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Experimental studies on suppression of ammonia vaporization by additives
Author(s) -
Yu Jingwen,
Wang Shujuan,
Yu Hai
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
greenhouse gases: science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.45
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2152-3878
DOI - 10.1002/ghg.1371
Subject(s) - ammonia , vaporization , chemistry , aqueous solution , mass transfer coefficient , mass transfer , carbon dioxide , inorganic chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chromatography , engineering
Abstract Aqueous ammonia (NH 3 ) based CO 2 capture process has been regarded as a promising technology to capture CO 2 from many industrial sources including coal‐fired power stations. However, this technology has been limited by the high volatility of ammonia and its relatively low reaction rate with carbon dioxide. This study selected nine kinds of chemicals and added them into ammonia solution as additives to investigate their potential to suppress ammonia vaporization. A wetted‐wall column reactor was used to study the effect of additives on ammonia loss rate and overall gas mass transfer coefficient of CO 2 at the absorption temperature of 15°C and solution of 3 M (mol/L) aqueous ammonia. Among all additives tested, Sulfolane (TMS) and Propylene carbonate (PC) showed the highest potential to suppress ammonia vaporization and enhance the reaction at the same time. The best scenario in this study was the addition of 0.3 M PC to 3 M aqueous ammonia under the CO 2 loading of 0.4 which led to a reduction of ammonia loss by 38% and an increase of overall gas mass transfer coefficient by 10% compared to the case of no additive. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd