CO2 absorption using a hybrid 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide/titanium dioxide/polyethylene glycol absorbent
2021 (English)In: Fluid Phase Equilibria, ISSN 0378-3812, E-ISSN 1879-0224, Vol. 538, article id 113011Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Developing novel hybrid ionic liquid/porous material/co-solvent absorbents with the confinement effect is essential for CO2 separation. In this study, CO2 solubilities in 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide/titanium dioxide/polyethylene glycol ([Hmim][Tf2N]/TiO2-PEG200) with different ratios of [Hmim][Tf2N]/TiO2 and various roughnesses of TiO2 (P25 and T500) were measured and described with the Henry's law. Furthermore, the contribution of the confinement effect on the CO2 solubility was quantified, and the relationship between the surface roughness and molecular parameters was established for predicting its contribution to the confinement effect. In addition, the hybrid absorbent was recycled by a multi-cycle experiment. The results show that the contribution of confinement effect on CO2 absorption capacity (on mass basis) and Gibbs free energy occupy around 24.5 % and 8.12 % in [Hmim][NTf2]/T500-PEG200 (w[Hmim][NTf2]/T500 = 2.88 wt%) at 308.2 K, respectively. The surface roughness can double the confinement effect. Based on the CO2 absorption capacity and enthalpy, [Hmim][NTf2]/T500-PEG200 (w[Hmim][NTf2]/T500 = 2.88 wt%) is a promising hybrid absorbent for CO2 separation.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 538, article id 113011
Keywords [en]
Ionic liquid, Carbon dioxide, Titanium dioxide, Solubility, Confinement effect
National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-83246DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2021.113011ISI: 000640908900005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85102624151OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-83246DiVA, id: diva2:1536846
Funder
The Kempe FoundationsSwedish Energy Agency, P50830-1
Note
Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-04-07 (alebob);
Finansiär: Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese Scholars and Scholars in Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars (21729601); National Natural Science Foundation of China (21838004)
2021-03-122021-03-122021-05-28Bibliographically approved