화학공학소재연구정보센터
Separation Science and Technology, Vol.37, No.8, 1789-1806, 2002
Development of carbon dioxide separation process using continuous hollow-fiber membrane contactor and water-splitting electrodialysis
Studies on the development of carbon dioxide (CO2) separation process using continuous hollow-fiber membrane contactor(HFMC) and water-splitting electrodialysis (WSED) as an alternative method for the conventional processes are reported. Several experiments for CO2 recovery and absorbent regeneration using HFMC-WSED hybrid system were performed. In this study, four widely used absorbents (KOH, NaOH, K2CO3, and N-methyldiethanolamine) were examined and compared in terms of the process efficiency. The results showed that KOH was the best absorbent for this hybrid system due to its high ionic conductivity. In addition, several operational problems including the proton leakage and gas molecule diffusion through the membranes were considered. The results of continuous experiments showed that the continuous recovery of CO2-rich absorbents was reliably performed during the tests without any problem.