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CO Capture using Fluorinated Hydrophobic Solvents Paul Mobley, Aravind Rayer, Jak Tanthana, Thomas R. Gohndrone, Mustapha Soukri, Luke J.I. Coleman, and Marty Lail Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03088 • Publication Date (Web): 22 Sep 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 25, 2017
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CO2 Capture using Fluorinated Hydrophobic
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Solvents
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Paul D. Mobleya, Aravind V. Rayera, Jak Tanthanaa, Thomas R. Gohndronea, Mustapha Soukria,
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Luke J. I. Colemana, and Marty Laila*
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*Corresponding Author:
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Keywords: amine, solvent, carbon capture, carbamate, heat of absorption, vapor-liquid
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equilibrium, reboiler heat duty
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Durham, North Carolina, 27709
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Abstract: Finding more efficient gas-liquid scrubbing systems with lower parasitic energy
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penalties is important for the future deployment of carbon capture plants for large point source
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CO2 emitters. Minimization of the energy penalty using advanced solvents is one way to reduce
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the energy penalty. Non-aqueous, hydrophobic solvents are one type of solvent in which the
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physical properties of the solvent combined with low heats of absorption and low loading at high
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temperature even with high CO2 pressure result in promising solvents with low estimated
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reboiler heat duty. In this paper, a solvent composed of a hydrophobic amine (2-
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fluorophenethylamine) combined with an acidic, hydrophobic alcohol (octafuoropentanol) is
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studied mechanistically and the experimentally determined reaction products, heats of
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absorption, and vapor liquid equilibria are reported. Approximating process models are
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compared indicating the potential to lower reboiler heat duty in a commercial implementation.
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Introduction
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Finding energy efficient gas-liquid absorption systems for post-combustion CO2 capture is
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essential to achieving commercial acceptance and widespread deployment of Carbon Capture
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and Sequestration (CCS) in the power sector and other industrial sectors with high CO2
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emissions. While technologies already exist and are being tested at large scale which can be used
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to minimize post-combustion CO2 emissions from fossil fuel fired power plants or other large
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industrial point sources such as cement or steel plants, they are currently accompanied by a high
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cost in terms of the energy or power which must be paid to separate CO2.1 This so-called
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parasitic energy load or penalty leads to overall higher fossil fuel consumption in order to obtain
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energy with reduced carbon emissions. Minimization of the parasitic energy penalty using
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advanced solvents will minimize the power deficit and associated cost as well as the additional
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fossil-fuel consumption.
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In a conventional post-combustion carbon capture plant, a solvent is used to absorb CO2 from an
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exhaust gas which contains approximately 5-15 kPa CO2 at about 40°C with thermal swing
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being used to regenerate the solvent and produce a concentrated CO2 stream. The equation (see
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eqn. 1) governing the amount of heat input needed to reverse CO2 binding in the solvent
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includes, at a minimum, sensible heat and heat of absorption.2 If the reactive component in the
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solvent requires a stripping agent to lower the CO2 partial pressure to maintain off-gassing in the
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regenerator, then the heat duty equation also contains the heat of vaporization. The use of
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hydrophobic, non-aqueous, organic components as main solvent constituents can be beneficial
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with regard to sensible heat due to their physical properties. Water has a higher specific heat
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capacity among liquids, while many organics have a specific heat capacity that is considerably
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lower. This can lead to a small reduction in the sensible heat required to heat the solvent to the
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regeneration temperature. However, the advantages mentioned above must be counter-balanced
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with the molecular weight of the non-aqueous solvent components, which are always much
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heavier than water and most amines used in conventional aqueous systems. The molecular
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weight effect mitigates much of the advantage that might seem to benefit solvent components
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with lower specific heat capacities, but typically there is a small improvement. Non-aqueous
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solvent components with lower molecular weights are often not viable as solvent components
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due to their high volatility and presence as volatile organic emissions in the cleaned flue gas.
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If a solvent does not require a stripping agent in order to promote degassing in the regenerator
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then there can be savings in terms of the heat of vaporization required for regeneration relative to
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solvents which do require a stripping agent. The heat of vaporization is a variable contributor to
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the regeneration heat of aqueous systems depending on circulation rate, steam supply rate, and
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specific solvent blend, but can contribute roughly 40-60 percent or more of the heat
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requirement.3-4 In order to avoid the use of a stripping agent the absorbing compound must show
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the appropriate CO2 vapor-liquid equilibrium isotherms. Because amines are good
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chemisorbents, many absorb CO2 too strongly to be operated without stripping agents, and this is
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the case for many of the hydrophilic amines. However, a few hydrophobic amines have been
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identified which absorb CO2 readily at low partial pressure (~0.15 bar) and absorber
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temperatures (40°C) while releasing it readily at regenerator temperatures and elevated pressure
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(> 2 bar). The hydrophobic amines of this type have the potential to work either with or without
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a stripping agent and are lower in energy penalty in part because the heat of vaporization
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contribution is small.
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The heat of absorption of the reaction between CO2 and the amine is the largest contributor to the
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heat requirement for non-aqueous solvents. This appears to be the area where hydrophobic
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amines differ somewhat from hydrophilic amines. Typically, the heat of absorption of CO2 is
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measured at several different temperatures, with the heat of absorption at the regeneration
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temperature being the heat that must be input to the process to desorb the CO2 from the solvent.
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For most aqueous solvent systems the heat of absorption is measured to be somewhat higher at
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regeneration temperatures (100-120°C) compared to the heat of absorption at absorber
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temperatures (40°C).5
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In the literature, there are numerous examples of researchers who have investigated non-aqueous
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solvents for CO2 capture. Broadly these can be divided into solvent systems which proceed by
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CO2 capture mechanisms which are carbonate forming (including alkyl, aryl, and bicarbonates)
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and those which operate by amine carbamate forming mechanisms. This paper focuses on non-
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aqueous solvents which operate by the amine carbamate forming mechanism and include non-
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aqueous diluents as components in the solvent systems. Numerous carbamate-forming non-
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aqueous solvents have been investigated in the past, with a notable distinction being the ones
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which are hydrophilic from the ones which are hydrophobic.
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Hydrophilic non-aqueous solvents are more commonly studied than the hydrophobic solvents.
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These hydrophilic systems include the use of alcohols,6-9 glycols,10-13 methyl ethyl ketone,14
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acetonitrile,14 DMSO, glymes,15 or chloroform.16 In order to compare the non-aqueous solvents
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to aqueous amine systems, there are detailed studies on the reaction mechanism,16-17 the reaction
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kinetics,8, 14, 18-19 and CO2 absorption solubility.10-12 Particular attention is paid to the physical
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properties such as decomposition temperature, viscosity, and vapor pressure of the mixture.
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Methyl ethyl ketone, glymes, and acetonitrile are all aprotic polar solvents that will interact less
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with the carbamate product than alcohols, which are polar protic solvents. It is found that the
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choice of solvent can influence the reaction pathway and thus the overall CO2 solubility. A
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solvent such as DMSO interacts with primary amines to promote the formation of carbamic acid,
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while solvents such as glycols promote the formation of the carbamate species.17 The carbamate
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formation follows the 1 mole of CO2 per 2 moles of amine as described extensively in the
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literature. The CO2 solubility is higher when there is carbamic acid formation.20 An
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intermolecular deprotonation occurs after the zwitterion is formed, and then the solvent can
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stabilize the carbamic acid through hydrogen bonding.20 In many cases with non-aqueous
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solvents, the CO2 solubility has been seen to increase above the expected 1:2 reaction
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stoichiometry.
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Deep eutectic solvents are another example of utilizing a polar solvent as a diluent for
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amine/CO2 capture.21 Although the CO2 solubility is relatively high and the solvent interactions
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can promote the carbamate pathway, the viscosity of the solvents and amines are very high (100
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– 300 cP at 25°C. Similarly, Perry et. al.22 designed aminosilicone solvents for CO2 capture
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applications, that utilize amine chemistry to form the carbamate product and suffer from similar
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viscosity limitations.
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The study of hydrophobic amine systems is much less common. One of the apparent drawbacks
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of these systems is that the reaction product, the amine carbamate, is not always soluble in the
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hydrophobic solvent at high concentrations. The solvent and the amine must be carefully
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designed to assure that each are miscible with each other and that the reaction product is
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miscible. If the product is not miscible, it leads to the precipitation of the product and the
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creation of a liquid and solid phase. In order to desorb the reacted CO2 and regenerate the solvent
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in the situations where a phase split occurs, it would be necessary to design a system that can
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economically regenerate the solvent from a two-phase system instead of the well understood
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one-phase system that is observed in most amine/CO2 desorption columns.
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The purpose of using a hydrophobic solvent is to limit the amount of water that is absorbed in the
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process, minimizing the contribution of the heat of vaporization in the regeneration process.
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Primary and secondary amines have been studied in hydrophobic organic solvents such as
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toluene and benzene.14, 16, 18 Kortunov et. al.17 used NMR studies to analyze the reaction of CO2
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with primary and secondary amines in many organic solvents. From their results, they found that
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less polar solvents, for example toluene, would not stabilize the carbamic acid through hydrogen
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bonding and they would promote the formation of the carbamate salt and the 1:2 reaction
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mechanism.
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Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are well studied for the use as CO2 capture solvents that
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physically absorb CO2 and can be designed to be hydrophobic diluents with primary and
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secondary amines. Camper et. al.23 diluted MEA in an imidazolium based IL paired with the
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hydrophobic TF2N anion. They found that the MEA/IL solution had similar capacity to that of
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the aqueous MEA system; however, they experienced issues with the solubility of both primary
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amines in the RTIL and solubility of the carbamate product.
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Besides the physical and thermodynamic properties which are directly related to the regeneration
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heat duty, there are three others which govern the process-design, namely viscosity, volatility,
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and hydrophobicity. The viscosity of all non-aqueous solvents tends to be higher than aqueous
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solvents due to the extremely low viscosity of water. Several classes of non-aqueous solvents
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such as neat ionic liquids and switchable ionic-liquids have such high viscosities that they are not
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feasible for flow in absorber columns and can suffer from mass-transfer limitations. Neutral non-
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aqueous solvents can have viscosities that are only slightly higher than water, which slows
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kinetics, but is still feasible for flow in columns using conventional gas treatment packings.
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The volatility of CO2 solvent components is of great concern and this is of special importance for
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non-aqueous solvents due to both volatile organic emissions concerns as well as concerns about
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the economics of replacement or make-up solvent. As a rule of thumb the volatility goes opposite
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viscosity. The more viscous ionic liquids have negligible vapor pressure and represent the best
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case for avoiding fugitive solvent emissions. The less viscous, neutral, non-aqueous solvent
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components have higher vapor pressures, but if chosen judiciously, can be used without
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significant losses in the treated gas. Almost all volatiles will be recovered from the regenerator
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prior to CO2 compression as a requirement before introduction of CO2 into a pipeline.
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Hydrophobicity, or minimization of the amount of water which can be absorbed as a single phase
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with the non-aqueous solvent, is an impactful property which should be kept low to optimize the
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performance of most non-aqueous solvent systems. The rationale for keeping a low
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concentration of water in the system is two-fold, first to avoid any unwanted and unneeded heat
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of vaporization and second to minimize any hydrogen bonding which might otherwise stabilize
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the CO2-amine complex and lead to higher heats of absorption.
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Insight on how to lower the parasitic energy penalty of a conventional aqueous stripping system
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can be found in the literature.2 There are examples of improvement by structural change in the
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amine as well as through pure process improvement. One important factor is the reboiler heat
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duty, which in a conventional configuration, is responsible for the largest part of the cost (56%).1
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By looking at the reboiler heat duty in a conventional system one can think outside the confines
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of aqueous solvent systems given certain modifications, primarily pertaining to the heat of
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vaporization that is required for a conventional steam stripper. If a non-aqueous solvent can be
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operated without using steam for stripping, or preferably without using any stripping agent
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whatsoever, there is the potential to bring the parasitic energy penalty down from the levels
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presently estimated by the CCS community.
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Hydrophobic amines and hydrophobic organic diluents exist over a range of overall low water
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solubilities. In order to minimize the amount of water solubilized in the solvent, thus minimizing
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potential heat of vaporization and sensible heat contributions during regeneration, we selected a
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fluorinated amine and a highly-fluorinated alcohol as formulation components. In this paper, we
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report on a hydrophobic, non-aqueous solvent system consisting of 2-fluorophenethylamine and
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2,2’, 3,3’, 4,4’, 5,5’-octafuoropentanol (2-FPEA/OFP, Formulation 1), which captures CO2 as a
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conventional amine carbamate with the octafluoropentanol being a spectator or playing a
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hydrogen bonding role with respect to the reaction chemistry while playing a beneficial role to
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the overall solvent performance.
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The system which we report is an equimolar mixture of hydrophobic fluorinated amine in
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fluorophenethylamine in 2,2’, 3,3’, 4,4’, 5,5’-octafluoropentanol. The equimolar stoichiometry
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of the components was determined experimentally to avoid precipitation of solid amine
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carbamate after reaction with CO2. Reagent grade 2-fluorophenethylamine was purchased from
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Alfa Aesar and used without further purification. 2,2’, 3,3’, 4,4’, 5,5’-octafluoropentanol was
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purchased from Sigma Aldrich and used as received. Carbon dioxide (bone dry grade, 99.9%)
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was purchased from Airgas. NMR experiments were performed on a Bruker 300 MHz
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spectrometer. NMR spectra were acquired in CDCl3 solvent. 1H NMR peaks were referenced
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against the residual CHCl3 solvent peak (δ, 7.27 ppm). 19F NMR peaks were not referenced but
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were evaluated qualitatively to establish reaction pathway.
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Viscosities are measured with a Brookfield DV-II+Pro Viscometer. The Brookfield viscometer is
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equipped with a ULA-304 s/s spindle to measure viscosities in the range of 1 – 2,000 cP and the
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temperature is controlled between 40 – 80°C with a jacketed cell and external circulating bath.
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The viscometer requires ~15 ml of sample to fully immerse the spindle allowing for an accurate
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measurement of the viscosity. The spindle speed (rpm) was set so that the torque measured is 10
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– 100% of the maximum calibrated torque for the spindle. The accuracy of the viscometer was
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checked with the Brookfield Fluid 100 viscosity standard (97.0 cP @ 25°C).
acidic
fluorinated
alcohols.
Specifically,
the
solvents
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The vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) and heat of absorption experiments in this work were
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performed in a unit composed of a ChemiSens CPA-102 Reaction Calorimeter and an automated
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gas handling system, including injection and pressure monitoring operating in a batch injection
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mode. The calorimeter is housed in an incubator held at 30°C to reduce any effects on the
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system arising from changes in ambient conditions. The reaction calorimeter is a highly accurate,
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heat-balanced batch reactor system capable of observing thermal changes on the order of ± 0.001
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J. The reactor vessel was designed to operate at temperatures ranging from 0°C to 200°C and
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pressures ranging from 0.1 kPa to 15 bar with a working sample volume ranging from 10 mL to
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150 mL in a 250 mL reaction vessel. Similarities between the calorimeter reactor vessel and
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equilibrium cell design requirements enabled the use of the calorimeter with an automated gas
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handling and pressure monitoring system to also perform vapor-liquid equilibrium
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measurements. Pressure transducers with full-scale ranges of 0.34, 2.07, and 10.34 barg were
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used to provide highly accurate data at different conditions, each with an accuracy of 0.03% of
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the full-scale output. For measurements above 85°C, a 6.89 barg pressure transducer capable of
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compensating for temperatures up to 135°C was used with an accuracy of 0.05%. The system
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includes two differently sized batch vessels to supply the system with small or large amounts of
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CO2 for VLE measurements (150 mL), and for heat of absorption measurements (1 L).
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In a typical heat of reaction measurement, all process connections were made with an empty,
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clean reactor cell installed and the system was then pressure tested using high-purity N2 to ensure
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that the system was leak proof. Subsequently, the system was repeatedly degassed by vacuum
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(0.138 bar) for a short period and refilled with ultra-high-purity N2 (> 99.999% pure) to evacuate
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the system of any other gas species. Following five cycles of vacuum and N2 addition, the system
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is vented to maintain 1 bar of pure N2 in the cell. Subsequently, a known quantity (mass and
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volume) of approximately 100 mL of amine solvent was loaded through a septum into the
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calorimeter vessel by a cannula from a N2-pressurized round-bottom flask. The vessel agitator
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was started, and the equilibrium cell was allowed to thermally stabilize at the desired absorption
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temperature in a N2 environment. The partial pressure of the nitrogen remaining in the vessel and
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the vapor pressure of the solvent at the absorption temperature were accounted for in the analysis
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of the data. Typical vapor pressure values for 2FPEA and OFP are 0.11 kPa and 0.79 kPa at
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25ºC, respectively.24-25 The temperature of the solvent was measured and controlled by a highly-
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accurate and stable Pt-100 RTD, which has an accuracy of ± 0.1°C. CO2 is introduced to the cell
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and the amount of heat generated by the absorption of CO2 is determined by performing a system
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wide, continuous heat balance.
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The quantity of heat generated by the exothermic absorption of CO2 was measured by
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maintaining the thermal stability of the equilibrium cell, by extracting the heat of CO2 absorption
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via an externally controlled and circulated thermal fluid. The system was calibrated with a
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known heat input comparable to the heat released during absorption (i.e., 2 W) for one hour and
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then removed, and allowed to thermally stabilize again. The loading of CO2 into the solvent was
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completed during one continuous, flow-rate-limited injection (maximum of 30 sccm), and
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discretized during analysis. This method was found to greatly reduce the uncertainty associated
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with performing the heat of absorption measurements with individual injections. At the start and
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finish of each injection, the cascade PID control of the thermostat unit of the system often results
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in overshoot, which must be integrated into the measurement. While performing heat of
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absorption measurements with individual injections, it appeared that the operator could skew the
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data to give the appearance of more well-behaved data by changing the bounds of integration and
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the baseline of integration. This potential for data-fitting is removed by performing one slow
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injection. The baseline thermal load is calculated from the average from 30 minutes before the
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start of the injection. The operator selects when the thermal load has stabilized following the
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completion of the injection and adjusts the final baseline thermal load as necessary. A linear
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interpolation between the initial and final baseline thermal load is used and the time between
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broken into approximately 20 “batch injections”. The heat of CO2 absorption is calculated for
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each batch injection experiment using the equation below: ∆$%& =
$%& '$%&
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∆Habs: Heat of CO2 Absorption [kJ/mol CO2]
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Qabs:
Integrated heat released during CO2 absorption [kJ]
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nabs:
moles of CO2 absorbed [moles]
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The heat of absorption measurements were completed differential in temperature and semi-
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differential in loading. Once the vapor pressure reached the specified maximum, the system was
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allowed to thermally stabilize and the system was once again calibrated by adding a known heat
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input for one hour and then removed for one hour before shutting down the system. The method
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was verified using an aqueous blend of thirty weight percent monoethanolamine.
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For VLE experiments, known amounts of ultra-high purity CO2 (> 99.999% pure) were added to
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the reactor vessel intermittently. The predetermined quantity of CO2 was introduced to the
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thermostated equilibrium cell in flow-rate-limited injections (maximum of 30 sccm) from a
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temperature controlled, pressurized vessel. The predetermined quantity of CO2 introduced to the
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equilibrium cell per injection was based on a CO2 loading of 0.025 mol CO2 / mol absorbate.
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Once the injection of CO2 was complete, the pressure in the equilibrium cell was allowed to
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stabilize. The system pressure was considered stable and the system at equilibrium once the
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deviation in pressure was less than 0.0775 kPa per 30 minutes over a 1.5 hour period. Once the
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system stabilized, another predetermined quantity of CO2 was introduced to the thermostated
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equilibrium cell and the process was repeated until a specified pressure in the reactor was
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exceeded once equilibrated. The quantity of CO2 absorbed by the solvent for each injection was
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determined by the following calculations ,-,()(. ,-,1()$2 4'()* = + − 3 1 /-,()(. /-,1()$2 56'9 = +
,9,1()$2 ,9,()(. :49 − 4&;2,2 < − 3 2 569 /9,1()$2 /9,()(.
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nabs:
Moles of gas absorbed
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ninj:
Moles of gas injected
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nSolvent: Moles of reactive component (amine) in the solvent
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nEC:
Moles remaining in system overhead at equilibrium
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∝:
CO2 loading in the solvent
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Pinit:
Initial pressure (B: Batch Vessel; EC: Equilibrium Cell)
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Pfinal: Final pressure (B: Batch Vessel; EC: Equilibrium Cell)
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Vsys:
Volume (B: Batch Vessel; EC: Equilibrium Cell)
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Vsol:
Volume occupied by the solvent (l: liquid; v: vapor)
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R:
Gas constant
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T:
Temperature (B: Batch Vessel; EC: Equilibrium Cell)
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Zinit:
Initial compressibility factor for PR-EOS (B: Batch Vessel; EC: Equilibrium Cell)
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Zfinal: Final compressibility factor for PR-EOS (B: Batch Vessel; EC: Equilibrium Cell)
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The Peng-Robinson equation of state (PR-EOS) was used to estimate the compressibility
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coefficient to account for deviations from ideality. Under essentially all experimental conditions
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relevant to post-combustion CO2 solvents, the compressibility coefficient ranges between 0.985
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and 1.00, and is taken into account in the data analysis.
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Results and Discussion
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The most common reaction products formed from the reaction between CO2 and aqueous amine
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of the reaction of Formulation 1 with CO2 via formation of amine carbamates. When fluorine
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spectrum of the solvent before and after purging with CO2 (all fluorine spectra are proton
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deuterated chloroform solvent containing only 2-fluorophenethylamine. The 19F NMR spectrum
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protonated nitrogen appear downfield just above the aromatic region and presumably this shift is
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phenethyl moeity of the carbamate. The signal for H8 appears between 4.5 and 5.0 PPM which is
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resonances at 163 ppm, 40 ppm, and 30 ppm which are consistent with carbamate formation (see
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Figure 2. Proton NMR spectra showing transformation of Formulation 1 into 2-
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The NMR experiments are conducted at a CO2 partial pressure of approximately 101 kPa. Below
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presence of fluorine groups has been reported to improve CO2 solubility in physical solvents.32
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The water solubility of Formulation 1 has been determined by Karl-Fischer titration. The lean
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theoretical maximum.33 Other amine-based systems which are primarily non-aqueous in
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the reaction pathway can include formation of bicarbonates and result in theoretical CO2
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The heat of absorption was measured for Formulation 1 and is shown in Figure 5 below. There
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aqueous MEA. At 40°C (temperature anticipated for a post-combustion absorber application) the
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CO2 and decreased further to approximately 53.6 kJ/mole CO2 at 0.424 mole CO2/ mole amine.
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Random Two Liquid Symmetric Reference (ENRTL-SR) model for 30 wt% MEA.
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caloric data including heat of vaporization, heat of absorption, and the heat capacity of the
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The minimum thermal regeneration energy estimates were compared to Formulation 1. Reboiler
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process conditions, heat of CO2 absorption, specific heat capacity, and vapor pressure of
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regeneration energy requirement compared to conventional CO2 capture processes by 40%–50%.
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Though the thermal regeneration energy savings is promising, fluorinated components are more
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expensive than aqueous solvent components. For example, octafluoropentanol and 2-
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A non-aqueous solvent composed of 2-fluorophenethylamine and octafluoropentanol reacts with
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CO2 to form an amine carbamate. Fluorine, proton, and carbon NMR show convincing evidence
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absorption show a potentially larger working capacity and lower heat of absorption at higher
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temperatures as compared to MEA. Approximating process models indicate the potential to
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lower reboiler heat duty in a commercial implementation.
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Supporting Information 1H NMR spectrum of Formulation 1 , 13C NMR spectrum of
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Formulation 1, 19F NMR spectrum of 2-FPEA, reaction scheme of 2-FPEA carbamate
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Acknowledgement
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The authors would like to thank the United States Department of Energy - Office of Fossil
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Energy (DE-FE0013865) and Research Triangle Institute for financial support for this work. The
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authors would also like to acknowledge Ms. Kelly Amato at RTI for Karl-Fisher analysis, Dr.
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Raghubir Gupta and Dr. Markus Lesemann for their respective executive roles in the research.
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Corresponding Author
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*Marty Lail
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Funding Sources
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This work was funded by the United States Department of Energy, National Energy Technology
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Lab, under award number DE-FE0013865.
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CCS, carbon capture and sequestration; MEA, monoethanolamine; AMP, 2-amino-2-methyl-
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propanol; TEG, triethyleneglycol; NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance; RTIL, Room temperature
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ionic liquids; IL, ionic liquid; 2-FPEA, 2-fluorophenethylamine; OFP, 2,2’, 3,3’, 4,4’, 5,5’-
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octafuoropentanol; VLE, vapor-liquid equilibrium.
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