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Title: Effect of Molecular Structure on the CO2 Separation Properties of Hydrophobic Solvents Consisting of Grafted Poly Ethylene Glycol and Poly Dimethylsiloxane Units

Abstract

This work describes the preparation of a set of nine new novel hydrophobic PEG-substituted solvents. These solvents include linear, T-shaped, and disubstituted conformations of the PEG grafted with PDMS molecule. The effect of changing both the molecular conformation and length of PEG side arm on the physical properties and CO2 absorption capacity was studied. These solvents are intended for separation of CO2 and H2 in precombustion CO2 capture and are intended to replace the current-state-of-the-art glycol-based solvents and operate at a higher temperature. In conclusion, the properties of the disubstituted solvents are exceptionally well suited for precombustion CO2 capture applications because of their hydrophobicity, high CO2 solubility, low evaporation rate, and lack of foaming.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
  3. Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, Chevron Science Center
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Research Org.:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI Identifier:
1573899
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Energy and Fuels
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0887-0624
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Thompson, Robert L., Culp, Jeff, Tiwari, Surya P., Basha, Omar, Shi, Wei, Damodaran, Krishnan, Resnik, Kevin, Siefert, Nick, and Hopkinson, David. Effect of Molecular Structure on the CO2 Separation Properties of Hydrophobic Solvents Consisting of Grafted Poly Ethylene Glycol and Poly Dimethylsiloxane Units. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00500.
Thompson, Robert L., Culp, Jeff, Tiwari, Surya P., Basha, Omar, Shi, Wei, Damodaran, Krishnan, Resnik, Kevin, Siefert, Nick, & Hopkinson, David. Effect of Molecular Structure on the CO2 Separation Properties of Hydrophobic Solvents Consisting of Grafted Poly Ethylene Glycol and Poly Dimethylsiloxane Units. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00500
Thompson, Robert L., Culp, Jeff, Tiwari, Surya P., Basha, Omar, Shi, Wei, Damodaran, Krishnan, Resnik, Kevin, Siefert, Nick, and Hopkinson, David. Thu . "Effect of Molecular Structure on the CO2 Separation Properties of Hydrophobic Solvents Consisting of Grafted Poly Ethylene Glycol and Poly Dimethylsiloxane Units". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00500. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1573899.
@article{osti_1573899,
title = {Effect of Molecular Structure on the CO2 Separation Properties of Hydrophobic Solvents Consisting of Grafted Poly Ethylene Glycol and Poly Dimethylsiloxane Units},
author = {Thompson, Robert L. and Culp, Jeff and Tiwari, Surya P. and Basha, Omar and Shi, Wei and Damodaran, Krishnan and Resnik, Kevin and Siefert, Nick and Hopkinson, David},
abstractNote = {This work describes the preparation of a set of nine new novel hydrophobic PEG-substituted solvents. These solvents include linear, T-shaped, and disubstituted conformations of the PEG grafted with PDMS molecule. The effect of changing both the molecular conformation and length of PEG side arm on the physical properties and CO2 absorption capacity was studied. These solvents are intended for separation of CO2 and H2 in precombustion CO2 capture and are intended to replace the current-state-of-the-art glycol-based solvents and operate at a higher temperature. In conclusion, the properties of the disubstituted solvents are exceptionally well suited for precombustion CO2 capture applications because of their hydrophobicity, high CO2 solubility, low evaporation rate, and lack of foaming.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00500},
journal = {Energy and Fuels},
number = 5,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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