Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization Educational Pilot Plant for Unit Operations

Introduction

The Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization Educational Unit Operations Pilot Plant is an integrated laboratory system designed to demonstrate gas separation, absorption, and adsorption processes within higher education curricula. Engineered for university engineering laboratories, this pilot plant features a four-tower adsorption system that allows students to study gas purification, mass transfer, and thermal regeneration under realistic operating conditions. By providing hands-on interaction with gas-phase concentrations, flow rates, and thermal parameters, the system helps bridge the gap between theoretical process engineering and practical industrial application.

Tailored Customization Services

To meet the specific curricular needs and spatial constraints of diverse university laboratories, this educational pilot plant supports extensive customization. Both the hardware components—such as column dimensions, piping configurations, and sensor selection—and the software control systems, including the user interface and data-logging parameters, can be adapted to align with unique teaching objectives and experimental protocols.

Key Educational Features and Advantages

• Realistic Process Modeling: Features a four-tower separation configuration capable of processing gas mixtures (such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide) under variable pressure conditions to simulate industrial gas capture workflows.
• Durable and Thermal-Resistant Hardware: Equipped with 304 stainless steel columns and high-temperature electric heating jackets rated up to 400°C, enabling students to perform thermal activation and vacuum regeneration cycles safely.
• Modern Instrumentation and Control: Integrates a 15.6-inch touchscreen terminal and a multi-channel monitoring system to track process signals, facilitating real-time data analysis and system control.
• High-Accuracy Analysis: Incorporates precise carbon dioxide analyzers and mass flow meters, providing students with the accurate data required for rigorous mass and energy balance calculations.
• Robust and Mobile Construction: Mounted on a durable aluminum alloy frame with adjustable casters, allowing the unit to be easily relocated and secured within shared laboratory spaces.

Detail & Parts

Technical Specifications & Curriculum Mapping

Academic Curriculum Alignment and Integration

This educational pilot plant is designed to integrate into core undergraduate and graduate engineering courses, directly reinforcing the concepts taught in standard engineering curricula. By interacting with the physical system, students can visualize and calculate the transport phenomena and thermodynamic principles discussed in major reference textbooks:

• Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering: The pilot plant serves as a physical counterpart to chapters covering gas absorption, adsorption separation, and heat transfer in packed columns. Students can experimentally determine breakthrough curves, evaluate mass transfer coefficients, and observe the thermal effects of adsorption cycles.
• Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles: The multi-tower configuration allows instructors to design laboratory modules focused on molecular diffusion in porous adsorbents, gas-solid transport phenomena, and the thermodynamics of gas mixtures under pressure.
• Chemical Engineering Design: Using this pilot plant, students can analyze process flow diagrams (PFDs), evaluate piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), study the integration of safety relief valves, and practice industrial scale-up calculations based on empirical laboratory data.

Flexible Configuration and Customization

To ensure the equipment remains relevant as curricula evolve, both the hardware and software architectures are designed with modular flexibility. Whether your department requires alternative analytical sensors, modified column configurations, or specific PLC software interfaces to match existing campus networks, the system can be customized to support your academic and research requirements.

About LABPARK

LABPARK has been dedicated to serving higher education for over 20 years, focusing on the design and manufacture of advanced engineering training systems. The company specializes in delivering educational solutions across six primary academic fields: chemistry, chemical engineering, biology, food science, pharmaceutical engineering, and environmental engineering.

Operating from a 49,000-square-meter production and R&D base, LABPARK holds 209 technical patents, reflecting a commitment to continuous product development and safety. To date, the company has partnered with more than 289 universities and colleges worldwide, helping departments establish modern, safe, and effective laboratory environments for the next generation of engineers.

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