Recovery of carbon monoxide from flue gases by reactive absorption in ionic liquid imidazolium chlorocuprate(I): Mass transfer coefficients

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2014.06.040

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Recovery of carbon monoxide from flue gases by selective absorption of carbon monoxide in an imidazolium chlorocuprate(I) ionic liquid is considered in this work as an alternative to the use of molecular volatile solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons. The present work evaluates the CO mass transfer rates from the gas phase to the ionic liquid solutions in the absence of chemical reaction. To that end, carbon dioxide was employed as an inert model gas and absorption experiments were performed to assess the influence of different process variables in a batch reactor with flat gas-liquid interface. The experimental mass transfer coefficients showed significant variation with temperature, (3.4-10.9)×10^-7 m·s^-1 between 293 and 313 K; stirring speed, (10.2-33.1)×10^-7 m·s^-1 between 100 and 300 r·min^-1; and concentration of copper(I), (6.6-10.2)×10^-7 m·s^-1 between 0.25 and 2mol·L^-1. In addition, themass transfer coefficients were eventually found to followa potential proportionality of the type k_L∝μ^-0.5 and the dimensionless correlation thatmakes the estimation of themass transfer coefficients possible in the studied range of process variables was obtained: Sh=10^-2.64·Re^1.07·Sc^0.75. These results constitute the first step in the kinetic analysis of the reaction between CO and imidazolium chlorocuprate(I) ionic liquid that determines the design of the separation units.

关键词: Carbon monoxide, Ionic liquid, Copper(I), Reactive absorption, Mass transfer kinetics, Mass transfer coefficient, Carbon dioxide

Abstract: Recovery of carbon monoxide from flue gases by selective absorption of carbon monoxide in an imidazolium chlorocuprate(I) ionic liquid is considered in this work as an alternative to the use of molecular volatile solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons. The present work evaluates the CO mass transfer rates from the gas phase to the ionic liquid solutions in the absence of chemical reaction. To that end, carbon dioxide was employed as an inert model gas and absorption experiments were performed to assess the influence of different process variables in a batch reactor with flat gas-liquid interface. The experimental mass transfer coefficients showed significant variation with temperature, (3.4-10.9)×10^-7 m·s^-1 between 293 and 313 K; stirring speed, (10.2-33.1)×10^-7 m·s^-1 between 100 and 300 r·min^-1; and concentration of copper(I), (6.6-10.2)×10^-7 m·s^-1 between 0.25 and 2mol·L^-1. In addition, themass transfer coefficients were eventually found to followa potential proportionality of the type k_L∝μ^-0.5 and the dimensionless correlation thatmakes the estimation of themass transfer coefficients possible in the studied range of process variables was obtained: Sh=10^-2.64·Re^1.07·Sc^0.75. These results constitute the first step in the kinetic analysis of the reaction between CO and imidazolium chlorocuprate(I) ionic liquid that determines the design of the separation units.

Key words: Carbon monoxide, Ionic liquid, Copper(I), Reactive absorption, Mass transfer kinetics, Mass transfer coefficient, Carbon dioxide

Gabriel Zarca, Inmaculada Ortiz, Ane Urtiaga. Recovery of carbon monoxide from flue gases by reactive absorption in ionic liquid imidazolium chlorocuprate(I): Mass transfer coefficients[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 23(5): 769-774.

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