CO2 Capture Using Novel Biomass Derived Carbon Dissertation

System Diagram :
PSI
Check valve
3 ways valve
GFC
Reactor
GFC
ON/OFF valve
N2 CO2
Co2 Data
Temperature device
Analyser
Experimental :
1)Preparation of sorbent :
A six different samples laboratory prepared was provided for the experiment . All samples are
mesoporous and have the same biomass base which is walnut shells ,but the different between them is that
each sample has been activated in different compound at 800 °C as following :
Sample Lab Performance

WS -CO2 no PEI Done
WS- K2CO3 no PEI Done
WS-CO2 – 1% PEI Done
WS-CO2 – 3% PEI Done
WS-CO2- 5% PEI Done
WS-Fe(NO3)3-1% PEI Done
WS-Fe(NO3)3-3% PEI Need to be repeated (errors in CO2
Concentration readings )
WS-Fe(NO3)3-5% PEI Done
WS-K2CO3 – 1%PEI Done
WS-K2CO3 – 3%PEI No need to be done / Results :can be
replaced with WS- K2CO3 no PEI
WS-K2CO3 – 5%PEI Done
CM4-1% PEI
CM4-3% PEI
CM4-5 %PEI
CM5-1% PEI
CM5-3% PEI
CM5-5%PEI
CM6-1%PEI
CM6-3% PEI
CM6-5% PEI
The wet impregnation procedure was used to create the polyethylenimine PEI-loaded Walnut-shell
(biomass derived carbon material) . MW=600 PEI was used to be dissolved in around 15 g of methanol at
40-45 °C (taking into account the amount of heat loss while stirring ) with stirring for 10 min (To avoid
methanol evaporation the solution was covered by a glass lid while it’s stirring ) , then a 0.99 g of carbon
material was added to the solution with further stirring for 8 hour to preform the sorbent .After the 8 hour
is ended, the temperature was closed and the lid was removed were the sorbent was still under mixing
condition for overnight (to make sure that the liquid (methanol) is evaporated ) after that the sorbent was
moved to the oven for around 5 to 8 hour at least, to make sure that the methanol is totally evaporated and
the sorbent has been dried . The wet impregnation process uses methanol in its procedure as a solvent to
dissolve the PEI . the wet impregnation procedure was repeated with different polyethylenimine
(PEI )concentration ( 1% / 3% / 5%) on the six samples.
1.2)Co2 Capture :
The amount of CO2 capture was determined by using adsorption / desorption system . A fixed-bed flow
adsorber running at atmospheric pressure 1 PSI was used to perform the sorption separation of CO2 from
the CO2/N2 gas mixture. A 0.5g of sorbent was loaded in the fixed bed reactor supported with glazed
wool to possess the sorbent in the middle of the reactor and to avoid sorbent leakage into the streams of the
system a day before running the experiment, under a N2 flow rate of 50 mL/min to clear the sorbent from
any air or gases might be attached to it from the wet impregnation process or during the drying / heating of
the sorbent in the oven by any chance . The reason after choosing 100 C temperature to run the sorbent
over a night is due to the PEI properties .When the sorbent is been heated at a high temperature for a long
period of time it may cause PEI evaporation which will cause a glitch in the process performance. Before
setting on the adsorption operation , it must be keened that the system is cooled down by observing the
temperature at a room temperature degree(20-25C) , flow rate is around 40ml/min and Co2 concentration
is stabled at an amount around 15 mol % . After the system is been eligible to operate ,a dry N2/CO2
mixture was let in through the tube at a CO2 flow rate around 6 mL/min and 34mL/min of N2 flow rate
that is equivalent to a total flow rate of 40 mL/min .The gas flow rate was controlled by the TIO totalizer
input/output appliance .It was noticeable that the captured CO2 concentration was preformed well .The
system was attached with a data analyser to get the Co2 readings . Then the desorption process begins. The
sorbent was heated at a 100 C temperature for 1hour under a 100 mL/min N2 flow rate to regenerate . On
the same sample, several CO2 adsorption/desorption cycles were performed to assess its stability for CO2
capture.
1.3)Blank Test :
Before introducing the sorbent into the system , A blank test operation was preformed for the system to
examine the errors and calibrated for gas composition changes by blank run. Glazed wool and glass bead were
used to run the test before it was used for samples .Those materials were used as a supporters to hold the
sorbent inside the reactor ,avoiding the scattering of sorbent into it. They were involved into the tube (reactor)
during the blank test to check there ability of capturing CO2 and after the test was accomplished is was
noticeable that the glazed wool and glass bead are incapable of capturing CO2 . So they were approved to be
used during the experiment as a supporter materials for the sorbent . The blank test was run under the same
conditions of the adsorption / desorption process .
Results and dissusion :

4)Characterization of the sorbent :
TGA – DSC
FTIR
BET
5) IGA Process :
Another adsorption / desorption process with different conditions (low temperature)

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System Diagram :

Sample Lab Performance

Results and dissusion :

Another adsorption / desorption process with different conditions (low temperature)

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