%0 journal article
%@ 1750-5836
%A Brinkmann, T.,Pohlmann, J.,Bram, M.,Zhao, L.,Tota, A.,Escalona, N.J.,de Graaff, M.,Stolten, D.

%D 2015
%J International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
%N 
%P 194-204 
%R doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.03.010
%T Investigating the influence of the pressure distribution in a membrane module on the cascaded membrane system for post-combustion capture
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.03.010
 
%X Polyactive® membranes show promising properties for CO2 separation from flue gas. An investigation of different module types using Polyactive® membranes was carried out for this paper. A test rig was built to explore, amongst other process parameters, the pressure drop in envelope-type membrane modules. The experimental data and simulation results were compared with quite good consistency. This validation enabled further simulations for different modules in a virtual pilot plant configuration. Applying the data from the pilot plant simulation to a reference power plant, the scaled-up cascaded membrane system was analyzed using different membrane modules. Considering the required membrane area, energy consumption and pressure drop in different modules, a counter-current membrane module configuration exhibited the best performance and had a marginal advantage in comparison with the chemical absorption process.