Abstract
Diamines have shown promise as CO2 capture solvents, yet very little is known about their pathway for thermal degradation. In this study, diamine thermal degradation was quantitatively monitored in lab-scale experiments on four aqueous diamine solvents; ethylenediamine (EDA) 1,2-propanediamine (1,2-DAP), 1,3-diaminopropane (1,3-DAP) and N-methyl-1,2-ethanediamine (NMEDA), to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their degradation pathway(s). The major degradation products were identified by high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS). Degradation pathways were proposed showing that the primary thermal degradation route for this class of amine are through carbamate formation followed by intermolecular cyclization to form an imidazolidinone or nucleophilic attack by a free amine to form a diamine urea.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1337
Funding Information
The authors acknowledge the Carbon Management Research Group (CMRG) members, including Duke Energy, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Kentucky Department of Energy Development and Independence (KYDEDI), and Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) for their financial support.
Repository Citation
Thompson, Jesse; Richburg, Henry; and Liu, Kunlei, "Thermal Degradation Pathways of Aqueous Diamine CO2 Capture Solvents" (2017). Center for Applied Energy Research Faculty and Staff Publications. 13.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/caer_facpub/13
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Energy Procedia, v. 114, p. 2030-2038.
© 2017 The Authors.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).