Optimization of Cryogenic Carbon Dioxide Removal from CO₂-CH₄ System by Response Surface Methodology

Abstract:

The presence of high CO₂ content in natural gas reservoirs is one of the significant threats to the environment. Cryogenic CO₂ capture technology is amongst the emerging technologies used for natural gas purification before customer use. In this research work, the binary CO₂-CH₄ mixture having 75% CO₂ content is studied. Aspen Hysys simulator with Peng Robinson property package is used for the prediction of phase equilibrium data for the binary mixture. The data obtained through the Aspen Hysys simulator is optimized for the S-V two-phase region for maximum CO₂ capture. Response surface methodology is used for the optimization of the predicted data. Optimization of the pressure and temperature conditions is done to obtain maximum CH₄ in the top stream and minimum CO₂ with minimum energy requirement. In this research work, the pressure and temperature ranges selected from the predicted phase equilibrium data for the optimization are 1 to 20 bar and-65 to-150 °C respectively. At atmospheric pressure and-123.50 °C, the desirability value is maximum, which is 0.843. under these conditions, the CO₂ and CH₄ in the top product stream are 1070.72 Kg/hr and 152.04 Kg/hr respectively with an energy requirement of 2.087 GJ/hr.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 997)
• Pages: 103-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.997.103
• Online since: June 2020
• Authors: Muhammad Babar, Mohamad Azmi Bustam, Abulhassan Ali, Abdulhalim Shah Maulud
• Keywords: Aspen Hysys, Cryogenic CO₂ Capture, Natural Gas, Optimization, RSM

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