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A Study on the Absorption of Carbon Dioxide using PVDF/Plasma Membrane Contactor

PVDF/플라즈마 막접촉기를 이용한 이산화탄소의 흡수에 관한 연구

  • Choi, Seung-Hak (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
  • Gao, Tongzhai (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sun-Moon University) ;
  • Oh, Sae-Joong (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sun-Moon University)
  • Received : 2004.08.30
  • Accepted : 2004.10.29
  • Published : 2005.02.28
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Abstract

Numerical simulation and experiments were carried out on the absorption of carbon dioxide using PVDF hollow-fiber membrane contactor. Water or monoethanolamine (MEA) aqueous soluton was used as absorbents. Simulation results showed that the concentration profile of carbon dioxide was less affected by the flow rate of MEA than that of water absorbent. The absorption rate and mass transfer coefficient of carbon dioxide increased as the concentration of MEA increased. The mass transfer coefficients obtained by experiments coincided with those obtained by numerical simulation and theoretical results for $CO_2-water$ system. However, for $CO_2-MEA$ system, the mass transfer coefficients obtained by experiments were lower than those obtained by simulation, while the simulation results agreed well with theoretical results. The durability of plasma-treated hollow fiber membranes was better than that of no plasma-treated ones.

PVDF(polyvinylidenefluoride)중공사막 접촉기를 이용한 이산화탄소의 흡수에 관한 수치모사 및 실험을 수행하였다. 흡수제로는 물 또는 모노에탄올아민(monoethanolamine, MEA) 수용액을 사용하였다. 수치모사결과, 막접촉기에서의 이산화탄소의 농도분포는 MEA 수용액을 흡수제로 사용하였을 경우가 물을 흡수제로 사용하였을 경우보다 흡수제 공급속도의 영향을 덜 받았으며, 이산화탄소의 흡수속도 및 물질전달계수는 MEA의 농도가 증가할수록 증가하였다. 실험을 통하여 얻은 이산화탄소의 물질전달계수를 수치모사결과 및 이론치와 비교한 결과, 물을 흡수제로 사용하였을 경우 물질전달계수는 실험값과 수치모사결과, 이론값이 모두 잘 일치하였다. 반면에 MEA 수용액을 흡수제로 사용하였을 경우에는 수치모사결과와 이론값은 잘 일치하였으나, 실험값은 플라즈마로 처리한 경우와 처리하지 않은 경우 모두 수치모사 결과보다 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 그러나 막접촉기에 사용된 중공사막의 내구성은 플라즈마로 처리시킨 막이 플라즈마처리를 수행하지 않은 막보다 우수하였다.

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Supported by : 에너지관리공단

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