Fixed Bed Chemical Looping beyond Gas Switching: Application to Dynamic Industrial Waste Gas Conversion
Andrew J. Furlong, Nicole K. Bond, Jan B. Haelssig, Christopher de Leeuwe, Adam Zaidi, Michael J. Pegg, Vincenzo Spallina, Robin W. Hughes · 2026
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Andrew J Furlong and colleagues reported in 2026 first tests of fixed bed chemical looping for cleaning up variable industrial waste gases. Chemical looping uses a metal oxide carrier to hand oxygen to fuel gas, keeping the exhaust ready for carbon capture without dilution by air. Their case study was the electric arc furnace, whose off-gas swings wildly in flow and makeup.
Copper and iron-based carriers burned bottled furnace-like gas in a bench reactor with high use of the carrier before breakthrough. Signs of uneven flow and surface resistance appeared at bench scale, which the authors expect larger units to avoid. The iron carrier collected some coke and lost a little activity, fixable by heat control and a touch of steam. The team proposes a reactor with outside heat removal to smooth load swings.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Andrew J. Furlong, Nicole K. Bond, Jan B. Haelssig, Christopher de Leeuwe, Adam Zaidi, Michael J. Pegg, Vincenzo Spallina, Robin W. Hughes |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |