Patent ID: 8501105
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: B01D,B01J,B82Y,C01F,C01P,C10J,C10K,H01M,Y02C,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A facility separating carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide from a flow of gas comprising carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, comprising: a gas-solid contact reactor receiving said flow of gas; a sorbent within said gas-solid reactor, comprising a metal oxide, said sorbent reacting with said carbon dioxide and said sulfur dioxide so as to convert at least a portion of said sorbent to a metal carbonate and at least a portion of said sorbent to a metal sulfate; and a calcinator, said calcinator receiving said at least a portion of said metal carbonate, said calcinatory calcining said metal carbonate to form said metal oxide and carbon dioxide, wherein said sorbent is replenished in said gas-solid reactor with said metal oxide formed in said calcinatory.