Recently, technique of CO2 separation from exhaust mixture gases is desired as one of countermeasures against the environmental problems. Material used for the separation technique must be compact and can absorb CO2 quickly. Moreover it must be used repeatedly. From these requirements, Li-Metal oxides (typical example Li4SiO4) are regarded as a novel solid CO2 absorbent. Previously, we have investigated temperature dependence of CO2 absorption behavior of Li4SiO4, and studied on a method to measure reaction rate of CO2 absorption reaction of Li4SiO4 by means of a TG and DTA apparatus with an IR Gold image furnace. Furthermore, we have successfully synthesized new Li-Metal oxides Li4TiO4 and Li2CuO2, and measured their CO2 absorption behavior by means of the apparatus and the method. For three kinds of powdered samples (Li4SiO4, Li4TiO4, and Li2CuO2), CO2 absorption defined by "mass increase per sample gram" were measured by the apparatus when the samples were heated with the heating rate of 5 ℃ min-1. up to 1000 ℃ in 100 vol% CO2 atmosphere. It was found that the maximum CO2 absorption was measured 36.7 mass%, 42.1 mass%, and 40.2 mass%, respectively for Li4SiO4, Li4TiO4,and Li2CuO2. The maximum CO2 absorption of the Li4TiO4 sample was larger than those of Li4SiO4 and Li2CuO2. In order to measure rate constant k of CO2 absorption reaction for three samples, mass increase of the samples was measured with time at a measurement temperature in 100 vol% CO2 atmosphere. From the results, it was found that, in temperature region of 680 ℃~700 ℃, the rate constant k of the CO2 absorption for Li2CuO2 were almost three times larger than that of Li4SiO4 sample.
Keywords:CO2 separation technique; CO2 absorbent; Li-Metal oxides; CO2 Absorption Rate