Micro-scale thermal imaging of CO2 absorption in the thermochemical energy storage of Li metal oxides at high temperature

Junko Morikawa; Hiroki Takasu; Massimiliano Zamengo; Yukitaka Kato

doi:10.1117/12.2263079

13 June 2017 Micro-scale thermal imaging of CO₂ absorption in the thermochemical energy storage of Li metal oxides at high temperature

Junko Morikawa, Hiroki Takasu, Massimiliano Zamengo, Yukitaka Kato

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Proceedings Volume 10214, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIX; 1021408 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263079
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

Li-Metal oxides (typical example: lithium ortho-silicate Li₄SiO₄) are regarded as a novel solid carbon dioxide CO₂ absorbent accompanied by an exothermic reaction. At temperatures above 700°C the sorbent is regenerated with the release of the captured CO₂ in an endothermic reaction. As the reaction equilibrium of this reversible chemical reaction is controllable only by the partial pressure of CO₂, the system is regarded as a potential candidate for chemical heat storage at high temperatures.

In this study, we applied our recent developed mobile type instrumentation of micro-scale infrared thermal imaging system to observe the heat of chemical reaction of Li₄SiO₄ and CO₂ at temperature higher than 600°C or higher. In order to quantify the micro-scale heat transfer and heat exchange in the chemical reaction, the superimpose signal processing system is setup to determine the precise temperature.

Under an ambient flow of carbon dioxide, a powder of Li₄SiO₄ with a diameter 50 micron started to shine caused by an exothermic chemical reaction heat above 600°C. The phenomena was accelerated with increasing temperature up to 700°C. At the same time, the reaction product lithium carbonate (Li₂CO₃) started to melt with endothermic phase change above 700°C, and these thermal behaviors were captured by the method of thermal imaging. The direct measurement of multiple thermal phenomena at high temperatures is significant to promote an efficient design of chemical heat storage materials.

This is the first observation of the exothermic heat of the reaction of Li₄SiO₄ and CO₂ at around 700°C by the thermal imaging method.

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Junko Morikawa, Hiroki Takasu, Massimiliano Zamengo, and Yukitaka Kato "Micro-scale thermal imaging of CO₂ absorption in the thermochemical energy storage of Li metal oxides at high temperature", Proc. SPIE 10214, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIX, 1021408 (13 June 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263079

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