Absorption of carbon dioxide into aqueous potassium carbonate promoted by boric acid

Abstract

The absorption of carbon dioxide with alkanolamine or potassium carbonate solvents has gained widespre ad acceptance for the removal of CO2 from natural gas and H 2. However, alkanolamine solutions are prone to oxidative degradation at high temperature. The main advantages of potassium carbonate solution for CO2 removal are the high chemical solubility of CO2 in the carbonate/ bicarbonate system, low solvent costs and the low energy requirement for solvent regeneration. The major challenge concerning absorption of CO2 into aqueous solutions of potassium carbonate is a relatively slow rate of reaction in the liquid phase causing low mass transfer rates. It is often advantageous to add a promo..