Capacity ratios and diffusion coefficients of low-volatile organic compounds in supercritical carbon dioxide from supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC)

Capacity ratios k have been determined for phenyl myristate, phenyl palmitate and phenyl stearate from supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) at 35 to 56°C and 85 to 190 bar using supercritical CO₂ as mobile phase and Perisorb A and Perisorb RP8 as stationary phases. For the esters used a rise in pressure from 90 to 190 bar produces a drop of k by about two orders of magnitude giving evidence of the rapidly increasing solvent power of supercritical CO₂ with increasing density. At a constant CO₂ density, k decreases with increasing temperature. The separation of the esters was found to be the better the lower the pressure was.

An apparatus for the chromatographic determination of binary diffusion coefficients in supercritical gases is described. D₁₂ values for some organic compounds in carbon dioxide at 40°C and in the pressure range from 80 to 160 bar are presented. With an improved electronic flow regulator an overall precision of the D₁₂ values of ±3% is obtained.     

Water-organic solvent systems in countercurrent chromatography: Liquid stationary phase retention and solvent polarity

Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is a separation technique in which the stationary phase is a liquid. The liquid stationary phase retention is a critical problem in CCC. The retention of 18 organic solvents in a hydrodynamic CCC apparatus was measured with an aqueous mobile phase, the centrifuge spin rate and the mobile phase flow rate being constant, 800 rpm and 2 ml/min, respectively. Conversely, water retention was measured when the 18 solvents were the mobile phases. A direct relationship between the liquid stationary phase retention and the phase density difference was found. The liquid phase density difference is the most important parameter for stationary phase retention in a hydrodynamic CCC apparatus with coiled tubes. The chromatographic retention of formanilide was measured in biphasic systems and expressed as the formanilide partition coefficient. It is shown that the partition coefficient correlates with the Reichardt polarity index of the organic solvent when the liquid stationary phase retention volume does not.     

Application of packed column supercritical fluid chromatography to the simultaneous determination of seven anticonvulsant drugs

Studies of speed, resolution, and selectivity have shown that packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (PCSFC) is a viable technique for the isocratic, isothermal and isobaric separation of seven anticonvulsants, viz., phenobarbitone, phenytoin sodium, phethenylate sodium, nitrazepam, clonazepam, carbamazepine, and primidone, and their simultaneous estimation. The drugs were eluted from a JASCO, RP-C₁₈ (250×4.6 mm) 10 μ packed column with a binary mobile phase of carbon dioxide and methanol, using ibuprofen as the internal standard. The effect of pressure, temperature, modifier concentration, and the rate of flow of CO₂ on retention and selectivity of all the analytes were studied and the parameters optimised. Without methanol in the mobile phase none of the solutes eluted. Changing modifier concentration was the most effective physical parameter for changing retention and selectivity. The analytes were detected using a UV detector at 215 nm. An arbitrary mixture of eight components was baseline resolved in 7 min. The study includes a successful attempt at quantification of the drugs. Chromatographic and analytical figures of merit have been listed. The present work holds promise for a possible replacement of HPLC with SFC for the separation and assay of drugs of different families.     

Separation of CO_2–N_2 using zeolite NaKA with high selectivity

The adsorption method based on solid adsorbents is one of feasible ways to capture and store CO_2. Using the ion exchange method, different zeolites Na KA varying in K+content were produced. The adsorption isotherms and kinetic uptakes were measured. The experimental results show that the optimal NaKA could adsorb significant quantities of CO_2 and little N_2. On the zeolite Na KA with 14.7 at.% K+, the adsorption capacity for pure CO_2 is over 3.10 mmol g~(-1) and the CO_2–N_2 selectivity is about 149 at ambient pressure and temperature. The kinetic CO_2–N_2 selectivity could also achieved 200 within 3 min according to the uptake data. To demonstrate the separation effectiveness, breakthrough curves of pure components and binary mixtures were investigated experimentally and theoretically in a fixed bed. It is found that the breakthrough points of CO_2 and N_2 are almost at the same time under the atmospheric pressure at 348 K with the raw gas composition CO_2/N_2(20:80, v/v). If the pressure has been increased higher than 0.1 MPa, CO_2 would break through the bed much slower than N_2. Therefore, the pressure may become the limiting factor for the separation performance of zeolites NaKA.     

增压O_2/CO_2气氛下煤燃烧特性实验研究

增压O2/CO2燃烧是一种可高效分离回收CO2的新兴燃烧技术,其燃烧机理与常压空气、常压O2/CO2燃烧存在较大差异。在加压热重分析仪上研究了增压条件下总压、氧浓度、气氛及粒径等反应参数对美国烟煤和淮北无烟煤燃烧特性的影响,确定了煤的着火温度,并对其进行燃烧动力学分析。结果表明,增压O2/CO2气氛下,随着压力或氧浓度的增加,DTG曲线向低温区移动,煤样整体燃烧速率加快。压力提升、氧浓度增加及煤粉细化均可改善O2/CO2气氛下煤样的着火特性。常压O2/CO2气氛下煤粉燃烧基本属于一级反应;增压O2/CO2气氛下,低温区属于0.5级反应,而高温区属于1.5级反应。     

Phase equilibria of the ternary system vinyl acetate/(R,S)-1-phenylethanol/carbon dioxide at high pressure conditions

Phase equilibrium measurements, correlations and predictions are presented for the binary systems (R,S)-1-phenylethanol/CO₂ and vinyl acetate/CO₂ and for the ternary system vinyl acetate/(R,S)-1-phenylethanol/CO₂. Experiments for the ternary system were performed in the temperature range of 323–343 K and in the pressure range of 7–12 MPa, using a high pressure phase equilibrium apparatus with a high pressure visual variable volume cell. Phase compositions were determined by taking samples of each phase and analysing them by gas chromatography. Equilibrium data were correlated with the Peng–Robinson equation of state combined with the Mathias–Klotz–Prausnitz mixing rule. A good correlation of both phases behaviour was obtained with an average absolute deviation (AAD) of 6.80%. Predictions for the binary sub-systems and for the ternary system were performed using the Peng–Robinson and the Soave–Redlich–Kwong equation of state, with the predictive mixing rule MHV1.     

基于多酯头基的“油-二氧化碳两亲分子”设计及其助混规律

Miscibility between oil and supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂) phases has attracted significant attention in the field of oil recovery because it can be utilized in miscible gas displacement of oil, achieving nearly 100% recovery efficiency. The high recovery efficiency of miscible CO₂ flooding originates from the valuable heavy components of oil and CO₂ gas phase forming a homogenous phase with high mobility in the oil-scCO₂ miscible system. However, the high pressure required for oil-scCO₂ miscibility is a nontrivial obstacle for practical applications of scCO₂ flooding recovery. Therefore, it is important to develop assist-miscible agents to lower the necessary miscibility pressure. In oil and water systems, well-developed amphiphiles (such as surfactants) have shown great promise for reducing the interfacial tension and maintaining the stability of the emulsion system. Therefore, "oil-CO₂ amphiphiles" that can assist the miscibility between oil and scCO₂ have been proposed. Among potential oil-scCO₂ amphiphiles, a series of polyester-based oil-CO₂ amphiphiles with esters as the CO₂-philic groups and long carbon chains as the oil-philic groups were prepared. The polyester-based oil-CO₂ amphiphiles, acting as assist-miscible agents, showed great ability to lower the needed miscibility pressure. A visualized miscible method was used to examine the efficiency of the assist-miscible agents with white oil and kerosene as the oil phase. The height of the oil phase inside the chamber was measured through a glass window to monitor the miscibility with increasing CO₂ pressure. When the height of the oil reached the top of chamber, the oil filled the entire space, indicating miscibility. Using this method, the following conclusions could be drawn: First, amphiphiles with more ester groups exhibited stronger CO₂-philicity, providing stronger ability to dissolve carbon dioxide. Second, amphiphiles with hydrocarbon chain lengths of 16 carbons exhibited the optimal assist-miscible efficiency. Third, greater differences between the oil and scCO₂ phase showed more obvious differentiation among amphiphiles, showing the leveling and differentiating effect of oil. The temperature range of 50–80 ℃ did not influence the assist-miscible efficiency of the polyester-based amphiphiles. The best miscibility-assisting performance was obtained with CAA8-X, which contains eight ester groups and a palmitic acid chain. CAA8-X at a concentration of 1% (w, mass fraction) lowered the miscibility pressure in the white oil-scCO₂ system by 16.04%. Amphiphiles with polyether (PEO) groups also showed excellent assist-miscible efficiency. The findings presented herein extend the concept of "amphiphilicity" from oil-water phases to oil-scCO₂ phases and have the potential to guide future studies regarding scCO₂ flooding in actual CO₂ flooding oil recovery. Moreover, for other two-phase systems, according to the general amphipathic law and particular system parameters, it should be possible to design the optimal "amphiphiles".     

CO2在非质子溶剂与铁基离子液体复合体系中的吸收

选用非质子型有机溶剂聚乙二醇二甲醚(NHD)与N, N-二甲基乙酰胺(DMAC), 分别与BmimFeCl₄复配, 构建了BmimFeCl₄/NHD和BmimFeCl₄/DMAC复合铁基离子液体体系. 考察了温度、 BmimFeCl₄/溶剂的质量 比以及压力对CO₂在复合铁基离子液体体系中溶解行为的影响. 结果表明, 高压低温的吸收条件更利于CO₂ 的溶解, 当BmimFeCl₄/DMAC质量比为7∶3时, CO₂在BmimFeCl₄/DMAC复合体系中的亨利系数为0.9181 MPa·L·mol^-1, 低于同等条件下BmimFeCl₄/NHD体系的亨利系数. 在常压、 363.2 K条件下进行再生, 经5次循环后, CO₂在BmimFeCl₄/NHD和BmimFeCl₄/DMAC中的溶解度分别为初次吸收量的92.53%和99.04%. 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)结果表明, 铁基离子液体复配体系吸收CO₂为物理吸收过程. 密度泛函理论(DFT)计算与IRI分析的结果表明, 在复配DMAC的体系中, CO₂更倾向与阳离子和溶剂分子作用, 而在复配NHD的体系中, CO₂则更容易与阴离子和溶剂分子作用.     

新型类沸石金属-有机骨架材料用于天然气中CO2的分离

研究了在usf型类沸石金属-有机骨架材料(usf-ZMOF)中不同金属离子(Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Al³⁺)对天然气分离(以CO₂/CH₄, CO₂/H₂, CO₂/N₂为研究对象)的不同影响. 结果表明, 此类材料对于3种体系的分离选择性均高于现有材料. 其中性能最好的是Al-usf-ZMOF, 其对CO₂/CH₄, CO₂/N₂和CO₂/H₂的分离选择性分别为290, 1700和16800. 同时, 对于经不同的离子交换后的usf-ZMOF, 吸附选择性随着离子电荷值的增加而增大; 对于同一主族的离子, 选择性随着原子序数的增加而减小. 而上述现象的产生是由阳离子和CO₂间的强静电作用所致.     

Systematic investigation of the effects of temperature and pressure on gas transport through polyurethane/poly(methylmethacrylate) phase-separated blends

Polyurethane (PU) and polyurethane–poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) blend membranes were used in gas separation studies. The effects of blend composition, temperature, and pressure on the permeability, diffusivity, and solubility of CO₂, H₂, O₂, CH₄, and N₂ were investigated. The separation factors of some gas pairs were also evaluated. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy was applied to assess free volume changes as a function of blend composition and temperature. Free volume size increases by approximately 30% with increasing temperature from 10 to 40 °C for all blends studied. The permeability of all gases decreases by approximately 55% with the addition of 30 wt% of PMMA. The permeation process is governed by diffusion, except that of CO₂. In relation to the behavior of gas transport as a function of temperature, some important observations are (i) CO₂ presents the lowest permeation activation energy value (28 kJ/mol), and (ii) gas pair selectivity increases at low temperatures and is high for gas pairs that present differences in permeation activation energies as high as 15 kJ/mol for the CO₂/CH₄ gas pair. Furthermore, the study with pressure variations shows that: (i) at elevated pressure, the PU and the blend membrane permeability to CO₂ and H₂ increases by approximately 35%, and (ii) oxygen-to-nitrogen selectivity increases with pressure as a consequence of the decrease in the permeability to nitrogen in the case of the 30%-PMMA blend.     

Dual-mode high-speed counter-current chromatography: retention, resolution and examples

Counter-current chromatography (CCC) is a very versatile technique offering high resolution power in recovering very pure compounds from complex matrices. Dual-mode CCC where the phase role is reversed during the separation is investigated here; it ensures elution of all the injected species from the column while, unlike backflush, the separation is still progressing after phase reversal; equations giving retention and retention factor are derived from the basic equations of chromatography. Compared to normal-mode CCC, it is shown that enhanced resolution in dual-mode CCC can be obtained in conditions derived from a theoretical model. The experimental section provides the validation of the retention prediction while resolution is also proven to be enhanced in dual-mode CCC. However, equations given in the theoretical section cannot fully explain the results obtained for resolution because they do not deal with kinetics. Dual-mode CCC has also been applied to separation of polyoxypropylene glycol polymers; separation can be achieved with a small number of experiments because all the injected compounds are eluted by reversing the phases. Dual-mode CCC also gave improved yields in the purification of antibiotics compared with previous results using normal-mode CCC.     

Improved partition efficiency with threaded cylindrical column in vortex counter-current chromatography

Type-I coil planet centrifuge produces a uniformly circulating centrifugal force field to produce vortex motion of two immiscible solvent phases in a cylindrical cavity of the separation column to perform efficient countercurrent chromatography. The partition efficiency obtained from the original vortex column was substantially improved by threading the cylindrical cavity to increase the area of mass transfer between the two phases. Partition efficiency of the threaded column was evaluated by three different two-phase solvent systems with a broad range of hydrophobicity each with a set of suitable test samples. Overall results of the present studies indicated that the threaded cylindrical column substantially improves the partition efficiency in terms of theoretical plate number, peak resolution, and height equivalent of one theoretical plate. The results also indicated that higher peak resolution is produced by eluting either the upper phase in the head to tail direction or the lower phase in the reversed direction. When there is a choice in the mobile phase, a better separation is achieved by using the less viscous phase as the mobile phase. Since the present system gives extremely low column pressure, it may be a potential alternative to the conventional type-J HSCCC system for a large-scale preparative separation.     

Determination of liquid-liquid partition coefficients by separation methods

By essence, all kinds of chromatographic methods use the partitioning of solutes between a stationary and a mobile phase to separate them. Not surprisingly, separation methods are useful to determine accurately the liquid-liquid distribution constants, commonly called partition coefficient. After briefly recalling the thermodynamics of the partitioning of solutes between two liquid phases, the review lists the different methods of measurement in which chromatography is involved. The shake-flask method is described. The ease of the HPLC method is pointed out with its drawback: the correlation is very sensitive to congeneric effect. Microemulsion electrokinetic capillary electrophoresis has become a fast and reliable method commonly used in industry. Counter-current chromatography (CCC) is a liquid chromatography method that uses a liquid stationary phase. Since the CCC solute retention volumes are only depending on their partition coefficients, it is the method of choice for partition coefficient determination with any liquid system. It is shown that Ko/w, the octanol-water partition coefficients, are obtained by CCC within the -1 < log Ko/w < 4 range, without any correlation or standardization using octanol as the stationary phase. Examples of applications of the knowledge of liquid-liquid partition coefficient in the vast world of solvent extraction and hydrophobicity estimation are presented.     

Characteristics of a zirconia composite membrane fabricated by a laser firing method

By a method of laser firing, a high zirconia containing (70%) composite membrane on porous ceramic tubing was successfully fabricated. The laser sintered composite membrane was characterized by gas separation/permeation experiments. In the separation experiment of a CO₂---CH₄ gaseous mixture, it was found that the separation factor of CH₄ over CO₂ was 1.15. In the pure gases permeation experiment, it was found that Knudsen diffusion is considered to be predominant in the permeation mechanism for pure gases H₂, He, CH₄, N₂, O₂, and CO₂, and the permeation mechanism of H₂O at lower temperature depends mainly on surface diffusion and on Knudsen diffusion at higher temperature.     

负载碳酸钠煤焦催化气化反应特性研究

基于热重分析仪开展负载碳酸钠神府烟煤/遵义无烟煤煤焦气化实验,并借助扫描电子显微镜和孔结构及比表面积分析仪表征焦样孔结构及表观结构变化,考察了反应温度(650-800℃)、气化剂(水蒸气、二氧化碳)及碳酸钠负载量(钠离子负载量2.2%、4.4%、6.6%,质量分数)对神府烟煤/遵义无烟煤焦样气化反应活性的影响。结果表明,碳酸钠有利于促进神府/遵义煤热解过程孔隙结构的发展。在二氧化碳气氛下,适宜催化剂负载量使神府烟煤反应活性提高,过多负载催化剂堵塞煤焦内部孔隙结构,使得气化反应活性降低,遵义无烟煤反应活性随负载量增加而提高,两者反应活性均随温度升高而提高。在水蒸气气氛下,神府烟煤/遵义无烟煤在一定条件下反应活性随催化剂负载量增大、温度升高而提高。碳酸钠的添加能够在保证气化反应性的前提下降低气化反应温度和活化能。     

Using the liquid nature of the stationary phase. VI. Theoretical study of multi-dual mode countercurrent chromatography

Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is a separation technique using a biphasic liquid system and centrifugal forces to maintain a support-free liquid stationary phase. Either one of the two phases can be the liquid stationary phase. It is even possible to switch the phase role during the separation. The dual-mode method is revisited recalling its theoretical background. The multi-dual mode (MDM) CCC method was introduced to enhance the resolution power of a CCC column. The theoretical study of the MDM method is validated by modeling the separation of two solutes. The basic hypothesis is that the forward step (partial classical elution) is followed by a backward step that returns the less retained solute to the column head. The equations show that the most important parameter to maximize resolution is not the number of MDM steps but the total volume of liquid phases used to elute the solutes. The model is validated calculating correctly the peak position of previously published MDM experiments.     

Effect of temperature on intrinsic permeation properties of 6FDA-Durene/1,3-phenylenediamine (mPDA) copolyimide and fabrication of its hollow fiber membranes for CO2/CH4 separation

We have determined the effect of temperature on intrinsic permeation properties of 6FDA-Durene/1,3-phenylenediamine (mPDA) 50/50 copolyimide dense film and fabricated high performance hollow fiber membranes of the copolyimide for CO₂/CH₄ separation. The hollow fiber membranes were wet-spun from a tertiary solution containing 6FDA-Durene/mPDA (PI), N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) with a weight ratio of 20:50:30 at different shear rates within the spinneret. We observed the following facts: (1) the CO₂/CH₄ selectivity of the copolyimide dense film decreased significantly with an increase in temperature; (2) the performance of as-spun fibers was obviously influenced by the shear rate during spinning. For uncoated fibers, permeances of CH₄ and CO₂ decreased with increasing shear rate, while selectivity of CO₂/CH₄ sharply increased with shear rate until the shear rate reached 2169 s⁻¹ and then the selectivity leveled off; (3) After silicone rubber coating, permeances of CH₄ and CO₂ decreased, the selectivity of CO₂/CH₄ was recovered to the inherent selectivity of its dense film. Both the permeances and selectivity with increasing shear rate followed their same trends as that before the coating; (4) there was an optimal shear rate at which a defect-free fiber with a selectivity of CO₂/CH₄ at 42.9 and permeance of CO₂ at 53.3 GPU could be obtained after the coating; and (5) the pressure durability of the resultant hollow fiber membranes could reach 1000 psia at room temperature.     

基于共价有机框架材料TpPa-NH2-Glu的高效液相色谱固定相用于分离手性化合物

共价有机框架材料（COFs）是一类由多齿有机单元通过共价键连接而成的新兴孔晶体材料。通过合成后修饰所得到的COFs通常具有较高的结晶度与孔隙率,并且在手性拆分、不对称催化与色谱分析等领域具有良好的应用价值。该文用1,3,5-三甲醛间苯三酚与2-硝基-1,4-苯二胺合成TpPa-NO₂,对其还原得到TpPa-NH₂,然后通过合成后修饰策略将D-葡萄糖修饰到该材料上,得到手性材料TpPa-NH₂的D-葡萄糖衍生物（TpPa-NH₂-Glu）。利用“网包法”将其固载在球形硅胶表面用作高效液相色谱固定相并制备了液相色谱柱,分别以正己烷-异丙醇（9∶1, v/v）或甲醇-水（9∶1, v/v）为流动相,流速0.5 mL/min,成功拆分了16种包括多个手性药物的外消旋体和2种苯系位置异构体o,m,p-硝基苯胺和o,m,p-碘苯胺。在甲醇-水（9∶1, v/v）流动相条件下,拆分了5种外消旋体,其中盐酸普萘洛尔、华法林、美托洛尔达到了基线分离;在正己烷-异丙醇（9∶1, v/v）流动相条件下,拆分了11种外消旋体,其中2-溴丙酸乙酯、3-丁炔-2-醇达到了基线分离。此外还探究了温度对TpPa-NH₂-Glu液相色谱柱的影响以及TpPa-NH₂-Glu液相色谱柱的重复性,结果表明,温度对TpPa-NH₂-Glu所制备的高效液相色谱柱影响不大,且TpPa-NH₂-Glu所制备的高效液相色谱柱具有良好的重复性,其相对标准偏差（RSD）分别为1.55%和1.46%。实验结果表明,TpPa-NH₂-Glu对手性化合物有良好的拆分能力。     

Using the liquid nature of the stationary phase in countercurrent chromatography. IV. The cocurrent CCC method

The retention volumes of solutes in countercurrent chromatography (CCC) are directly proportional to their distribution coefficients, K(D) in the biphasic liquid system used as mobile and stationary phase in the CCC column. The cocurrent CCC method consists in putting the liquid "stationary" phase in slow motion in the same direction as the mobile phase. A mixture of five steroid compounds of widely differing polarities was used as a test mixture to evaluate the capabilities of the method with the biphasic liquid system made of water/methanol/ethyl acetate/heptane 6/5/6/5 (v/v) and a 53 mL CCC column of the coil planet centrifuge type. It is shown that the chromatographic resolution obtained in cocurrent CCC is very good because the solute band broadening is minimized as long as the solute is located inside the "stationary" phase. Pushing the method at its limits, it is demonstrated that the five steroids can still be (partly) separated when the flow rate of the two liquid phases is the same (2 mL/min). This is due to the higher volume of upper phase (72% of the column volume) contained inside the CCC column producing a lower linear speed compared to the aqueous lower phase linear speed. The capabilities of the cocurrent CCC method compare well with those of the gradient elution method in HPLC. Continuous detection is a problem due to the fact that two immiscible liquid phases elute from the column. It was partly solved using an evaporative light scattering detector.     

Phase behaviour of thermotropic banana-shaped compounds under pressure

The phase behaviour of two achiral bent core banana-shaped compounds, the hexyloxy (compound I) and decyloxy (compound II) members of the 1,3-phenylene bis[N-(2-hydroxy-4-n-alkoxybenzylidene)-4'-aminobenzoate] series was investigated under hydrostatic pressures up to 300 MPa using high pressure differential thermal analysis and light transmission methods. The reversible transition sequence crystal (Cr₁)-B₁ phase-isotropic liquid (I), observed at room pressure for compound I, remains in the pressure region up to c 70 MPa. At higher pressures a pressure-induced crystalline phase (Cr_i) appears between the Cr₁ and B₁ phases, its temperature region becoming wider with increasing pressure. The temperature vs. pressure phase diagram shows a triple point of 72.9 MPa and 160.3°C for the Cr₁, Cr_i and B₁ phases, indicating the lower limit of pressure for the Cr_i phase. In compound II the reversible transition sequence crystal (Cr₁)-B₂ phase-I is seen over the whole pressure region, and the temperature range of the B₂ phase remains unaltered. It is concluded that both the B₁ and B₂ banana phases are stable over the whole pressure region studied.