Fuel, Vol.252, 47-54, 2019
Regulating crystal structures of EDA-carbamates in solid-liquid phase-changing CO2 capture solutions
To study the relationship between crystal structures of amine-carbamates and regeneration energy consumptions, two new solid-liquid phase-changing solutions of ethylenediamine/N,N-dimethylacetamide (EDA/DMA) and ethylenediamine/N,N-dimethylformamide (EDA/DMF) were prepared to capture CO2 efficiently and regulate the crystal structures of CO2 absorption products (EDA-carbamates). The CO2 absorption capacity and peak absorption rate of EDA/DMA and EDA/DMF solutions were both 30% and 67%, respectively, higher than those of EDA/water solution. EDA-carbamates in EDA/DMA and EDA/DMF solutions had the same molecular structures but different molecular arrangements (they belonged to orthorhombic and monoclinic crystals, respectively). The regeneration heat of EDA-carbamates in EDA/DMF solution (181.28 kJ/mol) was higher than orthorhombic EDA-carbamates in EDA/DMA solution (133.76 kJ/mol), which was attributed to the endothermic process (recrystallization process) during the transition from monoclinic EDA-carbamates to orthorhombic EDA-carbamates.