Synthesis of a Porous Nano-CaO/MgO-Based CO sub(2) Adsorbent

A porous nano-CaO/MgO-based adsorbent was prepared using MgO as a support in order to increase the sorption capacity and durability. The magnesium sol prepared by reacting MgO slurry with citric acid was added to nano-CaCO sub(3) slurry and the mixture was calcinated to obtain the nano-CaO/MgO-based adsorbent. The influence of MgO content on the structure and sorption performance of the resulting adsorbent was studied in detail. The pore radius and specific surface area of the adsorbent increased with higher MgO content. The adsorbent exhibited superior sorption performance during calcium looping and maintained a good durability at the calcination temperature, thus being an interesting candidate for future work. Nano-CaO/MgO-based adsorbents exhibit excellent durability with high conversion at low calcination temperature in the absence of CO sub(2) and at high temperature in the presence of high CO sub(2) concentrations. MgO prepared from a magnesium sol serves as a support for nano-CaO to improve the microstructure, sorption capacity, and durability of such adsorbents.