%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 %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.