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Reference Number EP/L020777/1
Title CO2 Post-Combustion Capture Using Amine Impregnated Synthetic Zeolites
Status Completed
Energy Categories Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 capture/separation) 100%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Professor C (Colin ) Snape
No email address given
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Nottingham
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 January 2014
End Date 31 December 2016
Duration 36 months
Total Grant Value £192,103
Industrial Sectors Energy
Region East Midlands
Programme Energy : Energy
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Professor C (Colin ) Snape , Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (99.998%)
  Other Investigator Dr H Liu , Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham (0.001%)
Dr C Sun , Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%)
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Objectives
Abstract This proposal addresses Topic 4 in the Call: New innovative CO2 capture technologies. The proposed research will address using synthetic zeolites obtained from fly ash to support impregnated and immobilised amines to facilitate CO2 post-combustion capture (PCC) in both coal and natural gas power plants. One of the barriers to the widespread implementation of CO2 in power plants is the energy cost associated with solvent regeneration in the most mature PCC technology, amine scrubbing, which will be even greater for gas-fired power plants because of the lower CO2 concentration, higher O2 concentration and higher flue gas flow rate compared to similar sized coal-fired power plant. Hence, alternative or second generation PCC technologies need to be developed that have the potential to lower this energy penalty and also have lower capital and operating costs. Solid adsorbent looping technology (SALT) is a novel, potentially low-cost that can overcome the main drawbacks of amine absorption. The technology relies upon adsorbents that can achieve high CO2 uptakes at relatively low temperatures with short residence times. Amines either impregnated or immobilsed on mesoporous materials, particularly aluminosilicates, have been found to be particularly effective.In the proposed research, zeolites produced from fly ash will be optimised for PCC as a route that will considerably reduce the preparation costs for basic adsorbents. The project will combine the respective strengths of MEERI/Lublin and the University of Nottingham in zeolite synthesis and developing basic adsorbents for PCC. The zeolites will be produced at Lublin on a scale of several kilograms to facilitate testing in a fluidised bed with real (gas-fired) flue gases at Nottingham. The production cost is estimated to be ca. 1 euro/kg of zeolite, which is considerably lower than using silicas and zeolites produced from traditional sources. The successful outcome of the proposed research will contribute to making SALT a more cost-effective process for PCC.
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