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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2009
Gary Rochelle, Austin, TX (US);
Marcus Hilliard, Missouri City, TX (US);
Gary Rochelle, Austin, TX (US);
Marcus Hilliard, Missouri City, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods related to the removal of acidic gas. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a composition and method for the removal of acidic gas from a gas mixture using a solvent comprising a diamine (e.g., piperazine) and carbon dioxide. One example of a method may involve a method for removing acidic gas comprising contacting a gas mixture having an acidic gas with a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises piperazine in an amount of from about 4 to about 20 moles/kg of water, and carbon dioxide in an amount of from about 0.3 to about 0.9 moles per mole of piperazine.