Document type
Journal articles
Document subtype
Full paper
Title
[C2mim][CH3SO3] – A Suitable New Heat Transfer Fluid? Part 1. Thermophysical and Toxicological Properties
Participants in the publication
F. E. B. Bioucas (Author)
CQE
S. I. C. Vieira (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
M. J. V. Lourenço (Author)
CQE
F. J. V. Santos (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
C. A. Nieto de Castro (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
K. Massonne (Author)
Summary
Ionic liquids have proved to be excellent heat transfer fluids and alternatives to common HTFs used in industry for heat exchangers and other heat transfer equipment. However, its industrial utilization depends on the cost/kg of its production, to be competitive for industrial applications with biphenyl and diphenyl oxide, alkylated aromatics, and dimethyl polysiloxane oils, which degrade above 200 °C and possess some environmental problems. The efficiency as a heat transfer fluid depends on the fundamental thermophysical properties necessary to model convective heat transfer (density, heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and viscosity) and calculate the heat transfer coefficients in given heat exchangers geometries. 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium methanesulfonate [C2mim][CH3SO3] (CAS no. 145022-45-3) (ECOENG 110) is actually produced by BASF, under the trade name of Basionics ST 35, with an assay ≥97% with ≤0.5% water and ≤2% chloride (Cl–). Density, speed of sound, heat capacity, viscosity, electrical, and thermal conductivity of the industrial product, after drying under vacuum, were obtained for the temperature range 283.15–363.15 K, at atmospheric pressure. Values of the thermal properties studied showed an interesting phase behavior below the melting point (303 K), which suggests the existence of second order–disorder transitions (λ-type) before reaching the freezing point. A study was carried out to investigate the toxicity of [C2mim][CH3SO3] in saltwater crustaceous. The lethal concentration was determined with Artemia, and the LC50 was found to be higher than with an organic solvent, such as ethylene glycol.
Date of Publication
2018-06-04
Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
Where published
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 0888-5885
eISSN - 1520-5045
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Number of pages
10
Starting page
8541
Last page
8551
Document Identifiers
URL -
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00723
DOI -
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00723
Rankings
Web Of Science Q1 (2018) - 3.375 - Chemical Engineering
SCIMAGO Q1 (2018) - 0.907 - Chemical Engineering
Web Of Science Q1 (2018) - 3.375 - ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL - SCIE
Keywords
heat capacity
speed of sound
density
ECOENG™ 110
Basionics® ST35
1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium methanesulfonate
viscosity
electrical conductivity
thermal conductivity
heat transfer