TITLE:
CCS Membrane Development at CIUDEN’s Technology Development Centre for CO2 Capture
AUTHORS:
Jose A. Gutierrez Bravo
KEYWORDS:
CCS, Membrane, Carbon Capture, Oxy-Fuel, CIUDEN
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering,
Vol.6 No.12,
December
4,
2018
ABSTRACT: CO2 concentration to the atmosphere has risen faster than ever in the last century. This is highly due to fossil fuel combustion which is the major anthropogenic CO2 source. Membrane technology is an important alternative for reliability, flexibility and economically competitiveness for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) processes. The use of membranes has applicability to CCS technologies mainly for CO2, O2 or H2 separation, although most of the membrane studies for CO2/O2 production have been carried out at laboratory scale and will require a step further for commercial scale. This paper will present current membranes R & D needs when applied to CCS systems and CIUDEN capabilities for membrane technological development and testing under real conditions. It covers from O2 separation membrane integration in the process, and applied to the oxy-combustion CO2 capture, to post-combustion technologies for membrane CO2 separation, tested under real conditions or H2 production catalytic-membranes through gasification. At CIUDEN CCS facility important membrane evaluations can be carried out for the module integration, testing of materials performance and behavior under real conditions.