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Review of CO2 absorption using chemical solvents in hollow fiber membrane contactors

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In this paper, a hollow fiber membrane contactor is used to separate CO2 from a gas stream, which is a promising alternative to conventional techniques such as column absorption, and the major advantages of the membrane absorption are the larger interfacial area, better device-modularity and more operational flexibility.
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This article is published in Separation and Purification Technology.The article was published on 2005-02-01. It has received 490 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hollow fiber membrane & Contactor.

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Carbon Dioxide Absorption from Biogas by Amino Acid Salt Promoted Potassium Carbonate Solutions in a Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactor: A Numerical Study

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-dimensional mathematical model was developed to simulate the CO2 absorption process in an HFMC, where potassium salts of glycinate (PG), lysine (PL), and arginine (PA) were considered as promoters in K2CO3 solution.
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Effects of shape, porosity, and operating parameters on carbon dioxide recovery in polytetrafluoroethylene membranes

TL;DR: The recovery of carbon dioxide using an absorbent composed of 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol (AMP)+monoethanolamine (MEA)+piperazine (PZ) in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane contactors was investigated and an asymmetric membrane had a better CO(2) recovery than that of symmetric membrane.
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Experimental investigation of gas dehumidification by tri-ethylene glycol in hollow fiber membrane contactors

TL;DR: In this article, hollow fiber membrane contactors have been applied for gas dehumidification using tri-ethylene glycol as absorbent, and the effects of gas and liquid flow rates, inlet concentration, and flow direction on dehumidity efficiency have been investigated.
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High pressure removal of acid gases using hollow fiber membrane contactors: Further characterization and long-term operational stability

TL;DR: In this paper, high pressure hollow fibers membrane (HFM) modules were developed with aim to meet the operation requirements for the industrial sweetening of natural gas, and the operational stability of the HFM module, equipped with the PFA hollow fibers, was also investigated and reported.
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Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture: A Scale-Up Study from Laboratory to Pilot Plant

TL;DR: In this article, the possibilities and limitations of scale-up strategies for membrane contactors have been explored and discussed and the difficulties and uncertainties associated with scaleup computations from lab scale to pilot scale modules, with a particular emphasis on the km value, are presented and critically discussed.
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Hollow fiber membrane contactors

TL;DR: A general review of hollow fiber membrane contactors, including operating principles, relevant mathematics, and applications, is provided in this paper, where a number of membrane module geometries are possible, hollow fiber modules have received the most attention.
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Solubility and Diffusivity of Acid Gases (CO2, N2O) in Aqueous Alkanolamine Solutions

TL;DR: In this paper, the diffusivity of N2O and CO2 in aqueous alkanolamine solution was measured and correlated over a wide range of conditions, and a modified Stokes-Einstein relation was derived.
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Hollow-fiber membrane contactors

TL;DR: In this article, a liquid sorbent contacts the gas mixture along asymmetric hollow-fiber membranes that enable transfer of the carbon dioxide from a gas mixture to the liquid carbon dioxide.
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Designing hollow-fiber contactors

TL;DR: In this paper, the mass transfer correlations reported in this paper are similar to earlier heat and mass transfer correlation, but can be complicated by diffusion across the fiber wall and by alterations in fiber geometry.
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Microporous hollow fibers for gas absorption. I. Mass transfer in the liquid

TL;DR: In this paper, a theory for the operation of hollow fiber membrane modules is developed, and mass transfer coefficients in the liquid phase are investigated, and the results show when the advantage of the increased area is greater than the disadvantage of the membrane resistance.
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