Moving beyond 90% Carbon Capture by Highly Selective Membrane Processes

Han, Yang; Ho, W. S. Winston

doi:10.3390/membranes12040399

Moving beyond 90% Carbon Capture by Highly Selective Membrane Processes

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Membranes

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12040399· OSTI ID:1877553

^[1]; Ho, W. S. Winston ^[2]

The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); The Ohio State University
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

A membrane-based system with a retentate recycle process in tandem with an enriching cascade was studied for >90% carbon capture from coal flue gas. A highly CO₂-selective facilitated transport membrane (FTM) was utilized particularly to enhance the CO₂ separation efficiency from the CO₂-lean gases for a high capture degree. A techno-economic analysis showed that the retentate recycle process was advantageous for ≤90% capture owing to the reduced parasitic energy consumption and membrane area. At >90% capture, the enriching cascade outperformed the retentate recycle process since a higher feed-to-permeate pressure ratio could be applied. An overall 99% capture degree could be achieved by combining the two processes, which yielded a low capture cost of USD47.2/tonne, whereas that would be USD 42.0/tonne for 90% capture. This FTM-based approach for deep carbon capture and storage can direct air capture for the mitigation of carbon emissions in the energy sector.

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Research Organization:: The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0031731

OSTI ID:: 1877553

Journal Information:: Membranes, Journal Name: Membranes Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 12; ISSN 2077-0375

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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