Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation

Nowadays, new technologies are being developed to substitute conventional energy resources. Biogas has emerged to avoid the intensification of global warming and promote waste valorization. However, undesirable chemicals must be removed prior to its utilization. Siloxanes stand out as biogas contami...

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Autores: Moya, Cristian, Palomar Herrero, José Francisco, Santiago Lorenzo, Rubén
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Siloxanes
Ionic liquids
Biogas
Absorption
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spelling Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluationMoya, CristianPalomar Herrero, José FranciscoSantiago Lorenzo, RubénSiloxanesIonic liquidsBiogasAbsorptionNowadays, new technologies are being developed to substitute conventional energy resources. Biogas has emerged to avoid the intensification of global warming and promote waste valorization. However, undesirable chemicals must be removed prior to its utilization. Siloxanes stand out as biogas contaminants since they can damage process equipment’s. Therefore, in this work, COSMO-based/Aspen Plus computational methodology was applied to evaluate, as first-time, ionic liquids (ILs) as siloxanes absorbents on biogas upgrading context. Thus, molecular simulation using COSMO-RS method was used to analyze the interactions between siloxanes/ILs based on excess properties. Moreover, it was used to select the most promising ILs among a wide sample (9 0 0) of solvents for latter process simulation stage based on thermodynamics (Henry’s law constants) and kinetics (low viscosity). The results revealed that ILs with fluorinated anions are the best for the task. Then, the performance of selected ILs on siloxane capture at industrial scale was evaluated by means of Aspen Plus process simulations. Thus, the absorption efficiency in a packed column was analyzed by comparing the silicon concentration in outlet gas stream for each IL, using a rigorous RADFRAC column in Rate-base mode. Operating pressure inside the column was also studied as key operating variable. Last, simulations of the complete siloxane capture processes were carried out to treat a realistic biogas stream, including the analysis of both absorption and regeneration columns. Process simulation results revealed that thermodynamics is the key property for the selection of ILs for siloxanes capture. Moreover, most of the selected ILs can satisfy silicon outlet concentration legislation (< 5 mgSi/Nm3 ) in almost all the studied operating conditions. Last, solvent regeneration using air stripping column demonstrated the reversibility of the process in mild conditions of temperature (100 °C) and vacuum pressure (0.1 bar). In sum, ILs are proposed as promising siloxanes absorbents of siloxanes-containing streams, mainly focused on biogas upgrading.Elseviere-Spacio UNED20242024-05-2020202020-12-0120202020-12-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/12388reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/123882026-06-06T12:38:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
title Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
spellingShingle Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
Moya, Cristian
Siloxanes
Ionic liquids
Biogas
Absorption
title_short Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
title_full Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
title_fullStr Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
title_sort Siloxanes capture by ionic liquids: Solvent selection and process evaluation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moya, Cristian
Palomar Herrero, José Francisco
Santiago Lorenzo, Rubén
author Moya, Cristian
author_facet Moya, Cristian
Palomar Herrero, José Francisco
Santiago Lorenzo, Rubén
author_role author
author2 Palomar Herrero, José Francisco
Santiago Lorenzo, Rubén
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv e-Spacio UNED
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Siloxanes
Ionic liquids
Biogas
Absorption
topic Siloxanes
Ionic liquids
Biogas
Absorption
description Nowadays, new technologies are being developed to substitute conventional energy resources. Biogas has emerged to avoid the intensification of global warming and promote waste valorization. However, undesirable chemicals must be removed prior to its utilization. Siloxanes stand out as biogas contaminants since they can damage process equipment’s. Therefore, in this work, COSMO-based/Aspen Plus computational methodology was applied to evaluate, as first-time, ionic liquids (ILs) as siloxanes absorbents on biogas upgrading context. Thus, molecular simulation using COSMO-RS method was used to analyze the interactions between siloxanes/ILs based on excess properties. Moreover, it was used to select the most promising ILs among a wide sample (9 0 0) of solvents for latter process simulation stage based on thermodynamics (Henry’s law constants) and kinetics (low viscosity). The results revealed that ILs with fluorinated anions are the best for the task. Then, the performance of selected ILs on siloxane capture at industrial scale was evaluated by means of Aspen Plus process simulations. Thus, the absorption efficiency in a packed column was analyzed by comparing the silicon concentration in outlet gas stream for each IL, using a rigorous RADFRAC column in Rate-base mode. Operating pressure inside the column was also studied as key operating variable. Last, simulations of the complete siloxane capture processes were carried out to treat a realistic biogas stream, including the analysis of both absorption and regeneration columns. Process simulation results revealed that thermodynamics is the key property for the selection of ILs for siloxanes capture. Moreover, most of the selected ILs can satisfy silicon outlet concentration legislation (< 5 mgSi/Nm3 ) in almost all the studied operating conditions. Last, solvent regeneration using air stripping column demonstrated the reversibility of the process in mild conditions of temperature (100 °C) and vacuum pressure (0.1 bar). In sum, ILs are proposed as promising siloxanes absorbents of siloxanes-containing streams, mainly focused on biogas upgrading.
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