Potassium carbonate solutions carbon dioxide removal with

The solvents most used in carbon dioxide removal from ammonia synthesis gas can be characterized according to the nature of the absorption process. Chemical absorption, i.e. processes where the carbon dioxide reacts with the solvent by a chemical reaction which is reversed in the solvent regeneration stage, is most often based on the use of alkanolamines, mainly MEA (mono-ethanolamine) [273], or hot solutions of potassium carbonate [274] as solvents. 

Several revamp options are available for modification of the carbon dioxide removal section depending on the type of carbon dioxide removal process. The processes mostly used in ammonia plants are chemical absorption processes based on either hot potassium carbonate (HPC) such as Benfield, or Vetrocoke, or amine solutions such as MEA. The chemical carbon dioxide removal processes may be improved or replaced with a physical process in which the absorbent is regenerated by simply flashing off carbon dioxide. In this way the need for regeneration heat may be reduced or eliminated. A physical carbon dioxide removal system may result in energy savings of 0.01-0.35 Gcal/MT ammonia. 

Catacarb process An extraction process used to remove carbon dioxide from process gases by scrubbing the hot gases with potassium carbonate solution containing additives which increase the hydration rate of the gas in the solution. The Vetrocoke process is similar. See Benfield process. 

Prepare a mixture of 30 ml, of aniline, 8 g. of o-chloro-benzoic acid, 8 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate and 0 4 g. of copper oxide in a 500 ml. round-bottomed flask fitted with an air-condenser, and then boil the mixture under reflux for 1 5 hours the mixture tends to foam during the earlier part of the heating owing to the evolution of carbon dioxide, and hence the large flask is used. When the heating has been completed, fit the flask with a steam-distillation head, and stcam-distil the crude product until all the excess of aniline has been removed. The residual solution now contains the potassium. V-phenylanthrani-late add ca. 2 g. of animal charcoal to this solution, boil for about 5 minutes, and filter hot. Add dilute hydrochloric acid (1 1 by volume) to the filtrate until no further precipitation occurs, and then cool in ice-water with stirring. Filter otT the. V-phcnylanthranilic acid at the pump, wash with water, drain and dry. Yield, 9-9 5 g. I he acid may be recrystallised from aqueous ethanol, or methylated spirit, with addition of charcoal if necessary, and is obtained as colourless crystals, m.p. 185-186°. 

Potassium Permanganate. Probably the most widely used process for removing traces of hydrogen sulfide from carbon dioxide is to scmb the gas with an aqueous solution saturated with potassium permanganate [7722-64-7]. Sodium carbonate is added to the solution as buffer. The reaction is as foUows ... 

Sodium and Potassium Hydroxides. Sodium hydroxide [1310-73-2] and potassium hydroxide [1310-58-3] (Class 1, nonregenerative) are commonly used when moisture and carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide must be removed simultaneously (4). Fused sticks or solutions of the alkah hydroxides are frequentiy used. These materials must be handled with care to prevent serious skin bums. 

Chloro-2-(3-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yDbenzophenone (Oxidation of 7solution prepared by adding sodium periodate (2 g) to a stirred suspension of ruthenium dioxide (200 mg) in water (35 ml). The mixture became dark. Additional sodium periodate 18 g) was added during the next 15 minutes. The ice-bath was removed and the mixture was stirred for 45 minutes. Additional sodium periodate (4 g) was added and the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 18 hours and filtered. The solid was washed with acetone and the combined filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was suspended in water and extracted with methylene chloride. The extract was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and concentrated. The residue was chromatographed on silica... 

The crude ester is cooled, an equal volume of benzene is added, then the free acid is neutralized by shaking with about 250 cc. of a 10 per cent solution of sodium carbonate (Note 4). The benzene solution is poured into 1300 cc. of a saturated solution of sodium bisulfite (about 60 g. of technical sodium bisulfite per 100 cc.), contained in a wide-neck bottle equipped with an efficient stirrer, and the mixture stirred for two and a half hours. The mixture soon warms up a little and becomes semi-solid. It is filtered through a 20-cm. Buchner funnel and carefully washed, first with 200 cc. of a saturated solution of sodium bisulfite, finally with two 150-cc. portions of benzene (Notes 5 and 6). The white pearly flakes of the sodium bisulfite addition product are transferred to a 3-I. round-bottom wide-neck flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer and containing 700 cc. of water, 175 cc. of concentrated sulfuric acid, and 500 cc. of benzene. The flask is heated on a steam bath under a hood, the temperature being kept at 55°, and the mixture is stirred for thirty minutes (Note 7). The solution is then poured into a separatory funnel, the benzene separated and the water layer extracted with a 200-cc. portion of benzene. The combined benzene solution is shaken with excess of 10 per cent sodium carbonate solution to remove free acid and sulfur dioxide (Note 8). The benzene is washed with a little water and then dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate (Note 9). The benzene is distilled at ordinary pressure over a free flame from a 500-cc. Claisen flask, the solution being added from a separatory funnel as fast as the benzene distils. It is advisable to distil the ester under reduced pressure although it can be done under ordinary pressure. The fraction distilling around n8°/5mm., 130710 mm., 138715 mm., 148725 mm., 155735 mm., or... 

Sodium 4-methylphenoxide solution was dehydrated azeotropically with chlorobenzene, and the filtered solid was dried in an oven, where it soon ignited and glowed locally. This continued for 30 min after it was removed from the oven. A substituted potassium phenoxide, prepared differently, also ignited on heating. Finely divided and moist alkali phenoxides may be prone to vigorous oxidation (or perhaps reaction with carbon dioxide) when heated in air. 

The reaction flask is allowed to cool and the condenser, stirrer, and nitrogen inlet are removed. To the solution is added 100 ml. of absolute ethanol, and a brisk stream of carbon dioxide is passed through the solution to precipitate the excess potassium hydroxide as potassium carbonate. Sufficient carbon dioxide to precipitate the excess potassium hydroxide is conveniently obtained from about 150 g. of Dry Ice. The Dry Ice is powdered and placed in a stoppered 500-ml. filter flask with a line leading into the reaction solution. The insoluble potassium carbonate is filtered and washed with four 50-ml. portions of absolute ethanol. The combined filtrate and washings are evaporated to dryness on a rotary evaporator using a water aspirator vacuum and heat from a steam bath. This yields a solid or semisolid cake containing some residual potassium carbonate. 

The submitters used 55 cc. of hydrochloric acid at this point the checkers stated that this amount was insufficient to neutralize the mixture. The purpose of acidification at this point is not to liberate the cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid, but merely to remove carbonates and excess potassium hydroxide. After the carbon dioxide has been expelled, the solution is made alkaline with ammonia hence a great excess of hydrochloric acid should be avoided. The submitters used only enough hydrochloric acid to make the solution acid to litmus. After the solution has been made basic with ammonia, barium chloride solution is added until there is no further precipitation of barium malonate. 

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