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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: [email protected]

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Keywords: amine, solvent, carbon capture, carbamate, heat of absorption, vapor-liquid

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equilibrium, reboiler heat duty

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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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hydrophobic

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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).

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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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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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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:

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nabs:

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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 = +

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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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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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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:

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Temperature (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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The most common reaction products formed from the reaction between CO2 and aqueous amine

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solvents using weakly basic amines are amine carbamates and bicarbonates. In non-aqueous

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solvent chemistry, carbonate ester products have been reported for strongly-basic compounds

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such as amidines, guanidines, and phosphazine super-bases in protic solvents.26-31 We have used

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nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy along with other indicators to investigate the product

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of the reaction of Formulation 1 with CO2 via formation of amine carbamates. When fluorine

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nuclei are present in alcoholic reactants, fluorine NMR is a convenient handle to distinguish

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between the formations of carbamate or carbonate esters. The formation of a new product which

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involves the alcohol will render new 19F resonances in the NMR spectrum. For Formulation 1,

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spectrum of the solvent before and after purging with CO2 (all fluorine spectra are proton

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decoupled). If the fluorinated alcohol was involved in the capture, it is anticipated that five new

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alcohol to CO2. Instead, the four resonances for the chemically distinct fluorine nuclei of 2,2’,

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new resonance appears. The new resonance is the resonance for F1’ of the 2-

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In the absence of any alcohol, 2-fluorophenethylamine reacts with CO2 to form a carbamate salt.

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The reaction is shown in the supporting information, S1. The carbamate salt is a solid at room

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temperature but is solubilized by many organic solvents. An NMR experiment was conducted in

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deuterated chloroform solvent containing only 2-fluorophenethylamine. The 19F NMR spectrum

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shows a single resonance for the F1 fluorine in 2-fluorophenethylamine. With formation of the

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carbamate, a single new resonance appears (Supporting Information, Figure S2). The

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spectrum is shown in Error! Reference source not found.. Notably, the resonances for the

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amide N-H and protonated –NH3+ become clearly observable upon reaction of the amine with

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Examination of the 1H NMR spectrum of Formulation 1 (Figure 2) shows all of the anticipated

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between H9’ N-H protons of the amine and H2’ methylene protons of the alcohol. Upon

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exposure to CO2, new resonances are observed in the spectrum which correspond with formation

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of 2-fluorophenethylamine carbamate. A resonance corresponding to the three H9’ protons of the

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protonated nitrogen appear downfield just above the aromatic region and presumably this shift is

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due to a hydrogen bonding effect from the protonated acidic alcohol. The H1 and H2 protons of

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the fluorinated alcohol are unchanged and new methylene resonances H3 and H4 appear from the

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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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produce the carbamate. Monitoring the reaction by 13C NMR shows the emergence of new

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resonances at 163 ppm, 40 ppm, and 30 ppm which are consistent with carbamate formation (see

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supporting information, Figure S1).

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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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this pressure the reaction products are anticipated to be the same as the species observed by

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NMR, while at pressures above 101 kPa it may be possible to observe other species. The

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presence of fluorine groups has been reported to improve CO2 solubility in physical solvents.32

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Formation of carbonate esters could also occur at higher pressure. The partial pressure of carbon

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dioxide in flue gas ranges from approximately 8 to 20 kPa.

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The viscosity of the unreacted 2-FPEA/OFP system is 7.2 cP at an operating temperature of

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formation of a hydrogen bonding network. The viscosity of the CO2 saturated 2-FPEA/OFP at

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The water solubility of Formulation 1 has been determined by Karl-Fischer titration. The lean

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solvent, free of CO2, absorbs approximately three weight percent water at ambient temperature.

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solvent is fully saturated with CO2 at ambient temperature, it absorbs approximately nine weight

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below. At 30°C, Formulation 1 absorbs CO2 at low partial pressures, measured down to

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approximately 0.2 kPa where the loading is approximately 0.176 moles CO2/ mole amine. At

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a partial pressure of 0.2 kPa. At 120°C the solvent absorbs 0.137 moles CO2/ mole amine at 480

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The CO2 vapor liquid equilibrium measurements of Formulation 1 at 30°C shows a loading

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higher than 0.5 moles CO2/ mole amine at pressures above 100 kPa. This can be explained by the

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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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loadings as high as 1 mole CO2/ mole amine. A correlation between the magnitude of the heat of

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absorption and the loading is observed which suggests that the carbamate product is formed at

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loadings less than 0.5 mole CO2/ mole amine and generates a higher heat of absorption. Above

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loadings of 0.5 mole CO2/ mole amine the carbamate is converted to the bicarbonate product

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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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are several contrasts between the heat of absorption of Formulation 1 compared with 30 wt%

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aqueous MEA. At 40°C (temperature anticipated for a post-combustion absorber application) the

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reaction heat appears slightly higher in magnitude at loadings up to 0.25 mole CO2/ mole amine

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MEA. At a loading of 0.317 moles CO2/mole amine the heat was measured to be 70.6 kJ/mole

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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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CO2/mole amine loading, i.e. beyond the carbamate regime.

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carbamate at higher temperature or decrease in potential π-interactions of aromatic groups at

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higher temperature. A change in the specific heat capacity of the solvent with loading must also

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Formulation 1 and similar non-aqueous solvents is underway. This trend is opposite to that

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observed for 30 wt% aqueous MEA, where the heat of absorption is measured to be higher as the

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temperature increases. Thus, while the heat of absorption for 30 wt% aqueous MEA increases to

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approximately 100 kJ/mol CO2 at 120°C, the heat of absorption for Formulation 1 at 120°C

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decreases to approximately 50 kJ/mole CO2 and lower. At this temperature, the solvent loads a

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The heat of absorption is measured until a pressure of approximately 724 kPa is obtained in the

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recirculation rate was estimated for Formulation 1 using three different modeling methods. A

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Random Two Liquid Symmetric Reference (ENRTL-SR) model for 30 wt% MEA.

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In the “short-cut” method, a simple equilibrium stage model based on a modified Kremser

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equation is used to describe the absorber and regenerator. Equilibrium isotherms and estimated

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caloric data including heat of vaporization, heat of absorption, and the heat capacity of the

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solvent and water at absorber and regenerator temperatures are required as inputs to the method.

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The reboiler duty was estimated by summing up the energy required for the sensible heat of the

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solvent, the reaction heat of the solvent with CO2, the stripping heat of CO2 from the solvent, and

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the reflux heat with a constant heat capacity of water averaged over the reflux and regenerator

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outlet temperature.36 A Promax model was developed using the Electrolytic Extended Long

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TSWEET Kinetics in the absorber and regenerator for describing reaction kinetics. This model

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phase. The model was validated for 30wt% MEA with open literature and in-house measured

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data. The absorber model includes both equilibrium and kinetic rate-based controlled reactions,

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whereas the stripper model comprises equilibrium rate-bases controlled reactions.

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The minimum thermal regeneration energy estimates were compared to Formulation 1. Reboiler

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heat duty estimates for Formulation 1 were performed using the “short-cut” method.

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Formulation 1 can achieve a CO2 product pressure of 780 kPa at 120°C but was not considered

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process conditions, heat of CO2 absorption, specific heat capacity, and vapor pressure of

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Flue Gas Composition (mole %): N2: 66.90; O2: 2.35; H2O: 16.68; CO2: 13.26

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Temperature: Absorber: 40°C; Regenerator: 120°C

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Pressure: Absorber: 101.3 kPa; Regenerator: 200 kPa

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closely, however both models show that Formulation 1 has the potential to reduce the thermal

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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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fluorophenethylamine are three and thirty times more expensive than monoethanolamine,

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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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for this reaction product. Measurements of the CO2 vapor-liquid equilibrium and heat of CO2

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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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ABBREVIATIONS

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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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