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Feasibility of bio-based lactate esters as extractant for biobutanol recovery: (Liquid + liquid) equilibria

Zheng, S.[Shaohua], Cheng, H.[Hongye], Chen, L.[Lifang], Qi, Z.[Zhiwen]
J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2016, 93, 127-131
ABSTRACT
As bio-based solvents, lactate esters can be used as extractant for removing 1-butanol from the aqueous fermentation broths. In order to evaluate the separation efficiency of butyl lactate and 2-ethylhexyl lactate for the extraction of 1-butanol from its mixture with water, the (liquid + liquid) equilibrium for the ternary systems {water (1) + 1-butanol (2) + lactate ester (3)} were measured at T = 298.15 K. The 1-butanol partition coefficient varied in the range of 4.46 to 10.29, and the solvent selectivity within 32.12 to 108.18. For the separation of low-concentration butanol from fermentation broths, butyl lactate exhibits higher partition coefficient and lower selectivity than 2-ethylhexyl lactate. The NRTL model was employed to correlate the experimental data, and the COSMO-RS theory was utilized to predict the (liquid + liquid) equilibria and to analyze the influence of lactate esters on extraction efficiency.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C4H10O butan-1-ol
2 C7H14O3 butyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
3 C11H22O3 2-ethylhexyl lactate
4 H2O water
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
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 2
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Mass fraction - 1 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Mass fraction - 1; Liquid mixture 2
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Chromatography
  • Chromatography
  • Chromatography
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 3
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 2
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Mass fraction - 1 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Mass fraction - 1; Liquid mixture 2
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Chromatography
  • Chromatography
  • Chromatography
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 2
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 2
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Chromatography
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 2
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Chromatography
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 2
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Chromatography
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Chromatography
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 3
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 2
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Chromatography
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 3
  • 4
  • Mass fraction - 4 ; Liquid mixture 1
  • Temperature, K; Liquid mixture 2
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid mixture 2
  • Liquid mixture 1
  • Liquid mixture 2
  • Chromatography
  • 1