Mathematical modeling of CO2 facilitated transport across polyvinylamine membranes with direct operando observation of amine carrier saturation
Mathematical modeling of CO2 facilitated transport across polyvinylamine membranes with direct operando observation of amine carrier saturation
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通过直接操作观察胺载体饱和度,二氧化碳的数学模型促进了跨聚乙烯胺膜的运输
DOI:
10.1016/j.cej.2023.141728
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发表时间:
2023
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15.1
通讯作者:
O'Brien, Casey P.
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作者:
Xu, Hui;Pate, Sarah G.;O'Brien, Casey P.
In this work, we investigate the kinetics and mechanisms of CO 2 facilitated transport across polyvinylamine (PVAm) membranes using mathematical modeling of experimentally measured CO 2 fluxes across PVAm with operando surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy characterization. The mathematical model was fit to experimentally measured CO 2 fluxes as a function of CO 2 partial pressure (2–99 kPa) and PVAm membrane thickness (1.7–4.1 µm). Physically significant kinetic and thermodynamic parameters associated with CO 2 transport were extracted from the model, such as the permeability of PVAm to CO 2 via solution diffusion, the permeability of PVAm to carbamate (NHCO O-) via facilitated transport, and the carbamate formation/decomposition equilibrium constant. Our results show that the permeability of PVAm to carbamate via facilitated transport (2200±1200 Barrer) is about an order of magnitude greater than the permeability of PVAm to CO 2 via solution-diffusion of CO 2 (150±20 Barrer). Using operando SERS and FTIR, we directly observed saturation of the primary amine groups of PVAm with CO 2 (carbamate) at a feed CO 2 partial pressure of∼ 10 kPa, which was in good agreement with our model predictions. This work quantitatively describes CO 2 facilitated transport across PVAm and provides direct evidence of the carrier saturation phenomenon—for the first time to our knowledge—from a molecular perspective through operando spectroscopic characterization.