Isobaric Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium for Binary and Ternary Systems of tert-Butanol + tert-Butyl Acetate + Chlorobenzene at 101.33 kPa

Abstract

Isobaric vapor–liquid equilibria of tert-butanol + chlorobenzene and tert-butyl acetate + chlorobenzene binary systems and the tert-butanol + tert-butyl acetate + chlorobenzene ternary system at 101.33 kPa were measured using a circulation VLE still. The data of binary systems passed the thermodynamic consistency test of the Herington method and the Van Ness point test, and the experimental data of the ternary system also passed the Wisniak consistency test. These binary systems’ VLE data were fitted by the Wilson, nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL), and universal quasichemical (UNIQUAC) activity coefficient models with minor deviations. Furthermore, the obtained binary interaction parameters from the binary systems were used to predict the VLE behavior of the tert-butanol + tert-butyl acetate + chlorobenzene ternary system. The rmsd of vapor and the temperature between the experimental and predicted values for the ternary system were smaller than 0.0304 and 0.81K, respectively. The results indicated that the relative volatility between tert-butanol and tert-butyl acetate obviously increased when adding chlorobenzene as a solvent. Thus, chlorobenzene is a promising solvent for the separation of the tert-butanol and tert-butyl acetate mixture system by extractive distillation.