Dissociation Constant of Di‐ and Tri‐Basic Solvents Based on Piperazine and Its Derivatives for Post‐Combustion CO2 Capture

Abstract

AbstractAmine solvents remain popular in the industries for post combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. Dissociation constant of basic amine solvents plays significant role to influence the CO2 absorption. It is thus important to study the dissociation of new amine solvents for assessing their viability for CO2 capture. In the present work, potentiometric titration method is employed to determine the dissociation constants of dibasic (e. g., Piperazine (PZ), 1‐methyl piperazine (1‐MPZ) and tribasic amines (1‐(2‐aminoethyl‐piperazine) (AEPZ) which could be promising for formulating blended solvent system towards enhancing the rate of CO2 absorption. The estimated dissociation constants for the PZ and 1‐MPZ while match well with reported results, the dissociation constants for AEPZ has been determined newly here within the temperature range 298—318 K. In addition, the structural geometric parameters and Natural Bond Order (NBO) calculations of the amine solvents are performed based on Density Functional Theory (DFT). The NBO calculations predict charge distribution on the nitrogen and other elements, and envisage its effect on the pKa values of the amines. Further, potential energy surface (PES) scanning calculations are performed for AEPZ to explain it's ring inversion which is responsible for obtaining a single pKa value in experimental studies.