The structure identification and carbonation characteristics of several potassium-based supported sorbents for CO2 capture were investigated with TGA,XRD,XRF,SEM and N2 adsorption method.Potassium-based sorbents were prepared by impregnation with potassium carbonate on supports,such as cocoanut activated charcoal(AC1),coal active carbon(AC2),silica gel(SG)and diatomite(DT)using the iso-volume impregnation method.The results showed that the K2CO3 loading amounts of AC1,AC2,SG and DT were 24.1%,22.5%,21.7% and 19.1% respectively.The surface area and pore volume of K2CO3/AC1 and K2CO3/AC2 were larger than others.In contrast,those of K2CO3/DT were small.For K2CO3/SG,pore volume was large but surface area was small.K2CO3/AC1 and K2CO3/AC2 showed excellent carbonation capacity.However,the carbonation capacities of K2CO3/SG and K2CO3/DT were low.The difference in carbonation capacity of those sorbents were attributed to the difference in pore structure,leading to different supported sorbents.
