Abstract
Amine can undergo irreversible reactions by $O_{2}$ and high temperature in amine scrubbing process and these phenomena are called "degradation". Degradation causes not only a loss of valuable amine, but also operational problems such as foaming, corrosion and fouling. In this study, using various chemical absorbents(MEA; monoethanolamine, AMP; 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, DAM; 1,8-diamino-p-menthane), we examined the following variable. I) loading ratio of $CO_{2}$ at $50^{\circ}C$ and $120^{\circ}C$, ii) concentration variation and initial degradation rate constant of absorbent in $CO_{2}$ and $CO_{2}/O_{2}$ system, and iii) effect of degradation by $O_{2}$. The $CO_{2}$ loading of 20 wt% DAM was 400% and 270% higher than that of 20 wt% MEA and AMP at 50, respectively and was the largest the difference of $CO_{2}$ loading between absorption $(50^{\circ}C)$ and regeneration $(120^{\circ}C)$ condition. The initial degradation rate constant of 20 wt% DAM was $2.254{\times}10^{-4}cycle^{-1}$ which was slower than that of MEA $(2.761{\times}10^{-4}cycle^{-1})$ and AMP $(2.461{\times}10^{-4}cycle^{-1})$ in $CO_{2}$ system. Also, it was increased 30% by $O_{2}$ that effects on the degradation by $O_{2}$ was less than 100% increased. these degradation reactions was able to identify by formation of new peak in GC and FT-IR spectrum analysis.
아민 흡수 공정에서 아민은 $O_{2}$ 및 고온에 의해 비가역반응을 일으키며, 이러한 현상을 열화반응이라 한다. 열화반응은 아민의 가치를 떨어뜨릴 뿐만 아니라 부식, fouling과 같은 문제를 일으킨다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 여러가지 화학흡수제(MEA; monoethanolamine, AMP; 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol, DAM; 1,8-diamino-p-menthane)를 이용하여 i) 50, $120^{\circ}C$에서의 흡수평형, ii) $CO_{2}$ 및 $CO_{2}/O_{2}$ 계에서 흡수제의 열화에 따른 농도변화 및 초기열화속도상수, iii) 산소 $(O_{2})$에 의한 열화 영향을 살펴보았다. DAM은 흡수영역에서 MEA와 AMP에 비해 400~270% 높은 흡수평형부하를 보이며, MEA나 AMP에 비해 흡수/재생영역에서 흡수평형부하가 커 흡수능이 우수하였다. $CO_{2}$계에서 DAM의 초기열화속도상수는 $2.254{\times}10^{-4}$ $cycle^{-1}$로 MEA와 AMP의 $2.761{\times}10^{-4}$ $cycle^{-1}$, $2.416{\times}10^{-4}cycle^{-1}$에 비해 작아 열화가 늦게 진행되며, $O_{2}$ 주입시 초기열화속도상수는 1.3배 증가하여 2배 증가한 MEA보다 열화 영향이 적었다. 이러한, 일련의 열화반응은 GC chromatogram에서 새로운 peak의 생성과 FT-IR spectrum 분석을 통하여 확인할 수 있었다.
