Device-scale CFD modeling of gas-liquid multiphase flow and amine absorption for CO2 capture: Original Research Article: Device-scale CFD modeling of gas-liquid multiphase flow and amine absorption for CO2 capture

Pan, Wenxiao; Galvin, Janine; Huang, Wei Ling; Xu, Zhijie; Sun, Xin; Fan, Zhen; Liu, Kunlei

doi:10.1002/ghg.1770

Title: Device-scale CFD modeling of gas-liquid multiphase flow and amine absorption for CO₂ capture: Original Research Article: Device-scale CFD modeling of gas-liquid multiphase flow and amine absorption for CO₂ capture

Journal Article · Sun Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1770· OSTI ID:1435290

Pan, Wenxiao ^[1]; Galvin, Janine ^[2]; Huang, Wei Ling ^[1]; Xu, Zhijie ^[3]; Sun, Xin ^[4]; Fan, Zhen ^[5]; Liu, Kunlei ^[5]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States). Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)

Abstract In this paper we aim to develop a validated device‐scale CFD model that can predict quantitatively both hydrodynamics and CO ₂ capture efficiency for an amine‐based solvent absorber column with random Pall ring packing. A Eulerian porous‐media approach and a two‐fluid model were employed, in which the momentum and mass transfer equations were closed by literature‐based empirical closure models. We proposed a hierarchical approach for calibrating the parameters in the closure models to make them accurate for the packed column. Specifically, a parameter for momentum transfer in the closure was first calibrated based on data from a single experiment. With this calibrated parameter, a parameter in the closure for mass transfer was next calibrated under a single operating condition. Last, the closure of the wetting area was calibrated for each gas velocity at three different liquid flow rates. For each calibration, cross validations were pursued using the experimental data under operating conditions different from those used for calibrations. This hierarchical approach can be generally applied to develop validated device‐scale CFD models for different absorption columns. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1435290

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1429539

Journal Information:: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Vol. 8, Issue 3; ISSN 2152-3878

Publisher:: Society of Chemical Industry, WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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