Volumetric, Acoustic, and Refractive Behavior of Acid Gas Absorbers: N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone and Glycol Ethers (2-(2-Ethoxyethoxy)ethanol, 2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethanol, and 2-(2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethanol)

Abstract

Thermophysical properties such as density (ρ), speed of sound (u), and refractive index (nD) for pure N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NVP) and binary mixtures of NVP with 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethanol (DEGMEE), 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol (DEGMBE), and 2-(2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethanol (TEGMME) have been measured over the whole range of mole fraction from temperature T = (298.15 to 323.15) K and at 0.1 MPa pressure employing an Anton Paar vibrating U-tube density and sound velocity meter (DSA 5000 M) and an Abbemat refractometer, respectively. To quantify the nonideality in these systems, the experimental data has been used to evaluate various acoustical and thermodynamic parameters, such as excess molar volume (VmE), deviation in the speed of sound (Δu), isentropic compressibility (κs), excess isentropic compressibility (κsE), deviation in refractive index (ΔnD), molar refraction (Rm), and polarizability (α). Molecular interactions prevailing in these systems have been explained in terms of variation in the measured and calculated values of physicochemical parameters. The collected thermophysical data can be employed in the optimization and design of a desulfurization/CO2-capture process utilizing the studied solutions. Furthermore, this data can also be utilized for the theoretical model extension as well as in solving many difficult engineering problems such as fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and energy transformations.