“…Currently, these unwanted gases are removed by absorption into physical or chemical solvents, absorption onto activated carbon, cryogenic distillation, or separation with solid and liquid membranes [2,3]. Gas-liquid absorption methods that use aqueous solutions of alkanolamines are extensively used to remove CO 2 and H 2 S from gaseous streams in the natural-gas, oil-refining, petroleum and synthetic-ammonia industries [4]. Primary, secondary, and tertiary amines such as monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), and N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), respectively, are the alkanolamine solvents used.…”