Influence of temperature on membrane distillation-crystallization for application in CO2 capture
(2016) International conferences “Green Chemistry and white biotechnology” — Location: Gembloux, Belgium (12.May.2016)
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- Membrane contactors are shown as a promising technology to be applied in the industry. Conventional processes, such as stripping, liquid–liquid extraction operations, crystallization and phase transfer catalysis may be performed with this technology. In fact, traditional equipment as evaporators or crystallizers may be progressively substituted in many cases by membrane configurations because of their advantages: operational flexibility, controlled and known interfacial area, linear scale-up, compact and less energy-consuming. Obtaining crystals with membrane contactors is one of the new areas of research. The membrane’s role is to act as a non-selective barrier able to permit the mass transfer between two phases produced by the driving force (difference of concentration, temperature and/or pressure between phases). Crystallization will take place because of the saturation of the feed solution when the water leaves the feed by permeating through the fibers. Crystallization of Na2CO3 using a membrane contactor is proposed in this work as the last stage of a whole integrated membrane system for the capture of CO2: the general objective is to capture CO2 from flue gases and to convert it into a valuable product (Na2CO3) by using NaCl solution as the only material source. Previous works proved the technical viability of this approach. This work gives a step forward by evaluating membrane distillation-crystallization (MDC) to obtain pure Na2CO3 when a temperature gradient and an osmotic solution are involved. The hollow fiber membrane contactor Liqui-Cel® Extra-Flow 2.5 x 8 (Membrana GmbH, Germany) was used as membrane crystallizer. The feed and osmotic solution presented concentrations from 100 to 200 g/L and 100 to 300 g/L, respectively. Na2CO3 and NaCl flowrates ranged from 15 to 500 ml/min and 50 to 1400 ml/min, respectively (counter-current mode). The temperature influence was studied from room temperature up to 40°C. Results of mass transfer coefficients and transmembrane fluxes allows characterizing the system. To do this, the influence of the driving forces produced by the concentration difference of the compounds involved and the temperature gradient were evaluated. Thus, the best operating conditions to minimize the required membrane area and energy consumption can be determined..
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Ruiz Salmon, I., Janssens, R., Tinant, C., & Luis Alconero, P. (2016). Influence of temperature on membrane distillation-crystallization for application in CO2 capture. International conferences “Green Chemistry and white biotechnology”, Gembloux, Belgium. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/178826