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

ABSTRACT

The vapor liquid equilibria (VLE) data are essential for the design of distillation columns to separate propylene glycols mixtures, obtained via the hydrolysis of 1,2-epoxy propane. In this study there are reported data for four binary systems involved, such as water + propylene glycols. VLE data have been measured in the temperature range (295.15 to 460.15) K and pressure up to 34.529 kPa for the following binary systems: water +1,2-propanediol (monopropylene glycol, MPG), water +1-(2-hydroxypropoxy)propan-2-ol (dipropylene glycol, DPG), water +2-[2-(2-hydroxypropoxy)propoxy]propan-1-ol (tripropylene glycol, TPG), and water +2-(2-[2-(2-hydroxypropoxy)propoxy]propoxy)propan-1-ol (tetrapropylene glycol, TePG). The equipment used was a static apparatus built in our laboratory. The only literature data available for these systems were for the water + MPG binary system. The experimental data obtained were correlated with the NRTL model. The results showed a fairly good agreement between the model and the experimental data with a maximum deviation in composition terms of 3%.