Evaluation of VLEs for Binaries of Five Compounds Involved in the Production Processes of Cyclohexanone

In an attempt to evaluate the separation of certain impurities that arise in some stages of the production of cyclohexanone, this work analyzed the possibility of removing five of these substances via rectification. Due to the scarcity of experimental vapor-liquid equilibrium data for most of the solutions in the effluent of the global process, prior knowledge of their behavior is required. In this work, two predictive models, UNIFAC and COSMO-RS, were used to determine a priori the possibility of obtaining, by distillation, the individual components of seven of the binaries formed by the combination of these five compounds. Since both procedures described quasi-ideal behavior for all the chosen solutions, the results are considered as an approximation, owing to the special nature of the studied systems. The results and characteristics of each system are discussed separately.

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This study analyzed the separation of impurities in the production of cyclohexanone and used predictive models, UNIFAC and COSMO-RS, to determine the possibility of removing these substances. Due to the lack of experimental data, these models were used to predict the behavior of the substances. The results, considered as an approximation, are discussed separately for each system.