Kps Membrane Contactor Module Combined with Kansai/Mhi Advanced Solvent, KS-1 for CO 2 Separation from Combustion Flue Gases

This chapter focuses on KS-1—a solvent developed for CO 2 capture process (CCP) by Kvaerner Process Systems a.s. (KPS) membrane contactor and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI). The KPS membrane contactor and Kansai/MHI, KS-1 solvent both pose technical advantages to the current convention of CO 2 capture processes, respectively. This test was undertaken in order to determine the extent of advantages the combined process holds over the current standard of CO 2 capture. Data was recovered for the construction of a mathematical model regarding the performance of the combined process. This data were in turn, used for the scale-up calculations for a CO 2 capture plant at a 350 MW power plant. In the second phase of the CCP project, the principle of a membrane water wash unit was tested in a small-scale laboratory unit. This was done to verify the upscale calculations done for a membrane water wash unit in the first phase of the project.