Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.182, No.1-2, 177-187, 2001
Vapor-liquid equilibria for methanol plus pentyl acetate, vinyl acetate plus pentyl acetate, and methanol plus isopentyl acetate
Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibria were determined at 101.3 kPa for methanol + pentyl acetate, methanol + isopentyl acetate, and vinyl acetate + pentyl acetate. The thermodynamic consistency of the experimental data was checked by using a modified Dechema test. The activity coefficients were correlated with Margules, van Laar, Wilson, NRTL, and Wilson equations. None of the systems shows azeotropy. Pentyl acetate is a potential extractive distillation entrainer of the azeotropic mixture methanol + vinyl acetate.
Keywords:data;activity coefficient;density;mixtures;vapor-liquid equilibrium;extractive distillation