Analyzing solubility of acid gas and light alkanes in triethylene glycol

Physical solvents such as ethylene glycol （EG）, diethylene glycol （DEG）, and triethylene glycol （TEG） are commonly used in wet gas dehydration processes with TEG being the most popular due to ease of regeneration and low solvent losses. Unfortunately, TEG absorbs significantly more hydrocarbons and acid gases than EG or DEG. Quantifying this amount of absorption is therefore critical in order to minimize hydrocarbon losses or to optimize hydrocarbon recovery depending on the objective of the process. In this article, a new correlation that fully covers the operating ranges of TEG dehydration units is developed in order to determine the solubility of light alkanes and acid gases in TEG solvent. The influence of several parameters on hydrocarbon and acid gas solubility including temperature, pressure, and solvent content is also examined.

Preparation of Triethylene Glycol Maleate and Its Effect on Plasticization of Oxidized Starch

A plasticizer triethylene glycol maleate（TEG-MA） was synthesized. The dominated monoester of moderate hydrophobicity with apparent oil-water partition coefficient of 0.042 in the product was confirmed by acid value determination, HPLC and FTIR. Its plasticizing effect on oxidized starch was manifested by crystallization, aging behaviour, moisture absorption, and mechanical performance. X-ray diffraction data showed that the relative crystallinity of the plasticized starch decreased. Both the crystal and the crystallinity of starch films were rarely changed in aging. Moisture absorption relied on the ester content and relative humidity. The elongation at break increased significantly with plasticizer content more than 10% in the matrix.

Feasibility analysis and process simulation of CO_(2) dehydration using triethylene glycol for CO_(2) pipeline transportation

The operation of dehydration is very important in the process of gas transportation. This study aims to evaluate the application feasibility of CO_(2) dehydration using triethylene glycol, which is also called TEG for short. Aspen Plus software was used to simulate the dehydration process system of CO_(2) gas transportation using TEG dehydration. Parameter analysis and process improvement were carried out for the simulation of dehydration process. At first, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to analyze and optimize operating conditions of conventional CO_(2)-TEG dehydration process system. Subsequently, a recycle unit was introduced into the conventional CO_(2)-TEG dehydration process system, it can be found that the improved process system with the recycle unit has a higher CO_(2) recovery rate which was about 9.8% than the conventional one. Moreover, the improved process system showed excellent operation stability through the comparison of simulation results of several processes with various water contents in their feed gases. Although the energy consumption is increased by about 2%, the improved process was economically and technically feasible for the long-term availability of CO_(2) pipeline transportation. The simulated results showed that the improved CO_(2)-TEG process system has promising application prospects in CO_(2) dehydration of CO_(2) gas transportation with high stability.

Poly(thiourea triethylene glycol) as a multifunctional binder for enhanced performance in lithium-sulfur batteries

A mechanically strong binder with polar functional groups could overcome the dilemma of the large volume change during charge/discharge processes and poor cyclability of lithium-sulfur batteries(LSBs).In this work,for the first time,we report the use of poly(thiourea triethylene glycol)(PTTG)as a multifunctional binder for sulfur cathodes to enhance the performance of LSBs.As expected,the PTTG binder facilitates the high performance and stability delivered by the Sulfur-PTTG cathode,including a higher reversible capacity of 825 mAh g^(-1) at 0.2 C after 80 cycles,a lower capacity fading(0.123%per cycle)over 350 cycles at 0.5 C,a higher areal capacity of 2.5 mAh cm^(-2) at 0.25 mA cm^(-2),and better rate capability of 587 mAh g^(-1) at 2 C.Such superior electrochemical performances could be attributed to PTTG's strong chemical adsorption towards polysulfides which may avoid the lithium polysulfide shuttle effect and excellent mechanical characteristics which prevents electrode collapse during cycling and allows the Sulfur-PTTG electrode to maintain robust electron and ion migration pathways for accelerated redox reaction kinetics.

Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Triethylene Glycol Dinitrate

The thermal behavior and kinetic parameters of the decomposition reaction of triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN) in a temperature-programmed mode at different pressures (0.1, 2, 4 and 6 MPa) have been investigated by means of DSC and TG-DTG. The results show that the properties of the thermal decomposition of TEGDN are affected by the change of pressure, and the kinetic model function, the apparent activation energy Ea and pre-exponential factor A of this reaction are []122(1)ln(1)aa---, 106.54 kJ昺ol-1 and 109.17 s-1 at 0.1 MPa, and 120.82 kJ昺ol-1 and 1010.56 s-1 at 2 MPa, respectively. The critical temperature of thermal explosion of TEGDN obtained by the values Teo and Tpo of the onset temperature Te and the peak temperature TP when the heat-ing rate tends to zero are 191.05, 209.86 ℃ at 0.1 MPa, 207.59 and 221.65 ℃ at 2 MPa, respectively.

Junction properties and conduction mechanism of new terbium complexes with triethylene glycol ligand for potential application in organic electronic device

Terbium-picrate triethylene glycol（EO3-Tb-Pic） complex was prepared in thin film and single layer device structure of ITO/EO3-Tb-Pic/Al, using spin coating technique. The UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy analysis was performed to evaluate the electronic molecular transition of the complex. The optical band gap, Eg estimated from the Tauc model revealed that EO3-Tb-Pic thin film exhibited a direct transition with Eg of 2.70 eV. The electronic parameters of the ITO/EO3-Tb-Pic/Al device such as the ideality factor n, barrier height Φb, saturation current Io, and series resistance Rs, were extracted from the conventional lnI-V, Cheung＇s functions and Norde＇s method. It was found that the evaluated parameters calculated from Norde＇s and Cheung＇s methods were consistent with those calculated from the conventional I-V method. In the double logarithmic I-V plot, three distinct regions based on the slope were identified, and the conduction mechanisms were discussed and explained. The mobility, μ value was estimated from SCLC region as 2.58×10^–7 cm2/（V·s）. This newly obtained lanthanide complex may be potentially utilized in electronic devices.

Predicting hydrate forming pressure of pure alkanes in the presence of inhibitors

An inherent problem with natural gas production or transmission is the formation of gas hydrates, which can lead to safety hazards for production/transportation systems, and substantial economic risks. Hydrate inhibition with different inhibitors such as, methanol, ethylene glycol （EG）, triethylene glycol （TEG）, and sodium chloride solution continues to play a critical role in many operations. An understanding of when the hydrates form in the presence of these hydrate inhibitors, is therefore necessary to overcome hydrate problems. Several thermodynamic models have been proposed for predicting the hydrate formation conditions in aqueous solutions containing methanol/glycols and electrolytes. However, available models have limitations that include the types of liquid, compositions of fluids, and inhibitors used. The aim of this study is to develop a simple-to-use correlation for accurate prediction of hydrate-forming pressures of pure alkanes in the presence of different hydrate inhibitors, where the obtained results illustrate good agreement with the reported experimental data.

The Role of Surfactant and Costabilizer in Controlling Size of Nanocapsules Containing TEGDMA in Miniemulsion

Nanocapsules with triethylene glycol dimethacrylate （TEGDMA） as core material and polyurethane as wall material used for self-healing bonding resin were prepared by interfacial polycondensation in miniemulsion. The influence of surfactant and costabilizer concentration on nanocapsules size and stability of nanocapsules was investigated. The size and its polydispersity of the nanocapsules were measured by light-scattering particle size analyzer. When the concentration of SDS were increased from 2.5wt% to 10wt%,the size decreases from 340.5 nm to 258.3 nm, PDI decreased from 0.210 to 0.111. As the concentration of HD increased, the size and PDI were both decreased, When reaching 10wt%,the size was 258.0 nm,PDI was 0.130. SDS and HD play important effect in synthesis of Nanocapsules containing TEGDMA.By changing the surfactant and costabilizer concentration it was possible to synthesize a wide variety of nanocapsules sizes. The performance and technical parameters of nanocapsules had been researched preliminarily, which built the solid foundation for the application to the self-repairing bonding resin.