Chapter 7 - Kps Membrane Contactor Module Combined with Kansai/Mhi Advanced Solvent, KS-1 for CO2 Separation from Combustion Flue Gases

• Published in: Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations - Results from the CO² Capture Project pp. 133 - 155
• Main Authors: Grønvold, Marianne Søbye, Falk-Pedersen, Olav, Imai, Nobuo, Ishida, Kazuo
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2005
• ISBN: 9780080445700; 0080445705
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044570-0/50092-1

This chapter focuses on KS-1—a solvent developed for CO2 capture process (CCP) by Kvaerner Process Systems a.s. (KPS) membrane contactor and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI). The KPS membrane contactor and Kansai/MHI, KS-1 solvent both pose technical advantages to the current convention of CO2 capture processes, respectively. This test was undertaken in order to determine the extent of advantages the combined process holds over the current standard of CO2 capture. Data was recovered for the construction of a mathematical model regarding the performance of the combined process. This data were in turn, used for the scale-up calculations for a CO2 capture plant at a 350 MW power plant. In the second phase of the CCP project, the principle of a membrane water wash unit was tested in a small-scale laboratory unit. This was done to verify the upscale calculations done for a membrane water wash unit in the first phase of the project.