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Transversal Submerged Membrane Contactor for Simultaneous Absorption and Desorption of CO2 during Natural Gas Sweetening Process
Siagian U.W.R.a, Rahmawati Y.b, Khoiruddin K.a, Hakim A.N.a, Wenten I.G.a
a Department of Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
b Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.In this work, a unique transversal submerged membrane contactor is used for CO2 removal. The developed configuration is aimed to provide the possibility to perform simultaneous absorption and desorption of carbon dioxide in a single module. In addition, this configuration is expected to reduce the solvent circulation which is the major obstacle encountered in separated absorption-desorption unit. The module contains a number of polypropylene hollow fiber membranes arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis in which the fibers are submerged into a solvent. Pure water which is placed in the shell of the module is used as the solvent. The effects of operating parameters such as gas flow rate (40-80 ml/min) and operating time on membrane performance are investigated. In addition, the simultaneous absorption-desorption process is compared to the separated ones. Results revealed that CO2 removal is significantly affected by the gas flow rate. The optimum gas flow rate is 60 ml/min (vacuum pressure of 60.5 kPa) with >80% CO2 absorption and desorption efficiencies. During a long-term operation, the separation efficiencies are decreased after 200 minutes of operation which may be associated with membrane wetting phenomenon. The simultaneous absorption-desorption process shows a higher separation efficiency rather than the separated process.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Absorption-desorption,Longitudinal axis,Membrane performance,Operating parameters,Polypropylene hollow fiber membrane,Separation efficiency,Simultaneous absorption,Submerged membrane[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/395/1/012013[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]