Abstract
CO2 removal from gaseous streams is one of the most important separation tasks in this decade. Adsorption processes can contribute in a wide range to this topic, thus an enormous effort is performed respectively in research and industry. In two scenarios the competitiveness of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and vacuum pressure swing adsorption technology is assessed: Carbon capture from hydrogen production by steam methane reforming for enhanced oil recovery and CO2 removal from direct reduction processes for iron making. Additionally, industrial requirements, project as well as operation driven, have to be considered. Robustness and stable operation is as important as optimized captial expenditure and operational expenditure. Considering economical and operational aspects PSA processes are the most attractive alternatives in the presented scenarios.
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
US Energy Information Administration.
US Energy Information Administration.
International Energy Agency.
Abbreviations
- CAPEX:
-
Captial expenditure
- EOR:
-
Enhanced oil recovery
- OECD:
-
Organisation for economic co-operation and development
- OPEX:
-
Operational expenditure
- PSA:
-
Pressure swing adsorption
- SMR:
-
Steam methane reformer
- VPSA:
-
Vacuum pressure swing adsorption
- EOR:
-
Enhanced oil recovery
References
Benkmann, C., et al.: DE 10 2005 010 050 A1 (2005)
De Connick, E., et al.: Presentation on ULCOS SC-21 meeting. Brussels (2012)
Kandziora, C.: New solvent based post combustion CO2 capture in power plants: a joint development and commercial application. COAL-GEN EUROPE, Warsaw (2012)
Melzer, L.S.: CO2 Transport—building on the current framework to meet the demands of widely deployed, commercial scale CCS systems, 6th annual conference on carbon capture and sequestration, Pittsburgh (2007)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Voss, C. CO2 removal by PSA: an industrial view on opportunities and challenges. Adsorption 20, 295–299 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-013-9574-8
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-013-9574-8