Carbon dioxide separation from flue gases: a technological review emphasizing reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as CO2 in the atmosphere is a global warming. Human activities are a major cause of increased CO2 concentration in atmosphere, as in recent decade, two-third of greenhouse effect was caused by human activities. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a major strategy that can be used to reduce GHGs emission. There are three methods for CCS: pre-combustion capture, oxy-fuel process, and post-combustion capture. Among them, post-combustion capture is the most important one because it offers flexibility and it can be easily added to the operational units. Various technologies are used for CO2 capture, some of them include: absorption, adsorption, cryogenic distillation, and membrane separation. In this paper, various technologies for post-combustion are compared and the best condition for using each technology is identified.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad
M
Songolzadeh
Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran.
Mansooreh
M
Soleimani
Catalyst Research Group, Petrochemical Research and Technology Company, National Petrochemical Company, P.O. Box 1435884711, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam
M
Takht Ravanchi
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, P.O. Box 6198144471, Ahwaz, Iran.
Reza
R
Songolzadeh
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D017752:Greenhouse Effect
D005740:Gases; D002245:Carbon Dioxide