Effect of Various Parameters on the Thermal Stability and Corrosion of CO2-Loaded Tertiary Amine Blends
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methodology
Modeling
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Comparison with Literature Data
3.1.1. Thermal Stability
3.1.2. Corrosion
3.2. Thermal Stability
3.2.1. Effect of the Initial Amine Concentration
3.2.2. Effect of Initial CO2 Loading
3.3. Corrosion
3.3.1. Effect of the initial amine concentration
3.3.2. Effect of Initial CO2 Loading
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Name | CO2 Loading (α) | Remaining Amine Group Concentration (mole/L) after Time (days) | ||||
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0 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 49 | ||
DEEA.H2O | 0.1 | 2.5005 | 2.4999 | 2.4886 | 2.4594 | 2.4561 |
3DMA-1P.H2O | 0.1 | 2.9098 | 2.8992 | 2.8935 | 2.8755 | 2.8716 |
3DEA-1P.H2O | 0.1 | 2.1932 | 2.1871 | 2.1833 | 2.1730 | 2.1641 |
MDEA.H2O | 0.1 | 2.4178 | 2.4051 | 2.3942 | 2.3796 | 2.3772 |
MDEA.H2O(Glass) | 0.1 | 2.4178 | 2.4022 | - | 2.3812 | - |
DEEA.MEG | 0.1 | 2.5044 | 2.4871 | 2.4761 | 2.4212 | 2.4130 |
3DMA-1P.MEG | 0.1 | 2.9063 | 2.9052 | 2.9038 | 2.9025 | 2.9014 |
3DEA-1P.MEG | 0.1 | 2.2519 | 2.2318 | 2.2209 | 2.1922 | 2.1869 |
MDEA.MEG | 0.1 | 2.4167 | 2.3426 | 2.2768 | 2.2162 | 2.1854 |
MDEA.MEG(Glass) | 0.1 | 2.4167 | 2.3497 | 2.3161 | 2.2639 | 2.2371 |
DEEA.TEG | 0.1 | 2.4816 | 2.4714 | 2.4628 | 2.4447 | 2.4378 |
3DMA-1P.TEG | 0.1 | 2.8995 | 2.8876 | 2.8856 | 2.8562 | 2.8295 |
3DEA-1P.TEG | 0.1 | 2.2387 | 2.2254 | 2.2153 | 2.2058 | 2.1987 |
MDEA.TEG | 0.1 | 2.4297 | 2.3973 | 2.3367 | 2.2537 | 2.2183 |
MDEA.TEG(Glass) | 0.1 | 2.4297 | 2.4121 | 2.3697 | 2.3543 | 2.2748 |
DEEA.H2O | 0.4 | 0.8141 | 0.8068 | 0.8031 | 0.7992 | 0.7933 |
DEEA.H2O | 0.4 | 2.4062 | 2.3737 | 2.3574 | 2.3390 | 2.2919 |
DEEA.H2O | 0.4 | 3.9907 | - | 3.9392 | 3.8226 | 3.7596 |
MDEA.H2O | 0.4 | 0.7779 | 0.7756 | 0.7743 | 0.7697 | 0.7658 |
MDEA.H2O | 0.4 | 2.3081 | 2.2970 | 2.2802 | 2.2522 | 2.2266 |
MDEA.H2O | 0.4 | 3.8348 | 3.8001 | 3.7076 | 3.6184 | 3.5348 |
MDEA.H2O | 0.4 | 5.3424 | 5.2131 | 4.9166 | 4.7757 | 4.5688 |
Name | Unloaded Amine Weight (%) | CO2 Loading (α) | Fe (mg/L) | Ni (mg/L) | Cr (mg/L) | Mo (mg/L) |
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DEEA.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 1.55 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 4.17 |
3DMA-1P.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 1.13 | 0.66 | 0.07 | 12.36 |
3DEA-1P.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 1.15 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.15 |
MDEA.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 3.24 | 8.08 | 10.53 | 1.49 |
DEEA.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 15.11 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
3DMA-1P.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 3.06 | 0.53 | 0.14 | 0.74 |
3DEA-1P.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 3.70 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.36 |
MDEA.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 3.99 | 0.16 | 0.51 | 0.10 |
DEEA.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 36.21 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 0.76 |
3DMA-1P.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 27.28 | 0.98 | 0.08 | 0.22 |
3DEA-1P.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 8.18 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.12 |
MDEA.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 66.64 | 11.25 | 17.53 | 2.12 |
DEEA.H2O | 10 | 0.4 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 0.37 |
DEEA.H2O | 30 | 0.4 | 5.06 | 0.91 | 5.69 | 0.64 |
DEEA.H2O | 50 | 0.4 | 9.11 | 1.46 | 6.91 | 0.84 |
MDEA.H2O | 10 | 0.4 | 1.13 | 3.54 | 4.83 | 0.82 |
MDEA.H2O | 30 | 0.4 | 5.42 | 33.24 | 52.27 | 6.31 |
MDEA.H2O | 50 | 0.4 | 14.10 | 79.80 | 130.50 | 16.07 |
MDEA.H2O | 70 | 0.4 | 34.48 | 174.17 | 290.49 | 34.39 |
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Chemical | CAS | Purity | Molecular Weight (g/mol) |
---|---|---|---|
N-Methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) | 105-59-9 | ≥99.0% | 119.16 |
2-(Diethylamino)ethanol (DEEA) | 100-37-8 | ≥99.5% | 117.19 |
3-Dimethylamino-1-propanol (3DMA-1P) | 3179-63-3 | ≥99.0% | 103.16 |
3-Diethylamino-1-propanol (3DEA-1P) | 622-93-5 | ≥95.0% | 131.22 |
Monoethylene glycol (MEG) | 107-21-1 | ≥99.5% | 62.07 |
Triethylene glycol (TEG) | 112-27-6 | ≥99.8% | 150.17 |
Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 124-38-9 | ≥99.9% | 44.01 |
Name | Unloaded Amine wt.% | α (mol CO2/mol amine) | Time (days) | k × 10−4 (day−1) | R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEEA.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 3.792 | 0.910 |
3DMA-1P.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 2.933 | 0.945 |
3DEA-1P.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 2.659 | 0.981 |
MDEA.H2O | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 3.960 | 0.908 |
MDEA.H2O (Glass) | 30 | 0.1 | 35 | 4.546 | 0.904 |
DEEA.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 7.998 | 0.938 |
3DMA-1P.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 0.362 | 0.981 |
3DEA-1P.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 6.634 | 0.930 |
MDEA.MEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 22.910 | 0.919 |
MDEA.MEG (Glass) | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 17.390 | 0.900 |
DEEA.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 3.853 | 0.974 |
3DMA-1P.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 4.505 | 0.928 |
3DEA-1P.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 4.043 | 0.914 |
MDEA.TEG | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 19.450 | 0.988 |
MDEA.TEG (Glass) | 30 | 0.1 | 49 | 11.920 | 0.939 |
DEEA.H2O | 10 | 0.4 | 49 | 5.483 | 0.916 |
DEEA.H2O | 30 | 0.4 | 49 | 9.473 | 0.941 |
DEEA.H2O | 50 | 0.4 | 49 | 11.561 | 0.935 |
MDEA.H2O | 10 | 0.4 | 49 | 3.058 | 0.974 |
MDEA.H2O | 30 | 0.4 | 49 | 7.061 | 0.990 |
MDEA.H2O | 50 | 0.4 | 49 | 16.520 | 0.998 |
MDEA.H2O | 70 | 0.4 | 49 | 32.810 | 0.986 |
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Shoukat, U.; Knuutila, H.K. Effect of Various Parameters on the Thermal Stability and Corrosion of CO2-Loaded Tertiary Amine Blends. Energies 2020, 13, 2626. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102626
Shoukat U, Knuutila HK. Effect of Various Parameters on the Thermal Stability and Corrosion of CO2-Loaded Tertiary Amine Blends. Energies. 2020; 13(10):2626. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102626
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