Linear Relationships for Modeling CO2 Absorption in Aqueous Alkanolamine
Solutions in a Thermodynamically Consistent Way
Abstract
A thermodynamically consistent model for the carbon dioxide (CO2)
absorption in aqueous alkanolamine system is of great importance in the
research and development of a CO2 capture process. To facilitate the
development of thermodynamic models, linear Gibbs free energy, enthalpy,
and heat capacity relationships using well-known amines as reference are
used to correlate the standard reference state properties of ionic
species with those of molecular species in the electrolyte system, which
has been approved to provide a reliable and consistent way to estimate
required parameters when there is minimal or no appropriate experimental
data available. The proposed relationships have been applied to the
development of an electrolyte Non-Random Two Liquid (NRTL) activity
coefficient model for CO2 absorption in aqueous 1-amino-2-propanol (A2P)
solution, as an example to demonstration the methodology. With limited
vapor-liquid equilibrium data and other thermodynamic properties, the
parameters in the electrolyte NRTL model are identified with good
accuracy.