CO2 SORPTION USING IONIC LIQUID ADDITIVATED WITH SURFACE AREA EXTENDERS

The study of environmentally friendly CO2 sorption agents are growing due to the need of mitigate this gas from atmosphere. Ionic Liquids (ILs) present the advantage of having low vapor pressures and being chemically and thermally stable. Besides, their properties can be designed by varying the groups of the cation or anion. Yet, these compounds present a lower desorption energy when compared to amines based chemical solvents. These characteristics make ILs potentially important for the development of new processes focused on the mitigation of global warming. However, ILs have high viscosity and high cost, making them economically unfeasible. To minimize these problems, bubble glass can be used as an additive in ionic liquids to reduce cost and viscosity. Bubble glass has several applications in industry, presenting low cost and high chemical and mechanical resistance. This work evaluated the CO2 solubility in [bmim][BF4] and [mbmim][Tf2N] pure and mixed with boron silicate bubble glass in volumetric concentrations of 5% to 50%. Data are reported at 27 bar of pressure and temperatures of 303 and 323 K. Mixed systems with 50% concentration of bubble glass showed the best sorption results for both ionic liquids.