Kinetic Study of the Absorption of Carbon Dioxide by Aqueous Triethanolamine Solutions

Abstract

Abstract In this work, the absorption of pure carbon dioxide by aqueous triethanolamine solutions (TEA) was studied in terms of the kinetic process. The process was made in a stirred tank reactor with a flat and known interfacial area, the operating variables being temperature (288 to 313 K) and concentration in the range 0.1-2.0 M. From the results, it was deduced that the absorption of pure carbon dioxide by aqueous triethanolamine takes place under isothermal conditions in which there is an instantaneous reaction regime at low concentrations, while at higher concentrations it takes place in a moderately fast reaction regime, following a first-order kinetic with respect to alkanolamine. In these conditions of concentrations and temperatures essayed, an expression for the constant kinetic was deduced.