Efficient and low-energy ship CO2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12539486-B2
Application number	US-202318233360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2023
Priority date	Aug 12, 2022
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

An efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system, comprising a cooler, a fan, an absorption tower, a CO 2 -rich solution pump, a plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors, and a CO 2 -lean solution pump, which are connected one by one to form a queue. The beginning of the queue is connected to a marine diesel engine, and the end of the queue is connected to the absorption power again. The hollow fiber membrane contactors are arranged in parallel. The present invention uses a CO 2 mineralization fixation by seawater as the driving force for the regeneration of CO 2 from the CO 2 -rich solution. This system and method can solve the problems existing in the existing ship CCUS technology with zero CO 2 regeneration energy consumption, and easier and safer CO 2 storage in the ocean.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system, comprising a cooler, a fan, an absorption tower, a CO 2 -rich solution pump and a plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors, wherein the cooler, the fan, the absorption tower, the CO 2 -rich solution pump and the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors are connected to a marine diesel engine, the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors are set in parallel, the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors are connected to a CO 2 -lean solution pump, an outlet end of the CO 2 -lean solution pump is connected to an inlet end of the absorption tower, and an outlet end of the absorption tower is connected to an inlet end of the CO 2 -rich solution pump, an outlet end of the CO 2 -rich solution pump is connected to inlet ends of the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors, an outlet end of the cooler is connected to an inlet end of the fan, and an outlet end of the fan is connected to the inlet end of the absorption tower;
a total CO 2 -rich solution valve is arranged between the CO 2 -rich solution pump and the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors, a total CO 2 -lean solution valve is arranged between the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors and the CO 2 -lean solution pump, a CO 2 -rich solution flows into tube sides of the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors at a same time through the total CO 2 -rich solution valve, and a CO 2 -lean solution from the tube sides flows through the total CO 2 -lean solution valve; each of the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors comprises membrane elements and shell heads, wherein the shell heads are arranged at both ends of the membrane elements, and both ends of the membrane elements are open structures; and the membrane elements are immersed in seawater, and the shell heads are arranged above the seawater level.

2 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system according to claim 1 , wherein an inlet is set on a top of the absorption tower, an exhaust port is set on a top side of the absorption tower, and a liquid outlet is set on a bottom of the absorption tower, wherein the liquid outlet is connected to the CO 2 -rich solution pump.

3 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system according to claim 1 , wherein a gas inlet is set on a bottom side of the absorption tower, wherein the gas inlet is connected to the fan.

4 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system according to claim 1 , wherein a membrane material of each of the membrane elements is hydrophobic material, and each of the membrane elements has an inner diameter of 320-350 μm, an outer diameter of 0.4-2 mm and a wall thickness of 0.02-0.08 mm; and a size of a pore of each of the membranes is 0.02-0.2 μm, and a porosity is >40%.

5 . An efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation method, using the efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
S1: collecting an exhaust gas in an exhaust pipe of the marine diesel engine and cooling the exhaust gas to obtain a cooled exhaust gas; S2: introducing the cooled exhaust gas into the absorption tower, and using an efficient CO 2 absorbent to capture a ship CO 2 in the absorption tower with countercurrent contact, wherein a treated exhaust gas is discharged from a top of the absorption tower, and a solution obtained on a bottom of the absorption tower is the CO 2 -rich solution after CO 2 absorption process; S3: pumping the CO 2 -rich solution into the tube sides of the membrane elements of the plurality of hollow fiber membrane contactors with fixed liquid flow rate, wherein the CO 2 -rich solution flowing through the membrane tubes becomes the CO 2 -lean solution, wherein the CO 2 -lean solution is pumped into the absorption tower through the CO 2 -lean solution pump for secondary absorption; and S4: during a flow process of the CO 2 -rich solution in the tube sides of the membrane elements, allowing the dissolved CO 2 in the CO 2 -rich solution to diffuse into seawater through the membrane elements, wherein regeneration of CO 2 from the CO 2 -rich solution in the tube sides and mineralization of the regenerated CO 2 in the seawater are completed simultaneously.

6 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation method according to claim 5 , wherein a liquid flow rate in step S3 is fixed ranging from 0.2 m/s-0.5 m/s.

7 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation method according to claim 5 , wherein a rate of CO 2 diffusion from the CO 2 -rich solution to the seawater through the membrane elements in step S4 is determined by a CO 2 concentration difference between the CO 2 -rich solution and the seawater, and a driving force of a diffusion process is provided by a process of CO 2 mineralization fixation by the seawater.

8 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation method according to claim 5 , wherein in the efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system, an inlet is set on a top of the absorption tower, an exhaust port is set on a top side of the absorption tower, and a liquid outlet is set on a bottom of the absorption tower, wherein the liquid outlet is connected to the CO 2 -rich solution pump.

9 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation method according to claim 5 , wherein in the efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system, a gas inlet is set on a bottom side of the absorption tower, wherein the gas inlet is connected to the fan.

10 . The efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation method according to claim 5 , wherein in the efficient and low-energy ship CO 2 capture-membrane desorption-mineralization fixation system, a membrane material of each of the membrane elements is hydrophobic material, and each of the membrane elements has an inner diameter of 320-350 μm, an outer diameter of 0.4-2 mm and a wall thickness of 0.02-0.08 mm; and a size of a pore of each of the membranes is 0.02-0.2 μm, and a porosity is >40%.

Assignees

• Univ China Mining

Inventors

• Chen Siming
• She Xilin
• Zhang Lei
• Tang Hua
• Zhang Chunjin
• Liu Jingchao

Classifications

• B01D2325/38

  Hydrophobic membranes · CPC title

• B01D2325/04

  Characteristic thickness · CPC title

• B01D2325/0283

  Pore size · CPC title

• B01D2258/012

  Diesel engines and lean burn gasoline engines · CPC title

• B01D2257/504

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title