Demonstration of the carbon capture with building make-up air unit

Ilani-Kashkouli, Poorandokht; Brechtl, Jamieson; An, Keju; Kidder, Michelle; Tsouris, Costas; Janke, Christopher; Kowalski, Stephen; Yang, Cheng-Min; Muneeshwaran, M.; Lamm, Meghan; Copenhaver, Katie; Fricke, Brian; Sun, Xin; Li, Kai; Nawaz, Kashif

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114966

Title: Demonstration of the carbon capture with building make-up air unit

Journal Article · 27 October 2024 · Energy and Buildings

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114966 · OSTI ID:2477517

Ilani-Kashkouli, Poorandokht ^[1]; Brechtl, Jamieson ^[1]; An, Keju ^[1]; Kidder, Michelle ^[1]; Tsouris, Costas ^[1]; Janke, Christopher ^[1]; Kowalski, Stephen ^[1]; Yang, Cheng-Min ^[1]; Muneeshwaran, M. ^[1]; Lamm, Meghan ^[1]; Copenhaver, Katie ^[1]; Fricke, Brian ^[1]; Sun, Xin ^[1]; Li, Kai ^[1]; Nawaz, Kashif ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Building-integrated carbon capture technology has the potential to reduce the cost of CO₂ capture while improving indoor air quality (IAQ). To promote the adoption of CO₂ capture in a building environment, this study investigated the possibility of integrating carbon capture technology with an existing rooftop make-up air unit (MAU) system to trap CO₂. Here, in this study, a modular compact CO₂ capture system containing amine-functionalized polymer fibers was examined. The system, which was installed at the exhaust of the MAU, captures CO₂ before it leaves the building to enter the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. The demonstrated average amount of CO₂ captured was 1.1–1.4 mmol/g of adsorbent material. Techno-economic analysis (TEA) was further performed on the CO₂ capture system, considering material costs, energy costs, as well as transportation and regeneration costs. These results were then used to estimate the levelized cost per ton CO₂ captured (LCOC). To achieve LCOC below $$\$$$$100/t-CO₂, adsorbents should have working capacities of 4.9 t and 3 t-CO₂/year for 5 years and 10 years of operation, respectively. In summary, this study highlights a viable path toward the decarbonization of the commercial buildings sector and provides quantitative performance and economic insight on the suitability of building-integrated carbon capture technology.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2477517

Journal Information:: Energy and Buildings, Journal Name: Energy and Buildings Vol. 325; ISSN 0378-7788

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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