Selectivity of MOFs and Silica Nanoparticles in CO<sub>2</sub> Capture from Flue Gases
Felicia Bucura,
Stefan-Ionut Spiridon,
Roxana Elena Ionete,
Florian Marin,
Anca Maria Zaharioiu,
Adrian Armeanu,
Silviu-Laurentiu Badea,
Oana Romina Botoran,
Eusebiu Ilarian Ionete,
Violeta-Carolina Niculescu,
Marius Constantinescu
Affiliations
Felicia Bucura
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Stefan-Ionut Spiridon
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Roxana Elena Ionete
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Florian Marin
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Anca Maria Zaharioiu
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Adrian Armeanu
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Silviu-Laurentiu Badea
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Oana Romina Botoran
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Eusebiu Ilarian Ionete
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Violeta-Carolina Niculescu
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Marius Constantinescu
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies—ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, 4 Uzinei Street, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Until reaching climate neutrality by attaining the EU 2050 level, the current levels of CO2 must be mitigated through the research and development of resilient technologies. This research explored potential approaches to lower CO2 emissions resulting from combustion fossil fuels in power plant furnaces. Different nanomaterials (MOFs versus silica nanoparticles) were used in this context to compare their effectiveness to mitigate GHG emissions. Porous materials known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are frequently employed in sustainable CO2 management for selective adsorption and separation. Understanding the underlying mechanism is difficult due to their textural characteristics, the presence of functional groups and the variation in technological parameters (temperature and pressure) during CO2-selective adsorption. A silica-based nanomaterial was also employed in comparison. To systematically map CO2 adsorption as a function of the textural and compositional features of the nanomaterials and the process parameters set to a column-reactor system (CRS), 160 data points were collected for the current investigation. Different scenarios, as a function of P (bar) or as a function of T (K), were designed based on assumptions, 1 and 5 vs. 1–10 (bar) and 313.15 and 373.15 vs. 313.15–423.15 (K), where the regression analyses through Pearson coefficients of 0.92–0.95, coefficients of determination of 0.87–0.90 and p-values < 0.05, on predictive and on-site laboratory data, confirmed the performances of the CRS.
