Thermodynamics Research Center / ThermoML | Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

ABSTRACT

Isobaric vapor liquid equilibrium for the binary system of tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) + glycerol were obtained at local atmospheric pressure of 95.9 kPa and subatmospheric pressures of 66.6 and 79.9 kPa over the entire composition range using a modified Othmer-type ebulliometer. Wilson and NRTL models were used for correlating the experimental data. The results suggest that the NRTL model represented the experimental data better with lower RMSD and AAD values. Furthermore, at local atmospheric pressure of 95.9 kPa, the densities and refractive indices for the three binary systems TBA + glycerol, TBA + water, and water + glycerol involved in the dehydration of TBA by extractive distillation were measured over the entire composition range from 303.15 to 333.15 K. The volumetric properties in terms of excess molar volume, partial molar volume, and isobaric thermal expansivities as well as molar refractivity were evaluated and analyzed for the three different binary systems. A Redlich Kister polynomial was used to the fit the excess molar volume and deviations in molar refractivity. Different empirical mixing relations were also investigated for predicting the refractive indices of the three binary mixtures and are reported in terms of their average percentage deviation.