Analysis of CO<sub>2</sub>Pressure Swing Adsorption Simulation by Considering the Transport Phenomena in the Adsorber

This study focused on CO2 separation technology with adsorption. This paper describes the analysis carried out by a CO2 pressure swing adsorption simulation to scale up the absorber. An unsteady one-dimensional balance model was constructed by considering the material, energy, and momentum. In the CO2 breakthrough test, the beginning time and CO2 concentration at outlet of CO2 breakthrough in the calculation were almost equivalent to that of experiment results. The correlation consistency of the calculation results with the analysis model and the experimental results obtained by a bench scale experiment was evaluated. The transport phenomena in the adsorber were investigated at the adsorption, rinse, and desorption steps according to the calculation results. The starting time of CO2 breakthrough obtained by the analysis is equal to that obtained by the adsorption breakthrough experiment. This confirms that the CO2 adsorption, and the temperature and velocity distribution in the adsorber, change as a function of the adsorption, rinse, and desorption steps, respectively. Additionally, the CO2 concentration of the captured gas and the amount of CO2 quantity were 93.4% per day and 2.9 ton/day, respectively. These values are equal to those obtained by the bench scale experiment.