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Energy Procedia 00 (2010) 000­000
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Effect of absorption enthalpy on temperature-swing CO2 separation
process performance
Ernst A. van Nieropa
, Sahand Hormozb
, Kurt Z. Housea
, Michael J. Azizb
a
C12 Energy, 24 Thorndike St., Cambridge MA 02141, USA
b
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
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Abstract
We model a CO2 absorption process to elucidate the rationale for the search for a solvent with an enthalpy of
absorption (H) of low magnitude. We explore the relationship between H and the system's performance. While in

Source: Aziz, Michael J.- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Collections: Physics; Materials Science