Synthesis of CaO-based sorbents for CO(2) capture by a spray-drying technique.

Highly effective and durable CO(2) sorbents were synthesized with different calcium and support precursors using a spray-drying technique. It was found that spray-drying could be a useful technique for producing sorbents with enhanced cyclic performance, especially when d-gluconic acids of calcium and magnesium were used. Seven sorbents were synthesized with five calcium precursors and three inert solid precursors, and the sorbent made from calcium d-gluconte monohydrate and magnesium d-gluconate hydrate with 75 wt % CaO content achieved a high CO(2) sorption capacity of 0.46 g of CO(2)/g of calcined sorbent at the 44th cycle of carbonation and calcination.