Kinetics and Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Absorption into Aqueous Solutions of Diethanolamine

The kinetics of the reaction between CO2 and aqueous diethanolamine (DEA) were estimated over the temperature range of 293−343 K from absorption data obtained in a laminar-liquid jet absorber. The absorption data were obtained over a wide range of DEA concentrations and for CO2 partial pressures near atmospheric. A rigorous numerical mass-transfer model based on penetration theory in which all chemical reactions are considered to be reversible was developed and used to estimate kinetic rate coefficients from the experimental absorption data. The kinetic data were found to be consistent with the zwitterion mechanism. The scarce zwitterion rate coefficient estimates reported in the literature are in fair agreement with the results of this work.