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Methods for the Recovery of CO2 from Chemical Solvents

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 38

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Regarding the increasing rate of greenhouse gases emission such as CO2, and subsequently the global warming issue, recovery of CO2 exhausted from industry, and also its utilization is of paramount importance. There are several practical methods to capture CO2 involving physical and chemical absorption, adsorption, membrane and cryogenic technologies, among which the chemical absorption through solvent commonly amines; e.g., primary, secondary and tertiary amines is considered to be most efficient method due to high CO2 capacity arising from the reaction taking place between the solvent and CO2. However, two major obstacles encounter this method including high energy requirement for solvent regeneration and developing novel solvent to enhance CO2 absorption capacity, when conventional absorption/desorption process is applied.

To address the mentioned obstacles, one can either employ membrane technology or develop more suitable chemical solvents. Many investigators have dealt with developing novel solvents including blending of amin-based solvents, potassium carbonate, metal hydroxide solutions e.g., Sodium hydroxide, ammonia aqueous solution. In addition, membrane technology can either be applied for both absorption and desorption process simultaneously, or it can be joined to the conventional process. If it is aimed to join membrane technology with the conventional process, some novel processes including membrane flash, electrodialysis membrane and electrolysis membrane are substituted with the desorption section of the conventional processes.

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Abbreviations

AEM:

Anion exchange membrane

AHPD:

2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol

AMP:

2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol

BPM:

Bipolar membrane

C2H4O:

Ethylene oxide

C8H23N5:

Tetraethylenepentamine

CEM:

Cation exchange membrane

CFC:

Chlorofluorocarbons

CH3:

Methyl

CH4:

Methane

CO2:

Carbon dioxide

DEPG:

Dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol

ETA:

Ethanolamine

H3AsO3:

Arsenious acid

H3BO3:

Boric acid

IPCC:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

K2CO3:

potassium carbonate

MDEA:

Methyldiethanolamine

MEA:

Monoethanolamine

MeOH:

Methanol

NaHCO3:

Sodium bicarbonate

NaOH:

Sodium hydroxide

NH3:

Ammonia

NMP:

Normal methyl pyrrolidone

NO:

Nitrogen Oxide

O2:

Oxygen

PC:

Propylene carbonate

PE:

polyethylene

PFA:

Poly(tetrafluoroethylen-co-perfluorovinylether)

PM:

2-Piperadine methanol

PP:

Polypropylene

PTFE:

Polytetrafluoroethylene

PVDF:

Polyvinylidene fluoride

PZ:

Piperazine

PZEA:

2-(1-piperazinyl)-ethylamine

SF6:

Sulfur hexafluoride

SO2:

Sulfur dioxide

SOx:

Sulfur Oxides

TBP:

Tributyl phosphate

T-S1:

Titanium silicate

UOP LLC:

Universal Oil Products

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Ebrahimzadeh Sarvestani, M., Raeisi, M., Rahimpour, M.R. (2019). Methods for the Recovery of CO2 from Chemical Solvents. In: Inamuddin, Asiri, A., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 38. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29337-6_9

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