Ugochukwu E. Aronu

Pilot Plant Study of 3-(methylamino)Propylamine Sarcosine for Post-combustion CO2 Capture

Publisher Summary To meet the global energy demand and at the same time reduce global warming, scientist are faced with challenges of finding new and more efficient ways of increasing the energy production while reducing the emissions of the major green house gas, CO2 to the atmosphere, the major source for energy being fossil fuel combustion. One method of mitigating CO2 emissions is post combustion CO2 capture from large point sources such as power plants, oil refineries, petrochemical facilities, fertilizer and gas-processing plants, steel works and pulp and paper mills and its further utilization in many technologies such as coal conversion, organic synthesis, destructive oxidation of hazardous wastes, enhanced oil recovery and activated carbon regeneration. One of the most attractive methods of CO2 separation from such point sources is absorption with chemical reaction using amine solutions. Amines such as monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), di-isopropanolamine and methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) have been used industrially over many years, however some of these amines have been found to have adverse effects on the environment.