A novel kinetic model for the aqueous phase hydrogen sulfide scavenging reactions using MEA-triazine (HET) is proposed. The assumptions of the model are based on experimental observations obtained by NMR spectroscopy, supporting the existence of 3,5-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)hexahydro-1,3,5-thiadiazine (TDZ) as a quantitative reaction intermediate and showing the protonation behavior of HET and the lack of protonation of 5-(2-hydroxyethyl)hexahydro-1,3,5-dithiazine (DTZ). Experimental kinetic data were obtained with a new in situ Raman spectroscopy setup, which enabled monitoring the time-variation of bisulfide concentrations in a batch stirred reacting system at temperatures of up to 75 °C for HET/HS − initial concentration ratios from 0.5 to 5. The optimal model parameters were regressed from the experimental data using a brute force optimization method. The rate constants of the first and second scavenging reactions were estimated to be 0.435 and 0.004 L mol −1 s −1 at 25 °C, and the activation energies were 68 and 57 kJ mol −1 , respectively.
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