Effects of Solubilizer and Magnetic Field during Crystallization Induction of Ammonium Bicarbonate in New Ammonia-Based Carbon Capture Process

Linhan Dong, Dongdong Feng (), Yu Zhang, Heming Dong, Zhiqi Zhao, Jianmin Gao, Feng Zhang, Yijun Zhao, Shaozeng Sun and Yudong Huang
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Linhan Dong: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Dongdong Feng: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Yu Zhang: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Heming Dong: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Zhiqi Zhao: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Jianmin Gao: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Feng Zhang: School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Yijun Zhao: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Shaozeng Sun: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Yudong Huang: School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: As a chemical absorption method, the new ammonia carbon capture technology can capture CO 2 . Adding ethanol to ammonia can reduce the escape of ammonia to a certain extent and increase the absorption rate of CO 2 . The dissolution and crystallization of ethanol can realize the crystallization of ammonium bicarbonate and generate solid products. The induction of the crystallization process is influenced by many parameters, such as solution temperature, supersaturation, and solvating precipitant content. The basic nucleation theory is related to the critical size of nucleation. Accurate measurement of the induction period and investigating relevant factors can help to assess the nucleation kinetics. The effects of solubilizer content, temperature, and magnetic field on the induction period of the crystallization process of ammonium bicarbonate in the ethanol–H 2 O binary solvent mixture and determining the growth mechanism of the crystal surface by solid–liquid surface tension and surface entropy factor are investigated. The results indicate that under the same conditions of mixed solution temperature, the crystallization induction period becomes significantly longer, the solid–liquid surface tension increases, and the nucleation barrier becomes more significant and less likely to form nuclei as the content of solvating precipitants in the components increases. At the same solubilizer content, there is an inverse relationship between the solution temperature and the induction period, and the solid–liquid surface tension decreases. The magnetic field can significantly reduce the induction period of the solvate crystallization process. This gap tends to decrease with an increase in supersaturation; the shortening reduces from 96.9% to 84.0%. This decreasing trend becomes more and more evident with the rise of solvent content in the solution. The variation of surface entropy factor under the present experimental conditions ranges from 0.752 to 1.499. The growth mode of ammonium bicarbonate in the ethanol–H 2 O binary solvent mixture can be judged by the surface entropy factor as continuous growth.

Keywords: crystallization induction period; ammonium bicarbonate; binary blend solvent; crystal surface growth mechanism (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: 2022
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