Pre-combustion capture of CO2-Results from solvent absorption pilot plant trials using 30 wt% potassium carbonate and boric acid promoted potassium carbonate solvent

Kathryn H Smith; Clare J Anderson; Wendy Tao; Kohei Endo; Kathryn A Mumford; Sandra E Kentish; Abdul Qader; Barry Hooper; Geoff W Stevens

Journal article

Pre-combustion capture of CO2-Results from solvent absorption pilot plant trials using 30 wt% potassium carbonate and boric acid promoted potassium carbonate solvent

Kathryn H Smith, Clare J Anderson, Wendy Tao, Kohei Endo, Kathryn A Mumford, Sandra E Kentish, Abdul Qader, Barry Hooper, Geoff W Stevens

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.05.018

University of Melbourne Researchers

Kathryn Mumford Author Chemical Engineering

Geoff Stevens Author Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Kathryn Smith Author Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Sandra Kentish Author

Barry Hooper Author Chemical Engineering

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge Ujjal Ghosh, Yohanes Suryaputradinata and Hendy Thee for their assistance with operating the pilot plant. The authors also acknowledge Alan Ngu for his assistance with the ASPEN Plus (TM) modelling. The authors acknowledge support from Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA) and the Victorian Government ETIS Brown Coal R&D Program; HRL Developments Pty Ltd. (HRL); Process Group (PG) and the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre program. Infrastructure support from the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC), a special research centre of the Australian Research Council is also gratefully acknowledged.