Systems and methods for capturing carbon dioxide using a molten carbonate fuel cell

Abstract

A fuel cell system includes a molten carbonate fuel cell module including an anode section configured to output an anode exhaust stream including carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a cathode section configured to receive a cathode input stream. The fuel cell system further includes a drying system configured to receive and remove water from the anode exhaust stream and to output a dried anode exhaust stream comprising less than 0.1 percent water and a carbon dioxide solvent extraction system configured to receive the dried anode exhaust stream, expose the dried anode exhaust stream to a physical solvent to absorb carbon dioxide, output a carbon dioxide product stream comprising at least 99 percent carbon dioxide, and output a sweet gas stream.

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