THE USE OF A HIGH LIMESTONE CONTENT MINING WASTE AS A SORBENT FOR CO2 CAPTURE

Abstract In this work, a high limestone content waste was evaluated as a potential material for CO2 capture. The influence of calcination conditions on the CO2 capture capacity was evaluated using 5 cycles of calcination-hydration-carbonation reactions. A Central Composite Design of Experiments was set using calcination temperatures and time as variables. The response evaluated was the CO2 capture measured by thermogravimetric analysis. The results indicate that both calcination temperature and time influence the CO2 capture capacities in the initial cycles but, after a large number of cycles,...