Carbon dioxide capture from air (CO 2 ∼ 400 ppm) on powder Ce 0.8 Zr 0.2 O 2 solid solution and subsequent conversion to dimethyl carbonate is described. The process includes three steps, namely (i) adsorptive enrichment of CO 2 on the oxide surface, (ii) transformation under mild conditions (p = 1 bar; T = 70−110 °C) by subsequent gaseous methanol feeding in inert gas, and (iii) desorptive release of the products by treatment with pure inert gas.
The separation of CO2 from gas streams is a central process to close the carbon cycle. Established amine scrubbing methods often require hot water vapour to desorb the previously stored CO2. In this work, the applicability of MFI membranes for H2O/CO2 separation is principally demonstrated by means of realistic adsorption isotherms computed by configurational-biased Monte Carlo (CBMC) simulations, then parameters such as temperatures, pressures and compositions were identified at which inorganic membranes with high selectivity can separate hot water vapour and thus make it available for recycling. Capillary condensation/adsorption by water in the microporous membranes used drastically reduces the transport and thus the CO2 permeance. Thus, separation factors of αH2O/CO2 = 6970 could be achieved at 70 °C and 1.8 bar feed pressure. Furthermore, the membranes were tested for stability against typical amines used in gas scrubbing processes. The preferred MFI membrane showed particularly high stability under application conditions.
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