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Adsorption/desorption of CO2 on Activated Carbon Fibers Using Electric Swing Adsorption

활성탄소섬유상에서 전기변동법을 이용한 CO2의 흡/탈착

  • Received : 2004.12.06
  • Accepted : 2005.03.07
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

An electric swing adsorption (ESA) process for recovering highly pure $CO_2$ from the mixed gases was tested. In this study, activated carbon fibers were used as an adsorbent. The activated carbon fibers showed fast adsorption rate and the high adsorption capacity for $CO_2$ adsorption under the condition of the ambient pressure. Activated carbon fiber with higher specific surface area was suitable to repeated adsorption-desorption cycle process, showing consistent breakthrough curve. Especially, the regeneration method by vacuum combined with ESA improved the performance of desorption process by an additional 17％ regeneration efficiency compared to a vacuum only method, and showed the high regeneration efficiency at comparatively low 7-8 Wh energy.

혼합가스로부터 $CO_2$를 분리, 회수하기 위하여 활성탄소섬유를 흡착제로 사용한 전기변동흡착(electric swing adsorption, ESA) 공정의 타당성을 검토하였다. 활성탄소 섬유는 상압에서도 $CO_2$에 대해 빠른 흡착 속도를 보였으며, 비교적 짧은 흡착대와 긴 파과시간, 흡착제의 단위무게당 높은 흡착량을 나타내었다. 포화흡착된 흡착탑의 재생에서 비표면적이 큰 활성탄소섬유일수록 일정한 모양의 파과곡선을 유지하여 흡착-탈착의 재생사이클에 유리하였다. 진공탈착에 의한 흡착탑의 재생률은 64 cmHg의 압력에서도 64％ 이상이었고, 전기탈착을 병행한 hybrid 재생단계에서는 17％의 추가적인 재생률을 보이며 7-8 Wh의 낮은 재생에너지에서도 높은 재생률을 보였다.

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Supported by : 과학기술부

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