Thermo Physical Properties of Some Physical and Chemical Solvents at Atmospheric Pressure

Shokouhi, M.; Jalili, A. H.; Hosseini-Jenab, M.

Thermo Physical Properties of Some Physical and Chemical Solvents at Atmospheric Pressure

Document Type : Full article

Authors

M. Shokouhi

A. H. Jalili

M. Hosseini-Jenab

Gas Science Department, Gas Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), West Blvd., Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, the thermal properties including molar heat capacity, CP, thermal conductivity, λ, and thermal diffusivity, αD, of the pure physical solvents sulfolane (SFL), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol
(ETG), choloroform (CCL3H), acetonitrile (CH3CN), and pure chemical solvents monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), triethanolamine (TEA), methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) which all are extensively used in natural gas refinery processes were measured at temperatures ranging from (303.15 to 353.15) K and atmospheric pressure. All experimental measurements were carried out by using a PSL Systemtechnik instrument in which
transient hot-wire method was employed to measure transport properties, λ and αD. All obtained data were correlated by using empirical linear temperature function with a very good correlation coefficient, better than R2 = 0.99. Among the solvents tested in this paper, except for TEA, the thermal diffusivity decreased by increasing temperature and also except for TEA and ETG, thermal conductivity decreased with temperature.

Keywords

Thermal Property

Alkanolamine

Physical Solvents

Chemical Solvents

Heat Capacity

Thermal conductivity

Thermal Diffusivity