Abstract

Intensified regenerator/stripper using rotating packed bed (RPB) for regeneration of rich-MEA solvent in post-combustion CO2 capture with chemical absorption process was studied through modelling and simulation in this paper. This is the first systematic study of RPB regenerator through modelling as there is no such publication in the open literature. Correlations for liquid and gas mass transfer coefficients, heat transfer coefficient, liquid hold-up, interfacial area and pressure drop which are suitable for RPB regenerator were written in visual FORTRAN as subroutines and then dynamically linked with Aspen Plus® rate-based model to replace the default mass and heat transfer correlations in the Aspen Plus®. The model now represents intensified regenerator/stripper. Model validation shows good agreement between model predictions and experimental data from literature. Process analyses were performed to investigate the effect of rotor speed on the regeneration efficiency and regeneration energy (including motor power). The rotor speed was varied from 200 to 1200rpm, which was selected to cover the validation range of rotor speed. Impact of reboiler temperature on the rate of CO2 stripping was also investigated. Effect of rich-MEA flow rate on regeneration energy and regeneration efficiency was studied. All the process analyses were done for wide range of MEA concentration (32.6wt%, 50wt% and 60wt%). Comparative study between regenerator using packed column and intensified regenerator using RPB was performed and the study shows a size reduction of 9.691 times. This study indicates that RPB process has great potential in thermal regeneration application.

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