Calcium Looping for CO2 capture from flue gases
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Calcium Looping for CO2 capture from flue gases
Fri, 27/11/2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
Location:
Speaker:
Prof. Juan Carlos Abanades
Affiliation:
University of Zaragoza
Synopsis:
Postcombustion CO2 capture by Calcium Looping (CaL) uses extremely low cost materials (CaO from natural crushed limestones) as regenerable sorbent of CO2 . High velocity, compact circulating fluidised beds operating at high temperatures, allow for efficient heat recovery from the CO2 capture system, leading to low energy penalties and overall capture cost. The CaL concept has experienced a very rapid scale up in recent years, achieving successful testing for over two thousand of hours in a 1.7 MWth pilot facility in la Pereda (Spain) and other pilots. The main results from these studies at CSIC, from fundamental work at particle level, to pilot testing, reactor modelling, process design and economics, will be presented.
Biography:
MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza. Research Professor of the Spanish Research Council, CSIC. He has been working on Calcium looping over the last 15 year, co-authoring several of the most cited papers in the field and some patents. He was a Coordinating Lead Author of the CO2 capture chapter in the IPCC Special Report on CCS (2005) and is currently Associated Editor for the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.