Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of a novel polyamine-based solvent for energy-efficient CO2 capture with energy analysis

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Polyamine-based solvents (PSs) are regarded to be emerging energy-efficient alternatives to conventional solvents for use in absorption-based CO2 capture. In this paper, we propose a novel polyamine, 3,3'-iminobis (N,N-dimethylpropylamine) (IBDMPA), based aqueous amine solution. The solvent was composed of 45 wt% IBDMPA and 48 wt% water, with a non-amine chemical making up the rest of the mixture. Thermodynamic modeling work of CO2 solubility was carried out using Aspen Plus (R) V10, and the Elec-NRTL model with the Redlick-Kwong equation was integrated with the equilibrium model. For CO2 solubility modeling, measurement data was obtained from the equilibrium cell and H-1/C-13 nuclear magnetic resonance and used to validate the CO2 solubility modeling. Kinetic modeling of the proposed PS was conducted using a tertiary amine reaction mechanism, and the measurement data for the overall mass transfer coefficient was obtained using a wetted wall column. PS has cyclic capacity of approximately 1.05 mol-CO2/mol-IBD and overall mass transfer coefficient of 2.51e-03 mol m(-2) kPa(-1) sec(-1), which is much higher than that of conventional MEA 30 wt% solution (0.35 mol-CO2/mol-MEA and 1.05e-03 mol m(-2) kPa(-1) sec(-1)). As a result, the minimum energy required for reboiler was calculated to be 2.3 GJ t-CO2-1 at 1 bara of the desorber pressure. Such a low energy demand value supports the commercial feasibility of polyamine-based solvents for large-scale CO2 capture. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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