Liquid–liquid
equilibrium data for a cyclohexane–ethanol–solvent
ternary system were obtained at 303.15 K and 100.3 kPa using 1,4-butanediol,
dimethyl sulfoxide, or N,N-dimethylformamide
as the extractant. Extraction abilities of these solvents in the separation
of ethanol from a mixture containing cyclohexane were determined in
terms of the distribution coefficient and the separation factor derived
from experimental values. The extraction ability of 1,4-butanediol
was higher than those of the other two extractants for the separation
of ethanol from cyclohexane. Moreover, the experimental data were
fitted with the nonrandom two-liquid model, and the binary energy
parameters were calculated accordingly. The divergence between the
measured tie-line data and the calculated results was determined based
on the root-mean-square deviation (RMSD). The highest value of RMSD
was 0.98%, suggesting that the model is suitable for correlating the
experimental values for the cyclohexane–ethanol–solvent
ternary systems.
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