Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-15-2016
Keywords
gravity pressure vessel, mineral carbonation, olivine, magnesite, colloidal silica, chromite, mineral separation, building materials
Abstract
To overcome the challenges of mineral CO2 sequestration, Innovation Concepts B.V. is developing a unique proprietary gravity pressure vessel (GPV) reactor technology and has focussed on generating reaction products of high economic value. The GPV provides intense process conditions through hydrostatic pressurization and heat exchange integration that harvests exothermic reaction energy, thereby reducing energy demand of conventional reactor designs, in addition to offering other benefits. In this paper, a perspective on the status of this technology and outlook for the future is provided. To date, laboratory-scale tests of the envisioned process have been performed in a tubular “rocking autoclave” reactor. The mineral of choice has been olivine [~Mg1.6Fe2+0.4(SiO4) + ppm Ni/Cr], although asbestos, steel slags, and oil shale residues are also under investigation. The effect of several process parameters on reaction extent and product properties has been tested: CO2 pressure, temperature, residence time, additives (buffers, lixiviants, chelators, oxidizers), solids loading, and mixing rate. The products (carbonates, amorphous silica, and chromite) have been physically separated (based on size, density, and magnetic properties), characterized (for chemistry, mineralogy, and morphology), and tested in intended applications (as pozzolanic carbon-negative building material). Economically, it is found that product value is the main driver for mineral carbonation, rather than, or in addition to, the sequestered CO2. The approach of using a GPV and focusing on valuable reaction products could thus make CO2 mineralization a feasible and sustainable industrial process.
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Science & Technology
School
School of Chemical and Environmental Sciences
Journal
Frontiers in Energy Research
Version
Publisher's version
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
yes
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Copyright
© 2016 Santos, Knops, Rijnsburger and Chiang
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Original Publication Citation
Santos, R. M., Knops, P. C. M., Rijnsburger, K. L., & Chiang, Y. W. (2016). CO2 energy reactor – integrated mineral carbonation: Perspectives on lab-scale investigation and products valorization. Frontiers in Energy Research, 4(5). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2016.00005
SOURCE Citation
Santos, Rafael M.; Knops, Pol C. M.; Rijnsburger, Keesjan L.; and Chiang, Yi Wai, "CO2 Energy Reactor – Integrated Mineral Carbonation: Perspectives on Lab-Scale Investigation and Products Valorization" (2016). Faculty Publications and Scholarship. 16.
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