3D-printed activated carbon for post-combustion CO2 capture

Zafanelli LF, Henrique A, Steldinger H, Diaz de Tuesta JL, Gläsel J, Rodrigues AE, Gomes HT, Etzold BJ, Silva JA (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials Elsevier

Book Volume: 335

Article Number: 111818

DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.111818

Abstract

The applicability of 3D-printed activated carbons for their use to CO2 capture in post-combustion streams and the influence of activation conditions on CO2 uptake and CO2 to N2 selectivity were studied. For two monoliths with the same open cellular foam geometry but low and high burnoff during activation, a series of fixed-bed breakthrough adsorption experiments under typical post-combustion conditions, in a wide range of temperature (313 and 373 K), and partial pressure of CO2 up to 120 kPa were carried out. It is shown that the higher burnoff during activation of the 3D printed carbon enhances the adsorption capacity of CO2 and N2 due to the increased specific surface area with sorption uptakes that can reach 3.17 mol/kg at 313 K and 120 kPa. Nevertheless, the lower burnoff time on monolith 1 leads to higher selectivity of CO2 over N2, up to 18 against 10 on monolith 2, considering a binary interaction to a mixture of CO2/N2 (15/85 vol%) at 313 K. The single and multicomponent adsorption equilibrium is conveniently described through the dual-site Langmuir isotherm model, while the breakthrough curves simulated using a dynamic fixed-bed adsorption linear driving force model. Working capacities for the 3D printed carbon with lower burnoff time lead to the best results, varying of 0.15–1.1 mol/kg for the regeneration temperature 300–390 K. Finally, consecutive adsorption-desorption experiments show excellent stability and regenerability for both 3D printed activated carbon monoliths and the whole study underpins the high potential of these materials for CO2 capture in post-combustion streams.

Authors with CRIS profile

Jan-Sebastian Gläsel
Bastian Etzold

Involved external institutions

Polytechnic Institute of Bragança / Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB) PT Portugal (PT) Technische Universität Darmstadt DE Germany (DE) Universidade do Porto PT Portugal (PT)

How to cite

APA:

Zafanelli, L.F., Henrique, A., Steldinger, H., Diaz de Tuesta, J.L., Gläsel, J., Rodrigues, A.E.,... Silva, J.A. (2022). 3D-printed activated carbon for post-combustion CO2 capture. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.111818

MLA:

Zafanelli, Lucas F.A.S., et al. "3D-printed activated carbon for post-combustion CO2 capture." Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 335 (2022).

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