Characterization of reactive CaCO3 crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor as a central process of direct air capture
Abstract
A laboratory-scale, fluidized-bed pellet reactor (BPR) was used to investigate a CaCO3 crystallization process for the recovery of CO2 in a Direct Air Capture (DAC) process. The BPR performance was validated against data from a pilot-scale unit. Subsequently, the pellet growth under process-relevant conditions was studied over a period of 144 h. The experimental results with the BPR, containing a bed of pellets sized between 0.65 and 0.84 mm, have shown that a calcium retention of 80% can be achieved at a fluidization velocity of 60 m h-1 and a calcium loading rate of 3 mol h-1. This result is consistent with calcium retention observed at pilot scale operation and hence, results from the BPR are considered representative for the pilot scale unit. Starting with a bed of pellets sized between 0.15 and 0.5 mm, the average pellet growth rate, G, at the reactor bottom increased from 8.1E-10 to 11E–10 m s-1 at the onset and decreased to 4.9E–10 m s-1 over the course of a 144 h test. The calcium retention over the course the test showed the same trend (initial increase and final decrease) as the pellet growth rate. A theoretical bed growth model was developed and validatedmore »
- Authors:
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- The Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
- Carbon Engineering Ltd., Squamish, BC (Canada)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Carbon Engineering Ltd., Squamish, BC (Canada)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1408912
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1549408
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0026861
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Online); Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2213-3437
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Direct air capture; Crystallization; CaCO3; Fluidized bed crystallization; Particle growth rate
Citation Formats
Burhenne, Luisa, Giacomin, Caroline, Follett, Trevor, Ritchie, Jane, McCahill, Jenny S. J., and Mérida, Walter. Characterization of reactive CaCO3 crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor as a central process of direct air capture. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jece.2017.10.047.
Burhenne, Luisa, Giacomin, Caroline, Follett, Trevor, Ritchie, Jane, McCahill, Jenny S. J., & Mérida, Walter. Characterization of reactive CaCO3 crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor as a central process of direct air capture. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.10.047
Burhenne, Luisa, Giacomin, Caroline, Follett, Trevor, Ritchie, Jane, McCahill, Jenny S. J., and Mérida, Walter. Wed .
"Characterization of reactive CaCO3 crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor as a central process of direct air capture". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.10.047. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1408912.
@article{osti_1408912,
title = {Characterization of reactive CaCO3 crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor as a central process of direct air capture},
author = {Burhenne, Luisa and Giacomin, Caroline and Follett, Trevor and Ritchie, Jane and McCahill, Jenny S. J. and Mérida, Walter},
abstractNote = {A laboratory-scale, fluidized-bed pellet reactor (BPR) was used to investigate a CaCO3 crystallization process for the recovery of CO2 in a Direct Air Capture (DAC) process. The BPR performance was validated against data from a pilot-scale unit. Subsequently, the pellet growth under process-relevant conditions was studied over a period of 144 h. The experimental results with the BPR, containing a bed of pellets sized between 0.65 and 0.84 mm, have shown that a calcium retention of 80% can be achieved at a fluidization velocity of 60 m h-1 and a calcium loading rate of 3 mol h-1. This result is consistent with calcium retention observed at pilot scale operation and hence, results from the BPR are considered representative for the pilot scale unit. Starting with a bed of pellets sized between 0.15 and 0.5 mm, the average pellet growth rate, G, at the reactor bottom increased from 8.1E-10 to 11E–10 m s-1 at the onset and decreased to 4.9E–10 m s-1 over the course of a 144 h test. The calcium retention over the course the test showed the same trend (initial increase and final decrease) as the pellet growth rate. A theoretical bed growth model was developed and validated against data from the pilot scale and benchtop pellet reactors. The model was used to calculate the bed porosity and total pellet surface area in each control volume. Lastly, the pellet surface area growth at the bottom of the reactor reproduced the pellet growth and retention data trends.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jece.2017.10.047},
journal = {Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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