title: Capturing CO2 into the precipitate of a phase-changing solvent after absorption.
abstract: The major drawback of aqueous alkanolamine-based CO2 capture processes is the high energy penalty for regeneration. To overcome this weakness, we studied the absorption of CO2 with amines dissolved in nonaqueous solvents. It was observed that triethylenetetramine (TETA) dissolved in ethanol produces a solid precipitate after absorption, which can then be easily separated and regenerated. As a comparison, a TETA/water solution does not form any precipitate after absorbing CO2. The TETA/ethanol solution offers several advantages for CO2 capture in absorption rate, absorption capacity, and absorbent regenerability. Both the rate and capacity of CO2 absorption with the TETA/ethanol solution were significantly higher than with a TETA/water solution, because ethanol not only promotes the solubility of CO2 in the liquid phase but also facilitates the chemical reaction between TETA and CO2. This approach was able to capture 81.8% of the absorbed CO2 in the solid phase as TETA-carbamate. In addition, results show that the decomposition of TETA-carbamate can be completed at 90 °C. Moreover, the cycling absorption/regeneration runs of the TETA/ethanol solution display a relatively stable absorption performance.
authors: Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors: Shudong
authors: S
authors: Zheng
authors: Mengna
authors: M
authors: Tao
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Liu
authors: Liqi
authors: L
authors: Ning
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: He
authors: Yao
authors: Y
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D065966:Absorption, Physicochemical; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D044367:Phase Transition; D012996:Solutions; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D014266:Trientine / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000431:Ethanol; D014266:Trientine