IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v117y2016ip2p604-611.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A comparison of CO2 mineral sequestration processes involving a dry or wet carbonation step

Author

Listed:
  • Zevenhoven, Ron
  • Slotte, Martin
  • Åbacka, Jacob
  • Highfield, James

Abstract

CO2 mineral sequestration is one method of the CCUS (carbon capture, utilisation and storage) portfolio, and work on stepwise carbonation of serpentinites (serpentine-rich rock, 3MgO·2SiO2·2H2O) in Finland has resulted in what is known as “the ÅA (Åbo Akademi) route”. This involves extraction of magnesium from rock using ammonium sulphate salt, precipitation of magnesium hydroxide and finally carbonation in a high temperature pressurised fluidised bed. Besides magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) significant amounts of iron (hydr)oxides are produced. Disadvantages are the complexity and exergy consumption associated with alternating (hot/cold/hot) treatment conditions. Therefore, an alternative ÅA route has been developed that, like the conventional route, can operate directly on flue gas. Here, the final carbonation step is accomplished in an aqueous solution. Products are magnesium (hydrocarbonates), hydromagnesite (4MgCO3·Mg(OH)2), besides iron (hydr)oxides. Early results obtained with this route method are reported, along with a comparison (using process simulation) of the both routes, operating on flue gas from: 1) a lime kiln and 2) a natural gas fired power, addressing the external heat and power input requirements. It was found that conversion levels and rates are similar for the two routes, although excess NH3 may be needed to establish the working pH for hydromagnesite precipitation.

Suggested Citation

  • Zevenhoven, Ron & Slotte, Martin & Åbacka, Jacob & Highfield, James, 2016. "A comparison of CO2 mineral sequestration processes involving a dry or wet carbonation step," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 117(P2), pages 604-611.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:117:y:2016:i:p2:p:604-611
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.066
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544216306831
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.066?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Fagerlund, Johan & Nduagu, Experience & Romão, Inês & Zevenhoven, Ron, 2012. "CO2 fixation using magnesium silicate minerals part 1: Process description and performance," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 184-191.
    2. Nduagu, Experience & Romão, Inês & Fagerlund, Johan & Zevenhoven, Ron, 2013. "Performance assessment of producing Mg(OH)2 for CO2 mineral sequestration," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 116-126.
    3. Wang, Xiaolong & Maroto-Valer, M. Mercedes, 2013. "Optimization of carbon dioxide capture and storage with mineralisation using recyclable ammonium salts," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 431-438.
    4. Romão, Inês & Nduagu, Experience & Fagerlund, Johan & Gando-Ferreira, Licínio M. & Zevenhoven, Ron, 2012. "CO2 fixation using magnesium silicate minerals. Part 2: Energy efficiency and integration with iron-and steelmaking," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 203-211.
    5. Ron Zevenhoven, 2014. "From CCS to CCUS and where to go next: the sky is the limit," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 4(4), pages 419-420, August.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Puthiya Veetil, Sanoop Kumar & Rebane, Kaarel & Yörük, Can Rüstü & Lopp, Margus & Trikkel, Andres & Hitch, Michael, 2021. "Aqueous mineral carbonation of oil shale mine waste (limestone): A feasibility study to develop a CO2 capture sorbent," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).
    2. Baena-Moreno, Francisco M. & Rodríguez-Galán, Mónica & Vega, Fernando & Reina, T.R. & Vilches, Luis F. & Navarrete, Benito, 2019. "Converting CO2 from biogas and MgCl2 residues into valuable magnesium carbonate: A novel strategy for renewable energy production," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 457-464.
    3. Naraharisetti, Pavan Kumar & Yeo, Tze Yuen & Bu, Jie, 2019. "New classification of CO2 mineralization processes and economic evaluation," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 220-233.
    4. Rickard Erlund & Ron Zevenhoven, 2020. "Simulations on Design and System Performance of Building Heating Boosted by Thermal Energy Storage (TES) with Magnesium Hydro Carbonates/Silica Gel," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-14, September.
    5. Park, Sangwon & Song, Kyungsun & Jo, Hwanju, 2017. "Laboratory-scale experiment on a novel mineralization-based method of CO2 capture using alkaline solution," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 589-598.
    6. Zevenhoven, Ron, 2021. "Engineering thermodynamics and sustainability," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).
    7. Park, Sangwon, 2018. "CO2 reduction-conversion to precipitates and morphological control through the application of the mineral carbonation mechanism," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 413-421.
    8. Rickard Erlund & Ron Zevenhoven, 2018. "Hydration of Magnesium Carbonate in a Thermal Energy Storage Process and Its Heating Application Design," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, January.
    9. Nam, Hyungseok & Won, Yooseob & Kim, Jae-Young & Yi, Chang-Keun & Park, Young Cheol & Woo, Jae Min & Jung, Su-Yeong & Jin, Gyoung-Tae & Jo, Sung-Ho & Lee, Seung-Yong & Kim, Hyunuk & Park, Jaehyeon, 2020. "Hydrodynamics and heat transfer coefficients during CO2 carbonation reaction in a circulated fluidized bed reactor using 200 kg potassium-based dry sorbent," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Hosseini, Tahereh & Haque, Nawshad & Selomulya, Cordelia & Zhang, Lian, 2016. "Mineral carbonation of Victorian brown coal fly ash using regenerative ammonium chloride – Process simulation and techno-economic analysis," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 54-68.
    2. Said, Arshe & Laukkanen, Timo & Järvinen, Mika, 2016. "Pilot-scale experimental work on carbon dioxide sequestration using steelmaking slag," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 602-611.
    3. Slotte, Martin & Romão, Inês & Zevenhoven, Ron, 2013. "Integration of a pilot-scale serpentinite carbonation process with an industrial lime kiln," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 142-149.
    4. Lombardi, L. & Carnevale, E.A., 2016. "Analysis of an innovative process for landfill gas quality improvement," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 1107-1117.
    5. Park, Sangwon & Song, Kyungsun & Jo, Hwanju, 2017. "Laboratory-scale experiment on a novel mineralization-based method of CO2 capture using alkaline solution," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 589-598.
    6. Park, Sangwon, 2018. "CO2 reduction-conversion to precipitates and morphological control through the application of the mineral carbonation mechanism," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 413-421.
    7. Nduagu, Experience & Romão, Inês & Fagerlund, Johan & Zevenhoven, Ron, 2013. "Performance assessment of producing Mg(OH)2 for CO2 mineral sequestration," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 116-126.
    8. Xie, Heping & Liu, Tao & Wang, Yufei & Wu, Yifan & Wang, Fuhuan & Tang, Liang & Jiang, Wen & Liang, Bin, 2017. "Enhancement of electricity generation in CO2 mineralization cell by using sodium sulfate as the reaction medium," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 991-999.
    9. Zhang, Huining & Gao, Chong & Chen, Ben & Tang, Jiang & He, Dongfeng & Xu, Anjun, 2018. "Stainless steel tailings accelerated direct carbonation process at low pressure: Carbonation efficiency evaluation and chromium leaching inhibition correlation analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 772-781.
    10. Starr, Katherine & Ramirez, Andrea & Meerman, Hans & Villalba, Gara & Gabarrell, Xavier, 2015. "Explorative economic analysis of a novel biogas upgrading technology using carbon mineralization. A case study for Spain," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 298-309.
    11. Xie, Heping & Gao, Xiaolin & Liu, Tao & Chen, Bin & Wu, Yifan & Jiang, Wenchuan, 2020. "Electricity generation by a novel CO2 mineralization cell based on organic proton-coupled electron transfer," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 261(C).
    12. Baena-Moreno, Francisco M. & Rodríguez-Galán, Mónica & Vega, Fernando & Reina, T.R. & Vilches, Luis F. & Navarrete, Benito, 2019. "Converting CO2 from biogas and MgCl2 residues into valuable magnesium carbonate: A novel strategy for renewable energy production," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 457-464.
    13. Jun-Hwan Bang & Seung-Woo Lee & Chiwan Jeon & Sangwon Park & Kyungsun Song & Whan Joo Jo & Soochun Chae, 2016. "Leaching of Metal Ions from Blast Furnace Slag by Using Aqua Regia for CO 2 Mineralization," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-13, November.
    14. Cheng Cao & Hejuan Liu & Zhengmeng Hou & Faisal Mehmood & Jianxing Liao & Wentao Feng, 2020. "A Review of CO 2 Storage in View of Safety and Cost-Effectiveness," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-45, January.
    15. Yılmaz, Kadir & Kayfeci, Muhammet & Keçebaş, Ali, 2019. "Thermodynamic evaluation of a waste gas-fired steam power plant in an iron and steel facility using enhanced exergy analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 684-695.
    16. Ji, Long & Yu, Hai & Li, Kangkang & Yu, Bing & Grigore, Mihaela & Yang, Qi & Wang, Xiaolong & Chen, Zuliang & Zeng, Ming & Zhao, Shuaifei, 2018. "Integrated absorption-mineralisation for low-energy CO2 capture and sequestration," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 225(C), pages 356-366.
    17. Lombardi, Lidia & Carnevale, Ennio, 2013. "Economic evaluations of an innovative biogas upgrading method with CO2 storage," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 88-94.
    18. Natália R. Galina & Gretta L. A. F. Arce & Mercedes Maroto-Valer & Ivonete Ávila, 2023. "Experimental Study on Mineral Dissolution and Carbonation Efficiency Applied to pH-Swing Mineral Carbonation for Improved CO 2 Sequestration," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-19, March.
    19. Dri, Marco & Sanna, Aimaro & Maroto-Valer, M. Mercedes, 2014. "Mineral carbonation from metal wastes: Effect of solid to liquid ratio on the efficiency and characterization of carbonated products," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 515-523.
    20. Nduagu, E.I. & Gates, I.D., 2015. "Process analysis of a low emissions hydrogen and steam generation technology for oil sands operations," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 184-195.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:117:y:2016:i:p2:p:604-611. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.