Kinetic and Thermodynamic Analysis of High-Pressure CO 2 Capture Using Ethylenediamine: Experimental Study and Modeling

Josselyne A. Villarroel, Alex Palma-Cando, Alfredo Viloria and Marvin Ricaurte
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Josselyne A. Villarroel: Grupo de Investigación Aplicada en Materiales y Procesos (GIAMP), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hda. San José s/n y Proyecto Yachay, Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador
Alex Palma-Cando: Grupo de Investigación Aplicada en Materiales y Procesos (GIAMP), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hda. San José s/n y Proyecto Yachay, Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador
Alfredo Viloria: Grupo de Investigación Aplicada en Materiales y Procesos (GIAMP), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hda. San José s/n y Proyecto Yachay, Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador
Marvin Ricaurte: Grupo de Investigación Aplicada en Materiales y Procesos (GIAMP), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hda. San José s/n y Proyecto Yachay, Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-15

Abstract: One of the alternatives to reduce CO 2 emissions from industrial sources (mainly the oil and gas industry) is CO 2 capture. Absorption with chemical solvents (alkanolamines in aqueous solutions) is the most widely used conventional technology for CO 2 capture. Despite the competitive advantages of chemical solvents, the technological challenge in improving the absorption process is to apply alternative solvents, reducing energy demand and increasing the CO 2 captured per unit of solvent mass. This work presents an experimental study related to the kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of high-pressure CO 2 capture using ethylenediamine (EDA) as a chemical solvent. EDA has two amine groups that can increase the CO 2 capture capacity per unit of solvent. A non-stirred experimental setup was installed and commissioned for CO 2 capture testing. Tests of the solubility of CO 2 in water were carried out to validate the experimental setup. CO 2 capture testing was accomplished using EDA in aqueous solutions (0, 5, 10, and 20 wt.% in amine). Finally, a kinetic model involving two steps was proposed, including a rapid absorption step and a slow diffusion step. EDA accelerated the CO 2 capture performance. Sudden temperature increases were observed during the initial minutes. The CO 2 capture was triggered after the absorption of a minimal amount of CO 2 (~10 mmol) into the liquid solutions, and could correspond to the “lean amine acid gas loading” in a typical sweetening process using alkanolamines. At equilibrium, there was a linear relationship between the CO 2 loading and the EDA concentration. The CO 2 capture behavior obtained adapts accurately (AAD < 1%) to the kinetic mechanism.

Keywords: high-pressure system; CO 2 capture; ethylenediamine; kinetics; thermodynamic analysis; modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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