Project objectives
The project main objective is to develop and experimentally validate an innovative post-combustion carbon capture technology based on calcium looping method to be implemented in energy-intensive large-scale industrial applications (e.g. heat and power, cement etc.). The following innovative objectives of the project are:
- Evaluation and experimental validation the calcium looping concept for post-combustion CO2 capture applied in energy-intensive industrial processes e.g. heat and power generation, cement production etc.;
- Optimization of calcium looping process conditions (e.g. developing and testing of sorbents, improved carbonation and calcination reactors designs and operational conditions, autothermal operation mode, carbon capture rate, sorbent deactivation rate, hydrodynamics, thermal integration etc.) using both experimental and mathemical modeling & simulation tools;
- Assessment of techno-economic and environmental impact (using Life Cycle Analysis - LCA) of the calcium looping technology to be integrated in energy-intensive applications will done based on experimental and numerical results generated within the project.
Project workpackages:
WP 1: Experimental validation and optimization of Calcium Looping (CaL) process using the available laboratory demonstrator at Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
WP 2: Mathematical modeling and validation of calcium looping process
WP 3: Techno-economic and environmental impact evaluation of combustion-based power generation in sub- and super-critical steam condition and cement production integrated with calcium looping process for post-combustion capture
Available experimental research infrastructure
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