Application of the random pore model to the carbonation cyclic reaction |
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Authors: | Gemma Grasa Ramón Murillo Mónica Alonso J Carlos Abanades |
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Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Carboquímica (CSIC), Energy and Environmental Dept., C/Miguel Luesma Castán No. 4, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain;2. Instituto Nacional del Carbón (CSIC), Chemistry of Materials Dept., C/Francisco Pintado Fe, No. 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain |
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Abstract: | Calcium oxide has been proved to be a suitable sorbent for high temperature CO2 capture processes based on the cyclic carbonation‐calcination reaction. It is important to have reaction rate models that are able to describe the behavior of CaO particles with respect to the carbonation reaction. Fresh calcined lime is known to be a reactive solid toward carbonation, but the average sorbent particle in a CaO‐based CO2 capture system experiences many carbonation‐calcination cycles and the reactivity changes with the number of cycles. This study applies the random pore model (RPM) to estimate the intrinsic rate parameters for the carbonation reaction and develops a simple model to calculate particle conversion with time as a function of the number of cycles, partial pressure of CO2, and temperature. This version of the RPM model integrates knowledge obtained in earlier works on intrinsic carbonation rates, critical product layer thickness, and pore structure evolution in highly cycled particles. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2009 |
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Keywords: | CO2 capture regenerable sorbents carbonation kinetics limestone |
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