Materials and Processes for Carbon Capture by Means of Adsorption

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".

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School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, King’s College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
Interests: materials and processes for gas separation; adsorption; CO2 capture; carbon-based adsorbents; biomass-based adsorbents; waste valorization; zeolites; mesoporous silicas; membranes; novel and energetically more efficient technologies for CO2 capture; TSA; PSA; PTSA; MWSA; microwave-assisted carbon capture processes
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Interests: gas separation; adsorbents; metal oxides; membranes; molten salts; ion-conducting solids; calcium looping; chemical looping; carbon capture; direct air capture; CCUS; surface chemistry; vibrational spectroscopy; micro X-ray CT; microfabrication

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Dear Colleagues,

With many governments setting deadlines to achieve net zero carbon emission technologies (by 2050 in the UK), carbon capture from industries and large-point sources of emissions such as power plants represent the focal point to fight against current polluting activities associated with energy production from fossil fuels. Recently, gas emission control technologies have been employed widely in a variety of fields to separate gases such as CO2, CO, SO2, H2S, NOX, and H2. However, each gas separation method has its own limitations, such as poor performance, not only in terms of cost, but also in terms of energy consumption; equipment corrosion due to the solvents in the case of separation by means of absorption; solids attrition in the case of separation with solid sorbents; etc. Thus, the selection of a good gas capture method is very significant to the various industrial processes and the scale of the separation. It is important to conduct proper analyses of the main factors that influence the process and identify the mechanisms of the different phases of the processes that will lead to success.

This Special Issue titled “Gas Capture Processes” aims to identify novel advances in the development and application of experimental and modeling work to address longstanding challenges in gas capture processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Gas separation from gas mixtures, influence of gaseous impurities on the overall performance of gas separation;
  • Gas separation processes optimization, scaling-up and comparative analyses based on energy requirements and total gas separated per unit of used material and separator(s)/reactor(s) volume;
  • Kinetic mechanisms of sorption/desorption, thermodynamics of CO2 and other phases;
  • Multiphase flow during the storing process; and
  • The development of gas capture applications at different scales.
Dr. Claudia Fernandez-Martín
Dr. Greg A. Mutch
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Keywords

  • CO2 capture
  • adsorption kinetics
  • adsorbents
  • adsorption
  • capture capacity
  • breakthrough curve
  • thermal swing adsorption (TSA)
  • pressure swing adsorption (PSA)
  • textural properties
  • physisorption
  • chemisorption
  • flue gas
  • post-combustion
  • pre-combustion

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Static and Dynamic Simulation of Single and Binary Component Adsorption of CO2 and CH4 on Fixed Bed Using Molecular Sieve of Zeolite 4A
by Supatsorn Parinyakit and Patcharin Worathanakul
Processes 2021, 9(7), 1250; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr9071250 - 20 Jul 2021
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The simulation of carbon dioxide (CO2)-methane (CH4) mixed gas adsorption and the selectivity on zeolite 4A using Aspen Adsorption were studied. The influence of temperature ranging from 273 to 343 K, pressure up to 10 bar and various compositions [...] Read more.
The simulation of carbon dioxide (CO2)-methane (CH4) mixed gas adsorption and the selectivity on zeolite 4A using Aspen Adsorption were studied. The influence of temperature ranging from 273 to 343 K, pressure up to 10 bar and various compositions of CO2 in the binary system were simulated. The findings of the study demonstrate that the models are accurate. In addition, the effects of various key parameters such as temperature, pressure, and various compositions of binary gases were investigated. The highest CO2 and CH4 adsorption are found at 273 K and 10 bar in the Langmuir isotherm model with 5.86 and 2.88 mmol/g, respectively. The amount of CO2 adsorbed and the selectivity of the binary mixture gas depends on the composition of CO2. The kinetics of adsorption for pure components of CO2 at high temperatures can reach saturation faster than CH4. The influence of the physical properties of zeolite 4A on kinetic adsorption were also studied, and it was observed that small adsorbent particles, large pore diameter, and large pore volume would enter saturation quickly. The prediction of CO2-CH4 mixed gas adsorption and selectivity on zeolite 4A were developed for further use for commercial gas separation. Full article
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