CO2 absorption from its mixture through super-hydrophobic membrane contactor

Sutrasno Kartohardjono, Kevin Antonius Sembiring, Rexy, Reza Syandika, Fauzan Ghasani, Nelson Saksono

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of super-hydrophobic hollow fiber membrane contactors to absorb CO2 from its mixture with N2 or CH4 using 5 wt% diethanolamine (DEA) solution as absorbent. Methodology: During the experiment the absorbent flowed through lumen fibers, whilst the feed gas flowed through the shell side of the membrane contactor. Results: The experimental results demonstrated that the mass transfer coefficients, the fluxes and the amount of CO2 absorbed increased with the absorbent and feed gas flow rates for CO2-N2 and CO2-CH4 feed gas system. The CO2 absorption efficiency for both feed gas increased with the absorbent flow rate. The CO2 absorption efficiency increased with feed gas flow rate for CO2-N2 system, but decreased for CO2-CH4 system. Conclusion: The overall mass transfer coefficient and the flux decreased with the number of fibers in the contactor, whilst, the amount of CO2 absorbed and the CO2 absorption efficiency increased.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-34
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Environmental Science and Technology
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Flux
  • Mass transfer coefficient
  • Membrane contactor
  • Super-hydrophobic

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