Selexol physical properties

The ability to model Selexol-based unit operations in Aspen Plus or Aspen HYSYS was recently made possible by the inclusion of the Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (PC-SAFT) physical property model. As in Aspen HYSYS (see Section 6.1.1), a single chemical DEPG be used as a proxy for the mixture. Simple example files for using PC-SAFT with Selexol for one- or two-unit operations are included with the Aspen Plus distributiOTi, and an example for using PC-SAFT in Aspen HYSYS is available for download to subscribers of the Aspen Technology support website. 

The Sepasolv MPE solvent is described as a mixture of polyethylene glycol methyl isopropyl ethers with a mean molecular weight of about 316. Physical properties of the solvent are given in Table 14-14. Bucklin and Schendel (1985) and Wdifer et al. (1980) present gas solubility data that show MPE gas solubilities are similar to those of the Selexol solution. 

In addition to the equipment properties and selected operating conditions, the process performance depends to a large extent on the state of the active solvent component(s). Commonly nsed solvents include physical solvents like methanol (Rectisol) and the dimethyl ethers of polyethylene glycol (Selexol), chemical solvents like aqneous solutions of carbonates such as K2CO3 and Na2C03, of amino acid salts such as mixtures of potassium hydroxide and alanine or tanrine, and especially of alkanolamines such as mono-ethanolamine (MEA), di-ethanolamine (DEA), (activate) methyl-di-ethanolamine (MDEA), di-isopropanolamine (DIPA), di-glycolamine (DGA), 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol (AMP), and piperazine (PZ) (1). 

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