Calcium precursors for the production of CaO sorbents for multicycle CO2 capture.
A screening of potential calcium precursors for the production of CaO sorbents for CO(2) capture at high temperature was conducted in this work. The precursors studied include microsized calcium carbonate (CC-CaO), calcium hydroxide (CH-CaO), nanosized (<70 nm) calcium carbonate (CC70 nm-CaO), nanosized (<160 nm) calcium oxide (CaO160 nm-CaO), calcium acetate hydrate (CA-CaO), calcium l-lactate hydrate (CL-CaO), calcium formate (CF-CaO), calcium citrate tetrahydrate (CCi-CaO), and calcium d-gluconate monohydrate (CG-CaO). The capture capability of these sorbents was investigated using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) for multiple capture cycles. CG-CaO exhibited the best capacity for capturing CO(2) with a 1-min conversion of 65.9% and a 30-min conversion of 83.8% at the ninth cycle. Subsequently, a further parametric study was conducted to examine the effect of reaction conditions such as reaction temperature (550-750 degrees C) and CO(2) gas concentration (1-15%) on the capture capacity of CG-CaO. The sorbent CG-CaO also showed a much lower decomposition temperature and higher predicted residual conversion after prolonged cycles, compared with CC-CaO.
Liu
Wenqiang
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School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia.
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Nathanael W L
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Feng
Bo
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Wang
Guoxiong
G
Diniz da Costa
João C
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D000327:Adsorption; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D057232:Global Warming; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013818:Thermogravimetry
D017610:Calcium Compounds; D002245:Carbon Dioxide