Thermophysical Behavior of Aqueous Blends of Piperazine and Potassium Carbonate as Carbon Dioxide Capture Solvent

This project concerns the thermophysical behavior of aqueous blends of Piperazine (PZ) and Potassium Carbonate as carbon dioxide, capture solvent. The blends of amine solution has the potential to increase the rate of absorption of . The objectives of this project are: (1) to find out the physical properties of PZ to activate potassium carbonate solution in water; (2) to study the effect of temperature change on the physical properties of PZ, potassium carbonate and blends of PZ and potassium carbonate solutions; (3) to study the effect of concentration change on the physical properties of the blends of amines and (5) compare the result with conventional solvent. The scope of study of this project covers the refractive index surface tension for the physical properties of the chemicals solution and also the effect of temperature change and concentration change on the amines. Different set of concentration of PZ and potassium carbonate will be prepared for the blends solution. This experimental based project also will be conducted on the different set of temperatures. Each of potassium carbonate solution will be blended with five different set of percentage (wt%) of PZ and water during the experiment. This experiment will be conducted at different temperatures which are from 293.15K to 323.15K. The result of the experiment will be the refractive index and surface tension for each blends solution. When the data is obtained, further analysis and appropriate discussion will be explained.