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Separation of methanol + dimethyl carbonate azeotropic mixture using ionic liquids as entrainers

Zhang, Z.[Zhigang], Xu, H.[Honghong], Zhang, Q.[Qinqin], Zhang, A.[Aidi], Li, Y.[Yue], Li, W.[Wenxiu]
Fluid Phase Equilib. 2017, 435, 98-103
ABSTRACT
Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data of methanol + dimethyl carbonate, methanol + dimethyl carbonate + 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bromide ([EMIM][Br]) and methanol + dimethyl carbonate + 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride ([BMIM][Cl]) were measured by a modified Othmer still at 101.3 kPa. The two investigated ionic liquids produced significant effects on the separation of the methanol and dimethyl carbonate azeotropic system. The relative volatility of dimethyl carbonate to methanol was enhanced with the addition of ionic liquid. The two ionic liquids could both eliminate the azeotropic point as their concentration increased to a certain value, but [BMIM][Cl] showed a greater separation effect on methanol and dimethyl carbonate azeotropic system than [EMIM][Br]. Furthermore, the measured data were well correlated with the nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL) model.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 CH4O methanol
2 C3H6O3 dimethyl carbonate
3 C6H11BrN2 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide
4 C8H15ClN2 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 2
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Chromatography
  • 14
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 2
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Gas
  • Temperature, K; Gas
  • Mole fraction - 1; Liquid
  • Gas
  • Liquid
  • Chromatography
  • 14
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Mole fraction - 3; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Chromatography
  • 37
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Gas
  • Temperature, K; Gas
  • Mole fraction - 1; Liquid
  • Mole fraction - 3; Liquid
  • Gas
  • Liquid
  • Chromatography
  • 37
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Mole fraction - 4; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Chromatography
  • 34
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Gas
  • Temperature, K; Gas
  • Mole fraction - 1; Liquid
  • Mole fraction - 4; Liquid
  • Gas
  • Liquid
  • Chromatography
  • 34