화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.22, 306-316, February, 2015
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.07.024  Export Citation
Rate-based simulation and comparison of various promoters for CO2 capture in industrial DEA-promoted potassium carbonate absorption unit
Tohid Nejad Ghaffar Borhani, Vahid Akbari, Mohammad Kamaruddin Abdul Hamid, and Zainuddin Abdul Manan†
  • Process Systems Engineering Center (PROSPECT), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Diethanolamine (DEA)-promoted potassium carbonate process for CO2 removal is modelled using ratebased approach and Electrolyte NRTLmodel. Acceptable agreements between the simulation results and the experimental data are achieved. The effectiveness of monoethanolamine (MEA), diglycolamine (DGA), diisopropanolamine (DIPA), and methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) as promoters are investigated. MEA shows promising performance for CO2 removal. The CO2 absorptions by DGA and DIPA are good enough, but their prices are higher than MEA and DEA. The CO2 absorption byMDEA is not significant and it cannot be used as a promoter. A parametric study is performed to assess the effects of important process parameters.
Keywords:Potassium carbonate process;Rate-based;Promoters effect;Electrolyte NRTL;Parametric study
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