Evaluation of carbon dioxide absorption by amine based absorbent

Toshiba has developed amine based aqueous solution (Toshiba solvent 1, TS-1) that can significantly reduce CO2 regeneration energy compared with general 30 wt% monoethanolamine (MEA) aqueous solution and reported the results of the pilot plant of 10 t-CO2/day recovery from the flue gas of a coal-fired power plant. In order to reduce the CO2 regeneration energy further, we have developed new hindered amine based absorbent, Absorbent-A. In the present work, Absorbent-A was evaluated for CO2 absorption properties by laboratory scale apparatus. Absorbent-A was found to have the high CO2 absorption capacity and the low reaction heat. Furthermore, the CO2 regeneration energy of Absorbent-A was 45% less than that of general 30 wt% MEA aqueous solution. In future, we will additionally evaluate Absorbent-A in order to test in the pilot plant. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.