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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2021.106403
Keywords
Ionic liquids; Cyclohexane/cyclohexene separation; Vapour-liquid equilibria; Homogeneous extractive distillation; NRTL model
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- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (MICINN) [CTQ2017-85340-R]
- MINECO [BES-2015-072855]
- MICINN [PRE2018-083728, PRE2018-083389]
- Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid [P2018/EMT4348]
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This study analyzed the suitability of four ionic liquids for separating cyclohexane and cyclohexene mixtures, with tetrathiocyanatocobaltate-based ionic liquids showing the highest relative volatilities and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-based ionic liquids being the most promising in terms of viscosity and thermal stability. The Non-Random Two Liquids (NRTL) model accurately described the experimental vapor-liquid equilibria data for the systems studied.
In this work, the suitability of two tetrathiocyanatocobaltate-based ionic liquids, namely bis(1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium) tetrathiocyanatocobaltate ([emim]2[Co(SCN)(4)]) and bis(1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) tetrathiocyanatocobaltate ([bmim](2)[Co(SCN)(4)]), and two bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-based ionic liquids, namely 1-ethyl-4-methylpyridinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([4empy][Tf2N]) and 1-butyl-4-methylpyridinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([4bmpy][Tf2N]), as mass separating agents to separate cyclohexane and cyclohexene mixtures by homogeneous extractive distillation was analysed. Isothermal vapour-liquid equilibria (VLE) for the binary systems {cyclohexane or cyclohexene + ionic liquid} and the ternary systems {cyclohexane + cyclohexene + ionic liquid} were determined at 323.2, 363.2 and 403.2 K by headspace-gas chromatography (HS-GC). All the ternary systems were studied with a solvent-to-feed ratio on mass basis of 10. In addition, solvent-to-feed ratios on mass basis of 8 and 6 were evaluated for the ternary systems containing [Tf2N]-based ionic liquids. The Non-Random Two Liquids (NRTL) model was used to describe the experimental VLE data accurately. The values of cyclohexane/cyclohexene relative volatilities provided by the four ionic liquids enhanced those obtained with conventional mass agents such as ethylene glycol. The highest relative volatilities were obtained with the [Co(SCN)(4)]-based ionic liquids. However, taking into account the viscosity and thermal stability of the four ionic liquids studied here, the [4empy][Tf2N] was considered the most promising alternative from an extractive distillation approach. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
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