Effective direct steam regeneration of bis-iminoguanidine solid sorbent used for carbon dioxide capture

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Abstract

A cost-effective, energy-efficient sorbent regeneration process for phase-changing guanidines used for CO2 capture was developed based on direct-steam stripping. This approach enhances the regeneration rate, simplifies the overall CO2 capture process, and reduces the energy cost compared to conventional conductive thermal regeneration. A direct-steam sorbent regeneration reactor was developed, demonstrating that aqueous bis(iminoguanidines) (BIG) sorbents, e.g., methylglyoxal-bis(iminoguanidine) (MGBIG) and glyoxal-bis(iminoguanidine) (GBIG), could be efficiently regenerated with up to ∼ 99 % CO2 recovery through direct-steam stripping. Using low-temperature steam at 100 °C, a 4.5 times faster regeneration rate for GBIG carbonate sorbent (e.g., 30 min for 10 g) was demonstrated compared to conductive-heating (e.g., 135 min for 10 g) at 130 °C. Additionally, fully regenerated MGBIG converts into an aqueous MGBIG solution when the steam condenses onto the sorbent surface. Condensed steam with the guanidine can be easily recycled as an aqueous solution into the gas–liquid contactor to achieve a continuous-flow CO2-capture process. Molecular dynamics simulation was employed to provide a better understanding of the process. Higher heat transfer rates from steam to guanidine carbonate, compared to air heating, were attributed to the vibration resonance of water molecules within MGBIG with that of vapor molecules and the effective transfer of kinetic energy from vapor to solid. Technoeconomic analysis demonstrated that direct-steam stripping significantly decreases the CO2 capture cost by 50 % compared to traditional conductive heating methods. Enhanced mass transfer facilitated by low-temperature steam and subsequent condensation effectively heats up the H2O-containing BIG-carbonate crystals, facilitating the desorption of CO2 from the solid crystals, thereby leading to fast, effective, and energy-efficient sorbent regeneration.

Original languageEnglish
Article number153469
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume495
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2024

Funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Technology Transitions, through a Technology Commercialization Fund supported by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. XRD characterization was performed at the Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory. CNMS is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. This research used resources from the Compute and Data Environment for Science (CADES) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).

FundersFunder number
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Data Environment for Science
U.S. Department of Energy
CADES
Office of ScienceDE-AC05-00OR22725

    Keywords

    • CO capture
    • Phase-changing guanidine
    • Sorbent regeneration
    • Steam stripping

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