Abstract
Solubility and selective absorption of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) over carbon dioxide (CO2) in a room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([BMIM][Br]) has been evaluated under ambient temperature and pressure. [BMIM][Br] demonstrated its potential as a solvent for selective removal of H2S from CO2/H2S mixture. Our investigation indicated that H2S solubility in [BMIM][Br] is comparable to or better than that in commercially available MDEA-based solvents. Meanwhile, CO2 solubility in [BMIM][Br] is lower than that in the same amine resulting in H2S/CO2 absorption selectivity of within 3.5 to 3.75. The solubility behavior is relatively maintained after 4 times absorption-desorption cycles. A computational molecular study suggested that intramolecular hydrogen bonding interaction between anion Br and hydrogen atom of H2S could stabilize the complex and resulted lower complexation energy than CO2 interaction with [BMIM][Br]. Based on the experiment results, a separation process employing [BMIM][Br] is proposed to control the CO2/H2S ratio existing in a natural gas feed.
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