Moisture effect on the separation of CO2/CH4 mixtures with amine-functionalised porous silicas

resumo

The effect of minor amounts of water on the CO2 and CH4 adsorption on primary and secondary amine-functionalised mesoporous silicas (APTES@SBA-15 and DEAPTES@SBA15, respectively) was studied with a combination of high-pressure gas adsorption, solid state NMR of labelled (CO2)-C-13 and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Known amounts of water were pre-adsorbed on the materials (0.047 to 0.157 mmol center dot g(-1)) and the adsorption performance for CO2 and CH4 was compared to the performance of the dry samples. We observed that even when only minor amounts of water are present, the tertiary amine-functionalised material revealed a significant enhancement of the selectivity for CO2 (from ca. 5.8 to 208) while the one with primary amine maintained the same adsorption properties. This is related to the change in the adsorption mechanism in DEAPTES@SBA15 when water is present since water participates in the reaction of the tertiary amine with CO2 to produce bicarbonate (confirmed by NMR and DFT results). Such species was not observed in APTES@SBA-15 with water. From a broader perspective, the results presented in this work are relevant to confirm the suitability of this type of hybrid adsorbents in industrial applications related with CO2 adsorption, where minor amounts of water may be present in the process streams, such as during bio, landfill, or natural gas upgrading, or also in carbon capture applications.

palavras-chave

CO2 CAPTURE; ADSORPTION; STATE; PRESSURE; CLAYS; NMR

categoria

Engineering

autores

Pacheco, M; Bordonhos, M; Sardo, M; Afonso, R; Gomes, JRB; Mafra, L; Pinto, ML

Grupos

G1 - Materiais Porosos e Nanossistemas
G6 - Materiais Virtuais e Inteligência Artificial

Projectos

CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)

CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)

Modeling the synthesis of SILica materials VIA multiscale computer simulations (SILVIA)

Variable pressure solid-state NMR methods to study gas-surface interactions in nanoporous sorbent materials for industrial post/pre-combustion CO2 capture (PTDC/QEQ-QAN/6373/2014)

SGH : Smart Green Homes (Smart Green Homes)

Rede Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear (PTNMR)

Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR (NMR4CO2)

agradecimentos

This work was developed in the scope of project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials from the University of Aveiro ref. UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020, project CERENA ref. UIDB/04028/2020 & UIDP/04028/2020. We also acknowledge funding from projects ref. PTDC/QUI-QFI/28747/2017 (GAS2MATDNPSENS -POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028747), PTDC/QUI-QFI/31002/2017 (SILVIA -CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-31002), PTDC/QEQ-QAN/6373/2014 and Smart Green Homes POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678, a co-promotion between Bosch Termotecnologia S.A. and the University of Aveiro. These projects are financed through FCT/MEC and co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. The NMR spectrometers are part of the National NMR Network (PTNMR) and are partially supported by Infrastructure Project 022161 (co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE 2020, POCI and PORL and FCT through PIDDAC). This work has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 865974). MS would also like to thank FCT for the individual CEEC contract (2020.00056.CEECIND).