Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Solutions of <i>N</i>-Methyldiethanolamine and Piperazine in the High Gas Loading Region

Abstract

A synthetic technique was used to measure the solubility of carbon dioxide in three aqueous solutions of 2,2′-methyliminodiethanol ( N -methyldiethanolamine, MDEA) and piperazine (PZ) at around (313, 333, 353, and 393) K and pressures between about (0.2 and 10) MPa. The molalities of (MDEA + PZ) in the aqueous solutions were (2.2 + 1.97), (4.22 + 2.01), and (7.83 + 2.07), respectively. The loading of the amines by carbon dioxide (i.e., the molar ratio of (MDEA + PZ) and CO 2 varied between 0.2 and 2.0 The new experimental results are to supplement previously published experimental data of our research group for a single solution of both amines {molalities of (MDEA + PZ) in the aqueous solutions: (2.0 + 2.0)}. The new experimental results are compared to predictions from a model that combines previously published models for (CO 2 + MDEA + H 2 O) and (CO 2 + PZ + H 2 O).