Review on current advances, future challenges and consideration issues for post-combustion CO2 capture using amine-based absorbents

Among the current technologies for post-combustion CO2 capture, amine-based chemical absorption appears to be the most technologically mature and commercially viable method. This review highlights the opportunities and challenges in post-combustion CO2 capture using amine-based chemical absorption technologies. In addition, this review provides current types and emerging trends for chemical solvents. The issues and performance of amine solvents are reviewed and addressed in terms of thermodynamics, kinetics, mass transfer, regeneration and solvent management. This review also looks at emerging and future trends in post-combustion CO2 capture using chemical solvents in the near to mid-term.