Morpholine nitrosation to better understand potential solvent based CO₂ capture process reactions.

The amine assisted CO₂ capture process from coal fired power plants strives for the determination of degradation components and its consequences. Among them, nitrosamine formation and their emissions are of particular concern due to their environmental and health effects. The experiments were conducted using morpholine as a representative secondary amine as a potential CO₂ capture solvent with 100 ppm standard NO₂ gas to better understand the nitrosamine reaction pathways under scrubber and stripper conditions.