Modified CaO-based sorbent looping cycle for CO2 mitigation

Abstract CaO-based sorbent looping cycle, i.e. cyclic calcination/carbonation, is one of the most interesting technologies for CO 2 capture during coal combustion and gasification processes. In order to improve the durability of limestone during the multiple calcination/carbonation cycles, modified limestone with acetic acid solution was proposed as an CO 2 sorbent. The cyclic carbonation conversions of modified limestone and original one were investigated in a twin fixed bed reactor system. The modified limestone shows the optimum carbonation conversion at the carbonation temperature of 650 °C and achieves a conversion of 0.5 after 20 cycles. The original limestone exhibits the maximum carbonation conversion of 0.15 after 20 cycles. Conversion of the modified limestone decreases slightly as the calcination temperature increases from 920 °C to 1100 °C with the number of cycles, while conversion of the original one displays a sharp decay at the same reaction conditions. The durability of the modified limestone is significantly better than the original one during the multiple cycles because mean grain size of CaO derived from the modified limestone is lower than that from the original one at the same reaction conditions. The calcined modified limestone shows higher surface area and pore volume than the calcined original one with the number of cycles, and pore size distribution of the modified limestone is superior to the original one after the same number of calcinations.

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