LIU Xintian,MEIHEIRIAYI Mutailipu,MENG Ruihong,et al.Study on recovery of degraded amine solutions by vacuum distillation and their CO2 capture performances[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2026,51(5):95-103.
LIU Xintian,MEIHEIRIAYI Mutailipu,MENG Ruihong,et al.Study on recovery of degraded amine solutions by vacuum distillation and their CO2 capture performances[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2026,51(5):95-103. DOI: 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20250181.
Study on recovery of degraded amine solutions by vacuum distillation and their CO2 capture performances
Degradation often occurs during the cyclic regeneration of alkanolamine solutions for CO
2
capture
leading to reduction in effective amine concentration and consequently impairing CO
2
capture performance. Monoethanolamine (MEA) degraded amine solution with mass fraction of 26.71% and MEA-N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) degraded amine solution with total amine mass fraction of 20.63% (20.63%-D) were recovered via vacuum distillation. And CO
2
capture performances of the recovered amine solutions were evaluated. The results indicate that the amine recovery rate of MEA degraded amine solution is 94.42%
higher than that of 20.63%-D (75.49%). The CO
2
desorption capacity of MEA-MDEA recovered amine solution with total amine mass fraction of 40% (40%-R) (1.71 mol/kg) is 1.99 times that of 20.63%-D (0.86 mol/kg)
which can basically meet the CO
2
capture requirements of coal-fired power plants. Adding MEA with mass fraction of 5% to 40%-R can improve the CO
2
capture performance of the resulting amine solution (40%-Ropt). The CO
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