Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (7): 1515.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140108

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H2S Absorption Capacity of Ionic Liquid-MDEA-H2O Combined Desulfurizers

MA Yunqian, WANG Rui*()   

  1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • Received:2014-02-14 Online:2014-07-10 Published:2014-04-29
  • Contact: WANG Rui E-mail:ree_wong@hotmail.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21276144), the Scientific Key Project from Chinese Ministry of Education, China(No.109094) and the PhD Program Project for Priority Development Field from Chinese Ministry of Education, China(No.20110131130001)

Abstract:

Three kinds of functionalized ionic liquids [Bmim]HCO3, [TMG]L and [MEA]L were synthesized. The structure and thermostability of the synthetic ionic liquids(ILs) were confirmed by FTIR spectrum and thermogravimetry characterization, respectively. The new combined desulfurizers were prepared by mixing ionic liquid([Bmim]HCO3, [TMG]L, [MEA]L, [Bmim]Cl or [Bmim]BF4) with methyldiethanolamine(MDEA) aqueous solution according to certain proportion. Under conditions of different ionic liquids, absorption temperature and desulfurizer composition, H2S absorption and bubble eliminating capacity of the desulfurizer were measured, and regeneration performance of the favorable desulfurizer was studied. The concentration of SO42- in regenerated desulfurizer was analyzed by ion chromatography after deep oxidation by O3, and the mechanism of absorption was analyzed based on the calculations from density functional theory. The results show that absorption capacity is in the sequence of [Bmim]Cl-MDEA-H2O>[Bmim]HCO3-MDEA-H2O>[Bmim]BF4-MDEA-H2O>MDEA-H2O>[TMG]L-MDEA-H2O>[MEA]L-MDEA-H2O, and the major factor is attributed to the stability of IL-MDEA; [Bmim]HCO3 performs the best capacity of bubble elimination; [Bmim]Cl-MDEA-H2O, [Bmim]HCO3-MDEA-H2O and [Bmim]BF4-MDEA-H2O can be nearly completely regenerated by air, and high stability of IL-H2S leads to higher absorption efficiency, but smaller extent of regeneration.

Key words: H2S, Ionic liquid, Methyldiethanolamine(MDEA), Desulfurizer, Density functional theory

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