Simultaneous Absorption of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide into Aqueous 2-amino-2-methy-1-propanol

Carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide were simultaneously absorbed into aqueous 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) in a stirred semi-batch tank with a planar gas-liquid interface within a range of 0–4.0 kmol/m³ of AMP, 0.03–0.3 atm of CO₂, 0.005–0.2 atm of NO₂, and 298–318 K. Absorption data of each gas in the CO₂-AMP and NO₂-AMP systems were obtained to verify their reaction regimes, based on film theory, respectively, which were then used to analyze the simultaneous absorption mechanisms of CO₂ and NO₂ in the CO₂-NO₂-AMP systems. The measured absorption rates of CO₂ and NO₂ were compared to those formulated by an approximate solution of the mass balances with simultaneous reactions.