Artigo Revisado por pares

Aqueous 3-(methylamino)propylamine for CO2 capture

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 15; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.01.045

ISSN

1750-5836

Autores

Alexander K. Voice, Solrun Johanne Vevelstad, Xi Chen, Thu Hoai Nguyen, Gary T. Rochelle,

Tópico(s)

CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Resumo

Aqueous 3-(methylamino)propylamine (MAPA) has been investigated as a possible solvent for CO2 capture from flue gas at 8 and 9 molal. The results are compared with MEA and PZ, two base case solvents. Although MAPA had a higher heat of absorption than both MEA and PZ, it had a lower capacity, slower mass-transfer coefficient, higher viscosity, and greater susceptibility to thermal degradation than 7 m MEA. In the presence of oxygen, MAPA degraded more than ten times faster than MEA. Inhibitor A substantially reduced the oxidation rates of MAPA and MEA, although oxidation was still significant compared with PZ (which did not oxidize). Overall, MAPA did not offer any significant benefits over the base case solvents and is not recommended for post-combustion CO2 capture where oxygen is present.

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