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Experimental and numerical characterization of a new structured packing for CO 2 capture
Author(s) -
Hüser Nicole,
Yazgi Murat,
Hugen Thorsten,
Rietfort Thomas,
Kenig Eugeny Y.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.16375
Subject(s) - flue gas , pressure drop , structured packing , pilot plant , coal fired power plant , materials science , process engineering , power consumption , power station , work (physics) , drop (telecommunication) , coal , mechanics , inclination angle , power (physics) , characterization (materials science) , reduction (mathematics) , waste management , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , mathematics , structural engineering , geometry , nanotechnology , physics , mass transfer
Structured packings with a low pressure drop can reduce the energy consumption of CO 2 capture plants. In this work, an experimental and a numerical study of a new structured packing with an inclination angle of 75° were carried out. The packing performance was compared to that of a state‐of‐the‐art packing with an inclination angle of 45°. Experimental results revealed that the specific pressure drop can be reduced by over 90%, whereas for the separation efficiency, only a small reduction was found. Simulations were conducted for industrial‐scale flue‐gas conditions of a gas‐fired and a coal‐fired power plant. For the coal‐fired power plant, only a slight reduction of the separation efficiency was found, while for the gas‐fired power plant, there was even no reduction. Thus, both experimental and simulation results revealed a high potential of the new packing, which appears to be a good alternative to conventional packings in CO 2 capture applications. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 64: 4053–4065, 2018

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