Molecular Simulations of the Thermophysical Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Siloxane (PEGS) Solvent for Precombustion CO2 Capture

Shi, Wei; Siefert, Nicholas S.; Baled, Hseen O.; Steckel, Janice A.; Hopkinson, David P.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06810

Title: Molecular Simulations of the Thermophysical Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Siloxane (PEGS) Solvent for Precombustion CO₂ Capture

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Here, the thermophysical properties for neat polyethylene glycol siloxane solvent (PEGS) along with CO₂, H₂, H₂O, and H₂S gas absorption in PEGS at 298–373 K were investigated via molecular simulations. The predicted neat PEGS density, heat capacity, surface tension, and CO₂ and H₂ solubilities in PEGS solvent agree reasonably well with the experimental data, with typical differences of 0.8–20%, while the predicted PEGS solvent viscosity is 1.7–2.5 times larger than the experimental data. Gas solubility in PEGS at 298 K decreases in the following order, H₂O (31000) > H₂S (230) > CO₂ (33) > H₂ (1), which follows the same order as the gas–PEGS interaction. In contrast, gas diffusivity in PEGS at 298 K decreases in an opposite way, H₂ (1) > CO₂ (0.22) ≈ H₂S (0.12) > H₂O (0.018). The numbers in parentheses are the corresponding values relative to H₂. Compared to the widely studied poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) solvent, PEGS is more hydrophilic due to its stronger interaction with H₂O and fewer branched –CH₃ groups, which in turn leads to fewer hydrophobic pockets. The CO₂/H₂ solubility selectivity in PEGS is larger than that in PDMS due to a stronger interaction with CO₂ in PEGS. Finally, it was found that CO₂more »« less

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Shi, Wei ^[1]; Siefert, Nicholas S. ^[2]; Baled, Hseen O. ^[2]; Steckel, Janice A. ^[2]; Hopkinson, David P. ^[2]

National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States); AECOM, South Park, PA (United States); Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1478188

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0004000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 36; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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                    Shi, Wei, Siefert, Nicholas S., Baled, Hseen O., Steckel, Janice A., and Hopkinson, David P. Molecular Simulations of the Thermophysical Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Siloxane (PEGS) Solvent for Precombustion CO2 Capture.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Shi, Wei, Siefert, Nicholas S., Baled, Hseen O., Steckel, Janice A., & Hopkinson, David P. Molecular Simulations of the Thermophysical Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Siloxane (PEGS) Solvent for Precombustion CO2 Capture.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06810

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                    Shi, Wei, Siefert, Nicholas S., Baled, Hseen O., Steckel, Janice A., and Hopkinson, David P. Thu .  
"Molecular Simulations of the Thermophysical Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Siloxane (PEGS) Solvent for Precombustion CO2 Capture".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06810.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1478188.

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@article{osti_1478188,

  title        = {Molecular Simulations of the Thermophysical Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Siloxane (PEGS) Solvent for Precombustion CO2 Capture},

  author       = {Shi, Wei and Siefert, Nicholas S. and Baled, Hseen O. and Steckel, Janice A. and Hopkinson, David P.},

  abstractNote = {Here, the thermophysical properties for neat polyethylene glycol siloxane solvent (PEGS) along with CO2, H2, H2O, and H2S gas absorption in PEGS at 298–373 K were investigated via molecular simulations. The predicted neat PEGS density, heat capacity, surface tension, and CO2 and H2 solubilities in PEGS solvent agree reasonably well with the experimental data, with typical differences of 0.8–20%, while the predicted PEGS solvent viscosity is 1.7–2.5 times larger than the experimental data. Gas solubility in PEGS at 298 K decreases in the following order, H2O (31000) > H2S (230) > CO2 (33) > H2 (1), which follows the same order as the gas–PEGS interaction. In contrast, gas diffusivity in PEGS at 298 K decreases in an opposite way, H2 (1) > CO2 (0.22) ≈ H2S (0.12) > H2O (0.018). The numbers in parentheses are the corresponding values relative to H2. Compared to the widely studied poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) solvent, PEGS is more hydrophilic due to its stronger interaction with H2O and fewer branched –CH3 groups, which in turn leads to fewer hydrophobic pockets. The CO2/H2 solubility selectivity in PEGS is larger than that in PDMS due to a stronger interaction with CO2 in PEGS. Finally, it was found that CO2 absorption in PEGS could significantly improve the CO2–PEGS solution dynamics by 5–6 times, resulting in a decrease in solution viscosity and increase in diffusivity. These CO2 absorption effects are due to solution volume expansion upon CO2 absorption compared to the neat PEGS solvent volume and the possibility that CO2 acts as a “lubricant” to decrease the solvent–solvent interaction.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06810},

  journal      = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},

  number       = 36,

  volume       = 120,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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