文摘
Deactivation of Ca-based sorbents by coal-derived minerals during multicycle CO2 sorptionreactions at elevated temperature and pressure was investigated using a laboratory-scalehorizontal-tube reactor. The sorbents tended to undergo a solid-solid reaction with coal-derivedash components such as silicon (Si) and aluminum (Al) during multicycle CO2 sorption with anintermediate hydration stage. This reaction formed complex inorganics, such as mayenite (Ca12Al14O33), calcium silicate (Ca2SiO4), and spurrite (Ca5(SiO4)2CO3), and substantially decreasedthe sorbents' CO2 sorption ability. Interaction with the coal-derived minerals was significantduring the multicycle calcination-carbonation reaction only when the sorbents were subjectedto the intermediate hydration treatment. This result suggests that steam enhanced the solid-solid interaction between the minerals and the sorbents at elevated temperature (>873 K) andpressure (6.0 MPa) and that the interaction should be avoided by selecting proper reactionconditions for efficient utilization of the Ca-based sorbents.