WO2013010226A1 - Sequestration of carbon dioxide - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to processes for the capture of carbon dioxide, especially to the sequestration of carbon dioxide and more particularly to a process that converts the carbon dioxide into useful compounds.
- Carbon dioxide emissions may be the single biggest threat to life on the planet should they lead to a 'runaway greenhouse effect'.
- the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is more than 90% sure that C0 2 emissions (and other greenhouse gases) are responsible for the observed 1°C temperature rise and 0.2 m sea- level rise.
- the International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted C0 2 emissions will rise by a further 66% before 2030. Consequently, the IPCC has projected further rises in temperature (1 -4°C) and sea-levels (0.2-0.6 m), which are expected to herald enormous changes to the natural world. Given that there is no sign that the burning of fossil fuels will ease in the future, technologies for the capture and storage of C0 2 are of unparalleled importance and immediate need.
- the present inventor now proposes the use of particular tertiary amines in a process that would directly lead to the formation of bicarbonates and/or carbonates.
- the present invention consists in a first aspect in a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- the invention further consists in a second aspect in a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- the invention still further consists in a third aspect in a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- the invention still further consists in a fourth aspect in a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of: (a) forming a mixture which comprises an aqueous solution of one or more salts and one or more tertiary amines;
- step (f) removing undissolved silicates from the mixture of step (e); and optionally
- step (g) returning the aqueous solution of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal salts from step (f) for use in step (a).
- the aqueous salt solution may comprise an aqueous solution of one or more of the salts of alkali and alkaline earth metals.
- the alkali and alkaline earth metals may be selected from sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium or mixtures thereof.
- the salts of the alkali and alkaline earth metals may be selected from halide, sulphate, hydroxide, phosphate and oxide or mixtures thereof.
- the salts and/or the aqueous salt solutions will be naturally occurring.
- typically the salt component will constitute a mixture of a variety of salts such as sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium halides. The advantage of using such naturally occurring salts is primarily one of cost.
- the aqueous salt solution may be a by-product of a mining process.
- solution mining particularly the solution mining of potash.
- naturally occurring salts may be readily dissolved in an available water source to provide the requisite solutions for use in the invention.
- acid is generated by the process.
- Such acid may be reacted with minerals such as serpentine, olivine and peridotite to form the requisite salt solutions.
- the concentration of salts in aqueous solution may vary widely.
- a typically broad range might be 0.05 to 30% w/v, preferably 1 to 15% w/v, most preferably 5 to 10% w/v.
- the one or more tertiary amines may be selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formula NR1R2R3 where each of R t , R 2 and R3 may each independently consist of a C1 -C10 linear or branched alkyl, cyclic, alicyclic, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkaryl groups and mixtures thereof.
- the one or more tertiary amines are selected from the group consisting of straight chain trialkylamines of various chain lengths, including trimethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, tributylamine, tripentylamine, trihexylamine, triheptylamine and trioctylamine and branched chains including tris(2- ethylhexyl)amine and mixtures thereof.
- the concentration of the one or more amines may be at least 0.5% w/v.
- the concentration of the one or more amines is at least 1% w/v.
- the concentration of the one or more amines is at least 5 % w/v. It will of course be appreciated that the concentration of the one or more amines will be largely determined by the amount of bicarbonate and/or carbonate to be produced using a particular salt solution. This assumes that the concentration of the metal ions in the salt solution is adequate and sufficient carbon dioxide is available.
- the process is generally not assisted by the presence of excess amines. It is therefore preferable that the concentration of the one or more amines be no more then 40% w/v, preferably no more then 30% w/v.
- the one or more tertiary amines may be dissolved in a water-immiscible solvent.
- the water-immiscible solvent may be selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, and combinations thereof.
- the water-immiscible solvent is selected from alcohols including butanol, pentanol, hexanol, heptanol, octanol, nonanol, decanol, and isomers therof, and combinations thereof; ethers including diethylether, 1 ,4-dioxane, and 1 ,3-dioxane, and combinations thereof; aliphatic hydrocarbons including pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof; aromatic hydrocarbons including benzene, toluene, xylene, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof; and halogenated hydrocarbons including dichloromethane, chloroform, dichloroethane, trichloroethane, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof.
- alcohols including butanol, pentanol, hex
- the boiling point of the water-immiscible solvent at atmospheric pressure is > 100°C.
- Carbon dioxide is introduced into the mixture of the aqueous salt solution and the water-immiscible phase. Since the carbon dioxide is in gaseous form, it may be introduced at a pressure of from about 0.5 to 30 atmospheres. Preferably, the carbon dioxide is introduced at from 0.5 to 10 atmospheres, most preferably from 0.5 to 5 atmospheres. It should be noted that these pressures are relative to (above) atmospheric pressure.
- flue gases emanating from power stations.
- sources of carbon dioxide are particularly suitable as power stations also generate low-grade waste heat which may be used in the regeneration of the amine after the reaction has been completed.
- temperature of the mixture may be maintained in the range of from 5-25°C.
- temperature may be in the range of from 10-20°C during the introduction of the carbon dioxide.
- the mixture of aqueous salt solution and water-immiscible phase is agitated.
- the mixture is agitated to an extent sufficient so as to form an emulsion between the aqueous salt solution and the water- immiscible phase.
- the precipitate may be removed from the aqueous salt solution by filtration or density separation.
- the water-immiscible phase may be removed from the aqueous salt solution by density separation.
- the water-immiscible phase is removed from the aqueous phase, it is heated with water to a temperature, preferably in the range of from 80-95°C at about 1 atmosphere. Higher temperatures can enable a greater degree of acid regeneration and can be carried out with correspondingly higher pressures. Temperatures >100°C and pressures >1 atmosphere may be preferred. In this way, the one or more tertiary amines are regenerated and the corresponding acid is formed in the hot water. Alternatively, the aforementioned regeneration step may be performed with water to a temperature >95°C. If performed in this way, it is desirable that the pressure is increased sufficiently so as to prevent the water and or the water-immiscible phase from boiling.
- One advantageous way of performing the regeneration step is to use a counter- current multi-stage device in which hot water enters at one end thereof and water- immiscible phase enters at the other end thereof.
- an aqueous acidic solution is formed.
- the aqueous salt solution used is potassium chloride
- the acidic aqueous solution formed on regeneration of the one or more tertiary amines will be hydrochloric acid.
- Such a solution has some commercial value and may be used in another unrelated chemical process.
- aqueous solution of one or more salts may be formed by contacting the acidic aqueous phase with a mineral such as serpentine, olivine and peridotite. These minerals are readily available at relatively low cost.
- this invention has particular applicability in the treatment of flue gases which emanate from power stations. It is expected that in the flue gas emissions of a typical coal-fired power station, at least 70 % w/w of carbon dioxide will captured, preferably at least 85 % w/w, most preferably at least 98 % w/w. Note that power stations generally emanate carbon dioxide in a concentration of about 5 to 18 % by volume, although higher concentrations occur when oxy-firing is used.
- Example 1 When 1 g of CaCl 2 dissolved in 100 ml of distilled water is sparged with a low flow rate of C0 2 (2.5 L/min and 1.5 atm) the pH of the aqueous salt solution reaches 4.5. When this aqueous solution is mixed with 100 ml of kerosene containing 0.36 M tripropylamine, the pH of the aqueous phase increases from 4.5 to approximately 7.5 within 30 seconds. Within a few minutes a white grainy precipitate forms which has been confirmed by X-ray Diffraction analysis to be CaC0 3 . The yield of CaC0 3 was found to be 0.57 g after 30 minutes increasing to 0.77 g after 90 minutes.
- Example 1 When the tripropylamine in Example 1 is replaced with tributylamine and all other experimental conditions described in Example 1 remain the same, the yield of CaC0 3 is found to be 0.5 g after 90 minutes.
- Example 2 is thought to be due to the shorter chain length of the tripropylamine enabling a higher pH. It was found that maximum pH values achieved in the aqueous phase for tripropylamine, tributylamine, tripentylamine, trihexylamine and trioctylamine (all dissolved in 100 ml of kerosene and having a concentration of 0.36 M) were 7.9, 6.4, 5.7, 5.1 and 4.6, respectively. The corresponding yields of CaC0 3 were found to be 0.77 g, 0.50 g, and below 0.05 g for tripentylamine, trihexylamine and trioctylamine. This indicates that the shorter chain lengths are ' more effective for complexing protons, raising pH, and enabling carbonate to precipitate.
- Example 4 Example 4:
- the regeneration of amines was investigated by mixing the acid loaded amines from the above examples with 100 ml of distilled water and increasing the temperature up to 100°C.
- the pH decreased from 7.5 at 20°C to 5.75 at 100°C, showing that acid is being stripped off from the amine. This is expected given that the acid association constants for the amines decreases with increasing temperature.
- the pH decreased from 7.8 at 20°C to 5.6 at 100°C.
- Triproplyamine reached a pH of 9.5 at 18°C, 8.1 at 55°C and 7.1 at 85°C.
- Tributylamine reached a pH of 8.7 at 5°C, 7.6 at 18°C, 6.5 at 55°C and 5.8 at 85°C.
- Tripentylamine reached a pH of 6.5 at 5°C, 5.7 at 18°C, 4.2 at 55°C and 4.0 at 85°C.
- tripentylamine is a preferred tertiary amine as it reaches a lower pH upon regeneration and consequently releases more H + ions. It also follows that regenerating the tertiary amine at still higher temperatures and correspondingly higher pressures may be preferred to maximise acid production.
- a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- a method for sequestering carbon dioxide comprising the steps of:
- step (f) removing undissolved silicates from the mixture of step (e); and optionally
- step (g) returning the aqueous solution of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal salts from step (f) for use in step (a).
- tertiary amines are selected from the group consisting of straight chain trialkylamines of various chain lengths, including trimethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, tributylamine, tripentylamine, trihexylamine, tryiheptylamine and trioctylamine and branched chains including tris(2- ethylhexyl)amine and mixtures thereof.
- R The method of item Q wherein the solvent is selected from alcohols including butanol, pentanol, hexanol, heptanol, octanol, nonanol, decanol, and isomers therof, and combinations thereof; ethers including diethylether, 1 ,4-dioxane, and 1 ,3-dioxane, and combinations thereof; aliphatic hydrocarbons including pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof; aromatic hydrocarbons including benzene, toluene, xylene, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof; and halogenated hydrocarbons including dichloromethane, chloroform, dichloroethane, trichloroethane, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof.
- the solvent is selected from alcohols including butanol, pentan
- BB The method of item A wherein the water-immiscible phase after removal from the aqueous phase is heated with water to a temperature in the range of from 80-95°C at about 1 atmosphere.
- CC The method of item A wherein the water-immiscible phase after removal from the aqueous phase is heated with water to a temperature >95°C and at a pressure so as to prevent the water and or the water-immiscible phase from boiling.
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