Measuring the density and viscosity of H2S-loaded aqueous methyldiethanolamine solution

Abstract

The density and viscosity of H2S-loaded aqueous 46.78mass% methyldiethanolamine solution were experimentally measured accompanied with the solubility of H2S at temperatures (313.15, 328.15 and 343.15)K, pressures from vapor pressure of fresh solution up to 1.0MPa and loadings up to 1.00mol of H2S per 1mol of amine. All experimental trials have been carried out using the new setup developed in our laboratory. It was observed that both density and viscosity of mixtures decrease by increasing temperature and density increase by increasing acid gas solubility (loading) by about 4.7%, whereas viscosity has a complicated behavior with H2S solubility. Viscosity decreases by increasing acid gas solubility (loading) at 313.15K by about 20.6% and at 328.15K by about 15.0%, but it is comparable at 343.15K in terms of H2S solubility. Finally, the experimental density and viscosity data correlated using Modified Setchenow equation.