Improved Energy Efficient Sorbent System for CO2 Capture
Climate change is one of the most debated environmental issues today, and discussion about how we can control this issue is widespread. One of the biggest impacts of climate change is Carbon Dioxide (𝐶𝑂2). As energy-related emissions climb and greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere, there has been a big initiative to find solutions to diminish the effects of excessive 𝐶𝑂2. Concentrated 𝐶𝑂2 from the combustion of fossil fuels, flue gas, can be captured and used for other industrial processes. The purpose of this research is to find an improved system that will effectively enhance absorption and desorption of 𝐶𝑂2 with would make the carbon capture process economically viable and still being environmentally sustainable. This improved system involves using monoethanolamine (MEA) sorbent and activated carbon. The proposed solution includes using MEA sorbent and activated carbon as the catalyst to improve heat and mass transfer, and reaction kinetic to further enhance the carbon capture process.