Investigation of Rotating Packed Bed Technology for CO2 Capture Processes

CO₂ capture is an important area for industries concerned with reducing carbon footprint and increasing environmental sustainability. It is particularly important for the petroleum industry because of the high-reward application of CO₂ as solvent for EOR. The cost of CO₂ capture is high and developments are needed to bring it down. Challenges facing cheap and efficient capture of CO₂ can be alleviated through Process Intensification (PI) of CO₂ capture processes. Different PI technologies have been investigated over the years with rotating packed bed (RPB) technology playing an increasing role due to the potential of a several-order-of-magnitude mass transfer enhancement induced by the Higee field. The goal of the proposed research is to investigate operability of RPB reactor in the context of CO₂ capture from low-pressure sources. It consists of building physical and numerical models of the proposed RPB reactor to quantify the potential of RPB technology to intensify conventional solvent-based CO₂ capture processes.