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Biomethane purification with quaternary ammonium salts-based deep eutectic solvents: Experiment and computational thermodynamics

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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123980

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Deep eutectic solvent; Biomethane; Molecular thermodynamics; Molecular dynamics simulation; Absorption mechanism

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In this study, the simultaneous decarburization, desulfurization, and dehydration of biogas were achieved using a quaternary ammonium salt-based deep eutectic solvent (DES). Screening of 100 DESs composed of different hydrogen bond acceptors and donors showed that TEAC, TEAB, TEG, and BDO-based DESs were the most promising absorbents. These DESs exhibited excellent selective absorption performance for CO2. Molecular surface electrostatic potential (ESP) analysis and independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition (IGMH) analysis revealed the separation mechanism of DESs. The results provide theoretical insights for the development of new DESs for biomethane purification.
Biogas, as a clean renewable energy, has been paid more and more attention. In this work, the simultaneous decarburization, desulfurization and dehydration of biogas with quaternary ammonium salt-based deep eutectic solvent (DES) was proposed for the first time. Based on COSMO-RS model, the separation performance of 100 DESs composed of 10 hydrogen bond acceptors and 10 hydrogen bond donors was screened by using Henry's law constant and selectivity coefficient as separation performance indexes. DESs composed of TEAC, TEAB, TEG and BDO were considered as the most promising candidate absorbents. Furthermore, the solubility of CH4 and CO2 in four DESs was measured at different temperatures and pressures. The results show that the selected DESs have excellent selective absorption performance for CO2. The regeneration experiment of the DESs showed that its CO2 absorption effect was almost unchanged after 5 absorption-desorption cycles. Molecular surface electrostatic potential (ESP) analysis was performed to obtain the binding sites of intermolecular interactions to reveal the separation mechanism of simultaneous decarbonization, desulfurization and dehydration of DESs. The interac-tion energy analyzed the hydrogen bond formation potential between different molecules. Independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition (IGMH) analysis showed that DESs mainly interacted with the components to be separated in the form of hydrogen bonds. The spatial distribution function (SDF) reveals the spatial distri-bution of different gases around DES from the perspective of cluster macromolecules. This provides theoretical insights of molecular thermodynamics and dynamics for the development of new DES for biomethane purifi-cation process.

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