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Design and analysis of a novel three-bed series VTSA process for enhancing adsorbent utilization under low-concentration CO2 exhaust gas conditions

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  • Chen, Longxiang
  • Deng, Shuo
  • Jing, Xizhuo
  • Xie, Meina
  • Ye, Kai
  • Zhang, Liugan

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The maritime transportation sector has seen a marked increase in carbon emissions over the past decade. This study presents a comprehensive carbon capture and storage system for ships fueled by liquefied natural gas. A novel series three-bed vacuum temperature swing adsorption (VTSA) process is proposed to capture low-concentration CO2 exhaust gases. This method can enhance the adsorbent utilization rate to achieve a higher CO2 recovery rate and reduce CO2 capture energy consumption by modifying the adsorption steps. A systematic analysis of the entire CO2 capture and storage system designed for LNG-fueled ships has been conducted. The results demonstrate that using a rapid vacuum step effectively increases product purity, with CO2 purity over 99.5 % in the proposed series three-bed process. Under the designed working conditions, the adsorbent utilization rate of the proposed series VTSA process is 93.92 %, 10.62 % higher than the conventional parallel VTSA process. In this context, the specific heat consumption of the series three-bed VTSA process is 5.05 MJ/kg CO2, which is 16.67 % lower than that of the conventional parallel process (6.06 MJ/kg CO2). The series process can capture more CO2 at a slightly lower cost (98.45 $/ton CO2) than the parallel process, achieving more carbon tax deductions.

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  • Chen, Longxiang & Deng, Shuo & Jing, Xizhuo & Xie, Meina & Ye, Kai & Zhang, Liugan, 2025. "Design and analysis of a novel three-bed series VTSA process for enhancing adsorbent utilization under low-concentration CO2 exhaust gas conditions," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 320(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:320:y:2025:i:c:s0360544225010308
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.135388
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