Issue
Korean Chemical Engineering Research,
Vol.53, No.3, 382-390, 2015
Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide onto Tetraethylenepentamine Impregnated PMMA Sorbents with Different Pore Structure
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) supports and amine additives were investigated to adsorb CO2. PMMA supports were fabricated by using different ratio of pore forming agents (porogen) to control the BET specific surface area, pore volume and distribution. Toluene and xylene are used for porogens. Supported amine sorbents were prepared by wet impregnation of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) on PMMA supports. So we could identify the effect of the pore structure of supports and the quantity of impregnated TEPA on the adsorption capacity. The increased amount of toluene as pore foaming agent resulted in the decreased average pore diameter and the increased BET surface area. Polymer supports with huge different pore distribution could be fabricated by controlling the ratio of porogen. After impregnation, the support with micropore structure is supposed the pore blocking and filling effect so that it has low CO2 capacity and kinetics due to the difficulty of diffusing. Macropore structure indicates fast adsorption capacity and low influence of amine loading. In case of support with mesopore, it has high performance of adsorption capacity and kinetics. So high surface area and meso-/macro- pore structure is suitable for CO2 capture.
[References]
  1. Kim YH, Ryu JH, Lee IB, Korean Chem. Eng. Res., 47(5), 531, 2009
  2. Konduru N, Lindner P, Assaf-Anad NM, AIChE J., 53(12), 3137, 2007
  3. Song CS, Catal. Today, 115(1-4), 2, 2006
  4. Haszeldine RS, Science, 325, 1647, 2009
  5. Aaron D, Tsouris C, Sep. Sci. Technol., 40(1-3), 321, 2005
  6. Hao GP, Li WC, Lu AH, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 6447, 2011
  7. Jo DH, Cho KS, Park CG, Kim SH, Korean Chem. Eng. Res., 50(5), 885, 2012
  8. Hong MS, Pankaj S, Jung YH, Park SY, Park SJ, Baek IH, Korean Chem. Eng. Res., 50(2), 244, 2012
  9. Yi CK, Korean Chem. Eng. Res., 48(2), 140, 2010
  10. Reynolds SP, Ebner AD, Ritter JA, Environ. Prog., 25, 334, 2006
  11. Gomes VG, Yee KWK, Sep. Purif. Technol., 28, 161, 2006
  12. Sebastian V, Kumakiri I, Bredesen R, Menendez M, J. Membr. Sci., 292(1-2), 92, 2007
  13. Ma S, Zhou HC, Chem. Commun., 46, 44, 2010
  14. Siriwardane RV, Shen MS, Fisher EP, Poston JA, Energy Fuels, 15(2), 279, 2001
  15. Houshmand A, Daud WMAW, Lee MG, Shafeeyan MS, Water Air Soil Pollut., 223, 827, 2011
  16. Gray ML, Hoffman JS, Hreha DC, Fauth DJ, Hedges SW, Champagne KJ, Pennline HW, Energy Fuels, 23, 4840, 2009
  17. Xu XC, Song CS, Miller BG, Scaroni AW, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44(21), 8113, 2005
  18. Bhagiyalakshmi M, Yun LJ, Anuradha R, Jang HT, J. Porous Mat., 17, 475, 2009
  19. Chen C, Yang ST, Ahn WS, Ryoo R, Chem. Commun., 24, 3627, 2009
  20. Adharapurapu RR, Kumar D, Zhu J, Torbet CJ, Was GS, Pollock TM, Metall., 42, 1229, 2010
  21. Ho YS, J. Hazard. Mater., 136, 618, 2006
  22. Yan W, Tang J, Bian ZJ, Hu J, Liu HL, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51(9), 3653, 2012
  23. Cvetanovic RJ, Amenomiya Y, Adv. Catal., 17, 103, 1967