Lei, Timan;
Luo, Kai H;
Hernández Pérez, Francisco E;
Wang, Geng;
Wang, Zhen;
Restrepo Cano, Juan;
Im, Hong G;
(2023)
Study of CO2 desublimation during cryogenic carbon capture using the lattice Boltzmann method.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
, 964
, Article A1. 10.1017/jfm.2023.227.
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Abstract
Cryogenic carbon capture (CCC) can preferentially desublimate CO2 out of the flue gas. A widespread application of CCC requires a comprehensive understanding of CO2 desublimation properties. This is, however, highly challenging due to the multiphysics behind it. This study proposes a lattice Boltzmann (LB) model to study CO2 desublimation on a cooled cylinder surface during CCC. In two-dimensional (2-D) simulations, various CO2 desublimation and capture behaviours are produced in response to different operation conditions, namely, gas velocity (Péclet number Pe) and cylinder temperature (subcooling degree Tsub). As Pe increases or Tsub decreases, the desublimation rate gradually becomes insufficient compared with the CO2 supply via convection/diffusion. Correspondingly, the desublimated solid CO2 layer (SCL) transforms from a loose (i.e. cluster-like, dendritic or incomplete) structure to a dense one. Four desublimation regimes are thus classified as diffusion-controlled, joint-controlled, convection-controlled and desublimation-controlled regimes. The joint-controlled regime shows quantitatively a desirable CO2 capture performance: fast desublimation rate, high capture capacity, and full cylinder utilization. Regime distributions are summarized on a Pe–Tsub space to determine operation parameters for the joint-controlled regime. Moreover, three-dimensional simulations demonstrate four similar desublimation regimes, verifying the reliability of 2-D results. Under regimes with loose SCLs, however, the desublimation process shows an improved CO2 capture performance in three dimensions. This is attributed to the enhanced availability of gas–solid interface and flow paths. This work develops a reliable LB model to study CO2 desublimation, which can facilitate applications of CCC for mitigating climate change.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Study of CO2 desublimation during cryogenic carbon capture using the lattice Boltzmann method |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/jfm.2023.227 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.227 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | convection in porous media, solidification/melting, coupled diffusion and flow |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10171035 |
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