CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent
Several industrial activities often result in the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane (a principal component of natural gas). In order to mitigate the effects of these greenhouse gases, CO2 can be captured, stored and utilized for the dry reforming of methane. Various CO...
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| author | Muhammad Afiq Zubir Muhammad Afiq Zubir Nurfanizan Afandi Abreeza Manap Awaluddin Abdul Hamid Bamidele Victor Ayodele Wen Liu Mohd Kamaruddin Abd Hamid |
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| description | Several industrial activities often result in the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane (a principal component of natural gas). In order to mitigate the effects of these greenhouse gases, CO2 can be captured, stored and utilized for the dry reforming of methane. Various CO2 capture techniques have been investigated in the past decades. This study investigated the performance and process modeling of CO2 capture through calcium carbonate looping (CCL) using local (Malaysia) limestone as the sorbent. The original limestone was compared with two types of oxalic acid-treated limestone, with and without aluminum oxide (Al2O3) as supporting material. The comparison was in terms of CO2 uptake capacity and performance in a fluidized bed reactor system. From the results, it was shown that the oxalic acid-treated limestone without Al2O3 had the largest surface area, highest CO2 uptake capacity and highest mass attrition resistance, compared with other sorbents. The sorbent kinetic study was used to design, using an Aspen Plus simulator, a CCL process that was integrated with a 700 MWe coal-fired power plant from Malaysia. The findings showed that, with added capital and operation costs due to the CCL process, the specific CO2 emission of the existing plant was significantly reduced from 909 to 99.7 kg/MWh. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fe18057a544453d947914481997bf342022-12-21T22:32:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Energy Research2296-598X2021-01-01810.3389/fenrg.2020.610521610521CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 SorbentMuhammad Afiq Zubir0Muhammad Afiq Zubir1Nurfanizan Afandi2Abreeza Manap3Awaluddin Abdul Hamid4Bamidele Victor Ayodele5Wen Liu6Mohd Kamaruddin Abd Hamid7Process Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT), Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, MalaysiaUNITEN R&D Sdn. Bhd., Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, MalaysiaCollege of Engineering, Institute of Sustainable Energy (ISE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, MalaysiaCollege of Engineering, Institute of Sustainable Energy (ISE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, MalaysiaTenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Seri Manjung, MalaysiaCollege of Engineering, Institute of Sustainable Energy (ISE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, MalaysiaSchool of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, SingaporeProcess Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT), Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, MalaysiaSeveral industrial activities often result in the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane (a principal component of natural gas). In order to mitigate the effects of these greenhouse gases, CO2 can be captured, stored and utilized for the dry reforming of methane. Various CO2 capture techniques have been investigated in the past decades. This study investigated the performance and process modeling of CO2 capture through calcium carbonate looping (CCL) using local (Malaysia) limestone as the sorbent. The original limestone was compared with two types of oxalic acid-treated limestone, with and without aluminum oxide (Al2O3) as supporting material. The comparison was in terms of CO2 uptake capacity and performance in a fluidized bed reactor system. From the results, it was shown that the oxalic acid-treated limestone without Al2O3 had the largest surface area, highest CO2 uptake capacity and highest mass attrition resistance, compared with other sorbents. The sorbent kinetic study was used to design, using an Aspen Plus simulator, a CCL process that was integrated with a 700 MWe coal-fired power plant from Malaysia. The findings showed that, with added capital and operation costs due to the CCL process, the specific CO2 emission of the existing plant was significantly reduced from 909 to 99.7 kg/MWh.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.610521/fullCO2 capturecalcium carbonatenatural gasprocess modelingeconomic analysis |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Afiq Zubir Muhammad Afiq Zubir Nurfanizan Afandi Abreeza Manap Awaluddin Abdul Hamid Bamidele Victor Ayodele Wen Liu Mohd Kamaruddin Abd Hamid CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent Frontiers in Energy Research CO2 capture calcium carbonate natural gas process modeling economic analysis |
| title | CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent |
| title_full | CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent |
| title_fullStr | CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent |
| title_full_unstemmed | CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent |
| title_short | CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent |
| title_sort | co2 capture for dry reforming of natural gas performance and process modeling of calcium carbonate looping using acid based caco3 sorbent |
| topic | CO2 capture calcium carbonate natural gas process modeling economic analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.610521/full |
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