Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.52, No.2, 532-537, 2007
Phase equilibria involved in extractive distillation of dipropyl ether+1-propyl alcohol using N,N-Dimethylformamide as entrainer
Consistent vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the binary and ternary systems dipropyl ether (1) + 1-propyl alcohol (2) + N,N-dimethylformamide (3) are reported at 101.3 kPa. The results indicate that dipropyl ether (1) + N,N-dimethylformamide (3) system exhibits a positive deviation from ideal behavior and that 1-propyl alcohol (2) + N,N-dimethylformamide (3) system deviates negatively from ideality. The activity coefficients of the solutions were correlated by the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC models. It is shown that these models allow a very good prediction of the phase equilibrium of the ternary system using the pertinent parameters of the binary systems. In addition, the Wisniak-Tamir relations were used for correlating bubble-point temperatures.