nancy, France

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Olivier Mirgaux

Olivier Mirgaux

Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour and Labex DAMAS, CNRS, 2 allée A. Guinier, 54011 Nancy, France

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Roda Bounaceur

Roda Bounaceur

Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, CNRS, Nancy, France

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Fabrice Patisson

Corresponding Author

Fabrice Patisson

Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour and Labex DAMAS, CNRS, 2 allée A. Guinier, 54011 Nancy, France

Correspondence: Fabrice Patisson ([email protected]), Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour and Labex DAMAS, CNRS, 2 allée A. Guinier, Nancy 54011, France.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 23 January 2019
Citations: 31

Abstract

Post-combustion CO2 capture was studied in the favorable context where the captured CO2 can be reused in a neighboring industrial process. Three technologies for CO2 capture, absorption by amines, adsorption on activated carbon, and separation using polymer membranes, were considered, modeled and compared. The three capture processes were designed for achieving the same performances. The models were integrated in a commercial flowsheeting software. The results show that, for a targeted CO2 purity of 95 %, the membrane process appears to be the least energy consuming. A next step will be to quantify the environmental benefits using life cycle assessment.

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