Abstract
A novel metal salt-promoting mass transfer intensification method for CO2 absorption into task-specific ionic liquids aqueous solution was proposed. The mass transfer intensification and intrinsic mechanisms of different concentrations of metal salts (NaBF4, KBF4, KCl, and CuCl2) with task-specific ionic liquids (1-aminopropyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [Apmim] [BF4]) aqueous solutions for CO2 capture process were visually investigated using a microchannel reactor. The results showed that adding metal salts could remarkably enhance the interaction between metal cations and ionic liquid anions, thereby decreasing the interaction between anions and cations within the ionic liquid molecules and promoting the chemical reaction between ionic liquid cations and CO2. Under the condition of the same salt concentration, the addition of KBF4 has more obvious enhancement for mass transfer in CO2 absorption process. The mass transfer coefficient increases as the gas-liquid phase flow rate rise under slug flow condition. In addition, based on the effects of metal salt concentration, absorbent density, and gas-liquid phase flow rate on the CO2 volumetric mass transfer coefficient kLa, a new correlation for predicting the volumetric mass transfer coefficient of CO2 absorption into the hybrid solvent in microchannel reactor was proposed and validated.
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