Review Article

Carbon Dioxide Separation from Flue Gases: A Technological Review Emphasizing Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Table 5

Comparison between several adsorption cycles for CO2 separation process [166].

ProcessCO2 feed molar fraction
(%) (other gases present)
CO2 purity (%)CO2 recovery (%)

PSA13 (O2)99.569
TSA109581
TSA17n.a.40
ESA1023.3392.57
VSA159090
VSA17n.a.87
3-bed VSA1290–9560–70
PSA/VSA2058–6370–75
PSA/VSA15 (H2O)5987
VPSA1799.5–99.834–69
VPSA16 (O2)9953–70
PTSA109990
2-bed-2-step PSAn.a.1890
VTSA17n.a.97