Process design and energy assessment of an onboard carbon capture system with boilers or heat pumps for additional steam generation

Abstract

This study proposes a novel onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) with reduced fuel consumption. The proposed system included a heat pump with an intermediate heat exchanger, a parallel compressor, and a steam compressor. The proposed system consumed 43% less fuel than the boiler for producing the same amount of steam, which was required for CO2 stripping. In addition, a blended solvent of amino methyl propanol (AMP) and piperazine (PZ) was applied to the OCCS. A rate-based process simulation indicated that this solvent resulted in 22% lower reboiler duty, compared to a monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent. Further, it was shown that the proposed OCCS with the heat pump and the AMP/PZ solvent achieved a reduction of approximately 50% in both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions along with 26.9 USD reduction for capturing one ton of CO2, compared to the OCCS with a boiler and MEA solvent.