Recovery of carbon monoxide from flue gases by reactive absorption in ionic liquid imidazolium chlorocuprate(I): Mass transfer coefficients

Recovery of carbon monoxide from flue gases by selective absorption of carbon monoxide in an imidazolium chlorocuprate（l） ionic liquid is considered in this work as an alternative to the use of molecular volatile solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons. The present work evaluates the CO mass transfer rates from the gas phase to the ionic liquid solutions in the absence of chemical reaction. To that end, carbon dioxide was employed as an inert model gas and absorption experiments were performed to assess the influence of different process variables in a batch reactor with fiat gas-liquid interface. The experimental mass transfer coefficients showed significant var- iation with temperature, （3.4-10.9） × 10^-7 m·s^-1 between 293 and 313 K; stirring speed, （10.2- 33.1）× 10^-7 m.s 1 between 100 and 300 r·min^-1; and concentration of copper（1）, （6.6-10.2） × 10^-7 m·s^-1 between 0.25 and 2 mol· L^- 1. In addition, the mass transfer coefficients were eventually found to follow a poten- tial proportionality of the type kL ∝μ^-0.5 and the dimensionless correlation that makes the estimation of the mass transfer coefficients possible in the studied range of process variables was obtained： Sh=10^-2.64 Re^1.07 , Sc^0.75,These results constitute the first step in the kinetic analysis of the reaction between CO and imidazolium chlorocuprate（I） ionic liquid that determines the design of the separation units.

Effect of surfactant type on interfacial area and liquid mass transfer for CO_2 absorption in a bubble column

The effect of different surfactants(n-octyltrimethylammonium bromide(OTABr),sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate(SDBS) and Tween 80) with different critical micelle concentrations(CMC) on the CO_2 absorption into aqueous solutions in a bubble column is analyzed in the present work.The presence of these surfactants increased the gas-liquid interfacial area,and decreased the liquid phase mass transfer coefficient,but with significant different extent.The results indicated that the CMC can be a key parameter affecting the mass transfer of CO_2 absorption into a dilute aqueous solution of a surfactant.Sardeing's model was used to fit the experimental data successfully by re-correlating the parameters.

Performance of CO_2 absorption in a diameter-varying spray tower

The application of spray towers for CO2 capture is a development trend in recent years. However, most of the previous jobs were conducted in a cylindrical tower by using a single spray nozzle, whose configuration and performance is not good enough for industrial application. To solve this problem, the present work proposed a diameter-varying spray tower and a new spray mode of dual-nozzle opposed impinging spray to enhance the heat and mass transfer of CO2 absorption process. Experiments were performed to investigate the mass transfer performance （in terms of the CO2 removal rate （η） and the overall mass transfer coefficient （KGae）） of the improved spray tower under various operating conditions. Experimental results showed that the liquid to gas ratio and mole ratio of MEA to C02 are major factors, which affect the absorption performance and the maximums of η and KGae that are 94.0% and 0.574 kmol. m^-3·h^-1·kPa^-1, respectively, under the experimental conditions. Furthermore, new correlations to predict the mass transfer coefficient of the proposed spray tower are developed in various CO2 concentrations with a Pearson Correlation Coefficient over 90%.

Mass transfer characteristics in a rotating packed bed with split packing

The rotating packed bed （RPB） with split packing is a novel gas-liquid contactor, which intensifies the mass transfer processes controlled by gas-side resistance. To assess its efficacy, the mass transfer characteristics with adjacent rings in counter-rotation and co-rotation modes in a split packing RPB were studied experimentally. The physical absorption system NH3-H2O was used for characterizing the gas volumetric mass transfer coeffi- cient （kyae） and the effective inteffacial area （ae） was determined by chemical absorption in the CO2-NaOH sys- tem. The variation in kyae and ae with the operating conditions is also investigated. The experimental results indicated that kyae and ae for counter-rotation of the adjacent packing rings in the split packing RPB were higher than those for co-rotation, and both counter-rotation and co-rotation of the split packing RPB were superior over conventional RPBs under the similar ooerating conditions.

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the optical properties and radiative effects of urban brown carbon aerosol

Intensive measurements were conducted in Xi’an,China before and during a COVID-19 lockdown period to investigate how changes in anthropogenic emissions affected the optical properties and radiative effects of brown carbon(BrC)aerosol.The contribution of BrC to total aerosol light absorption during the lockdown(13%-49%)was higher compared with the normal period(4%-29%).Mass absorption cross-sections(MACs)of specific organic aerosol(OA)factors were calculated from a ridge regression model.Of the primary OA(POA),coal combustion OA(CCOA)had the largest MACs at all tested wave-lengths during both periods due to high molecular-weight BrC chromophores;that was followed by biomass burning OA(BBOA)and hydrocarbon-like OA(HOA).For secondary OA(SOA),the MACs of the lessoxidized oxygenated OA(OOA)species(LO-OOA)atλ=370-590 nm were higher than those of more-oxidized OOA(MO-OOA)during both periods,presumably due to chromophore bleaching.The largest contributor to BrC absorption at the short wavelengths was CCOA during both periods,but BrC absorption by LO-OOA and MO-OOA became dominant at longer wavelengths during the lockdown.The estimated radiation forcing efficiency of BrC over 370-600 nm increased from 37.5 W·gduring the normal period to 50.2 W·gduring the lockdown,and that enhancement was mainly caused by higher MACs for both LO-OOA and MO-OOA.This study provides insights into the optical properties and radiative effects of source-specific BrC aerosol when pollution emissions are reduced.

AN INCREMENTAL METHOD OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION QUANTITATIVE PHASE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLESCONTAINING AMORPHOUS MATERIAL

A new method for quantitative X-ray diffraction phase analysis of a powder misture has been developed according to Popovic's doping method. The weight fraction of amorphous material in the analysed sample is obtained. For a multicomponent system in which (n-2) pure phases are added into an n-phase compnent sample and theweight fractions of all n phases can be determined by the method. The test results of confirmation agree well with the theory.

Sensitized photo-redox reaction——Ⅶ.The Synthesis,FAB mass spectrum,stationary absorption,emission,transient absorption spectra,redox potential of dihydroxy-tin(Ⅳ)-mesoporphyrin dimethyl ester and its sensitized photo-reduction of methyl viologen

In DMSO/water(4:1),photolysis of the dihydroxy-Sn(IV)-rnesoporphyrin dimethyl ester (SnP)/methyl viologen(MV^(2+))/ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid(EDTA)ternary system produces methyl viologen cation radical with a quantum yield of 0.67,much higher than that of systems with other metal complexes of rnesoporphyrin dimethyl ester.Neither EDTA nor MV^(2+) quenches the stationary fluorescence of SnP,implying that the reaction does not take place at the singlet state.With flash photolysis we obtain the T-T absorption spectrum of SnP(λ_(max)-440 nm).By following the decay of this absorption,the triplet life time of SnP is estimated to be 41 μs.The life time is related to the concentration of either MV^(2+) or EDTA.Good linear relationships are obtained by plotting τ_0/τ vs.the concentration of MV^(2+) or EDTA(Stern-Volmer plot),from which we determine the quenching constants:k_q(MV^(2+))=5.5×10~7 mol^(-7) s^(-1);kq(EDTA)=2.7×10~7 mol^(-1),s^(-1).The data suggests that upon photolysis of the above ternary system,both oxidative quenching and reductive quenching of the triplet state of the sensitizer are occurring.From the measured phosphorescence spectrum(λ_(max) 704nm)and the ground state redox potentials (E_(1/2)^(red)～-0.84V,E_(1/2)^(ox)～ Ag/AgCl,KCl(sat.)),we obtain the redox potential of triplet SnP to be E (P^+/P)～-0.33 V, E(P/P-)～+0.92 V.Matching this data with the redox potential of MV^(2+) and EDTA,we establish the fact that during the photolysis of the SnP/MV^(2+)/EDTA ternary system,both oxidative and reductive quenching are thermodynamically favorable processes.This is also the reason why the SnP sensitized reaction is much more efficient relative to other mesoporphyrin derivatives.