Carbon capture system and method for capturing carbon dioxide
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorsMichael Charles Balfe, Olaf Stallmann, Christoph Weingärtner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A carbon capture system includes a Carbonator for adsorbing carbon dioxide with a carbon dioxide lean sorbent generating a carbon dioxide rich sorbent, a first Calciner for thermally decomposing a carbon dioxide rich sorbent into a carbon dioxide lean sorbent and carbon dioxide, a supply of raw material to be calcined into the first Calciner containing a carbon dioxide rich sorbent, a connection between the first Calciner and the Carbonator, a second Calciner for thermally decomposing a carbon dioxide rich sorbent into a carbon dioxide lean sorbent and carbon dioxide, a connection between the Carbonator and the second Calciner, and a connection between the second Calciner and the Carbonator.
Claims6
A carbon capture system comprising:
- a Carbonator configured to adsorb carbon dioxide using a first fresh carbon dioxide lean sorbent and a second purged carbon dioxide lean sorbent to generate a carbon dioxide rich sorbent;
- a supply of raw material containing a carbon dioxide rich sorbent;
- a first Calciner configured to calcine the supply of raw material to provide the first fresh carbon dioxide lean sorbent and a first carbon dioxide stream;
- a first input to the Carbonator configured to receive at least the first fresh carbon dioxide lean sorbent from the first Calciner;
- a second Calciner configured to thermally decompose a carbon dioxide rich sorbent into the second purged carbon dioxide lean sorbent and a second carbon dioxide stream;
- a second input to the Carbonator configured to receive the second purged carbon dioxide lean sorbent from the second Calciner;
- and
- a first output from the Carbonator configured to transfer at least the carbon dioxide rich sorbent to the second Calciner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.