Dynamic Adsorption of CO2 from Methane: Studies on Mass and Heat Transfer Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • AbstractThree‐dimensional computational fluid dynamics studies related to dynamics adsorption of CO2 from natural gas is found to be limited. 3D analyses for dynamics adsorption are substantially crucial to give a better prediction on the adsorption process by considering the actual fluid flow behavior within the packed‐bed porous media. A kinetic adsorption model has been integrated in a commercial fluid dynamics simulator to simulate the 3D hydrodynamics and adsorption phenomenon in a zeolite‐filled packed column for a CO2‐methane separation system. The effects of various parameters such as Reynolds number, CO2 feed concentration, feed temperature, and column dimension on CO2 adsorption efficiency have been investigated. A correlation for adsorption efficiency based on the CO2 concentration profiles has been developed and validated.

publication date

  • 2013

number of pages

  • 9

start page

  • 277

end page

  • 286

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 2