CO2 Absorption and Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in MgCl2–NH3–NH4Cl Solutions: Implications for Carbon Capture and Storage

Zhu, Chen; Wang, Han; Li, Gen; An, Siyu; Ding, Xiaofeng; Teng, Hui Henry; Zhao, Liang

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CO₂ Absorption and Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in MgCl₂–NH₃–NH₄Cl Solutions: Implications for Carbon Capture and Storage

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School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA

Department of Chemistry, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA

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Minerals 2017, 7(9), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/min7090172

Received: 23 August 2017 / Revised: 5 September 2017 / Accepted: 11 September 2017 / Published: 19 September 2017

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Carbon Capture and Storage via Mineral Carbonation)

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CO₂ absorption and carbonate precipitation are the two core processes controlling the reaction rate and path of CO₂ mineral sequestration. Whereas previous studies have focused on testing reactive crystallization and precipitation kinetics, much less attention has been paid to absorption, the key process determining the removal efficiency of CO₂. In this study, adopting a novel wetted wall column reactor, we systematically explore the rates and mechanisms of carbon transformation from CO₂ gas to carbonates in MgCl₂–NH₃–NH₄Cl solutions. We find that reactive diffusion in liquid film of the wetted wall column is the rate-limiting step of CO₂ absorption when proceeding chiefly through interactions between CO₂(aq) and NH₃(aq). We further quantified the reaction kinetic constant of the CO₂–NH₃ reaction. Our results indicate that higher initial concentration of NH₄Cl (

\geq 2 mol \cdot L^{- 1}

) leads to the precipitation of roguinite [

{({NH}_{4})}_{2} Mg {({CO}_{3})}_{2} \cdot 4 H_{2} O

], while nesquehonite appears to be the dominant Mg-carbonate without NH₄Cl addition. We also noticed dypingite formation via phase transformation in hot water. This study provides new insight into the reaction kinetics of CO₂ mineral carbonation that indicates the potential of this technique for future application to industrial-scale CO₂ sequestration. View Full-Text

Keywords: absorption rate; carbon dioxide; carbon capture and storage; magnesium carbonate

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Zhu, C.; Wang, H.; Li, G.; An, S.; Ding, X.; Teng, H.H.; Zhao, L. CO₂ Absorption and Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in MgCl₂–NH₃–NH₄Cl Solutions: Implications for Carbon Capture and Storage. Minerals 2017, 7, 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/min7090172

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Zhu C, Wang H, Li G, An S, Ding X, Teng HH, Zhao L. CO₂ Absorption and Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in MgCl₂–NH₃–NH₄Cl Solutions: Implications for Carbon Capture and Storage. Minerals. 2017; 7(9):172. https://doi.org/10.3390/min7090172

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Zhu, Chen, Han Wang, Gen Li, Siyu An, Xiaofeng Ding, Hui Henry Teng, and Liang Zhao. 2017. "CO₂ Absorption and Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in MgCl₂–NH₃–NH₄Cl Solutions: Implications for Carbon Capture and Storage" Minerals 7, no. 9: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/min7090172

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