«This work is the first attempt to develop computer models for fully evaluating and predicting carbon dioxide absorption properties
of amine solutions,» Fourches says.
Not exact matches
Current widespread methods
of carbon capture, such as
amine treating, use liquid
solutions for the treatment
of emissions from chemical plants and refineries.
Nearly all commercially - available efforts at scrubbing greenhouse gasses, GHG's, from emissions use a liquid
solution of water and
amine, derived from ammonia, that contacts the stream, removing CO2 or other unwanted gases.
There's a new CO2 capture technology based on absorption into chilled ammonia / ammonium bicarbonate
solution that's supposed to be half as expensive per unit
of captured CO2 as current
amine absorption technology.
«With our technique, large CO2 separation capacities can be achieved with small temperature swings and regeneration energies that are appreciably lower than what can be achieved with state -
of - the - art aqueous
amine solutions,» Long says.
In a CO2 collecting tower an
amine solution would be pumped up to the top
of the tower and allowed to fall from the top to be collected at the bottom.
As the rising air stream passes over the falling
amine stream, CO2 is absorbed from the air by the
solution which is then collected at the bottom, heated to release the CO2 and then pumped up to the top
of tower again.