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Adequacy versus complexity of mathematical models for engineering an adsorbed natural gas device
Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Vistad, Ørnulv Bjørnsson (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Deploying affordable and sustainable energy storage devices is one of the major pillars for changing the current energy systems. Natural gas (NG)/bio-methane storage for vehicle transportation is an existing technology ... -
CO2 Capture in Natural Gas Production by Adsorption Processes
Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Roussanaly, Simon; Anantharaman, Rahul; Lindqvist, Karl Erik Artur; Singh, Prachi; Kemper, Jasmin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Natural gas (NG) is the fossil fuel with the lowest emissions of CO2 per kilowatt of energy produced. In the case of transporting the natural gas through pipelines, the CO2 specifications depend on each country but are ... -
CO2 capture using a novel hybrid monolith (H-ZSM5/activated carbon) as adsorbent by combined vacuum and electric swing adsorption (VESA)
Zhao, Qinghu; Wu, Fan; Men, Yuhan; Fang, Xin; Zhao, Jianhua; Xiao, Penny; Webley, Paul A.; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Electrical swing adsorption (ESA) is an interesting cyclic adsorption technology which relies on rapid Joule heating of the adsorbent to liberate adsorbed molecules such as CO2. In this study we used a novel hybrid ... -
Compact reactor architectures designed with fractals
Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Chemical reactors are the heart of chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Tailored reactors with increased efficiency for specific applications can move industry a step forward towards a better environmental performance. ... -
Development of moving bed temperature swing adsorption (MBTSA) process for post-combustion CO2 capture: Initial benchmarking in a NGCC context
Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie; Mondino, Giorgia; Blom, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)A moving-bed temperature-swing adsorption (MBTSA) process has been evaluated for post-combustion CO2 capture in a natural-gas combined cycle (NGCC) context using Zeolite 13X as adsorbent. The performance of the different ... -
Effect of Gas Recycling on the Performance of a Moving Bed Temperature-Swing (MBTSA) Process for CO2 Capture in a Coal Fired Power Plant Context
Mondino, Giorgia; Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)A mathematical model of a continuous moving-bed temperature-swing adsorption (MBTSA) process for post-combustion CO2 capture in a coal-fired power plant context has been developed. Process simulations have been done using ... -
Effect of Manufacturing Techniques in Pressure Drop on Triple Periodical Minimal Surface Packings
Zimmer, Arthur; Pacheco Araújo, José D.; Andreassen, Kari Anne; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Structured packings are important elements to enhance mass and heat transfer in the chemical industry. New techniques of manufacturing, like 3D printing, can create completely new families of solids used for this purpose. ... -
Evaluation of MBTSA technology for CO2 capture from waste-to-energy plants
Mondino, Giorgia; Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard; Nord, Lars O. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Moving bed temperature swing adsorption (MBTSA) is a promising technology for CO2 capture from flue gases. In a MBTSA unit, a selective adsorbent material is circulated between a low-temperature stage where it removes CO2 ... -
Evaluation of simplified pressure swing adsorption cycles for bio-methane production
Canevesi, Rafael L S; Andreassen, Kari Anne; Silva, Edson A.; Borba, Carlos E.; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a mature technique for biogas upgrading. However, it constitutes the most expensive step to obtain fuel-quality bio-methane, particularly in small-scale units. To reduce the cost of ... -
Experimental Results of Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) for Pre-combustion CO2 Capture with Metal Organic Frameworks
Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard; Andreassen, Kari Anne; Stensrød, Ruth Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA) has already proved that it can be used for capture of CO2 from the tail gas of the PSA process for hydrogen purification. The demo operated in Port Arthur by Air Products has already ... -
Extrusion and characterization of high Si/Al ratio ZSM-5 using silica binder
Almeida, Ana Catarina; Ribeiro, Rui P.P.L.; Mota, José P.B.; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Biogas upgrading is a key operation for transforming raw biogas into valuable biomethane that can be used as fuel or transported through pipelines. Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is one possible technique that can be used ... -
Industrial production of activated carbon using circular bioeconomy principles: Case study from a Romanian company
Tibor, Sebestyen Tihamer; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This work discloses an industrial multi-ton scale methodology implemented by a Romanian company (Explocom GK) to use bio-wastes to produce biochar, demonstrating a case of bio-economy circularity associated with economic ... -
Innovative Process Cycle with Zeolite (MS13X) for Post Combustion Adsorption
Bonalumi, Davide; Lillia, Stefano; Manzolini, Giampaolo; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This paper reports the integration of Electric swing adsorption (ESA) Process in a Natural Gas Combined Cycle. This process was investigated in the MATESA FP7 project financed by European Commission. The ESA process is ... -
Modelling of adsorption technologies for controlling indoor air quality
Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Technologies for control of indoor air quality are very important to ensure that health and comfort conditions are attained in closed environments. The indoor air quality market is fertile ground for adsorption technologies, ... -
Multi-purpose structured catalysts designed and manufactured by 3D printing
Lind, Anna; Vistad, Ørnulv Bjørnsson; Sunding, Martin Fleissner; Andreassen, Karin; Cavka, Jasmina Hafizovic; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This work presents an example of the design and manufacture capabilities that 3D printing can introduce in catalysis. A multi-purpose catalyst, with fast heat and mass transfer and low-pressure drop has been designed and ... -
Multiscale investigation of adsorption properties of novel 3D printed UTSA-16 structures
Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard; Middelkoop, Vesna; Matras, Dorota; Vamvakeros, Antonis; Jacques, Simon D.M.; Beale, Andrew M.; Michiel, Marco Di; Andreassen, Kari Anne; Bouzga, Aud Mjærum (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Structuring MOF materials is a fundamental step towards their commercialization. Herein we report intensive characterization of 3D-printed UTSA-16 monoliths, facilitated by the development of a new non-aqueous ink formulation, ... -
A phase conversion method to anchor ZIF-8 onto a PAN nanofiber surface for CO2 capture
Li, Zeyu; Cao, Zhejian; Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Zhang, Wenjing; Dou, Yibo; Li, Xiaosen; Fu, Juan; Shezad, Nasir; Akhtar, Farid; Kaiser, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning and coated with zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) by a phase conversion growth method and investigated for CO2 capture. The PAN nanofibers were ... -
Production of Customized Reactors by 3D Printing for Corrosive and Exothermic Reactions
Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Didriksen, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This work presents a continuous reactor designed to be produced by 3D printing with the ultimate objective of performing fast, exothermic, and corrosive reactions. The dilution of sulfuric acid with water was used as a ... -
Production of MOF Adsorbent Spheres and Comparison of Their Performance with Zeolite 13X in a Moving-Bed TSA Process for Postcombustion CO2 Capture
Mondino, Giorgia; Spjelkavik, Aud I.; Nord, Lars O.; Krishnamurthy, Shreenath; Didriksen, Terje; Stensrød, Ruth Elisabeth; Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Well-shaped 300–700 μm spheres of aggregated metal–organic framework CPO-27-Ni crystallites have been produced using a spray-granulation method with cross-bonded alginate as the binder. The spheres are suitable for use in ... -
Rotating bed reactor for CLC: Bed characteristics dependencies on internal gas mixing
Blom, Richard; Håkonsen, Silje Fosse; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)A newly designed continuous lab-scale rotating bed reactor for chemical looping combustion using CuO/Al2O3 oxygen carrier spheres and methane as fuel gives around 90% CH4 conversion and >90% CO2 capture efficiency based ...