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Effects of sodium precursors and gelling agents on CO 2 sorption performance of sodium zirconate
Author(s) -
Ooi Khim May,
Chai Siang Piao,
Mohamed Abdul Rahman,
Mohammadi Maedeh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia‐pacific journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.348
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1932-2143
pISSN - 1932-2135
DOI - 10.1002/apj.1903
Subject(s) - sorption , thermogravimetric analysis , chemistry , sodium citrate , sodium , nuclear chemistry , sorbent , citric acid , ethylene glycol , zirconate , adsorption , organic chemistry , ceramic , medicine , pathology , titanate
CO 2 capture using solid sorbents is among the technologies to mitigate CO 2 emission. Sodium zirconate (Na 2 ZrO 3 ) is among the solid sorbents with very good CO 2 sorption performance and stability. In this study, effects of sodium precursors and addition of citric acid (CA) and ethylene glycol (EG) as gelling agents at different molar ratios on CO 2 capture properties of Na 2 ZrO 3 were examined. CO 2 capture performance of the prepared samples was tested in a thermogravimetric analyser (TGA). The CO 2 sorption profiles of all samples reached plateau within 20 min, signifying fast sorption kinetics. The highest CO 2 sorption amount of 4.905 mmol CO 2 /g Na 2 ZrO 3 (91% of theoretical yield) was achieved for the Na 2 ZrO 3 sorbent prepared with sodium citrate precursor and addition of gelling agents at CA:EG molar ratio of 2:1. This was higher than the one prepared without CA and EG (83% yield). These two samples were further tested for regeneration stability and revealed that the sample prepared with CA and EG had better stability than the one prepared without CA and EG. The results achieved in this study show that the choice of sodium precursor and addition of CA and EG have significant effects on the CO 2 capture performance of Na 2 ZrO 3 . © 2015 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.