Ketone solvents have been considered as potential absorbents
for
the coal-based syngas purification process. However, their vapor–liquid
equilibrium (VLE) data with CO2 at low temperatures are
insufficient. Therefore, in this study, acetone, butanone, 2-pentanone,
and 3-pentanone were used as the absorbents, and their VLE data with
CO2 were measured via a static method at 253.15 K. Subsequently,
the Soave–Redlich–Kwong (SRK) and Peng–Robinson
(PR) equations of state combined with the van der Waals (vdW) mixing
rule and the Mathias–Klotz–Prausnitz (MKP) mixing rule
were used to correlate the obtained experimental data, respectively.
The correlation effects of different models were compared through
the absolute average relative deviations between the experimental
and calculated values of the molar fraction of CO2 in the
vapor phase and system pressure. The results show that the average
absolute relative deviations between the experimental and the calculated
values for all models were less than 3.2%, which indicates the calculated
values have a good correlation with the experimental values. Among
them, the MKP mixing rule has better correlation effects of the CO2 + ketone systems than the vdW mixing rule. In addition, acetone
has the best absorption capacity for CO2, followed by butanone,
2-pentanone, and 3-pentanone at the same experimental temperature
and pressure. Overall, this study provides important basic thermodynamic
data to design and develop cleaner and more sustainable syngas purification
processes.