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CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation

Recently, membrane contactors have gained more popularity in the field of CO(2) removal; however, achieving high purity and competitive recovery for poor soluble gas (H(2), N(2), or CH(4)) remains elusive. Hence, a novel process for CO(2) removal from a mixture of gases using hollow fiber membrane c...

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Autores principales: Chavan, Sayali Ramdas, Perré, Patrick, Pozzobon, Victor, Lemaire, Julien
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34209036
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes11070496
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author Chavan, Sayali Ramdas
Perré, Patrick
Pozzobon, Victor
Lemaire, Julien
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description Recently, membrane contactors have gained more popularity in the field of CO(2) removal; however, achieving high purity and competitive recovery for poor soluble gas (H(2), N(2), or CH(4)) remains elusive. Hence, a novel process for CO(2) removal from a mixture of gases using hollow fiber membrane contactors is investigated theoretically and experimentally. A theoretical model is constructed to show that the dissolved residual CO(2) hinders the capacity of the absorbent when it is regenerated. This model, backed up by experimental investigation, proves that achieving a purity > 99% without consuming excessive chemicals or energy remains challenging in a closed-loop system. As a solution, a novel strategy is proposed: the pH Swing Absorption which consists of manipulating the acido–basic equilibrium of CO(2) in the absorption and desorption stages by injecting moderate acid and base amount. It aims at decreasing CO(2) residual content in the regenerated absorbent, by converting CO(2) into its ionic counterparts ([Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]) before absorption and improving CO(2) degassing before desorption. Therefore, this strategy unlocks the theoretical limitation due to equilibrium with CO(2) residual content in the absorbent and increases considerably the maximum achievable purity. Results also show the dependency of the performance on operating conditions such as total gas pressure and liquid flowrate. For N(2)/CO(2) mixture, this process achieved a nitrogen purity of 99.97% with a N(2) recovery rate of 94.13%. Similarly, for H(2)/CO(2) mixture, a maximum H(2) purity of 99.96% and recovery rate of 93.96% was obtained using this process. Moreover, the proposed patented process could potentially reduce energy or chemicals consumption.
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spelling pubmed-83046172021-07-25 CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation Chavan, Sayali Ramdas Perré, Patrick Pozzobon, Victor Lemaire, Julien Membranes (Basel) Article Recently, membrane contactors have gained more popularity in the field of CO(2) removal; however, achieving high purity and competitive recovery for poor soluble gas (H(2), N(2), or CH(4)) remains elusive. Hence, a novel process for CO(2) removal from a mixture of gases using hollow fiber membrane contactors is investigated theoretically and experimentally. A theoretical model is constructed to show that the dissolved residual CO(2) hinders the capacity of the absorbent when it is regenerated. This model, backed up by experimental investigation, proves that achieving a purity > 99% without consuming excessive chemicals or energy remains challenging in a closed-loop system. As a solution, a novel strategy is proposed: the pH Swing Absorption which consists of manipulating the acido–basic equilibrium of CO(2) in the absorption and desorption stages by injecting moderate acid and base amount. It aims at decreasing CO(2) residual content in the regenerated absorbent, by converting CO(2) into its ionic counterparts ([Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]) before absorption and improving CO(2) degassing before desorption. Therefore, this strategy unlocks the theoretical limitation due to equilibrium with CO(2) residual content in the absorbent and increases considerably the maximum achievable purity. Results also show the dependency of the performance on operating conditions such as total gas pressure and liquid flowrate. For N(2)/CO(2) mixture, this process achieved a nitrogen purity of 99.97% with a N(2) recovery rate of 94.13%. Similarly, for H(2)/CO(2) mixture, a maximum H(2) purity of 99.96% and recovery rate of 93.96% was obtained using this process. Moreover, the proposed patented process could potentially reduce energy or chemicals consumption. MDPI 2021-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8304617/ /pubmed/34209036 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes11070496 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation
title CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation
title_full CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation
title_fullStr CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation
title_full_unstemmed CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation
title_short CO(2) Absorption Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: Introducing pH Swing Absorption (pHSA) to Overcome Purity Limitation
title_sort co(2) absorption using hollow fiber membrane contactors: introducing ph swing absorption (phsa) to overcome purity limitation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34209036
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes11070496
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