Engineering benefits of mass recirculation in novel energy technologies with CO2 capture

Summary. Mass recirculation is an attractive approach that can substantially enhance CO 2 separation and fuel conversion processes in energy generating systems. The paper is organised such that first, an overview of efficient and novel CO 2 separation processes is provided. Next, novel energy technologies with CO 2 capture are discussed with special emphasis given to engineering benefits of mass recirculation. Finally, main principles of enhancement of energy technologies with CO 2 capture by mass recirculation are concisely expounded. 1. INTRODUCTION Several significant research initiatives have been recently directed at energy generating systems with CO 2 capture [6, 25, 36]. The problem of CO 2 capture seems to stimulate new technological advances in energy generation, e.g. oxy-fuel combustion, renewable fuels, H 2 production, fuel cells [30], and membrane separations [24]. Mass recirculation is an approach that enables to recycle reaction products back to a fuel converter which is beneficial to fuel conversion and CO

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