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The CO2 absorption and desorption analysis of tri-solvent MEA + EAE + AMP compared with MEA + BEA + AMP along with “coordination effects” evaluation

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The slow kinetics of CO2 absorption and high energy cost of CO2 desorption were the main challenges for CO2 capture technology. To overcome these drawbacks, a novel tri-solvent MEA (monoethanolamine) + EAE (2-(ethylamino)ethanol) + AMP (2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol) was prepared at different amine concentrations of 0.1 ~ 0.5 + 2 + 2 mol/L. The CO2 absorption and desorption experiments were conducted on MEA + EAE + AMP and their precursor MEA + EAE to evaluate the absorption–desorption parameters. Results demonstrated that the optimized concentrations of the bi-blend were 0.2 + 2 mol/L for absorption and 0.4 + 2 mol/L for desorption. For the tri-solvent, the optimized concentration was 0.2 + 2 + 2 mol/L, consistently for both abs-desorption sides. Compared with tri-solvent of MEA + BEA + AMP, MEA + EAE + AMP proved better in absorption but poorer in desorption, while its CO2 loading of operation line was 0.35 ~ 0.70 mol/mol, higher than that of 0.30–0.60 mol/mol MEA + BEA + AMP. These results led to another tri-solvent candidate of amine solvents in an industrial pilot plant.

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Abbreviations

AMP:

2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol

BEA:

Butylethanolamine

DEA:

Diethanolamine

EAE:

2-(Ethylamino) ethanol

MEA:

Monoethanolamine

α:

Solution CO2 loading (mol CO2/mol amine)

αeq:

CO2 loading of solution in equilibrium with PCO2

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Acknowledgements

The NSERC grant and Saskatchewan Innovation Scholarship was gratefully acknowledged. The research funding of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Nos. 21606150, 51521006), Bureau of Municipal of Huzhou Science and Technology Project (2021ZD 2043) were acknowledged.

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The research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Nos. 21606150) and Huzhou Science and Technology Project (2021ZD 2043).

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, People’s Republic of China

    Huancong Shi, Xiaofang Cheng, Jiacheng Peng & Hongliang Feng

  2. Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Huzhou, Zhejiang, 313000, People’s Republic of China

    Huancong Shi

  3. Clean Energy Technology Research Institute (CETRI), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2, Canada

    Huancong Shi & Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul

  4. College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Jiawei Hu

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Cheng X., Peng J., and Feng H. conducted research; Shi H. wrote the paper; Tontiwachwuthikul P. revised the paper; Hu J. conducted literature study.

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Highlights of novelty

1. The tri-solvent MEA+EAE+AMP was developed and compared with MEA+BEA+AMP in terms of absorption and desorption comprehensively.

2. The “coordinative effect” was investigated for bi-solvents of MEA+EAE(RR’NH) and the tri-solvent of MEA+EAE+AMP, and the optimized ratio of MEA/RR’NH was carefully studied for consistency.

3. The structure activity correlation of DEA and EAE as secondary amines were investigated and compared.

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Shi, H., Cheng, X., Peng, J. et al. The CO2 absorption and desorption analysis of tri-solvent MEA + EAE + AMP compared with MEA + BEA + AMP along with “coordination effects” evaluation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 40686–40700 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18792-0

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