Novel 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol-based biphasic solvent for energy-efficient carbon dioxide capture using tetraethylenepentamine as a phase change regulator

Xiaobin Zhou, Chao Liu, Jie Zhang, Yinming Fan, Yinian Zhu, Lihao Zhang, Shen Tang, Shengpeng Mo, Hongxiang Zhu and Zongqiang Zhu

Energy, 2023, vol. 270, issue C

Abstract: Biphasic solvents are regarded as promising candidates for CO2 capture but still suffer from the deficiency of inferior regenerability, which negatively affects their energy-saving potential. 2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP)-based absorbents have superior regenerability but poor phase-change performance. In this study, an effective strategy that using tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) to regulate the phase change behavior of an AMP-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA) aqueous solution was proposed, aiming to develop a novel AMP-PMDETA-TEPA (A-P-T) biphasic solvent with good regenerability and excellent phase separation performance. The A-P-T biphasic solvent could realize a high CO2 loading of 0.73 mol mol−1 and a high desorption efficiency of 75.3%. Its sensible heat requirement significantly decreased to 0.14 GJ·ton−1 CO2, 78.1% less than the monoethanolamine solution. The 13C NMR characterization and quantum chemistry calculations indicated that with the introduction of TEPA, high polar TEPA-associated products were generated, which broke the original assimilation state of the A-P-T system and drove it to undergo phase change. Since the TEPA-associated products had a strong affinity to other CO2-captured products and H2O, they gathered together to form the CO2-rich phase. In contrast, less polar PMDETA showed a relatively weak affinity to the TEPA-associated products and was solely separated from the solution to form the CO2-lean phase.

Keywords: CO2 capture; 2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol; Biphasic solvent; Phase change regulation; Sensible heat reduction; Regulatory mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.126930

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