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Ma X, Albertsma J, Gabriels D, Horst R, Polat S, Snoeks C, Kapteijn F, Eral HB, Vermaas DA, Mei B, de Beer S, van der Veen MA. Carbon monoxide separation: past, present and future. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:3741-3777. [PMID: 37083229 PMCID: PMC10243283 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00147d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
Abstract
Large amounts of carbon monoxide are produced by industrial processes such as biomass gasification and steel manufacturing. The CO present in vent streams is often burnt, this produces a large amount of CO2, e.g., oxidation of CO from metallurgic flue gasses is solely responsible for 2.7% of manmade CO2 emissions. The separation of N2 from CO due to their very similar physical properties is very challenging, meaning that numerous energy-intensive steps are required for CO separation, making the CO separation from many process streams uneconomical in spite of CO being a valuable building block in the production of major chemicals through C1 chemistry and the production of linear hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch process. The development of suitable processes for the separation of carbon monoxide has both industrial and environmental significance. Especially since CO is a main product of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, an emerging sustainable technology to enable carbon neutrality. This technology also requires an energy-efficient separation process. Therefore, there is a great need to develop energy efficient CO separation processes adequate for these different process streams. As such the urgency of separating carbon monoxide is gaining greater recognition, with research in the field becoming more and more crucial. This review details the principles on which CO separation is based and provides an overview of currently commercialised CO separation processes and their limitations. Adsorption is identified as a technology with the potential for CO separation with high selectivity and energy efficiency. We review the research efforts, mainly seen in the last decades, in developing new materials for CO separation via ad/bsorption and membrane technology. We have geared our review to both traditional CO sources and emerging CO sources, including CO production from CO2 conversion. To that end, a variety of emerging processes as potential CO2-to-CO technologies are discussed and, specifically, the need for CO capture after electrochemical CO2 reduction is highlighted, which is still underexposed in the available literature. Altogether, we aim to highlight the knowledge gaps that could guide future research to improve CO separation performance for industrial implementation.
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- Xiaozhou Ma
- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Science and Technology Faculty, University Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
- Chemical Engineering Department, Marmara University, 34854 İstanbul, Turkey
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Industrial Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Science and Technology Faculty, University Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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Chen S, Du M, Li S, Li Z, Hao L. Enhancing Methane Removal Efficiency of ZrMnFe Alloy by Partial Replacement of Fe with Co. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114373. [PMID: 37298849 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
Abstract
High-purity hydrogen is extensively employed in chemical vapor deposition, and the existence of methane impurity significantly impacts the device performance. Therefore, it is necessary to purify hydrogen to remove methane. The ZrMnFe getter commonly used in the industry reacts with methane at a temperature as high as 700 ∘C, and the removal depth is not sufficient. To overcome these limitations, Co partially substitutes Fe in the ZrMnFe alloy. The alloy was prepared by suspension induction melting method, and was characterized by means of XRD, ICP, SEM and XPS. The concentration of methane at the outlet was detected by gas chromatography to characterize the hydrogen purification performance of the alloy. The removal effect of the alloy on methane in hydrogen increases first and then decreases with the increase in substitution amount, and increases with the increase in temperature. Specifically, the ZrMnFe0.7Co0.3 alloy reduces methane levels in hydrogen from 10 ppm to 0.215 ppm at 500 ∘C. ZrMnFe0.7Co0.3 alloy can remove 50 ppm of methane in helium to less than 0.01 ppm at 450 ∘C, demonstrating its excellent methane reactivity. Moreover, Co substitution reduces the formation energy barrier of ZrC, and Co in the electron-rich state demonstrates superior catalytic activity for methane decomposition.
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- Shumei Chen
- GRINM Group Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metals Materials and Products for New Energy, Beijing 100088, China
- GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 101407, China
- General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, Beijing 100088, China
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- GRINM Group Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metals Materials and Products for New Energy, Beijing 100088, China
- GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 101407, China
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- GRINM Group Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metals Materials and Products for New Energy, Beijing 100088, China
- GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 101407, China
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- GRINM Group Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metals Materials and Products for New Energy, Beijing 100088, China
- GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 101407, China
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- GRINM Group Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metals Materials and Products for New Energy, Beijing 100088, China
- GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 101407, China
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Lee HS, Lee SY, Yoo K, Kim HW, Lee E, Im NG. Biohydrogen production and purification: Focusing on bioelectrochemical systems. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 363:127956. [PMID: 36115508 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Innovative technologies on green hydrogen production become significant as the hydrogen economy has grown globally. Biohydrogen is one of green hydrogen production methods, and microbial electrochemical cells (MECs) can be key to biohydrogen provision. However, MECs are immature for biohydrogen technology due to several limitations including extracellular electron transfer (EET) engineering. Fundamental understanding of EET also needs more works to accelerate MEC commercialization. Interestingly, studies on biohydrogen gas purification are limited although biohydrogen gas mixture requires complex purification for use. To facilitate an MEC-based biohydrogen technology as the green hydrogen supply this review discussed EET kinetics, engineering of EET and direct interspecies electron transfer associated with hydrogen yield and the application of advanced molecular biology for improving EET kinetics. Finally, this article reviewed biohydrogen purification technologies to better understand purification and use appropriate for biohydrogen, focusing on membrane separation.
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- Hyung-Sool Lee
- KENTECH Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 200 Hyeoksin-ro, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
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- Gwangju Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 61003 Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 49112, South Korea
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- KENTECH Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 200 Hyeoksin-ro, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
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- KENTECH Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 200 Hyeoksin-ro, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
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- KENTECH Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 200 Hyeoksin-ro, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
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Feyzbar-Khalkhali-Nejad F, Hassani E, Leonard KD, Oh TS. A highly stable CuO-derived adsorbent with dual Cu(I) sites for selective CO adsorption. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bahrun MHV, Bono A, Othman N, Zaini MAA. Carbon Dioxide Removal from Biogas through Pressure Swing Adsorption – A Review. Chem Eng Res Des 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Moral G, Ortiz-Imedio R, Ortiz A, Gorri D, Ortiz I. Hydrogen Recovery from Coke Oven Gas. Comparative Analysis of Technical Alternatives. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022; 61:6106-6124. [PMID: 35578731 PMCID: PMC9103049 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The recovery of energy
and valuable compounds from exhaust gases
in the iron and steel industry deserves special attention due to the
large power consumption and CO2 emissions of the sector.
In this sense, the hydrogen content of coke oven gas (COG) has positioned
it as a promising source toward a hydrogen-based economy which could
lead to economic and environmental benefits in the iron and steel
industry. COG is presently used for heating purposes in coke batteries
or furnaces, while in high production rate periods, surplus COG is
burnt in flares and discharged into the atmosphere. Thus, the recovery
of the valuable compounds of surplus COG, with a special focus on
hydrogen, will increase the efficiency in the iron and steel industry
compared to the conventional thermal use of COG. Different routes
have been explored for the recovery of hydrogen from COG so far: i)
separation/purification processes with pressure swing adsorption or
membrane technology, ii) conversion routes that provide additional
hydrogen from the chemical transformation of the methane contained
in COG, and iii) direct use of COG as fuel for internal combustion
engines or gas turbines with the aim of power generation. In this
study, the strengths and bottlenecks of the main hydrogen recovery
routes from COG are reviewed and discussed.
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- Gonzalo Moral
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Cantabria, Av. Los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Cantabria, Av. Los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Cantabria, Av. Los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Cantabria, Av. Los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Cantabria, Av. Los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain
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Comparative study on pressure swing adsorption system for industrial hydrogen and fuel cell hydrogen. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Liu RS, Shi XD, Wang CT, Gao YZ, Xu S, Hao GP, Chen S, Lu AH. Advances in Post-Combustion CO 2 Capture by Physical Adsorption: From Materials Innovation to Separation Practice. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:1428-1471. [PMID: 33403787 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The atmospheric CO2 concentration continues a rapid increase to its current record high value of 416 ppm for the time being. It calls for advanced CO2 capture technologies. One of the attractive technologies is physical adsorption-based separation, which shows easy regeneration and high cycle stability, and thus reduced energy penalties and cost. The extensive research on this topic is evidenced by the growing body of scientific and technical literature. The progress spans from the innovation of novel porous adsorbents to practical separation practices. Major CO2 capture materials include the most widely used industrially relevant porous carbons, zeolites, activated alumina, mesoporous silica, and the newly emerging metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic framework (COFs). The key intrinsic properties such as pore structure, surface chemistry, preferable adsorption sites, and other structural features that would affect CO2 capture capacity, selectivity, and recyclability are first discussed. The industrial relevant variables such as particle size of adsorbents, the mechanical strength, adsorption heat management, and other technological advances are equally important, even more crucial when scaling up from bench and pilot-scale to demonstration and commercial scale. Therefore, we aim to bring a full picture of the adsorption-based CO2 separation technologies, from adsorbent design, intrinsic property evaluation to performance assessment not only under ideal equilibrium conditions but also in realistic pressure swing adsorption processes.
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- Ru-Shuai Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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Andrade M, Relvas F, Mendes A. Highly propylene equilibrium selective carbon molecular sieve adsorbent. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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