13X-APG沸石真空变压变温耦合工艺吸附捕集烟道气中CO2

采用13X-APG沸石吸附捕集烟道气中CO2,并研发了五步循环真空变压变温(VTSA)耦合吸附捕集工艺. 实验测定了循环吸附/解吸过程中吸附剂再生率、烟道气中CO2回收率、产品气量及产品气中CO2纯度,并与传统的真空变压吸附工艺(VSA)和变温吸附工艺(TSA)比较. 由于VTSA在真空解吸的同时加热吸附剂,减少了真空泵的电耗,可在较温和的真空下(约3′103 Pa)操作,附加的吸附剂再生温度也不高,90~150℃下吸附剂再生率达97%以上,CO2回收率达98%以上. 吸附剂捕集CO2的量可提高到1.8 mol/kg,是VSA工艺产品气量的2倍,且产品气中CO2纯度提高到90%以上.     

Integrated adsorbent‐process optimization for carbon capture and concentration using vacuum swing adsorption cycles

A novel approach for integrated adsorbent and process design is proposed. The traditional pressure or vacuum swing adsorption (PSA) / vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process optimization for chosen objectives, where operating conditions are the decision variables, and CO₂ purity and recovery are constraints, is expanded to include adsorbent isotherm characteristics as additional decision variables. Two VSA cycles, namely a four‐step process¹, currently known to have the lowest energy consumption for CO₂ capture and concentration (CCC), and a six‐step process², recently proven to have a wider operating window for the evacuation pressure, have been investigated in the current study. The integrated optimization results simultaneously provide the lower bound of minimum energy and upper bound of maximum productivity for CCC achievable from the two VSA processes along with the operating conditions and the corresponding isotherm shapes necessary to achieve them. It may be viewed as an enabler for adsorbent design or expedient adsorbent search by process inversion. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 63: 2987–2995, 2017     

两段法变压吸附脱碳装置应用总结

介绍了两段法变压吸附（PSA）脱碳装置生产应用情况。经过近5年的长期运行,证明两段法变压吸附脱碳装置具有操作稳定、生产成本低的特点,完全满足了尿素生产的需要。     

OMRON中型PLC在提纯CO_2装置中的应用

利用日本ＯＭＲＯＮ公司中型ＰＬＣ的功能,通过编程和组态,实现了Ｃ２００ＨＥ控制系统在变压吸附法提纯ＣＯ２装置中的应用     

三种气体分离技术应用于电厂烟气二氧化碳捕集经济性的比较(英文)

Three gas separation technologies,chemical absorption,membrane separation and pressure swing adsorption,are usually applied for CO2 capture from flue gas in coal-fired power plants.In this work,the costs of the three technologies are analyzed and compared.The cost for chemical absorption is mainly from $30 to $60 per ton(based on CO2 avoided),while the minimum value is $10 per ton(based on CO2 avoided).As for membrane separation and pressure swing adsorption,the costs are $50 to $78 and $40 to $63 per ton(based on CO2 avoided),respectively.Measures are proposed to reduce the cost of the three technologies.For CO2 capture and storage process,the CO2 recovery and purity should be greater than 90%.Based on the cost,recovery,and purity,it seems that chemical absorption is currently the most cost-effective technology for CO2 capture from flue gas from power plants.However,membrane gas separation is the most promising alternative approach in the future,provided that membrane performance is further improved.     

Cycle synthesis and optimization of a VSA process for postcombustion CO2 capture

A systematic analysis of several vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) cycles with Zeochem zeolite 13X as the adsorbent to capture CO₂ from dry, flue gas containing 15% CO₂ in N₂ is reported. Full optimization of the analyzed VSA cycles using genetic algorithm has been performed to obtain purity‐recovery and energy‐productivity Pareto fronts. These cycles are assessed for their ability to produce high‐purity CO₂ at high recovery. Configurations satisfying 90% purity‐recovery constraints are ranked according to their energy‐productivity Pareto fronts. It is shown that a 4‐step VSA cycle with light product pressurization gives the minimum energy penalty of 131 kWh/tonne CO₂ captured at a productivity of 0.57 mol CO₂/m³ adsorbent/s. The minimum energy consumption required to achieve 95 and 97% purities, both at 90% recoveries, are 154 and 186 kWh/tonne CO₂ captured, respectively. For the proposed cycle, it is shown that significant increase in productivity can be achieved with a marginal increase in energy consumption. © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 4735–4748, 2013     

Alkali and alkaline-earth cation exchanged chabazite zeolites for adsorption based CO2 capture

In this study chabazite zeolites were prepared and exchanged with alkali cations – Li, Na, K and alkaline-earth cations – Mg, Ca, Ba and were studied to assess their potential for CO₂ capture from flue gas by vacuum swing adsorption for temperatures below 120 °C. Isotherm measurements (CO₂ and N₂) were made for all samples at 273 K, 303 K and 333 K using a volumetric apparatus and represented with the Dual-site Langmuir model for CO₂ and N₂. Henry’s constants and isosteric heats of adsorption were calculated and qualitative analyses performed for all samples. Adiabatic separation factor (ASF) and capture figure of merit (CFM) were proposed and used as indices for assessing adsorbent performance and compared with a commercial NaX-zeolite sample. It was found that NaCHA and CaCHA hold comparative advantages for high temperature CO₂ separation whilst NaX shows superior performance at relatively low temperatures.     

两段法变压吸附技术在脱碳装置中的应用

阐述了新型无动力冲洗两段法变压吸附技术在脱碳装置中的应用情况。实践证明,该技术具有有效气体回收率高、工艺流程简单、操作安全方便、自动化程度高、操作环境干净整洁、维修工作量小、运行费用省、能耗低、无废液和废渣排放等特点,是一项值得全面推广采用的成熟工艺。     

CO2 capture from dry flue gas by vacuum swing adsorption: A pilot plant study

The capture and concentration of CO₂ from a dry flue gas by vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) has been experimentally demonstrated in a pilot plant. The pilot plant has the provision for using two coupled columns that are each packed with approximately 41 kg of Zeochem zeolite 13X. Breakthrough experiments were first carried out by perturbing a N₂ saturated bed with 15% CO₂ and 85% N₂ feed, which is representative of a dry flue gas from coal‐fired power plants. The breakthrough results showed long plateaus in temperature profiles confirming a near adiabatic behavior. In the process study, a basic four‐step vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) cycle comprising the following steps: pressurization with feed, adsorption, forward blowdown, and reverse evacuation was investigated first. In the absence of any coupling among the steps, a single bed was used. With this cycle configuration, CO₂ was concentrated to 95.9 ± 1% with a recovery of 86.4 ± 5.6%. To improve the process performance, a four‐step cycle with light product pressurization (LPP) using two beds was investigated. This cycle was able to achieve 94.8 ± 1% purity and 89.7 ± 5.6% recovery. The Department of Energy requirements are 95% purity and 90% recovery. The proposed underlying physics of performance improvement of the four‐step cycle with LPP has also been experimentally validated. The pilot plant results were then used for detailed validation of a one‐dimensional, nonisothermal, and nonisobaric model. Both transient profiles of various measured variables and cyclic steady state performance results were compared with the model predictions, and they were in good agreement. The energy consumptions in the pilot plant experiments were 339–583 ± 36.7 kWh tonne^?1 CO₂ captured and they were significantly different from the theoretical power consumptions obtained from isentropic compression calculations. The productivities were 0.87–1.4 ± 0.07 tonne CO₂ m^?3 adsorbent day^?1. The results from our pilot plant were also compared with available results from other pilot plant studies on CO₂ capture from flue gas. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 60: 1830–1842, 2014     

Strategies for CO2 capture from different CO2 emission sources by vacuum swing adsorption technology☆

Different VSA(Vacuum Swing Adsorption) cycles and process schemes have been evaluated to find suitable process configurations for effectively separating CO2 from flue gases from different industrial sectors. The cycles were studied using an adsorption simulator developed in our research group, which has been successfully used to predict experimental results over several years. Commercial zeolite APGIII and granular activated carbon were used as the adsorbents. Three-bed VSA cycles with- and without-product purge and 2-stage VSA systems have been investigated. It was found that for a feed gas containing 15% CO2(representing flue gas from power plants), high CO2 purities and recoveries could be obtained using a three-bed zeolite APGIII VSA unit for one stage capture, but with more stringent conditions such as deeper vacuum pressures of 1–3 k Pa. 2-stage VSA process operated in series allowed us to use simple process steps and operate at more realistic vacuum pressures. With a vacuum pressure of 10 k Pa, final CO2 purity of 95.3% with a recovery of 98.2% were obtained at specific power consumption of 0.55 MJ·(kg CO2)-1from feed gas containing15% CO2. These numbers compare very well with those obtained from a single stage process operating at1 k Pa vacuum pressure. The feed CO2 concentration was very influential in determining the desorption pressure necessary to achieve high separation efficiency. For feed gases containing N 30% CO2, a singlestage VSA capture process operating at moderate vacuum pressure and without a product purge, can achieve very high product purities and recoveries.     

真空变温吸附捕集干烟道气中CO2的模拟研究

为减缓气候变化,减少CO₂的排放,对真空变温吸附(TVSA)从干烟道气中捕集CO₂进行了系统的研究。以沸石13X为吸附剂,设计了实验室规模的4塔连续进料的TVSA工艺,并建立数学模型进行数值模拟。模拟结果表明,通过四塔TVSA可获得纯度为97.54%,回收率为96.79%的CO₂产品气,其产率为1.7 mol· ^-1·h^-1,能耗为3.14 。此外,考察了进料量、循环回流步骤时间、真空度对产品气纯度、回收率、吸附剂产率和工艺能耗的影响,并且分析了塔内压力与温度变化,详细探讨了塔内气固相浓度随轴向的分布。良好的工艺效果表明,TVSA有潜力成为一种能够生产高纯度高回收率的CO₂产品气,并具有良好经济效益的捕碳工艺。     

Comparative performance of an adiabatic and a nonadiabatic PSA process for bulk gas separation—a numerical simulation

A detailed numerical model of a Skarstrom‐like PSA process is used to investigate the separation performance of an adiabatic and a nonadiabatic process for removal of bulk CO₂ impurity from inert He. The complexity of the gas phase adsorbate composition, adsorbate loading, and the adsorbent temperature profiles as functions of positions inside an adsorber at the start and end of each step of the PSA process are discussed. The separation performance of a nonadiabatic PSA process is generally inferior to that of the corresponding adiabatic process. Smaller adsorbent column diameter accentuates nonadiabatic operation and hence lower separation efficiency. Furthermore, the separation efficiency decreases more rapidly at short cycle times and smaller column diameters. Insulation of PSA columns of a process development unit operated under these conditions is recommended for reliable data analysis. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 63: 4066–4078, 2017     

吸附时间对VPSA分离CH_4/N_2效果的影响

利用三塔真空变压吸附装置,对低浓度原料气CH4/N2分离效果进行实验。研究了均压时间不同时的吸附时间对吸附分离效果的影响,并针对整个吸附装置、每个塔中CH4浓度与吸附时间的关系分别进行分析。实验表明,在一定条件下,吸附时间长短会影响每个塔反应釜内被浓度覆盖的区域变化,即在不被原料气穿透前提下,存在最佳吸附时间。通过分析吸附时间的作用,提高原料气VPSA分离CH4/N2的效果。     

耦合膜分离的新型CO2低温捕集系统性能优化

CO₂捕集作为温室气体排放控制的有效手段已成为重要研究课题。作为新兴捕集技术之一,低温CO₂捕集因产品纯度高、无附加污染等优势受到关注。然而,该技术能耗和捕集率对于气体中CO₂浓度十分敏感,对于高CO₂浓度气体可获得较高的CO₂捕集率和较低能耗水平。基于此,本文提出了耦合膜分离的新型CO₂低温捕集系统,通过膜材料选择渗透性实现待捕集气体CO₂浓度主动调控,并在最优浓度下进行CO₂低温捕集。首先基于不同传统低温捕集系统特点,对比分析了不同耦合系统模式,从而确定了最优耦合系统结构。针对最优耦合系统进行了运行参数优化,并分别基于实现系统捕集能耗最低与捕集率最高的目标,获得了膜渗透侧CO₂浓度与进气CO₂浓度间的关系式,为该耦合系统中膜组件选型提供指导。研究表明,本文提出的耦合系统捕集能耗为1.92MJ/kgCO₂,相比于传统单一低温系统捕集能耗可降低16.5%。     

真空变压吸附空分制氧等温与非等温过程模拟比较

应用动态柱穿透法测定的空气中氮-氧吸附平衡数据模拟两床真空变压吸附(VSA)空分制氧中等温与非等温过程;在VSA过程模拟中探讨了吸附压力、进料流量和冲洗比等过程操作条件以及吸附过程中温度的变化对产品气氧的纯度、收率和产率的影响,为VSA空分制氧过程提供一定的设计依据。