Assessment on the Application of Facilitated Transport Membranes in Cement Plants for CO2 Capture

Carbon dioxide capture from cement plant flue gas can play an important role in mitigating CO2 emission that lead to climate change. Among all the technologies evaluated, membranes have potential to be one of the most energy-efficient and low-cost CO2 capture option. In this work, a novel membrane t...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 16; p. 4772
Main Authors Ferrari, Maria-Chiara, Amelio, Antonio, Nardelli, Giuseppe Marino, Costi, Riccardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2021
Subjects
Amines
carbon capture
Carbon dioxide
Carbon sequestration
Cement
Cement plants
Climate change
Clinker
Emission analysis
Energy demand
Energy efficiency
facilitated transport
Flue gas
Gases
Industrial plant emissions
Membranes
Steam
Technology
Italy
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Summary:Carbon dioxide capture from cement plant flue gas can play an important role in mitigating CO2 emission that lead to climate change. Among all the technologies evaluated, membranes have potential to be one of the most energy-efficient and low-cost CO2 capture option. In this work, a novel membrane technology, Facilitated Transport Membranes (FTMs), is assessed to further reduce energy demand and cost for CO2 capture in a cement plant. A new process that employs FTMs is simulated and applied to a real clinker production plant in Italy (Colacem, Gubbio). The process is then compared with other carbon capture technologies. Results show that the FTM technology can be competitive with other technologies despite the need of steam to operate the membrane. Despite the benefit in terms of specific emission compared to more established absorption with liquid amines process, further improvements on membrane performances are needed to gain also an economic advantage for carbon capture in the cement industry.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14164772