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Deconvoluting the Combined Effects of Gas Composition and Temperature on Olefin Selectivity for Separations Using
Philip Eor1, Nicholas Tryon-Tasson1, Seongyoung Kong1
1Ames Laboratory-USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa50011, United States.
Abstract:
Silver(I) ions have the propensity of undergoing reduction to form metallic silver within olefin/paraffin separation systems when they are subjected to hydrogen at elevated temperatures. Ionic liquids (ILs) are versatile solvents known for their low vapor pressure, high thermal stability, and structural tunability and have been shown to minimize hydrogen-induced reduction of silver(I) ions when employed as solvents. In the development of robust separation platforms that employ silver(I) ions, it is essential to deploy reliable approaches capable of measuring and assessing the factors that lower the overall separation performance. In this study, silver(I) ions dissolved in an imidazolium-based IL are subjected to mixed gas streams composed of hydrogen, nitrogen, and methane under varying temperatures. Using inverse gas chromatography, a total of 44 columns with stationary phases containing four different concentrations of silver(I) bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide ([Ag+][NTf2 -]) dissolved in the 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium ([C10MIM+]) [NTf2 -] IL were used to measure partition coefficients of olefins and paraffins, as well as aromatics, esters, and ketones. Upon exposing the stationary phases to mixed gases at elevated temperatures, olefin partitioning between the silver(I) ion pseudophase and the two other phases (i.e., carrier gas and IL stationary phase) was observed to decrease over time, while partitioning between the IL stationary phase and carrier gas remained unchanged. It was found that exposure gases composed of 5.0 to 85.0 mol % hydrogen and temperatures ranging from 95 to 130 °C resulted in a remarkable acceleration of silver(I) ion reduction and an approximate 36.4-61.3% decrease in olefin partitioning between the silver(I) ion pseudophase and both the carrier gas and IL stationary phase after 60 h. While binary mixtures of hydrogen and nitrogen resulted in a continuous decrease in silver(I) ion-olefin complexation capability, a ternary gas mixture produced varied silver(I) ion reduction kinetics.
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