Segmented reactors for carbon dioxide capture and methods of capturing carbon dioxide using segmented reactors
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01J-015/00
B01D-053/02
B01D-053/04
B01J-020/28
B01J-020/20
B01J-020/22
출원번호
US-0420170
(2012-03-14)
등록번호
US-9073000
(2015-07-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Halder, Amit
Ogunwumi, Steven Bolaji
출원인 / 주소
Corning Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
Wilks, Susan S
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7
초록▼
A reactor for adsorbing CO2 from a fluid stream includes a reactor housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The reactor also includes an inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and an outlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing. The inlet and outlet ceramic honeycomb s
A reactor for adsorbing CO2 from a fluid stream includes a reactor housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The reactor also includes an inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and an outlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing. The inlet and outlet ceramic honeycomb structures have a plurality of partition walls extending in an axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels and comprises a material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2. The inlet ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing an inlet quantity of CO2 and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing an outlet quantity of CO2. The inlet quantity of CO2 is greater than the outlet quantity of CO2.
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1. A reactor for adsorbing CO2 from a fluid stream, the reactor comprising: a reactor housing comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;an inlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at a position proximate to the fluid inlet, wherein: the inlet ceramic honeycomb struct
1. A reactor for adsorbing CO2 from a fluid stream, the reactor comprising: a reactor housing comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;an inlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at a position proximate to the fluid inlet, wherein: the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in an axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe inlet ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a substrate and a first material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2, the first material having a first average thickness on the plurality of partition walls of the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing an inlet quantity of CO2; andan outlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing and proximate to the fluid outlet of the reactor housing, wherein: the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe outlet ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a substrate and a second material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2, the second material having a second average thickness on the plurality of partition walls of the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing an outlet quantity of CO2, wherein the first average thickness of the first material is greater than the second average thickness of the second material, wherein the inlet adsorbed quantity of CO2 is greater than the outlet adsorbed quantity of CO2. 2. The reactor of claim 1 further comprising a first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at an axial position between the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2, wherein the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing a first intermediate quantity of CO2, and the first intermediate adsorbed quantity of CO2 is greater than the outlet adsorbed quantity of CO2 and less than the inlet adsorbed quantity of CO2. 3. The reactor of claim 2 further comprising a second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at an axial position between the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2, wherein the second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing a second intermediate quantity of CO2, and the second intermediate adsorbed quantity of CO2 is greater than the outlet adsorbed quantity of CO2 and less than the first intermediate adsorbed quantity of CO2. 4. The reactor of claim 2, wherein an inlet pressure drop of the fluid stream passing through the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure is greater than an outlet pressure drop of the fluid stream passing through the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, and a first intermediate pressure drop of the fluid stream passing through the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure is greater than the outlet pressure drop and less than the inlet pressure drop. 5. The reactor of claim 1, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure are discrete components. 6. The reactor of claim 1, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure are continuous components. 7. The reactor of claim 1, wherein an inlet pressure drop of the fluid stream passing through the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure is greater than an outlet pressure drop of the fluid stream passing through the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure. 8. The reactor of claim 1, wherein the first material and the second material are the same, and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a lower saturation limit per unit volume than the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure. 9. The reactor of claim 1, wherein the plurality of partition walls of the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure have an inlet average minimum thickness, the plurality of partition walls of the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure have an outlet average minimum thickness, and the inlet average minimum thickness is greater than the outlet average minimum thickness. 10. The reactor of claim 1, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure has an inlet cell density, the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure has an outlet cell density, and the inlet cell density is greater than the outlet cell density. 11. The reactor of claim 10, wherein the plurality of partition walls of the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure have an inlet average minimum thickness, the plurality of partition walls of the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure have an outlet average minimum thickness, and the inlet average minimum thickness is less than the outlet average minimum thickness. 12. The reactor of claim 1, wherein the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure is positioned inside the reactor housing at a position axially offset from the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure. 13. A reactor for adsorbing CO2 from a fluid stream, the reactor comprising: a reactor housing comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;an inlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at a position proximate to the fluid inlet, wherein: the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in an axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels;the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a substrate and a first material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2 the first material having a first average thickness on the plurality of partition walls of the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure, such that the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure has an inlet mass transfer velocity; andan outlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing and proximate to the fluid outlet of the reactor housing, wherein: the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe outlet ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a substrate and a second material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2 the second material having a second average thickness on the plurality of partition walls of the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure such that the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure has an outlet mass transfer velocity, wherein the first average thickness of the first material is greater than the second average thickness of the second material, wherein, for a constant mass flow rate of a fluid stream containing CO2, the inlet mass transfer velocity is greater than the outlet mass transfer velocity. 14. The reactor of claim 13 further comprising a first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at an axial position between the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2 such that the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure has a first intermediate mass transfer velocity, and for the constant mass flow rate of the fluid stream containing CO2, the first intermediate mass transfer velocity is greater than the inlet mass transfer velocity and less than the outlet mass transfer velocity. 15. The reactor of claim 14 further comprising a second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at an axial position between the first intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a material that forms bonds with CO2 to adsorb the CO2 such that the second intermediate ceramic honeycomb structure has a second intermediate mass transfer velocity, and for the constant mass flow rate of the fluid stream containing CO2, the second intermediate mass transfer velocity is greater than the first intermediate mass transfer velocity and less than the outlet mass transfer velocity. 16. The reactor of claim 13, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure are discrete components. 17. The reactor of claim 13, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure and the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure are continuous components. 18. The reactor of claim 13, wherein the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure is positioned inside the reactor housing at a position axially offset from the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure. 19. A reactor for adsorbing CO2 from a fluid stream, the reactor comprising: a reactor housing comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;an inlet ceramic honeycomb structure including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing at a position proximate to the fluid inlet, wherein: the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in an axial direction from the first end to the second end thereby forming a plurality of flow channels; andthe inlet ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a substrate and a first material that adsorbs the CO2, the first material having a first average thickness on the plurality of partition walls from the first end to the second end of the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the inlet ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing a first quantity of CO2; andan outlet ceramic honeycomb structure positioned inside the reactor housing proximate to the fluid outlet of the reactor housing, wherein: the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure has a plurality of partition walls extending in the axial direction thereby forming a plurality of flow channels of the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure; andthe outlet ceramic honeycomb structure including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure comprises a substrate and a second material that adsorbs the CO2, the second material having a second average thickness on the plurality of partition walls from the first end to the second end of the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure, wherein the outlet ceramic honeycomb structure is capable of adsorbing a second quantity of CO2; andwherein the first average thickness of the first material is greater than the second average thickness of the second material, wherein the first adsorbed quantity of CO2 is greater than the second adsorbed quantity of CO2. 20. The reactor of claim 19, wherein the first material and second material are the same, wherein the first average thickness of the first material adsorbs a greater quantity of the CO2 from the fluid stream than the second material.
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