Experimental and numerical characterization of a new structured packing for CO₂ capture

Abstract

Structured packings with a low pressure drop can reduce the energy consumption of CO2 capture plants. In this work, an experimental and a numerical study of a new structured packing with an inclination angle of 75° were carried out. The packing performance was compared to that of a state‐of‐the‐art packing with an inclination angle of 45°. Experimental results revealed that the specific pressure drop can be reduced by over 90%, whereas for the separation efficiency, only a small reduction was found. Simulations were conducted for industrial‐scale flue‐gas conditions of a gas‐fired and a coal‐fired power plant. For the coal‐fired power plant, only a slight reduction of the separation efficiency was found, while for the gas‐fired power plant, there was even no reduction. Thus, both experimental and simulation results revealed a high potential of the new packing, which appears to be a good alternative to conventional packings in CO2 capture applications. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 64: 4053–4065, 2018

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Recent Advances in Experimental Techniques for Flow and Mass Transfer Analyses in Thermal Separation Systems

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Characterization of New Wire Gauze‐Structured Packing: Experimental Study

“…For investigating the corrugation angle, Julius Montz GmbH and Paderborn University (UPB) developed a new structured packing [39] with enlarging of the inclination angle to 75°. According to the conventional packing (B1-250), the researchers developed the new structured packing denoted as B1-250.75 which has an inclination angle of 45°and a specific surface area of 250 m -1 [39]. In addition, with keeping the specific surface area in 250 m -1 , the corrugation angle is increased for the new structured packing [39,40].…”

“…According to the conventional packing (B1‐250), the researchers developed the new structured packing denoted as B1‐250.75 which has an inclination angle of 45° and a specific surface area of 250 m −1 39. In addition, with keeping the specific surface area in 250 m −1 , the corrugation angle is increased for the new structured packing 39, 40.…”