CO2 Absorption Rate Improvement of an Amino Acid Salt Solvent with an Inorganic Promoter
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CO2 Absorption Rate Improvement of an Amino Acid Salt Solvent with an Inorganic Promoter vorgelegt von Dipl.-Ing. Diego Andrés Kuettel geb. in Madrid (Spanien) von der Fakultät III - Prozesswissenschaften der Technischen Universität Berlin zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften -Dr.-Ing.- genehmigte Dissertation Promotionsausschuss: Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Felix Ziegler Gutachter: Prof. Dr. George Tsatsaronis Gutachterin: Prof. Dr. Tetyana Morozyuk Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Klaus Görner Tag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 6. November 2015 Berlin 2016 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1 1.1. Evolution of Acidic Gas Treatment ...............................................................................................2 1.1.1. Acidic Impurity Removal ...........................................................................................3 1.1.2. Purification of Synthesis Gas ....................................................................................4 1.1.3. Carbon Dioxide Recovery from Combustion Flue Gases .........................................6 1.1.4. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) .........................................................................8 1.2. The PostCapTM Process .............................................................................................................9 1.3. Motivation and Scope .................................................................................................................11 2. Basic Principles ..................................................................................................................13 2.1. Gas Absorption ...........................................................................................................................14 2.1.1. Film Theory .............................................................................................................14 2.1.2. Diffusion Rate .........................................................................................................15 2.1.3. Enhancement of Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction .......................................16 2.1.4. Conventional Chemical Solvents for CO2 Capture .................................................19 2.3. Amine-CO2 Reaction Chemistry ................................................................................................22 2.4. Amino Acid Salt Solvents ...........................................................................................................24 2.4.1. AAS properties ........................................................................................................24 2.4.2. CO2 Absorption with AAS .......................................................................................25 2.4.3. Addition of an Absorption Rate Promoter ................................................................26 2.5. State of the Art CO2 Recovery Plant ..........................................................................................28 2.6. Carbon Capture Performance Variables ....................................................................................30 2.7. Key Operating Variables .............................................................................................................31 2.7.1. Column Packing Height ..........................................................................................31 2.7.2. Solvent Flow Rate ...................................................................................................31 2.7.3. Absorber Operating Temperature ............................................................................31 2.7.4. Solvent Strength .....................................................................................................31 !i 2.8. Carbon Capture Plant Scale-Up .................................................................................................32 3. Absorption Rate Measurement in the Stirred Cell ..............................................................35 3.1. CO2 Absorption Rate Promoters ................................................................................................36 3.1.1. Chemical Properties ...............................................................................................36 3.1.2. Promoter Ranking Criteria ......................................................................................37 3.2. Experiment Setup and Procedure ..............................................................................................38 3.2.1. Experiment Setup ...................................................................................................38 3.2.2. Experiment Procedure ............................................................................................40 3.2.3. Experiment Conditions ............................................................................................41 3.2.4. Results Interpretation ..............................................................................................41 3.3. Solvent Kinetic Measurement..................................................................................................... 43 3.4. Screening Study .........................................................................................................................45 3.4.1. Toxicity ....................................................................................................................45 3.4.2. Promoter Enhancement Factor ...............................................................................46 3.4.3. PROM-1 Solubility ..................................................................................................49 3.4.4. Market Price ............................................................................................................51 3.4.5. Promoter Selection .................................................................................................51 3.5. Further Pressure Drop Experiments ...........................................................................................52 3.5.1. Promoter Enhancement Effect at Different CO2 Loadings ...........................................52 3.5.2. Promoter Enhancement Effect on Other AAS Solvents ..........................................53 3.5.3. Promoter Enhancement Effect with Co-Promoter ...................................................54 3.6. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................57 4. Rate Promoter Laboratory Testing in the Mini Plant ...........................................................59 4.1. Reboiler Heat Duty for CO2 Desorption .....................................................................................60 4.2. Experiment Setup and Procedure ..............................................................................................63 4.2.1. Siemens Mini Plant .................................................................................................63 4.2.2. Operating Variables ................................................................................................64 4.2.3. Measuring Procedure .............................................................................................65 !ii 4.3. Results and Discussion ..............................................................................................................66 4.4. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................69 5. Rate Promoter Testing under Real Gas Conditions ...........................................................71 5.1. Pilot Plant vs. Mini Plant .............................................................................................................72 5.2. Experimental Setup and Procedure ...........................................................................................73 5.2.1. Pilot Plant Description .............................................................................................73 5.2.2. Operating Variables ................................................................................................76 5.2.3. Experimental Procedure .........................................................................................76 5.3. Results and Discussion ..............................................................................................................78 5.3.1. Capture Rate ..........................................................................................................78 5.4. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................80 6. Promoted CCS+ Model Development in Aspen Plus® ......................................................81 6.1. Basics 82 6.1.1. Process Flow Diagram ............................................................................................82 6.1.2. Bravo Rocha Fair 92’ Mass Transfer Correlation ....................................................83 6.1.3. Thermo-physical Properties ....................................................................................83 6.1.4. Chemical Reaction ..................................................................................................84 6.1.5. Column Properties ..................................................................................................84