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Adsorption processes have already been considered as an appealing technology for carbon capture and climate change mitigation. Accordingly, this work investigated the capacity of shaped MIL-160(Al) as a water stable bioderived Al dicarboxylate microporous metal–organic framework for separation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen concerning postcombustion application. First, breakthrough experiments of carbon dioxide and nitrogen were accomplished at 313 K and 4.0 bar. Then, a set of equations/relations were considered to model the dynamic fixed-bed tests, in which the outcomes proved the capacity of the developed model for such a purpose. Next, a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process with five steps, including pressurization, feed, rinse, blowdown, and purge, was planned and validated using performed experiments in a laboratory-scale PSA setup. In the end, an industrial PSA process was designed to attain a better grasp of the capacity of MIL-160(Al) for postcombustion application. The results indicated an exciting potential of this adsorbent for postcombustion carbon capture, with the purity and recovery of carbon dioxide around 67.3 and 99.1%, respectively.

The microporous bioderived Al dicarboxylate MIL-160(Al) MOF in its shaped form has been evaluated as a candidate for biogas upgrading (BU) and/or carbon capture and storage (CCS) by studying adsorption isotherms of CO2, CH4, and N2at 313, 343, and 373 K until 8 bar. The isotherms disclosed the following loading capacities: 4.2 (CO2), 2.07 (CH4), and 0.69 (N2) mol/kg at 5.8 bar and 313 K, which fitted with the dual-site Langmuir model. The linear-driving-force coefficients (LDFs) for CO2and CH4calculated from uptake rate experiments are in the order of 0.021–0.096 and 0.041–0.165 s–1at 313 K between 0.11 and 2.76 bar, respectively. The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was also applied to maximize the selectivity for mixtures CO2/CH4and CO2/N2with interest for BU or CCS. Breakthrough curve experiments with mixtures CO2/CH4and CO2/N2at the optimum selectivity conditions were developed and simulated using ASPEN Adsorption. This work clearly demonstrates the potential of MIL-160(Al) to be used in BU- and/or CCS-related applications.

Single- and multicomponent adsorption fixed bed breakthrough experiments of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrogen (N2) on commercial binder-free beads of 4A zeolite have been studied at 313, 373, and 423 K and a total pressure of up to 5 bar. The ternary experiments (CO2/CH4/N2) show a practically complete separation of CO2from CH4/N2at all the temperatures studied, with selectivity at 313 K of CO2around 24 over CH4and 50 over N2. The adsorption equilibrium data measured from the breakthrough experiments were modeled by the dual-site Langmuir isotherm, and the breakthrough results were simulated with a fixed bed adsorption model taking into account axial dispersion, mass-transfer resistances, and heat effects. The mathematical model predicts with a good accuracy the systematic behavior of the single- and multicomponent breakthrough results based on the independent parameters calculated from well-established correlations and intracrystalline diffusivities for zeolite 4A available in the literature. The results showed in the present work evidence that the binder-free beads of zeolite 4A can be employed to efficiently separate CO2from CO2/CH4/N2mixtures by fixed bed adsorption.