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Separation of Aldehydes and Reactive Ketones from Mixtures Using a Bisulfite Extraction Protocol
Published on: April 2, 2018
Why does 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol have superior CO2 separation performance to monoethanolamine? A computational
Daiki Aso1, Yuuichi Orimoto2, Makoto Higashino3
1Department of Molecular and Material Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan. daiki.aso.736@s.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Our computational reaction analysis shows that 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol (AEEA) has superior performance to monoethanolamine for CO2 separation, in terms of its ability to sorb CO2 by its primary amine and desorb CO2 by its secondary amine.
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