Recent developments on membranes for post-combustion carbon capture

Ramasubramanian, Kartik; Ho, WS Winston

doi:10.1016/j.coche.2011.08.002

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“…Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission from the fossil fuel combustion is one of the main reasons for global warming, and therefore there is a significant need of developing technologies for CO 2 separation from flue gas. Membrane separation is an energy-efficient and cost-effective alternative [1][2][3][4][5][6] to the conventional technologies including absorption processes using aminebased solvents, adsorption processes employing solid adsorbents, and cryogenic distillation. The membrane transport performance for CO 2 /N 2 separation from flue gas is mainly characterized by two parameters, the CO 2 permeance and the CO 2 /N 2 selectivity [7].…”

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Amine-containing polymer/zeolite Y composite membranes for CO2/N2 separation

Chen

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2016

Journal of Membrane Science

105

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New amine-containing polymer/zeolite Y composite membranes were successfully synthesized for CO 2 /N 2 separation from flue gas. The polyvinylamine (PVAm) with a high molecular weight (̅̅̅̅̅ = 719,000) was synthesized and used as the fixed-site carrier for CO 2 facilitated transport. The PVAm was incorporated with different aminoacid salts (mobile carriers), including potassium glycinate (KG), lithium glycinate (LiG) and piperazine glycinate (PG). The amine-containing polymer blend solution was coated onto a zeolite Y seed layer on top of a polyethersulfone (PES) substrate. The composite membrane with a selective amine layer thickness of more than 200 nm showed a better CO 2 /N 2 separation performance compared to the membrane without the zeolite Y seed layer, which was due to the fact that the zeolite Y layer had a smaller interparticle pore size than the PES substrate, resulting in minimizing the penetration of amine-containing polymer solution into the pores underneath and thus reducing the mass transfer resistance of CO 2 molecules through the membrane. The effects of different kinds of mobile carriers and various compositions and thicknesses of the amine-containing polymer layer were investigated. The resultant amine-containing polymer/zeolite Y composite membrane exhibited a CO 2 permeance up to ~ 1100 GPU and a CO 2 /N 2 mixed gas selectivity of at least 200 at the typical flue gas temperature of 57°C. This high separation performance showed a great potential for the application of carbon capture from flue gas.

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Amine-containing polymer/zeolite Y composite membranes for CO2/N2 separation

Chen

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2016

Journal of Membrane Science

105

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“…However, a high-energy penalty and the need for the safe disposal of hazardous by-products resulting from solvent degradation make aminebased absorption less attractive for CCC (Rao and Rubin, 2002). Other alternatives for CCC include absorption using chilled ammonia (Bandyopadhyay, 2011;Figueroa et al, 2008) or alkali metal carbonates (Liang et al, 2004;Samanta et al, 2011), membranes (Ramasubramanian and Ho, 2011;Van Der Sluijs et al, 1992), and adsorption (Agarwal et al, 2008(Agarwal et al, , 2010Haghpanah et al, 2013a,b). Zhao et al (2013) reviewed four technologies for post-combustion CCC: (1) chilled ammoniabased scrubbing, (2) alkali-metal carbonate-based scrubbing, (3) membrane separation, and (4) calcium looping based absorption.…”

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Energy and cost estimates for capturing CO2 from a dry flue gas using pressure/vacuum swing adsorption

Susarla

Haghpanah

Karimi

et al. 2015

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

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“…It should be stressed that for these membranes the transport is different from the solution-diffusion mechanism which takes place in dense polymeric membranes. These membranes are known to show high selectivities together with high fluxes (Ebner and Ritter, 2009;Luis et al, 2012;Ramasubramanian and Winston Ho, 2011;Xomeritakis et al, 2005). They can be divided into two categories: Fixed Site Carrier Membranes (FSCM) where the carriers are chemically bonded to the polymer and mobile site carrier membranes, usually named Liquid Membranes (LM) where the carrier can diffuse in the membrane.…”

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“…The overview of membrane characteristics and performances described above shows that impressive improvements have been recently achieved for the CO 2 /N 2 separation challenge (Ramasubramanian and Winston Ho, 2011). It should be stressed however that most studies concern sample materials tested at the lab scale, with pure gases, leading to ideal selectivity data; experiments with gas mixtures and/or humid feeds, in order to better mimic real flue gas conditions, are scarce.…”

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Membrane Separation Processes for Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture: State of the Art and Critical Overview

Belaissaoui

Favre

2013

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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Re´sume´-Proce´de´s membranaires pour le captage du dioxyde de carbone : e´tat de l'art et revue critique -Les proce´de´s de se´paration par membrane ont e´te´, dans un premier temps, rarement pre´conise´s pour le captage du dioxyde de carbone en post-combustion, les proce´de´s d'absorption gaz-liquide dans un solvant chimique e´tant conside´re´s comme la technologie la plus mature et la plus adapte´e pour assurer cette ope´ration. Une revue critique des possibilite´s et limites des membranes pour le captage du CO 2 par perme´ation gazeuse est pre´sente´e. Les performances de diffe´rents types de mate´riaux membranaires (polyme`res denses, mate´riaux inorganiques, matrices hybrides, membranes liquides) sont discute´es sur le plan de la se´lectiviteé t de la perme´abilite´, en prenant en compte les re´sultats expe´rimentaux les plus re´cents dans ce domaine. Les caracte´ristiques d'une unite´de perme´ation gazeuse mono-e´tage´e fonctionnant en re´gime permanent, de´termine´es par simulation, sont ensuite de´taille´es, en particulier par rapport aux contraintes de purete´et de de´pense e´nerge´tique de l'ope´ration, en lien avec les performances du mate´riau. Finalement, les possibilite´s des dispositifs membranaires multie´tage´s et des proce´de´s hybrides associant une unite´de perme´ation gazeuse et un autre proce´de´, encore peu e´tudie´es dans la litte´rature sont e´voque´es, ainsi que les besoins d'analyse technicoe´conomiques afin de mieux identifier la place et le roˆle optimal des membranes pour le captage du CO 2 .Abstract -Membrane Separation Processes for Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture: State of the Art and Critical Overview -Membrane processes have been initially seldom considered within a post-combustion carbon dioxide capture framework. More traditional processes, particularly gas-liquid absorption in chemical solvents, are often considered as the most appropriate solution for the first generation of technologies. In this paper, a critical state of the art of gas separation membranes for CO 2 capture is proposed. In a first step, the key performances (selectivity, permeability) of different membrane materials such as polymers, inorganic membranes, hybrid matrices and liquid membranes, including recently reported results, are reviewed. In a second step, the process design characteristics of a single stage membrane unit are studied. Purity and energy constraints are analysed as a function of operating conditions and membrane materials performances. The interest of multistage and hybrid systems, two domains which have not sufficiently investigated up to now, are finally discussed. The importance of technico-economical analyses is highlighted in order to better estimate the optimal role of membranes for CCS applications.

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Recent developments on membranes for post-combustion carbon capture

Cited by 65 publications

References 48 publications

Amine-containing polymer/zeolite Y composite membranes for CO2/N2 separation

Amine-containing polymer/zeolite Y composite membranes for CO2/N2 separation

Energy and cost estimates for capturing CO2 from a dry flue gas using pressure/vacuum swing adsorption

Membrane Separation Processes for Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture: State of the Art and Critical Overview

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