Phase behaviour of tri-n-butylmethylammonium chloride hydrates in the presence of carbon dioxide

  • Nadia Mayoufi
  • , Didier Dalmazzone
  • , Walter Fürst
  • , Leila Elghoul
  • , Adel Seguatni
  • , Anthony Delahaye
  • , Laurence Fournaison

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Abstract

The phase behaviour of the system water-tri-n-butylmethylammonium chloride (TBMAC)-CO 2 was investigated by pressure-controlled differential scanning calorimetry in the range 0-10 mol% TBMAC in water and at CO 2 pressures ranging from 0 to 1.5 MPa. In the absence of CO 2, an incongruent melting hydrate, which estimated composition corresponds to TBMAC•30H 2O, crystallizes at temperatures below -13.6 °C and forms with ice a peritectic phase at approximately 3.9 mol% TBMAC. In the presence of CO 2 at pressures as low as 0.5 MPa, curves evidenced the presence of an additional phase exhibiting congruent melting at temperatures that are strongly pressure dependent and significantly higher than those of hydrates obtained without CO 2. This new phase, whose enthalpy of dissociation and CO 2 content increase slightly with CO 2 pressure, was identified as a mixed semi-clathrate hydrate of TBMAC and CO 2 of general formula: (TBMAC + xCO 2)•30H 2O.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)481-486
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume109
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2012

Keywords

  • CO
  • Dissociation enthalpy
  • Equilibrium
  • Semi-clathrate hydrate
  • Tetra-alkyl ammonium salt

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