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Calcium looping method was considered as one of the efficient and cost-effective options to mitigate CO2 emission from coal combustion and gasification processes. The decay of CO2 capture capacity for the CaO-based sorbent over multiple carbonation/calcination cycles is of a great concern and hinder its application in the realistic CO2 capture process. A CaO-ZrO2 sorbent was synthesized using the novel sol-gel combustion synthesis (SGCS) method and its reaction characteristics were further evaluated under the realistic condition, where the calcination temperature was set as 950°C and the clacination atmosphere adopted was pure CO2. The experimental results over 18 looping cycles for the synthetic CaO-ZrO2 sorbents indicated that the decay of CO2 capture and conversion under the realistic calcination condition was not avoided due to the severe sintering, and Ca8Zr2 should be preferred in the realistic CO2 capture process with regard to its reaction characteristics (including its CO2 capture capacity, conversion and deactivation constant) and economical factor. Finally, observation of the Ca8Zr2 sorbent over 18 cycles by FSEM (field emission scanning electron microscopy) revealed that the decaying of its CO2 capture capacity was mainly resulted from the closure of mesopores present in the targeted sorbents.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.50906030 and 50936001), Chinese Science Foundation for Post Doctorate Research (serial no. 686 for the 49th batch, and partial funding from National Basic Research Program (2010CB227003, 2011CB707301).
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Wang, B., Zhao, H., Zheng, Y., Liu, Z., Zheng, C. (2013). Preparation and Application of the SGCS-Made CaO/ZrO2 Sorbent for Cyclic CO2 Capture. In: Qi, H., Zhao, B. (eds) Cleaner Combustion and Sustainable World. ISCC 2011. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30445-3_156
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