Development of Ion Speciation Plots for Three Promising Tertiary Amine–CO2–H2O Systems Using the pH Method and the 13C NMR Method

• Published in: Energy & fuels 2017-03, Vol.31 (3), p.3069-3080
• Main Authors: Li, Moxia, Liu, Helei, Luo, Xiao, Tontiwachwuthikul, Paitoon, Liang, Zhiwu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0887-0624; 1520-5029
• DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b03320

In this work, three promising tertiary amines1-(2-hydroxyethyl)­piperidine (1-(2-HE)­PP), 3-(diethylamino)-1,2-propanediol (DEA-1,2-PD), and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)­pyrolidine (1-(2-HE)­PRLD)were experimentally studied and the results presented in terms of pK a, the protonation calibration curves, and ion speciation plots. The pK a of these amines were determined in the temperature range of 294–320 K. The protonation calibration curves for the three amines were also developed based on 13C NMR detection. In addition, ion (amine, amineH+, HCO3 –, and CO3 2–) speciation plots for the three tertiary amines were developed at the temperature of 298 K, at the amine concentration of 1.0 M, over the CO2 loading ranges of 0–0.897 mol CO2/mol amine for 1-(2-HE)­PP, 0–0.915 mol CO2/mol amine for DEA-1,2-PD, and 0–0.927 mol CO2/mol amine for 1-(2-HE)­PRLD by using the pH method, the 13C NMR method, and the pH + 13C NMR method. By comparing the ion (amine, amineH+, HCO3 –, and CO3 2–) concentrations of the three tertiary amines obtained from these three methods, it can be concluded that each of these three methods could be used to develop the ion speciation plots of amine–CO2–H2O systems, but there are some significant differences between them.