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Experimental Study of Density, Viscosity and Equilibrium Carbon Dioxide Solubility in Some Aqueous Alkanolamine Solutions

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In this work, equilibrium solubility of CO2 in aqueous blends of different amines is examined. The amines used are methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), N,N-dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE), N,N-diethylaminoethanol (DEAE), 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol (AEEA), and 3-methylamino propylamine (MAPA). New equilibrium solubility data for CO2 in aqueous solutions of DMAE + MAPA, DMAE + AEEA, MDEA + MAPA, MDEA + AEEA, DEAE + MAPA and DEAE + AEEA over a range of low pressures are obtained. Each of the solutions contains 40 wt% of a tertiary amine (DMAE, MDEA, DEAE) and 5 wt% of a primary/secondary amine (MAPA, AEEA). The experimental temperature was set to 313.15 K and the measured CO2 loading was in the range of 0.274–4.563 (mol CO2 per kg of solution). In order to make a better comparison, viscosities and densities of the amine solutions were also measured at 303.15–353.15 K. Experiments show that the aqueous DMAE + MAPA blend has the highest absorption capacity, and at the same time, its viscosity and density are in a desirable range.

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The authors greatly appreciate the financial support for this research provided by the Research Institute of Petroleum Industries (RIPI).

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  1. Thermodynamics Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Rahimi & Farzaneh Feyzi

  2. Gas Refining Technology Group, Gas Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), 14665-137, Tehran, Iran

    Ali T. Zoghi & Amir Hossein Jalili

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Rahimi, A., Zoghi, A.T., Feyzi, F. et al. Experimental Study of Density, Viscosity and Equilibrium Carbon Dioxide Solubility in Some Aqueous Alkanolamine Solutions. J Solution Chem 48, 489–501 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-019-00872-4

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