Modeling of carbonation reaction for CaO-based limestone with CO2 in multitudinous calcination-carbonation cycles

Abstract

In the cyclic carbonation-calcination reaction processes, CaO-based solid sorbents have been substantiated to be the effective sorbents for CO2 capture at high temperature. The carbonation reaction has been depicted the carbonation reaction by several kinetic models. Some kinetic models are capable to calculate the intrinsic carbonation rate in the cyclic carbonation-calcination reaction, but the mathematic equation of those models is basically complicated. In this work, a modified model was proposed to delineate the carbonation reaction in multitudinous carbonation-calcination cycles, and was qualified to characterize the whole progression of carbonation reaction in highly cycled particles. The sharp corner is inexistent simultaneously. Additionally, the mathematic equation of this model is apparent simplified. The disconnected pore size distribution is expressed by the log-normal function, and the time evolution of pore structure was also discussed.