Mixed oxygen ionic-carbonate ionic conductor membrane reactor for
coupling CO2 capture with in situ methanation
Abstract
CO2 methanation is one of the vital reactions to utilize CO2 and realize
power to gas process. To decrease the CO2 capture cost and alleviate the
hot spots during the strong exothermic methanation reaction, here, we
report a coupling of CO2 capture process with in situ CO2 methanation
process through a ceramic-molten carbonate (MC) dual phase membrane
reactor over the Ni-based catalyst. The performance of the membrane
reactor was systematically investigated and compared with the
traditional fixed-bed reactor. The results show that the performance of
the membrane reactor is higher than that of the fixed-bed reactor, since
the produced steam through the methanation process can be partially
removed through the dual-phase membrane, which promotes the reaction
shift to right side. A stability test shows no obvious degradation
within 32 h. These results indicate that the membrane reactor is
promising for coupling CO2 capture with in situ methanation process.