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Post-combustion CO2 capture with activated carbons using fixed bed adsorption

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In the current work, the capturing of carbon dioxide from flue gases of post combustion emission using fixed bed adsorption has been carried out. Two grades of commercial activated carbon (sorbent-1 and sorbent-2) were used as adsorbent. Feed consisting of CO2 and N2 mixture was used for carrying out the adsorption. The influence of bed temperature, feed rate, equilibrium partial pressure and initial % CO2 in feed were considered for analyzing adsorption-desorption process. It was found that the total adsorption-desorption cycle time decreases with increased column temperature and feed rates. The time required to achieve the condition of bed saturation decreases with increased bed temperature and feed rates. The amount of CO2 adsorbed/Kg of the adsorbent declines with increased bed temperature with in studied range for sorbent-1 and sorbent-2. It was suggested that the adsorption capacity of the both the sorbents increases with increased partial pressure of the gas.

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Abbreviations

C:

Column exit CO2 concentration, vol%

Ci :

Concentration of CO2 in feed, vol%

F:

Feed rate, L/min

M:

Mass of adsorbent, gm

P*:

Carbon dioxide partial pressure, N/m2

T:

Bed temperature, °C.

t:

Adsorption-desorption time, sec

i:

Initial

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Authors are thankful to the Deanship of Research (Project No. 244), King Khalid University, K.S.A.

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    Mohammed K. Al Mesfer, Mohd Danish, Yasser M. Fahmy & Md. Mamoon Rashid

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Al Mesfer, M.K., Danish, M., Fahmy, Y.M. et al. Post-combustion CO2 capture with activated carbons using fixed bed adsorption. Heat Mass Transfer 54, 2715–2724 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-018-2319-1

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