Low energy packed tower and caustic recovery for direct capture of CO2 from air

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1535-1542

  Mahmoudkhani, M ^a   Heidel, K R ^a   Ferreira, J C ^a   Keith, D W ^a   Cherry, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air capture; Direct causticization; Leaching; Packed tower; Precipitation; Titanate

Indexed keywords

AIR SPEED; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; DIRECT CAPTURE; DIRECT CAUSTICIZATION; DUTY CYCLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID PUMPING; HEAT REQUIREMENTS; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; KOH SOLUTION; LIME CYCLE; LOW ENERGIES; NOVEL PROCESS; PACKED TOWER; PRECIPITATION; TITANATE;

LEACHING; PROCESS DESIGN; PUMPS;

TOWERS;

EID: 67650099049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.01.201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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