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Title High performance CO2 capture at elevated temperatures by using cenospheres prepared from solid waste, fly ash
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Authors Mankar, JS; Rayalu, SS; Balasubramanian, R; Krupadam, RJ
Title High performance CO2 capture at elevated temperatures by using cenospheres prepared from solid waste, fly ash
Year 2021
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131405
Abstract Cenospheres (CS) are spherical shaped inorganic frameworks present in with fly ash which is generated from coal-fired thermal power plants. These spherical structures were functionalized with imidazole and amine moieties to capture CO2 selectively from flue gases at elevated temperature. The functionalized CS have shown a high selectivity for CO2 adsorption (4.68 mmol g-1) over N2 (0.46 mmol g-1) at 333 K/1 bar from a simulated flue gas (0.15 CO2 and 0.85 N2, v%) composition of thermal power plants. When the moisture content reached to 30 vol% the adsorption capacity of CS materials was reduced to 20 vol% as compared to dry flue gas. The functionalized CS can be used repeatedly for 50 cycles without losing its adsorption capacity. The cost estimate for CO2 capture by using the proposed adsorption system would be $12.01/ton of CO2 which is lower as compared to amine absorption system and zeolite-based adsorption system reported in the literature. The CS materials are prepared from solid wastes reduce the cost of production and their large scale manufacturing is technically feasible to capture CO2 from industrial flue gases efficiently in near future.
Author Keywords Cenospheres; CO2 capture; Adsorption; Molecular modeling; Circular economy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000704952600005
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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