Abstract:
A process for desorbing CO2 gas from an ion-rich aqueous mixture comprising bicarbonate and hydrogen ions, includes providing micro-particles in the ion-rich aqueous mixture; and feeding the ion-rich aqueous mixture into a desorption reactor; the micro-particles comprising a support material and biocatalysts supported and stabilized by the support material and being sized and provided in a concentration in the desorption reactor such that the micro-particles are carried with the ion-rich aqueous mixture to promote transformation of the bicarbonate and hydrogen ions into CO2 gas and water, thereby producing a CO2 gas stream and an ion-depleted solution.
Abstract:
Methods for enzyme-enhanced CO2 capture include contacting a CO2-containing gas with an aqueous absorption solution at process conditions—such as high temperature, high pH, and/or using carbonate-based solutions—in the presence of Thermovibrio ammonificans carbonic anhydrase (TACA) or functional derivative thereof for catalyzing the hydration reaction of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions and/or catalyzing the desorption reaction to produce a CO2 gas. The TACA may be provided to flow with the solution to cycle through a CO2 capture system that includes an absorber and a stripper.
Abstract:
A formulation and process for capturing CO2 use an absorption mixture containing water, biocatalysts and an absorption compound selected from dimethylmonoethanolamine (DMMEA), diethylmonoethanolamine (DEMEA), and dimethylglycine. The process may include contacting a CO2-containing gas with the absorption mixture to enable dissolution and transformation of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions, thereby producing a CO2-depleted gas and an ion-rich solution, followed by subjecting the ion-rich solution to desorption.
Abstract:
A process for desorbing CO2 gas from an ion-rich aqueous mixture comprising bicarbonate and hydrogen ions, includes providing micro-particles in the ion-rich aqueous mixture; and feeding the ion-rich aqueous mixture into a desorption reactor; the micro-particles comprising a support material and biocatalysts supported and stabilized by the support material and being sized and provided in a concentration in the desorption reactor such that the micro-particles are carried with the ion-rich aqueous mixture to promote transformation of the bicarbonate and hydrogen ions into CO2 gas and water, thereby producing a CO2 gas stream and an ion-depleted solution.
Abstract:
Use of Sulfurihydrogenibium sp. carbonic anhydrase (SspCA) or mutants thereof for catalyzing the hydration reaction of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions or catalyzing the desorption reaction to produce a CO2 gas is provided.
Abstract:
A carbonic anhydrase bioreactor for treating a CO2-containing gas includes a reaction chamber for receiving a liquid; porous particles with carbonic anhydrase entrapped therein provided in the reaction chamber for catalyzing a reaction of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions to obtain a treated gas and an ion-rich solution; a retention device for retaining the porous particles within the reaction chamber; a liquid inlet for providing the liquid; a gas inlet for providing the CO2-containing gas; a liquid outlet for releasing the ion-rich solution; and a gas outlet to release the treated gas. Processes are also described for treating a CO2-containing gas, where particles comprising porous material with entrapped carbonic anhydrase catalyze the reaction and the particles are retained in the reaction chamber.
Abstract:
A formulation and process for capturing CO2 use an absorption mixture containing water, biocatalysts and a carbonate compound. The process includes contacting a CO2-containing gas with the absorption mixture to enable dissolution and transformation of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions, thereby producing a CO2-depleted gas and an ion-rich solution, followed by subjecting the ion-rich solution to desorption. The biocatalyst improves absorption of the mixture comprising carbonate compounds and the carbonate compound promotes release of the bicarbonate ions from the ion-rich solution during desorption, producing a CO2 gas stream and an ion-depleted solution.
Abstract:
Use of Sulfurihydrogenibium sp. carbonic anhydrase (SspCA) or mutants thereof for catalyzing the hydration reaction of CO2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions or catalyzing the desorption reaction to produce a CO2 gas is provided.
Abstract:
A process for desorbing CO2 gas from an ion-rich aqueous mixture comprising bicarbonate and hydrogen ions, includes providing micro-particles in the ion-rich aqueous mixture; and feeding the ion-rich aqueous mixture into a desorption reactor; the micro-particles comprising a support material and biocatalysts supported and stabilized by the support material and being sized and provided in a concentration in the desorption reactor such that the micro-particles are carried with the ion-rich aqueous mixture to promote transformation of the bicarbonate and hydrogen ions into CO2 gas and water, thereby producing a CO2 gas stream and an ion-depleted solution.
Abstract:
A method for CO2 capture may include operating a packed reactor comprising a reaction chamber containing packing including immobilized enzymes, by contacting a CO2 containing gas with a liquid solution in the reaction chamber to produce an ion-loaded solution and a CO2 depleted gas by an enzymatically catalyzed hydration reaction; monitoring enzyme activity of the immobilized enzymes; at a low enzyme activity threshold (i) stopping operation in the packed reactor, and (ii) replenishing the enzymatic activity by providing an enzyme replenishing solution into the packed reactor to contact the packing and provide a replenishing amount of the immobilized enzymes; and recommencing operation in the packed reactor for CO2 capture using the replenished immobilized enzymes. A corresponding system may include a packed reactor and an in situ enzyme supply device for supplying active enzyme within the reactor. The enzyme supply device may include spray nozzles with various configurations.