Molecular Simulation on Microstructure of Ionic Liquids in Capture of CO_2

Molecular dynamic simulation is used to study the microstructure of four kinds of ionic liquids (ILs), [Emim]PF6, [Emim][Tf2N], [PC6,6,6,14]PF6 and [PC6,6,6,14][Tf2N] in the capture process of CO2. Radial distribution function (RDF) and spatial distribution function (SDF) are used to analyze the microscopic properties of these systems. The calculated results show that the space distribution of CO2 around ILs determines the capability of ionic liquids for capturing CO2. Based on the analysis of SDF, CO2 and PF6- are overlapped partially around [Emim]+ in [Emim]PF6-CO2 mixture. When the anion is [Tf2N]-, cations are mainly distributed on one side of [Tf2N]- near N atom, and CO2 is concentrated on two sides near the fluoroalkylgroup (?CF3), and there is little overlapped district between cation and CO2. In [PC6,6,6,14]PF6-CO2 mixture, layered structure is found and CO2 is much nearer to PF6- than [PC6,6,6,14]+. Based on the analysis of RDF, in the phosphonium-based ILs, the highest distribution densities of anions and CO2 around cations are about 6 and 3 times as their average ones respectively, while in the imidazolium-based ILs, they are about 3 and 2 respectively, this means that the distributions of CO2 and anions around the imidazolium-based ILs are more evenly distributed than those around the phosphonium-based ILs.     

二氧化硫和二氧化碳在离子液体支撑液膜中的渗透率和选择性

Permeabilities and selectivities of gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen (N2) and methane (CH4) in six imidazolium-based ionic liquids ([emim][BF4], [bmim][BF4], [bmim][PF6], [hmim][BF4], [bmim][Tf2N] and [emim][CF3SO3]) supported on polyethersulfone microfiltration membranes are investigated in a single gas feed system using nitrogen as the environment and reference component at temperature from 25 to 45ºC and pressure of N2 from 100 to 400 kPa. It is found that SO2 has the highest permeability in the tested supported ionic liquid membranes, being an order of magnitude higher than that of CO2, and about 2 to 3 orders of magnitude larger than those of N2 and CH4. The observed selectivity of SO2 over the two ordinary gas components is also striking. It is shown experimentally that the dissolution and transport of gas components in the supported ionic liq-uid membranes, as well as the nature of ionic liquids play important roles in the gas permeation. A nonlinear in-crease of permeation rate with temperature and operation pressure is also observed for all sample gases. By considering the factors that influence the permeabilities and selectivities of CO2 and SO2, it is expected to develop an optimal supported ionic liquid membrane technology for the isolation of acidic gases in the near future.     

Insight into the behavior at the hygroscopicity and interface of the hydrophobic imidazolium-based ionic liquids

How to completely remove the water from ionic liquids(ILs) is difficult for researchers because of the hygroscopicity of ILs. In order to study the hygroscopicity of ILs, two kinds of ILs, 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate([Bmim][PF_6]) and 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)([Bmim][NTf_2]) were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Although[Bmim][PF_6] and [Bmim][NTf_2] are hydrophobic, both of the ILs could absorb water molecules from the vapor. In this work, the process of absorbing water from the vapor phase was studied, and the water molecules could disperse into the IL. Aggregation was observed with increasing the water concentration.Although the absorbed water increases obviously, the amount of free water and small cluster in the ILs does not change significantly and always stays at a certain level. The amount of free water and small cluster in [Bmim][PF_6] is more than that in [Bmim][NTf_2], which is consistent with their hydrophobicity. In addition, the liquid-vacuum and liquid–liquid interfaces of the ILs were simulated and analyzed in detail.The number density distribution and angle distribution indicated that [Bmim]+cations arrangement regularly at the IL-vacuum interface. The butyl chain point to the vacuum, while the imidazlium ring is close to the IL phase region and perpendicular to the interface. While at the IL-water interface, the cations and anions are disordered.     

[bmim]Cl／FeCl3离子液体催化苯与乙烯烷基化反应的新型机理

Up to now the mechanism of Friedel-Crafts reactions catalyzed by ionic liquid have not been fully understood, while carbocation mechanism was assumed. It was found that the source of H and the route of reaction initiated the alkylation of benzene with ethylene catalyzed by [bmim]Cl/FeCl3 ionic liquid. The fact that dewatered ionic liquids have catalytic activity for the alkylation of benzene with ethylene suggests that there exists a new catalytic route. The distinctly Bronsted acid properties of 2-H in [bmim]Cl were found through FT-IR and HNMR analysis of [bmim]Cl after titration with water free KOH in alcohol solution. In addition, the chemical shifts of proton on the [bmim]Cl ring, especially 2-H, are sensitive to the change of FeCl3 content and shifted downfield when FeCl3 was added into [bmim]Cl to form ionic liquid. Thus 2-H was easy to be disengaged from imidazolium ring with formation of H^ to initiate the reaction. The isotope-substituted method was employed to prove this mechanism, through the GC-MS analysis of alkylation products of deuterated benzene with ethylene. The route of alkylation catalyzed by FeC13 ionic liquid was found to follow the carbocation mechanism, the resource of H was presented and proved using HNMR analysis of ionic liquid to inspect the intensity change of 2-H. It was found that the intensity of 2-H reduced 23% after reaction showing that the H arising from alkylation reaction was supplied by 2-H on the imidazole ring.     

Conductivities of AlCl3/Ionic Liquid Systems and Their Application in Electrodeposition of Aluminium

Solubilities and conductivities of anhydrous AlCl3 in six kinds of ionic liquids (ILs) were measured. Among the six kinds of ILs [bmim]Cl, [bmim]Br, [bmim]BF4, [bmim]PF6, [emim][EtSO4] and [bmim][HSO4], anhydrous AlCl3 could be dissolved in the first five kinds but was hardly dissolved in [bmim][HSO4]. The results showed that the nominal solubilities of AlCl3 in ILs increased in the order of [bmim][HSO4] < [bmim]PF6 < [emim][EtSO4] < [bmim]BF4 < [bmim]Cl < [bmim]Br. Conductivities of the AlCl3/ILs systems depended apparently on the nominal molar ratio of AlCl3 to ILs. The conductivities of AlCl3/[bmim]Cl, AlCl3/[bmim]Br and AlCl3/[bmim]PF6 systems had a similar tendency as a function of the nominal molar ratio, that is, as the molar ratio was increased, conductivities increased first and then decreased, with the maximum conductivity obtained at approximately 0.9:1, 1.0:1 and 0.5:1, respectively. Conductivities of the AlCl3/[bmim]BF4 exhibited a dentate change and decreased with the molar ratio of AlCl3 to [bmim]BF4 increasing in general. With the increasing of the anhydrous AlCl3 amount in [emim][EtSO4], conductivity of AlCl3/[emim][EtSO4] monotonically decreased. AlCl3/[bmim]Cl system was chosen as the electrolyte for the electrodeposition of Al. Preliminary experimental results showed that dense, adherent and homogeneous Al coatings could be electrodeposited on stainless steel by means of constant potential technique and the surface coverage was quite satisfactory.     

Determination and Correlation of Solubilities of Four Novel Benzothiazolium Ionic Liquids with PF6^- in Six Alcohols

Four novel benzothiazolium ionic liquids with 6PF- （[C1Bth][PF6], [C4Bth][PF6], [C5Bth][PF6] and [C6Bth][PF6]） were synthesized, and the rang of their melting points were determined between 358.35 K-424.05 K. The relationship of their melting points and the length of the straight alkyl chain on cation reflected‘S’ type ten-dency. Then, the solubilities of the four ionic liquids in six lower alcohols （methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol and 2-methyl-1-propanol） were measured in the temperature rang of 253.15-383.15 K at at-mospheric pressure with static analytical method, respectively. It was found that [C6Bth][PF6] in all investigated ionic liquids had the largest solubility in six alcohols and the solubility of [C4Bth][PF6] in methanol was very sensi-tive for temperature in 313.15-333.15 K, which was so-called “temperature-sensitivity”. This feature is of great significance to their application of catalyzing reaction or extraction process, and makes the recovery and reuse of ionic liquids （ILs） become easier. Moreover, the experimental solubility data were correlated with the modified Apelblat equation andλh equation, respectively. It was found that the result of correlation using two divided tem-perature ranges was better than that of using the whole temperature range.     

CO2/N2 separation using supported ionic liquid membranes with green and cost-effective [Choline][Pro]/PEG200 mixtures

The high price and toxicity of ionic liquids(ILs) have limited the design and application of supported ionic liquid membranes(SILMs) for CO_2 separation in both academic and industrial fields. In this work, [Choline][Pro]/polyethylene glycol 200(PEG200) mixtures were selected to prepare novel SILMs because of their green and costeffective characterization, and the CO_2/N_2 separation with the prepared SILMs was investigated experimentally at temperatures from 308.15 to 343.15 K. The temperature effect on the permeability, solubility and diffusivity of CO_2 was modeled with the Arrhenius equation. A competitive performance of the prepared SILMs was observed with high CO_2 permeability ranged in 343.3–1798.6 barrer and high CO_2/N_2 selectivity from 7.9 to 34.8.It was also found that the CO_2 permeability increased 3 times by decreasing the viscosity of liquids from 370 to38 m Pa·s. In addition, the inherent mechanism behind the significant permeability enhancement was revealed based on the diffusion-reaction theory, i.e. with the addition of PEG200, the overall resistance was substantially decreased and the SILMs process was switched from diffusion-control to reaction-control.     

New Alkylation Route of Benzene with Ethylene Catalyzed by [bmim]Cl/FeCl_3 Ionic Liquid

Up to now the mechanism of Friedel-Crafts reactions catalyzed by ionic liquid have not been fully understood, while carbocation mechanism was assumed. It was found that the source of H and the route of reaction initiated the alkylation of benzene with ethylene catalyzed by [bmim]Cl/FeCl3 ionic liquid. The fact that dewatered ionic liquids have catalytic activity for the alkylation of benzene with ethylene suggests that there exists a new catalytic route. The distinctly Bronsted acid properties of 2-H in [bmim]Cl were found through FT-IR and HNMR     

Regulation of isobutane/1-butene adsorption behaviors on the acidic ionic liquids-functionalized MCM-22 zeolite

The adsorption ratio of isobutane/1-butene on the catalyst surface is one of the most important factors for the C4 alkylation process.Regulation of isobutane/1-butene adsorption ratio on the zeolite-supported acid catalyst is a big challenge for catalyst preparation.To regulate the isobutane/1-butene adsorption ratio,four types of ionic liquid (i.e.,IL) with different alkyl chain lengths and different acid group numbers were synthesized and were subsequently immobilized onto the MCM-22 zeolite.The as-synthesized IL-immobilized MCM-22 (i.e.,MCM-22-IL) was characterized by FTIR,TGA,BET,XPS and XRD,and their adsorption capacities and adsorption molar ratios of isobutane to 1-butene (I/O) were investigated to correlate with surface features of MCM-22-IL Results showed that the immobilization of ILs led to a decrease of specific surface area and pore volume.But the surface density of acid groups was increased and the adsorption molar ratio of isobutane/1-butene (I/O) was significantly improved by the immobilization of ionic liquids.The adsorption molar ratio of I/O is substantially improved from 0.75 to above 0.9 at 300 kPa upon immobilizing ILs.Although the alkyl chain length of ILs was found to have little effect on the adsorption molar ratio of I/O,the increase of acid group numbers led to a dramatic decrease in the adsorption I/O ratio.The results illustrated that immobilizing ionic liquids is an effective way to modify the textural,chemical and morphological properties of MCM-22.Accordingly,the immobilization of ionic liquids provides a novel and a feasible way to regulate the adsorption I/O ratio on an adsorbent or a solid catalyst.     

用变阱宽方阱链流体状态方程模拟离子液体相行为

An equation of state (EOS) for square-well chain fluids with variable range (SWCF-VR) developed based on statistical mechanics for chemical association was employed for the calculations of pressure-volume-temperature (pVT) and phase equilibrium of pure ionic liquids (ILs) and their mixtures. The new molecular parameters for 23 ILs were obtained by fitting their experimental density data over a wide temperature and pressure ranges. The molecular parameters of ILs composed of homologous organic cation and an identical anion such as [Cxmim][NTf2] are good linear with respect to their molecular weight, indicating that the molecular pa-rameters of homologous substances, subsequently pVT and vapor-liquid equilibria vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) can be predicted using the generalized parameter when no experimental data were available. The new set of parameters were satisfactorily used for calculations of the property of solvent and ILs mixture and the solubility of gas in various ILs at low pressure only using one tem-perature-independent binary interaction parameter.     

离子液体支撑液膜的CO2/CH4分离性能

由于离子液体对CO₂具有较好的溶解选择性,离子液体支撑液膜分离CO₂越来越受到关注。比较了含3种不同阴离子的常规离子液体([bmim][BF₄]、[bmim][PF₆]、[bmim][Tf₂N])作为支撑液膜的液膜相分离CO₂/CH₄的性能,考察了咪唑环上烷基链长对离子液体支撑液膜性能的影响。考虑向离子液体中引入胺基和羧基等亲CO₂基团,制备了1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑丙氨酸离子液体([bmim][β-Ala]),考察了 [bmim][β-Ala]支撑液膜分离CO₂/CH₄的性能,并对在CO₂渗透测试前后的支撑液膜进行了FT-IR分析,发现氨基酸离子液体中的-NH₂和CO₂的较强作用以及该离子液体的高黏性影响了CO₂的透过性,使[Bmim][β-Ala]支撑液膜的CO₂透过率低。     

胆碱脯氨酸/RTILs支撑液膜的CO2/N2分离性能

选用不同种类的室温型离子液体（RTILs）与胆碱脯氨酸离子液体进行混合分别制得[Choline][Pro]/[EMIm][N（CN）₂]、[Choline][Pro]/[bmim][PF₆]以及[Choline][Pro]/[HMIm][NTf₂]混合离子液体,并将其应用于离子液体支撑液膜（SILMs）。考察操作温度、操作压差、RTILs种类和含量对SILMs分离CO₂/N₂性能的影响。结果表明胆碱脯氨酸/RTILs系列SILMs的CO₂通量在343.3～1936.9 barrer之间变化并且CO₂/N₂选择性为10.3～34.8。对CO₂膜过程内在机制探索表明随着[HMIm][NTf₂]离子液体在混合离子液体中比例的增加,总阻力1/K_m会呈现先降低后升高的趋势。与实验现象中随着[HMIm][NTf₂]离子液体在混合离子液体中比例的增加CO₂先升高后降低相符。     

功能型离子液体协同吸收NH3和CO2的密度泛函理论研究

离子液体（ILs）由于其独特的结构可调性,作为添加剂可有效抑制氨法碳捕集中NH₃的逃逸并同时促进CO₂的吸收。揭示其吸收NH₃和CO₂的作用机理对于构建特定的功能型ILs结构具有重要意义。本文采用密度泛函理论（DFT）,在B3LYP/6-31'++G（d,p）基组水平下对设计的五种功能型ILs进行了结构优化、频率计算以及原子电荷分析,获得了优化后的结构参数、振动频率以及原子电荷等数据。在此基础上对ILs吸收CO₂和NH₃进行了相互作用分析。计算结果表明：[HEBim][His]的稳定性最好,经过BSSE校正后的相互作用能为-415.73 kJ·mol^-1。通过静电势和电荷分析找到了设计的ILs与气体作用的最佳位点：NH₃主要与ILs阳离子的羟基形成 O—H…N型氢键,其中,[HEBim][His]吸收NH₃的能力最强,形成的氢键结合能为38.52 kJ·mol^-1,具有较强的氢键作用;CO₂主要与阴离子中的氨基形成C—N…C型氢键,[HEBim][Ala]吸收CO₂的能力最强,形成的氢键结合能为10.15 kJ·mol^-1,具有较弱的氢键作用。当ILs同时与NH₃和CO₂相互作用时,其吸收能力均有不同程度的下降,[HEBim][His]与[HEBim][Ala]的综合吸收效果最佳。     

功能型离子液体协同吸收NH3和CO2的密度泛函理论研究

离子液体（ILs）由于其独特的结构可调性,作为添加剂可有效抑制氨法碳捕集中NH₃的逃逸并同时促进CO₂的吸收。揭示其吸收NH₃和CO₂的作用机理对于构建特定的功能型ILs结构具有重要意义。本文采用密度泛函理论（DFT）,在B3LYP/6-31'++G（d,p）基组水平下对设计的五种功能型ILs进行了结构优化、频率计算以及原子电荷分析,获得了优化后的结构参数、振动频率以及原子电荷等数据。在此基础上对ILs吸收CO₂和NH₃进行了相互作用分析。计算结果表明：[HEBim][His]的稳定性最好,经过BSSE校正后的相互作用能为-415.73 kJ·mol^-1。通过静电势和电荷分析找到了设计的ILs与气体作用的最佳位点：NH₃主要与ILs阳离子的羟基形成 O—H…N型氢键,其中,[HEBim][His]吸收NH₃的能力最强,形成的氢键结合能为38.52 kJ·mol^-1,具有较强的氢键作用;CO₂主要与阴离子中的氨基形成C—N…C型氢键,[HEBim][Ala]吸收CO₂的能力最强,形成的氢键结合能为10.15 kJ·mol^-1,具有较弱的氢键作用。当ILs同时与NH₃和CO₂相互作用时,其吸收能力均有不同程度的下降,[HEBim][His]与[HEBim][Ala]的综合吸收效果最佳。     

The effect of protic ionic liquids incorporation on CO2 separation performance of Pebax-based membranes

The separation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) is of great importance for environment protection and gas resource purification. The ionic liquids (ILs)-based gas separation membrane provides a new chance for efficient CO₂ separation, while high permeability and selectivity of membranes is a great challenge. In this study, the influence of two protic ILs with different anion ([TMGH][Im] and [TMGH][PhO]) on the CO₂ separation performance of the prepared ILs/Pebax blended membranes were systematically investigated at different temperature. The results showed the CO₂ permeability exhibits the rising trend for ILs/Pebax blended membranes with the increment of IL content. Especially, the [TMGH][Im] with low viscosity and high CO₂ absorption capacity leads to the blended membranes showing better CO₂ permeability and ideal CO₂ selectivity than that of membranes with [TMGH][PhO] at high IL content. Besides, with operating temperature increasing, the gas permeability of 20% (mass) [TMGH][Im]/Pebax blended membrane increases due to the decreasing viscosity of IL and the rising chain mobility of polymer. Inversely, the gas selectivity shows decreasing trend because CO₂ absorption capacity obviously decreased at higher temperature.     

Measurement and correlation of supercritical CO2 and ionic liquid systems for design of advanced unit operations

Ionicliquids combined with supercritical fluid technology hold great promise as working solvents for developing compact processes. Ionic liquids, which are organic molten salts, typically have extremely low volatility and high functionality, but possess high viscosities, surface tensions and low diffusion coefficients, which can limit their applicability. CO₂, on the other hand, especially in its supercritical state, is a green solvent that can be used advantageously when combined with the ionic liquid to provide viscosity and surface tension reduction and to promote mass transfer. The solubility of CO₂ in the ionic liquid is key to estimating the important physical properties that include partition coefficients, viscosities, densities, interfacial tensions, thermal conductivities and heat capacities needed in contactor design. In this work, we examine a subset of available high pressure pure component ionic liquid PVT data and high pressure CO₂ - ionic liquid solubility data and report new correlations for CO₂-ionic liquid systems with equations of state that have some industrial applications including: (1) general, (2) fuel desulfurization, (3) CO₂ capture, and (4) chiral separation. New measurements of solubility data for the CO₂ and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium octyl sulfate, [bmim][OcSO₄] system are reported and correlated. In the correlation of the CO₂ ionic liquid phase behavior, the Peng-Robinson and the Sanchez-Lacombe equations of state were considered and are compared. It is shown that excellent correlation of CO₂ solubility can be obtained with either equation and they share some common characteristics regarding interaction parameters. In the Sanchez-Lacombe equation, parameters that are derived from the supercritical region were found to be important for obtaining good correlation of the CO₂-ionic liquid solubility data.     

规整填料塔中离子液体吸收CO2的传质与流体力学性能

在规整填料塔中采用离子液体吸收二氧化碳气体,利用计算流体力学(CFD)软件建立可靠的数学模型,系统考察了离子液体结构及规整填料几何参数对吸收过程的传质特性和流体力学性能的影响规律。结果表明,床层压降随气体流速增大而增大,液相传质系数随液体流速的增大而增大。相同阴离子时,随着阳离子碳链长度的增长,吸收过程压降增大,同时液相传质系数减小。相同阳离子时,不同阴离子的离子液体压降大的同时传质系数也大。但离子液体的结构对压降影响不明显。离子液体筛选主要考虑传质系数和溶解度因素,但二者与离子液体结构表现出相反的规律。两种折线结构的规整填料传质性能优于传统的X型和Y型结构。     

离子液体体系用于盐湖卤水提取锂

3种咪唑类离子液体:1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑六氟磷酸盐([C₄mim][PF₆])、1-己基-3-甲基咪唑六氟磷酸盐([C₆mim][PF₆])、1-辛基-3-甲基咪唑六氟磷酸盐([C₈mim][PF₆])被作为绿色溶剂用于盐湖卤水分离镁锂, 建立了以离子液体(ILs)、磷酸三丁酯(TBP)分别为萃取介质和萃取剂的盐湖卤水锂萃取体系, 并与使用传统有机溶剂磺化煤油和氯仿的萃取效果进行了对比。研究发现, 该离子液体体系较使用传统挥发性有机溶剂的萃取体系有更高的萃取率。锂的萃取率随离子液体中烷基碳原子数的减小而增加。详细考察了溶液pH、离子液体浓度、相比对萃取效率的影响, 获得了离子液体体系萃取的最优条件。在最佳萃取条件下, 3种离子液体体系对锂的单级萃取效率均高于80%, 分离系数最高达到100以上。机理研究表明:离子液体体系是以阳离子交换实现对锂的萃取, Li⁺与TBP形成[Li·2TBP]⁺络合物进入有机相。     

Low-pressure CO2 sorption in ammonium-based poly(ionic liquid)s

Ammonium-based ionic liquid monomers and their corresponding polymers [poly(ionic liquid)s] are synthesized and characterized for CO₂ sorption. The polymers have much higher CO₂ sorption capacities than the room-temperature ionic liquids and imidazolium-based poly(ionic liquid)s. For example, P[VBTMA][PF₆] with polystyrene backbone has a CO₂ sorption capacity of 10.67 mol%. The CO₂ sorption is selective over N₂ and O₂. The effects of cation, backbone, substituent, anion and crosslinking on CO₂ sorption are discussed. The sorption mechanism study indicates that CO₂ sorption by the poly(ionic liquid)s is a bulk and surface phenomenon.