이산화탄소 습식흡수법을 응용한 침강성 탄산염 생성 및 재이용 기초연구

To prevent climate change which is thought to be caused by the carbon dioxide emitted from industrial facilities by human activities, the efforts to reduce the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have been widely made. One of the method is to capture carbon dioxide by liquid absorbent. In this method, flue gas containing carbon dioxide is introduced to the absorber where the absorbent captures carbon dioxide selectively. After capturing, carbon dioxide is separated by heat at desorber and separated CO2 is transprted to storage site such as deep ocean or underground. However, stored CO2 is not permanently stable and these can be problematic that can cause ecosystem destruction due to low pH of the gas. By applying metal cation supplying unit after the capture process, carbon dioxide can be converted to metal carbonate salt in solid phase which can be stored stably or can be utilized or reused for industrial application. In this research, the mechanisms of carbon dioxide conversion were suggested and basic properties and conditions of the system were introduced.