Conference Dates
May 22-27, 2016
Abstract
Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities; therefore, efficient reduction of CO2 is regarded as one of the key environmental challenges of the current century. Different processes have been introduced in the literature for CO2 capture; among these solid sorbent processes have shown potential advantages. In order to achieve steady CO2 capture using solid sorbents, a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) is used that consists mainly of a carbonator reactor (where the CO2 is adsorbed by solid sorbents) and a regenerator (where carbonated sorbents release CO2 and a concentrated CO2-steam mixture is produced). Different solid sorbents have been developed to be utilized in carbon capture units such as MgO-based sorbets and CaO-based sorbents. In this study, an MgO-based solid sorbent was used due to its capability to capture CO2 at high temperature (300-550 ᵒC), which is in the vicinity of the operating conditions of advanced power plants (e.g. integrated gasification combined cycles [IGCC]). Use of Mgo based sorbent results in a lower energy penalty in the carbonation/regeneration cycle of MgO-based sorbents. In this study, three dimensional CFD simulations of the regeneration unit of the carbon capture process using MgO-based solid sorbents were investigated and the performance of the fluidized bed regenerator unit, operating at different conditions, was studied.
Recommended Citation
Hamid Arastoopour, "Three-dimensional cfd simulation of the regeneration of mgo-based sorbent in a carbon capture process" in "Fluidization XV", Jamal Chaouki, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada Franco Berruti, Wewstern University, Canada Xiaotao Bi, UBC, Canada Ray Cocco, PSRI Inc. USA Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2016). https://dc.engconfintl.org/fluidization_xv/22