A Membrane Contactor Enabling Energy-Efficient CO2 Capture from Point Sources with Deep Eutectic Solvents

Islam, Syed Z.; Arifuzzaman, Md; Rother, Gernot; Bocharova, Vera; Sacci, Robert L.; Jakowski, Jacek; Huang, Jingsong; Ivanov, Ilia Nicolaevich; Bhave, Ramesh R.; Saito, Tomonori; Sholl, David S.

doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00080

A Membrane Contactor Enabling Energy-Efficient CO₂ Capture from Point Sources with Deep Eutectic Solvents

Journal Article · Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00080· OSTI ID:1994728

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

We demonstrate a scalable and energy-efficient hollow fiber membrane contactor (HFMC)-based process using a green solvent for CO₂ capture. This process uses a deep eutectic solvent (DES) in an HFMC to provide close interfacial interactions and contact between the DES and CO₂. This approach overcomes disadvantages associated with direct absorption in DES and could potentially be applied to a variety of solvent-based CO₂ capture methods. Commercial low-cost polymer hollow fiber membranes (e.g., microporous polypropylene) were evaluated for CO₂ capture with reline, a prototypical DES. Single-gas measurements showed that the DES-based polypropylene HFMC can capture and separate CO₂ while rejecting N2. From a mixed gas containing 50 mol % N₂ and 50 mol % CO_ν, the DES-based HFMC separated CO₂ with a purity of 96.9 mol %. The effect of several process parameters including solvent flow rate, pressure, and temperature on the CO₂ separation performance was studied. The flux of the recovered CO₂ was 67.43 mmole/m²/h at a feed pressure of 4 bar. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) measurements combined with density functional theory (DFT)-based molecular dynamics simulations revealed that reline absorbs CO₂ by physical absorption without forming a new chemical compound, and CO₂ separation by reline occurs via the pressure swing mechanism. This research provides fundamental insights about physical solvent-based separation processes and a pathway toward practical deployment.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1994728

Journal Information:: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal Name: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 62; ISSN 0888-5885

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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