Laboratory of Separation and

Purification
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei
Seoul,
1University,
248
(02)Korea
393-3408

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,
A
used
to
separate
desired
gas
species
from
a
gas
ctPSAtechnology
(Pressure Swing Adsorption)
AMH (Adsorption Membrane Hybrid)
CCS (CO Capture & Storage)
mixture
under(PSA)
pressure
according
to the species'
affinity
for
an
Pressure swing adsorption
is used
To increase
separation efficiency,
CCS is the process of capturing waste
to separate desired gas species from a
adsorbent and membrane are used
CO from large point sources, such as
adsorbent
gas mixture under pressure
material
according to
andsimultaneously
molecular
characteristics.
For
this
for separation
fossil fuel power plants, transporting it to
the species affinity for an adsorbent
performance. For example, concentration
a storage site, and depositing it where it
material and molecular
characteristics.materials
of the more adsorptive
(CO )
process
adsorptive
(e.g.,molecule
zeolite,
activated
carbon,
will not enter the atmosphere, normally
For this process, adsorptive materials
increased within the AMH system
an underground geological formation.
(e.g. zeolite, activated
carbon, molecular
because
of
competitive
adsorption
in the preferentially
molecular
sieves,
etc.)
are
used
as
a
trap,
The aim is to prevent the release of large
sieves, etc.) are used as a trap,
zeolite 5A pellets, and its average partial
quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere
preferentially adsorbing
the target
gas
pressure
in the FAU-zeolite
membrane
adsorbing
the
target
gas
species
at
high
pressure
to
(from fossilthen
fuel use inswings
power generation
species at high pressure then swings to
was greater than that of the weak
and other industries). It is a potential
low
pressure
to
desorb
the
adsorbed
adsorptive
molecule (CH ). As amaterial.
result,
low
pressure
to
desorb
the
adsorbed
This
process
is
means
of mitigating
the contribution
of
material. This process is repeated until
the selectivity of the strongly adsorptive
fossil fuel emissions to global warming
the separation is done.
was improved in the FAUand ocean acidification.
repeated to separation.molecule
zeolite membrane.
Detail
sPSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption)
AMH (Adsorption Membrane Hybrid)
CCS (CO Capture & Storage)
2

CO2 is geologically captured and stored underground

PSA Process design

Procedure of PSA

Referen
ce

CO2/CH4 binary mixture (50/50 vol%)

Sweeping
100
kPa gas flow rate (=50sccm)
Stage cut (=0.60)

M.B. Kim, Y.S. Bae, D.K. Choi, C.H. Lee, Kinetic Separation of Landfill Gas by a Two-Bed Pressure Swing
Adsorption Process Packed with Carbon Molecular Sieve: Nonisothermal Operation, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45
(2006) 5050-5058.