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Adsorption Of Liquid Mixtures On Silicalite-1 Zeolite:  A Density-Bottle Method, Miao Yu, J. Falconer, R. Noble Jun 2015

Adsorption Of Liquid Mixtures On Silicalite-1 Zeolite:  A Density-Bottle Method, Miao Yu, J. Falconer, R. Noble

Miao Yu

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In Situ Infrared Study Of The Role Of Peg In Stabilizing Silica-Supported Amines For Co2 Capture, Jak Tanthana, Steven Chuang Jul 2014

In Situ Infrared Study Of The Role Of Peg In Stabilizing Silica-Supported Amines For Co2 Capture, Jak Tanthana, Steven Chuang

Steven S.C. Chuang

The CO(2) capture capacity, adsorption mechanism, and degradation characteristics of two sorbents, silica-supported tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA/SiO(2)) and polyethylene-glycol-modified TEPA/SiO(2) (PEG/TEPA/SiO(2)), are studied by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The CO(2) capture capacities of TEPA/SiO(2) and PEG/TEPA/SiO(2) are determined to be 2087 and 1110 micromol CO(2) g(-1) sorbent, respectively. Both sorbents adsorb CO(2) as hydrogen-bonding species, NH(2)--O, and carbamate/carboxylate species. The CO(2) adsorption half-time increases with the number of CO(2) capture cycles. Infrared results suggest that the increased adsorption half-time is a result of diffusion limitation, caused by accumulation of TEPA and PEG species on the surface of …


Spectroscopic Investigation Into Oxidative Degradation Of Silica-Supported Amine Sorbents For Co2 Capture, Chakravartula Srikanth, Steven Chuang Jul 2014

Spectroscopic Investigation Into Oxidative Degradation Of Silica-Supported Amine Sorbents For Co2 Capture, Chakravartula Srikanth, Steven Chuang

Steven S.C. Chuang

Oxidative degradation characteristics of silica-supported amine sorbents with varying amounts of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG; P200 or P600 represents PEG with molecular weights of 200 or 600) have been studied by IR and NMR spectroscopy. Thermal treatment of the sorbents and liquid TEPA at 100 °C for 12 h changed their color from white to yellow. The CO2 capture capacity of the TEPA/SiO2 sorbents (i.e., SiO2-supported TEPA with a TEPA/SiO2 ratio of 25:75) decreased by more than 60 %. IR and NMR spectroscopy studies showed that the yellow color of the degraded sorbents resulted from the formation of …


Oxide-Supported Tetraethylenepentamine For Co2 Capture, James Fisher, Jak Tanthana, Steven Chuang Jul 2014

Oxide-Supported Tetraethylenepentamine For Co2 Capture, James Fisher, Jak Tanthana, Steven Chuang

Steven S.C. Chuang

CO2 capture capacity of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) supported on beta zeolite, SiO2, and Al2O3 has been studied by transient flow switching approach and temperature programmed desorption (TPD) technique coupled with diffuse infrared reflectance Fourier transform spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS). TEPA/beta zeolite shows the highest CO2 capture capacity. Adsorbed CO2 on TEPA/beta zeolite can be characterized as weakly and strongly adsorbed CO2. The former desorbs when CO2 partial pressure decreases; the latter desorbs during TPD. Strongly adsorbed CO2 is in the form of carbonates interacting with the NH functional groups of TEPA. This interaction caused the NH and CH intensity to …