For
three groups of systemshomogeneous, liquid–liquid,
and solid–liquidabsorption heats of carbon dioxide
capture by amine solutions were determined with continuous calorimetry.
In the case of a phase-separation solvent, the heat of phase separation
is added to conventional absorption heat, and the loading range of
heat of phase separation is important in process design. With the
merits of continuous measurement, the phase-change loading points
were obtained in liquid–liquid and solid–liquid phase-separation
systems as the heat release of carbon dioxide products to achieve
a more stable state. The loading points where a leap in absorption
heat appears coincide with those where the turbidity in solvents changes,
which was confirmed by ocular inspection in both systems. In liquid–liquid
systems, the presence of water in 2-(ethylamino)ethanol:diethylene
glycol diethyl ether:water contributes to the decrease in absorption
heat. Even though the formation of bicarbonate is minor even in solvent
with water, the increase in its formation contributes to this decrease
in absorption heat because of its lower formation heat as compared
to that of carbamate. In solid–liquid systems, a significant
increase in absorption heat is attributed to the crystallization energy
of carbonate salt emitted on the breakdown of the supersaturation.