Efficient SO2 capture at ultra-low concentration using a hybrid absorbent of deep eutectic solvent and ethylene glycolShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Journal of Molecular Liquids, ISSN 0167-7322, E-ISSN 1873-3166, Vol. 382, article id 121945Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are considered as the highly effective absorbents for sulfur dioxide (SO2) capture. However, the high viscosity of DESs and the resulting slow absorption rate as well as low absorption capacity at low SO2 concentration seriously hinder their industrial application. In this study, DES of N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) and imidazole (Im) is simply blended with ethylene glycol (EG) forming a hybrid absorbent, namely MDEA/Im-EG, which exhibits extremely high SO2 capture capacity at low concentration. In particular, SO2 capture capacity in MDEA/Im-EG (molar ratio = 1:1) reaches 0.446 g SO2/g absorbent at 293.2 K with SO2 concentration of 2000 ppm. Moreover, the corresponding desorption enthalpy is only −40.67 kJ/mol. To well understand the results, thermodynamic analysis of SO2 capture is performed and the SO2 capture mechanism is speculated by nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2023. Vol. 382, article id 121945
Keywords [en]
Capture mechanism, Deep eutectic solvent, Sulfur dioxide, Thermodynamic model
National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-97163DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121945Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85156139663OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-97163DiVA, id: diva2:1757088
Funder
The Kempe Foundations, SMK21-0020Swedish Energy Agency
Note
Validerad;2023;Nivå 2;2023-05-15 (hanlid);
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China (21776123, 22108115); Project for Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
2023-05-152023-05-152023-05-15Bibliographically approved