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In-situ Infrared Study of Amine-Functionalized Polymer Sorbents for CO2 Capture

Pan, Lin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1427207675

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2015, Master of Science, University of Akron, Polymer Science.
The emissions of CO2 act as a major source for global climate change in today’s society and it mainly comes from coal-fired power plants. There are several techniques for CO2 capture such as liquid amine process, membrane separation, chemical looping and solid sorbent process. In my study, the solid amine sorbents are used for CO2 capture due to it can reduce the regeneration energy, avoid the corrosion of equipment and increase the CO2 adsorption and desorption rate compared with liquid amine process. The porous polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) support was synthesized by using glutaraldehyde (GA) as a cross-linking agent and phase inversed in acetone. Polyethyleneimine (PEI) and tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) were impregnated on PVA support respectively for CO2 adsorption. The performance of sorbents were tested by CO2 capture capacity through weight change method and the nature of CO2 adsorption on sorbents with different amine content (N %) were characterized by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), as well as the formation and desorption of CO2 adsorbed species from fresh and degraded sorbents. Besides, the effect of antioxidant in inhibiting the degradation was also studied.
Steven Chuang, Dr. (Advisor)
Yu Zhu, Dr. (Committee Member)
104 p.
Energy; Polymer Chemistry; Polymers
CO2 capture; amine sorbents; DRIFTS; degradation

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  • Pan, L. (2015). In-situ Infrared Study of Amine-Functionalized Polymer Sorbents for CO2 Capture [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1427207675

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pan, Lin. In-situ Infrared Study of Amine-Functionalized Polymer Sorbents for CO2 Capture. 2015. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1427207675.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pan, Lin. "In-situ Infrared Study of Amine-Functionalized Polymer Sorbents for CO2 Capture." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1427207675

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