Energy Efficient Solvents for CO2 Capture by Gas-Liquid Absorption: Compounds, Blends and Advanced Solvent Systems

by Wojciech M. Budzianowski (Editor)

Overview

This book reviews and characterises promising single-compound solvents, solvent blends and advanced solvent systems suitable for CO2 capture applications using gas-liquid absorption.

Focusing on energy efficient solvents with minimal adverse environmental impact, the contributions included analyse the major technological advantages, as well as research and development challenges of promising solvents and solvent systems in various sustainable CO2 capture applications.

It provides a valuable source of information for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for chemical engineers and energy specialists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319472614
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	12/03/2016
Series:	Green Energy and Technology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Dr. Wojciech Budzianowski obtained a Ph.D. in chemical engineering (1998) with a thesis topic relating to reactive gas-liquid absorption. His research work has been dedicated to energy systems and one of his areas of active research has been CO2 capture. In 2014 he obtained a D.Sc. in mechanical engineering (field - energy). He has published several papers on CO2 capture by gas-liquid absorption which received international citations underlining that the topic attracts significant audiences.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Carbon Dioxide Capture by Gas-liquid Absorption in Nature, Industry, and Perspectives for the Energy Sector and Beyond.- Assessment of Thermodynamic Efficiency of Carbon Dioxide Separation in Capture Plants by Using Gas-liquid Absorption.- Process Implications of CO2 Capture Solvent Selection.- Useful Mechanisms, Energy Efficiency Benefits, and Challenges of Emerging Innovative Advanced Solvent Based Capture Processes.- Phase Change Solvents for CO2 Capture Applications.- Aqueous Amino Acid Salts and Their Blends as Efficient Absorbents for CO2 Capture.- Ionic Liquids: Advanced Solvents for CO2 Capture.- Amine-blends Screening and Characterization for CO2 Post-combustion Capture.- Post-combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture with Aqueous (Piperazine + 2-amino-2methyl-1-propanol) Blended Solvent: Performance Evaluation and Analysis of Energy Requirements.- Energy Efficient Absorbents for Industry Promising Carbon Dioxide Capture.- The AbsorptionKinetics of CO2 into Ionic Liquid- CO2 Binding Organic Liquid and Hybrid Solvents.- Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Solutions of Linear Polyamines.