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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Thermodynamics of aqueous piperazine/aminoethylpiperazine for CO₂ capture

Du, Yang, active 21st century 11 September 2014 (has links)
Aqueous piperazine (PZ) blended with N-(2-aminoethyl) piperazine (AEP) is an attractive solvent for CO₂ capture from coal-fired power plants. Blending PZ with AEP can remediate the precipitation issue of concentrated PZ while maintaining its high CO₂ absorption rate, and high resistance to degradation. 5 m PZ/2 m AEP also shows a milder nitrosamine issue than concentrated piperazine. A rigorous thermodynamic model was developed in Aspen Plus® to predict properties of PZ/AEP/H₂O/CO₂, using the electrolyte-Nonrandom Two-Liquid (eNRTL) activity coefficient model. A sequential regression was performed to represent CO₂ solubility, speciation, and amine volatility data over operationally significant loading and temperature ranges. The model predicts a CO₂ cyclic capacity of 0.78 mol/kg (PZ + AEP + water) for 5 m PZ/2 m AEP, compared to 0.50 mol/kg for 7 m MEA and 0.86 mol/kg for 8 m PZ. The predicted heat of absorption is 75 to 80 kJ/mol CO₂ at the operating loading range (0.290-0.371 mol CO₂/mol alkalinity). Although 5 m PZ/2 m AEP has a slightly lower CO₂ capacity than 8 m piperazine, its higher heat of absorption may offset the negative effect on energy consumption. Speciation for PZ/AEP/H₂O at various CO₂ loading and temperature was also predicted, from which behavior of CO₂ in the amine system was proposed. / text

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