A Novel Swing Adsorption Reactor Cluster (SARC) for Cost Effective Post-combustion CO2 Capture: A Thermodynamic Assessment. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Romano, Matteo C.; Cloete, Schalk; Giuffrida, Antonio; Morud, John; Chiesa, Paolo; Amini, Shahriar
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 114(2017)
• Page Start: 2488
• Page End: 2496
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Novel reactor concept -- Heat integration -- Post combustion CO2 capture -- Combined VSA-TSA adsorption; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1404
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: The SARC consists of a number of standalone reactors where a solid sorbent is carbonated by a flue gas and regenerated by a combination of vacuum and temperature swing. Efficiency is maximized through heat integration between carbonation and regeneration using a heat pump. Initial power plant simulations showed 9.4%-points energy penalty when integrated into a pulverized coal plant. This is in-line with reported energy penalty for MEA and VPSA technologies, but great potential for further efficiency improvements exists. Future studies will investigate the effect of SARC process parameters and sorbent material selection on the energy penalty.