Solubility of natural gas species in ionic liquids and commercial solvents: experiments and Monte Carlo simulations

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Publication date 2015
Journal Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data
Event Nineteenth symposium on thermophysical properties: Boulder, CO, USA: June 21 - 26, 2015
Volume | Issue number 60 | 10
Pages (from-to) 3039-3045
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
A detailed comparison of the solubility of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) in ionic liquids (ILs) and in conventional solvents like Selexol, Purisol, propylene carbonate, and sulfolane is presented. The solubilities are compared on mole fraction, molality, and volume basis to demonstrate the effect caused by the high molecular weight of ILs. We found that conventional solvents are superior to existing ILs in terms of mass- or volume-based solubilities. Monte Carlo simulations have been used to quantitatively predict the solubility of CO2, CH4, and C2H6 in the solvents 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [hmim][Tf2N] and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether.
Document type Article
Note Proceedings title: Proceedings of the 19th symposium of thermophysical properties Publisher: American Chemical Society Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.5b00469
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