Paolini Valerio, Petracchini Francesco, Guerriero Ettore, Bencini Alessandro, Drigo Serena
a Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italian National Research Council , Monterotondo (RM) , Italy.
b AZZERO CO2 srl , Roma (RM) , Italy.
Environ Technol. 2016;37(11):1418-27. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2015.1118557. Epub 2015 Dec 17.
CO2 adsorption on synthetic zeolites has become a consolidated approach for biogas upgrading to biomethane. As an alternative to synthetic zeolites, tuff waste from building industry was investigated in this study: indeed, this material is available at a low price and contains a high fraction of natural zeolites. A selective adsorption of CO2 and H2S towards CH4 was confirmed, allowing to obtain a high-purity biomethane (CO2 <2 g m(-3), i.e. 0.1%; H2S <1.5 mg m(-3)), suitable for injection in national grids or as vehicle fuel. The loading capacity was found to be 45 g kg(-1) and 40 mg kg(-1), for CO2 and H2S, respectively. Synthetic gas mixtures and real biogas samples were used, and no significant effects due to biogas impurities (e.g. humidity, dust, moisture, etc.) were observed. Thermal and vacuum regenerations were also optimized and confirmed to be possible, without significant variations in efficiency. Hence, natural zeolites from tuffs may successfully be used in a pressure/vacuum swing adsorption process.
合成沸石对二氧化碳的吸附已成为将沼气升级为生物甲烷的一种成熟方法。作为合成沸石的替代物,本研究考察了建筑行业的凝灰岩废料:实际上,这种材料价格低廉且含有高比例的天然沸石。证实了对二氧化碳和硫化氢相对于甲烷具有选择性吸附,从而能够获得高纯度生物甲烷(二氧化碳<2 g m⁻³,即0.1%;硫化氢<1.5 mg m⁻³),适合注入国家电网或用作车辆燃料。发现二氧化碳和硫化氢的负载量分别为45 g kg⁻¹和40 mg kg⁻¹。使用了合成气体混合物和实际沼气样品,未观察到沼气杂质(如湿度、灰尘、水分等)产生的显著影响。还对热再生和真空再生进行了优化,并证实可行,效率无显著变化。因此,凝灰岩中的天然沸石可成功用于变压/变温吸附过程。