Solid鈥揋as Carbonation Coupled with Solid Ionic Liquids for the Synthesis of CaCO3: Performance, Polymorphic Control, and Self-Catalytic Kinetics
文摘
The effect of temperature, pressure, time, solid ionic liquid (SIL) mass (here, the SIL used is tetra-n-heptyl-ammonium bromide, abbreviated as THepAmBr), reuse of THepAmBr, type of SIL, and additives on the solid鈥揼as (Ca(OH)2鈥揅O2) carbonation system was investigated. Results showed that conversion increased as the temperature increased from 25.0 掳C up to 50.0 掳C and then decreased thereafter; but increased consistently with increasing pressure. Similarly, conversion increased as the mass of THepAmBr increased, leading to complete conversion at a THepAmBr/Ca(OH)2 mass ratio of 0.1:1 with the production of rhombohedral calcites. Stability tests revealed that THepAmBr was active and stable. The effect of BmimBr and BmimCl indicated that they gave conversions of >96%. Furthermore, studies on polymorphic control to aragonite gave interesting results: 30.2% aragonite was synthesized with MgCl2 and 54.7% with PEG6000. Moreover, time-dependent conversion showed that the reaction mechanism for the system was self-catalytic. Consequently, the reaction rate equation that was derived described the experimental conversion satisfactorily.