Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.64, No.7, 3008-3017, 2019
Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for Systems of Ethanol plus Octanol plus Nonanol plus Dodecane plus Tridecane plus Water at Different Temperatures under Atmospheric Pressure
In this work, the suitability or potential of ethanol aqueous solutions as a solvent for the extraction of alcohols from alcohol alkane mixtures was studied. Experimental liquid liquid equilibria (LLE) data of four quaternary systems {ethanol (1) + octanol (2) + dodecane (4) + water (6)}, {ethanol (1) + octanol (2) + tridecane (5) + water (6)}, {ethanol (1) + nonanol (3) + dodecane (4) + water (6)}, and {ethanol (1) + nonanol (3) + tridecane (5) + water (6)) were determined at T of 293.15, 298.15, and 303.15 K under atmospheric pressure. The nonrandom two-liquid model model was used to correlate binary interaction parameters. The parameters obtained from quaternary systems were used to predict six-component system LLE data. The predicted LLE data were in good agreement with the experimental data. The results showed that 75 wt % ethanol aqueous solution was suitable for separating octanol and nonanol from octanol + nonanol + dodecane + tridecane mixture and that 298.15 K was the suitable temperature.