Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification ( IF 4.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-02 , DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2020.108115 Flavia-Maria Ilea , Simion Dragan , Ana-Maria Cormos
In order to assess the post-combustion CO2 capture intensification potential, a detailed mathematical model was developed for a three-phase fluidized bed. As solvents, various aqueous solutions were used e.g. NaOH and MEA with and without glycerol addition. An innovative mass transfer equipment is presented, a three-phase gas-solid-liquid fluidized bed absorber, in which the bed of low-density inert solid particles is fluidized by the counter current flow of gas as a continuous phase and liquid as a dispersed phase. Experimental data from a pilot plant was used to validate the developed model. The hydrodynamic parameters determined were the followings: fluidized bed expansion ratio, liquid holdup and bed pressure. The most important efficiency parameter, the effective mass transfer area, was assessed. The results show that by using a three-phase fluidization column, the mass transfer parameters exhibit significant increases (8–10 times) in comparison to conventional packed beds. In addition, introducing glycerol to NaOH and MEA solutions was investigated as a potential method to further improve the overall CO2 absorption performance. As the results show, the glycerol addition intensifies the CO2 absorption process by about 10 %.
中文翻译:
使用三相流化床评估CO 2捕集过程的传质强化潜力
为了评估燃烧后的CO 2为了捕获增强潜力,针对三相流化床开发了详细的数学模型。作为溶剂,使用各种水溶液,例如添加和不添加甘油的NaOH和MEA。提出了一种创新的传质设备,一种三相气固液流化床吸收器,其中低密度惰性固体颗粒床通过作为连续相的逆流气流和作为分散液的逆流而流化相。来自中试工厂的实验数据用于验证开发的模型。确定的流体力学参数如下:流化床膨胀率,液体滞留率和床压。评估了最重要的效率参数,有效传质面积。结果表明,通过使用三相流化塔,与传统的填料床相比,传质参数显着增加(8-10倍)。此外,还研究了将甘油引入NaOH和MEA溶液作为进一步改善整体CO的潜在方法2吸收性能。结果表明,甘油的添加使CO 2吸收过程增强了约10%。