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Development and Evaluation of a Novel Method for Determining Absorbent Composition in Aqueous Ammonia-based CO and SO and SO Loaded Capture Process Solutions via FT-IR Spectroscopy 2
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Lichun Li, Robert Bennett, William Owen Conway, Hai Yu, Sarah Clifford, Marcel Maeder, and Graeme Puxty Energy Fuels, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00762 • Publication Date (Web): 26 Jun 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on June 27, 2018
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Development and Evaluation of a Novel Method for Determining
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Absorbent Composition in Aqueous Ammonia-based CO2 and SO32- and
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SO42- Loaded Capture Process Solutions via FT-IR Spectroscopy
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Lichun Li*,a,b , Robert Bennetta, William Conwaya, Hai Yua, Sarah Cliffordb, Marcel Maederb,
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and Graeme Puxtya
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CSIRO Energy, 10 Murray Dwyer Circuit Mayfield West NSW 2304 Australia
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b
Department of Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of
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Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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* Corresponding author –
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TOC Standard solutions
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Abstract
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CO2 capture using aqueous ammonia is a potentially attractive option for emissions
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reductions from energy production and industrial processes. From an operational perspective,
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the capture absorbent must be monitored continuously to maintain the maximum efficiency of
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the capture process. In practice the composition of the absorbent is typically evaluated offline
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and retrospectively via wet chemistry methods, delaying any necessary variations to the
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process conditions to maintain maximum efficiency. Online absorbent monitoring methods
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incorporating spectroscopy via Raman or Fourier transform infra-red (FT-IR) are attractive
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options due to their rapid response times and flexibility of the resulting output to be
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incorporated directly into process control packages. The present study outlines an evaluation
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of the FT-IR spectroscopic technique with analysis via Partial Least Squares regression
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(PLSR) for a range of dilute to concentrated aqueous ammonia absorbents from ~ 0.3 – 6.0 M,
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and over a range of CO2 loadings from ~ 0.0 – 0.6 moles CO2 / mole NH3. The water
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concentration in the samples ranges from ~ 35.2 – 55.2 M. The effect of interfering SOx
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components into the solutions from 0.0 – 1.5 M. Analysis results in accurate concentrations
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for all analytes. The robustness of the analysis results has been evaluated and discussed.
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Additionally, FT-IR spectroscopy with PLSR was compared with conventional titration
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methods for a selected series of mixed NH3/CO2 standard solutions and a series of liquid
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samples from a bench-scale CO2 absorption process. At low concentrations where total NH3
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concentration is < 4.0 M and total CO2 concentration is < 1.5 M, both the combined PLSR
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with FT-IR method, and the conventional potentiometric titration methods, were suitable for
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the evaluation of the liquid compositions. While at concentrations out of the low
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concentration range, the combined PLSR and FT-IR method was proven to be more robust
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and accurate than the conventional potentiometric titration methods. However, given the
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simplicity and rapid turnaround of FT-IR spectroscopy in combination with PLSR we
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consider this to be a superior and flexible technique for monitoring of CO2 loaded aqueous
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ammonia solutions.
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Keywords: Infrared spectroscopy; partial least square regression; ammonia; CO2 capture;
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Multivariate data analysis; chemistry, chemical engineering, equilibrium.
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Introduction
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Aqueous ammonia has been proposed for the chemical removal of CO2 from exhaust gas 1-4
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streams emerging from fossil fuel-fired power stations and other industrial sources
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Compared with the widely applied aqueous alkanolamine monoethanolamine (MEA), high
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CO2 removal efficiency
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, low energy requirement for solvent regeneration 6, potential for
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simultaneous removal of multiple acid gases including CO2, SOx and NOx
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production of value added products (NH4HCO3)
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absorbents as a superior alternative for post combustion CO2 capture. The potential of
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simultaneous removal of acid gases including CO2 and SOx enhances process efficiency
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compared to separate removal steps resulting in significant reductions in capital and operating
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costs 9, 10.
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, and potential
position aqueous ammonia-based
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From a practical perspective, monitoring of the aqueous ammonia absorbent composition
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(total ammonia concentration ([NH3]tot), CO2 loading (α), water content ([H2O]) and other
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dissolved salt concentrations) is a critical undertaking during the CO2 absorption process
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operation as it conveys the operational driving force for CO2 absorption and quantifies the
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potential efficiency for ongoing and stable CO2 removal. Traditionally, determination of total
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ammonia concentration and total CO2 concentration is evaluated by wet-chemistry methods
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including titrations and total organic carbon (TOC), and, correspondingly, SOx by total
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inorganic sulfur (TIS). These techniques are slow, retrospective, and labor intensive. On the
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other hand, attempts to determine the liquid phase composition using Raman and
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Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopies have been developed recently for a small
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number of aqueous amine systems 11-14. The distinct advantage of these measurements is that
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they are rapid and simple and have the potential to be incorporated into on-line process
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control packages which can continuously optimize operating conditions to maximize
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absorbent performance in real-time. The practical application of spectroscopic analysis for
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determining the liquid phase composition of the acid gas reacted amine solutions can be 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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divided into two different categories.
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Firstly, the spectroscopic information has been used for the quantitative determination of
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the concentrations of all chemical species in CO2 containing amine solutions (speciation). For
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a typical primary/secondary/tertiary amine absorbent, numerous species are produced upon
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reacting with CO2 including amine, protonated amine, carbamate species, bicarbonate,
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carbonate and water. The determination of the complete speciation is based on the validity of
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Beer-Lambert’s law that includes the following assumptions 1) the FT-IR spectra of the
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mixture are simply a sum of the individual contributions of each of the independent species; 2)
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the intensity of each pure species at a fixed wave number is considered to have a linear
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relationship with the concentration of the species. Therefore, the knowledge of the molar
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absorption spectra of all species are essential. A substantial library of reference measurements
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of the spectra of each individual species with various concentrations are required to
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determine the molar absorption. It is often difficult to isolate a number of the individual
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species such as carbamate species due to its instability. The determination of the absorption
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spectra of carbamate species often requires assumptions, for example, the carbamate is the
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only dissolved CO2 “sink” upon reaction of the amine with CO2 at low CO2 loadings 11, 15, 16.
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Nevertheless, this method has been applied to determine the chemical speciation in several
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amine systems, including diethanolamine (DEA)
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2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) 17.
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, monoethanolamine (MEA)
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Secondly, the combination of spectroscopic measurements and multivariate calibration
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approaches such as Partial Least-Square Regression (PLSR) has been applied to extract the 5 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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chemical composition directly from the FT-IR spectra. Briefly, combination of the FT-IR
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measurement technique with the PLSR algorithm enables the determination of total
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concentrations of the dominant chemical species by calibrating a series of samples with
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known compositions. PLSR has found a large number of applications in many fields of
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chemical analysis while its mathematical background is also well known and documented
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and concentrations alone, and does not require peak assignments or additional measurements
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to determine the molar absorptivity of individual species. This positions PLSR as the ideal
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method for the analysis of chemical composition in complicated chemical systems. Further,
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PLSR is well suited to the analysis of solutions for which spectral overlap occurs between
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. PLSR is significantly more robust than method 1 using the individual component spectra
different species.
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Briefly, PLSR is a calibration based method which requires calibration samples of known
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composition. These calibration samples are used to build a PLSR model, which is then
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validated by a test series of separate samples of known composition. An important
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consideration is that the calibration samples must cover the range of concentrations expected
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to be found in samples to be analyzed. Extrapolation outside the range of calibration will
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result in increased error in the predicted values. It should also be noted that PLSR methods
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are only suitable for situations where a linear or weakly nonlinear relationship exists between
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the predicted variables and the measured variables. The combination of FT-IR spectroscopy
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and aqueous amine/ammonia/CO2/water systems adheres to such a relationship. While there
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is complexity in terms of the chemical speciation that can form as CO2 is absorbed into the 6 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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ammonia solutions, the relationship between all components remains linear allowing the use
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of total concentrations as a variable.
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Our group has recently developed a PLSR method for the analysis of FT-IR spectra in a
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binary amine system incorporating MEA and 3-piperidinemethanol (3-PM) as the capture
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absorbent
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concentrations of CO2, SOx, and a CO2 capturing agent (β-alanine) during a PCC pilot plant
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trial that enables prediction of species concentration from FT-IR spectra to within 0.05 mol/L
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(95% confidence interval)
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determination of liquid composition is extended to the aqueous ammonia-based CO2 loaded
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solvents that incorporates additional SO32- and SO42- ions. There are two major novelties of
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this work. The first is the use of a sample injection cell for the FT-IR spectroscopic
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measurements to minimize the effect of evaporative losses of ammonia on the sample spectra.
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Secondly, compared with traditional amine systems, the SO32- and SO42- species have been
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included in the aqueous ammonia based solvents here for the first time. This significant step
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allows the FT-IR and PLSR method to be expanded and applied to both absorber and
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pre-treatment columns for the determination of liquid compositions. To investigate the
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application of FT-IR with PLSR to the mixed NH3/CO2/SO32- /SO42-/H2O solutions, a series
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of 67 sample solutions covering a wide range of ammonia concentrations from ~ 0.3 to 6.0 M,
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CO2 loadings from ~ 0.0 to 0.6 moles CO2 per mole of NH3, SO32- concentrations from 0.0 to
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1.5 M, SO42- concentrations from 0.0 to 1.5 M were prepared and equilibrated for the FT-IR
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measurements. The water concentrations in these solutions range from ~35.2 - 55.2 M. PLSR
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. A similar method has also been effectively applied for monitoring of the
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. In this work, FT-IR spectroscopy with PLSR analysis for the
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analyses
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(www.jplusconsulting.com/products/reactlab-co2/). In addition, a series of 19 mixed
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NH3/CO2 standard solutions were analyzed via potentiometric titrations to compare the
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multivariate spectroscopy approach with the traditional wet chemistry analysis for total NH3
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and CO2 loading.
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Materials and Methods.
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were
performed
using
software
ReactLab_CO2
Chemicals and Reagents. Ammonium bicarbonate, (NH4HCO3, >99%, Sigma Aldrich), ammonium sulfite
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monohydrate
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((NH4)2SO4, >99%, Sigma Aldrich), and methanol (>99%, Sigma Aldrich) were all used as
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supplied without further purification. Analytical grade aqueous NH3 (28–30 wt %) was
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purchased from Sigma Aldrich and the concentration of the stock NH3 solution was
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determined by potentiometric titration of a diluted solution using a standardized HCl solution
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(0.100 M, Sigma Aldrich). All samples were prepared using Milli Q water and volumetric
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glassware. A summary of the liquid compositions of the 67 standard sample solutions is
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shown in Table 1. The numerical details of the chemical composition of the samples are
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indicated in Table S1 of the Supporting Information.
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((NH4)2SO3.H2O,
>92%,
Sigma
Aldrich),
ammonium
sulfate
Table 1. Liquid composition of the 67 standard samples in three groups [NH3] (M)
α (mol CO2/mol NH3)
[SO32-] (M)
[SO42-] (M)
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0.125 – 6.00
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0.063 – 1.50
0.125 – 5.74
0.00 – 0.59
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(samples 30-45) Group III (samples 46-67)
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The 67 standard samples can be divided into three groups as follows: group I) mixed
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NH3/CO2/H2O standard samples; group II) (NH4)2SO3/(NH4)2SO4/H2O standard solutions;
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group III) mixed NH3/CO2/SO32-/SO42-/H2O standard solutions. For the group I mixed
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NH3/CO2/H2O standard sample solutions, two original stock solutions were prepared. Firstly,
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a stock solution of CO2 free NH3, with a maximum ammonia concentration of 5.631 M, was
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prepared via dilution of the concentrated ammonia solution. Secondly, the stock solution of
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5.631 M ammonia with an additional CO2 loading of 0.567 moles CO2/mole of NH3 was
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prepared by mixing the concentrated ammonia solution with ammonium bicarbonate in Milli
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Q water. Additional samples in group I were prepared from dilution of the two stock solutions
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(concentrated CO2 loaded NH3 solution and CO2 free NH3 solutions) with each other, and
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water, to achieve intermediate ammonia concentrations and CO2 loadings. For the group II
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(NH4)2SO3/(NH4)2SO4/H2O standard solutions, two new stock solutions containing 1.5 M
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(NH4)2SO3 and 1.5 M (NH4)2SO4/H2O were prepared and diluted in a similar procedure to
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prepare
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NH3/CO2/SO32-/SO42-/H2O standard solutions, all samples were prepared by mixing desired
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amounts of concentrated ammonia solution, NH4HCO3, (NH4)2SO3 and (NH4)2SO4, with
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Milli Q water. The known compositions of these standard sample solutions were used for the
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calibration of the PLSR model. The concentration of H2O was calculated from the
intermediate
concentration
solutions.
For
the
group
III
mixed
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concentrations of NH3, CO2, SO32- and SO42-, assuming that the addition of inorganic salts
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and CO2 will not affect the density of the solvent (H2O) significantly. This has been proved
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by experimental measurements that the density of 3 M (NH4)2SO4 solution is 1.1607 g/ml 22,
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and the density of 6 M MEA solution with CO2 loading of 0.5 (moles CO2 / mole MEA) is
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1.1170 g/ml 23.
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FT-IR spectroscopy The experimental procedure for the measurement of the FT-IR spectra of aqueous 12
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amine solutions has been described in detail in our previous work
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were recorded on a Bruker Alpha FT-IR Spectrometer equipped with a Platinum ATR
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accessory and diamond ATR crystal. Background spectra were recorded in an air atmosphere
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at room temperature. Multivariate spectra of the samples were measured from 600.0 – 4000.0
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cm-1 by injecting sample solutions into a covered cell with an ATR crystal window. The
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purpose of employing the sample cover with injection port is to minimize the impact of
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ammonia loss (via evaporation) during the measurement. A total of 16 scans with a resolution
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of 4.0 cm-1 were recorded for each sample and averaged within the Bruker OPUS software to
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produce a single spectrum for PLSR analysis. Total acquisition times for a single spectrum is
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in the order of ~30.0 seconds. It should be noted that all samples were equilibrated at room
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temperature for > 24.0 hours prior to collecting the FT-IR spectra to ensure complete
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equilibration was achieved.
. Briefly, FT-IR spectra
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A robust PLSR model for the multicomponent NH3/CO2/SO32-/SO42-/H2O solutions
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requires knowledge of all relevant concentrations in the calibration samples. FT-IR spectra
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were acquired for a series of nm = 67 pre-prepared standard samples with known total
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concentrations of NH3, CO2, SO32-, SO42- and H2O. These absorption spectra, measured at nl
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wavenumbers from the FT-IR are recorded and stored as nm rows in a matrix Y. The known
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concentrations
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, , , , and , each vector having nm elements.
of
the
analytes
are
stored
in
individual
column
vectors
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For each analyte, with known spectra matrix Y and concentration vector q, a matrix X
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with orthogonal columns (scores) and a matrix P (loadings) as well as a vector b are
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computed in such a way that the residual error matrix R and vector r given in equation (1) are
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minimized.
Y= X × P+ R
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The PLSR prediction of a property of a new unknown sample with spectrum ysample
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requires the determination of its representation as a row vector xsample (calculated from ysample
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and P) from which the predicted quality qsample can be calculated as qsample = xsample × b. The
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details of the PLS algorithms can be found in several publications 24, 25.
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To measure the prediction performance of the PLSR model, the mean squared error
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(MSE) between the experimental and model predicted values can be calculated using the
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following equation.
MSE =
∑ ( − )
(2)
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represent the known and model calculated concentration values of all the predicted analytes
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including [NH3], [CO2], [SO32-], [SO42-] and [H2O]respectively.
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Titrimetric determination of total ammonia concentration
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Titration of total ammonia concentration in dilute aqueous ammonia solutions in the
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presence and absence of CO2 was performed on an automated titration apparatus which has
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been described in detail in previous work
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presence and absence of CO2 were diluted to ~ 0.5 M prior to titration using volumetric
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glassware. An aliquot (1.00 mL) of the diluted aqueous ammonia solution was then acidified
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with HCl solution (10.00 mL, 0.10M) and back titrated with a standardized 0.10 M NaOH
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solution. Note that the concentration of the NaOH solution was standardized with standard
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0.25 M KHP (potassium hydrogen phthalate) solution. The acidified titration solutions were
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initially purged with N2 gas (> 5.0 minutes) to remove any residual CO2 dissolved in the
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liquid and present in the gas headspace of the vessel. The mV signal of the solution was
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recorded throughout the titration and converted into pH during the analysis of the titration 12
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A Mettler Toledo T50 Auto titrator was used for the determination of total CO2
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concentration in the aqueous ammonia solutions. To do so, a 0.50 M NaOH solution was
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sequentially added to a titration beaker containing a 40.0ml aliquot of methanol until the pH
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of the methanol solutions was adjusted to 11.0. A 5.0 mL aliquot of CO2 loaded ammonia
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solution was dosed into the methanol solution resulting in a decrease in pH of the methanol
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solution (due to the presence of CO2 acting as an acid). Additional amounts of the 0.50 M
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NaOH solution were dosed into the methanol/NH3/CO2 sample to return the pH of the
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solution to 11.0. The total CO2 concentration in the solution can be calculated from the
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second volume of NaOH dosed into the solution to raise the pH back to 11.0 in equation (3).
!CO $(%) =
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' ( )*+, × )*+, .'*/012 ' ( 3*'4/5 *6656
(3)
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A total of 67 standard samples were prepared and analyzed using the FT-IR and PLSR
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method. Figure 1 shows the composition of all standard samples graphically as well as their
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distribution within the set of calibration samples. The full analytical details of the
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compositions of the 67 standard samples can be found in Table S1 of the Supporting
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Information. The data set consisting of the 67 standard samples was divided into two groups
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for calibration and validation of the PLSR model. A set of 45 samples was selected to build
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validate the model (validation sample set, open circles).
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Figure 1. Calibration matrix - blue dots (●) = group I calibration samples; red dots (●) =
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group II calibration samples; black dots (●) group III calibration samples; blue circles (○) =
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group I validation samples; red circles (○) = group II validation samples, black circles (○)
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group III validation samples. NOTE - Some overlap between samples exists due to the plot of
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the sum of the concentrations of [SO32-] + [SO42-] here (the ratios between [SO32-] and [SO42-]
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may differ).
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FT-IR spectra
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Some examples of the FT-IR spectra of calibration samples containing different ammonia
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concentrations in the presence and absence of CO2, and varying amounts of SO32-, SO42-, and
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their combinations with CO2, are presented in Figures 2 (a), (b), (c) and (d). Note that, the
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spectra presented here in Figure (2) only covers the wavenumber range of 800.0 – 1800.0
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seen that the different absorbent compositions result in unique but overlapping spectra which
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lays the foundation for the PLSR model calibration. Secondly, addition of new species into
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the ammonia solutions is correspondingly accompanied by significant spectral changes. To
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demonstrate this, the addition of CO2 into fresh ammonia solutions is followed by peak
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formation in the wavenumber range from 800.0 – 1600.0 cm-1 while the addition of SO32- into
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ammonia solutions is followed by new unique spectral peaks forming in the wavenumber
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range between 800.0 – 1000.0 and 1300.0 – 1500.0 cm-1. The addition of SO42- into ammonia
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solutions results in significant change of the FT-IR spectra in the wavenumber range from
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1000.0 – 1200.0 cm-1. However, one of the most significant advantages of using the PLSR
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pre-loaded CO2; (b) ammonia concentration ~5.50 M and CO2 concentration varying from 0.00
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A PLSR model has been applied for the determination of the liquid composition in the
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Figure 3 (a) - (e) demonstrate that the PLSR predicted variables including total NH3, CO2,
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mixed NH3/CO2/SO32-/SO42-/H2O solutions. To further evaluate the predictability of the
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model, the mean squared error (MSE) between the experimental and estimated values for all
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prediction performance. Compared with our previous publication, the MSE values for all
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variables in the calibration data set have improved from 0.124 to 0.0076 12. This significant
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PLSR analysis for the evaluation of mixed NH3 solutions containing CO2, SO32-, SO42- and
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H2O has been validated here covering a wide range of concentrations including ammonia
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Comparison of the performance between the FT-IR spectroscopy/PLSR method and the
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traditional titration method was conducted in this section. It should be noted that the
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concentrations of SO32- and SO42- are known from the initial makeup of the solution while the
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titrations here are more relevant for determination of the NH3 and CO2 concentrations given
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each of these species is volatile under the conditions employed here. The total ammonia
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concentration and CO2 loading determined via both methods are compared herein for a
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sample set containing 19 mixed NH3/CO2 solutions from group I. The detailed chemical
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composition of the 19 mixed NH3/CO2 solutions can be found in Table S1, Supporting
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Information. The composition of the 19 test solutions was selected such that it sits within the
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calibration range of the PLSR model and covers a wide range of ammonia concentrations and
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CO2 loadings. A parity plot of model predicted results from PLSR and titration results against
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the known concentrations are shown in Figure 4 (a) and (b). 3.50
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concentration against the prepared concentration of the 19 mixed NH3/CO2 samples; (b)
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parity plot of the model predicted and titration determined total CO2 concentration against the
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prepared concentration of the 19 mixed NH3/CO2 samples.
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From Figure 4 (a) and (b), both methods can successfully determine the total ammonia
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and CO2 concentrations, revealed from the excellent agreement between the PLSR model
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predicted and titration results. It is worth noting that for high concentration conditions where
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spectroscopy with PLSR model shows better predictability compared to the traditional
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Determination of liquid composition during CO2 absorption process
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A bench-scale CO2 absorption experiment was performed by bubbling CO2 gas (450.0
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samples were left overnight for complete equilibration before analysis using the combined
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PLSR and FT-IR method. To validate the method, samples were analysed in parallel via the
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potentiometric titration method for the determination of the liquid compositions including
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total ammonia and total CO2 concentrations, respectively. The resulting total NH3
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concentrations and total CO2 concentrations determined from both PLSR and titration
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methods are plotted against time in Figure 5. The numerical data can be found in Table S2 in
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method.
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From the data in Figure 5 both methods can successfully determine both the total NH3
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and CO2 concentrations, respectively, with the values determined from the PLSR method
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showing excellent agreement with the titration method within ~ 5.0%.
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This work describes the development and evaluation of the combination of FT-IR
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spectroscopy with PLSR analysis for the evaluation of mixed NH3 solutions containing
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multiple components including CO2, SO32-, SO42- and H2O. The PLSR model has been
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validated here using known calibration samples covering a wide range of concentrations
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including ammonia concentrations (~ 0.3 to 6.0 M NH3), CO2 loadings (~ 0.0 to 0.6 mols
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CO2/mol NH3), SO32- concentration (~ 0.0 to 1.5 M) and SO42- concentration (~ 0.0 to 1.5 M),
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and H2O concentration (~ 35.2 - 55.2 M). Mean squared error (MSE) values for all analytes
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improved significantly with a large calibration data set employed for developing the PLSR
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model.
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For some mixed NH3/CO2 standard sample solutions and a series of liquid samples
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generated from a bench scale CO2 absorption process, the data pertaining to total ammonia
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concentration and CO2 loading determined from the FT-IR spectroscopy with PLSR model
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calculation method were compared with the data generated from traditional titration methods.
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Results show that both methods can be used to determine total ammonia and CO2
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concentrations in the mixed NH3/CO2 solutions. However, for aqueous ammonia
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concentrations > 4.0 M and total CO2 concentrations above > 1.5 M, FT-IR spectroscopy with
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PLSR is the preferred method due to potential for interfering phenomena involving
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evaporative losses when using traditional wet chemistry methods. More importantly, FT-IR
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spectroscopy with PLSR is superior in terms of measurement and analysis time and overall
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robustness. Uniquely, the method here has been demonstrated to be suitable to determine total
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SOx content of the solutions (as sulfate and sulfite) together with the ammonia, CO2, and
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water content from the same spectral data. The FT-IR and PLSR techniques developed here
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are in the process of being employed at a power station for on-line analysis of pilot plant
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samples.
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Acknowledgement
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The authors wish to acknowledge financial assistance provided through CSIRO Energy. The
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views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of the Commonwealth, and the
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Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for any information or advice contained herein.
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This work was also funded by Department of Planning and Environment through the Coal
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Innovation NSW Fund, which is administered by the Minister for Minister for Resources,
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Minister for Energy and Utilities. Any views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the
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views of Coal Innovation NSW, the Department of Planning and Environment or the NSW
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Government.
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Supporting information
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The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI:
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