The
paper presents the results of the study of phase equilibrium
in the system containing acetone, isopropanol, water, methyl isobutyl
ketone, methyl isobutyl carbinol, and diisobutyl ketone. Mathematical
modeling in AspenPlus V.10.0 was chosen as a method of studying. Thermodymanic-topological
analysis was used to analyze the structure of the VLE diagram. The
technique of studying the full composition diagram based only on a
two-dimensional scan (determining the presence of a three-dimensional
separatric manifold and distillation regions) was presented and demonstrated
on the example of five components constituent of the mixture. It is
shown that, in some cases, it is sufficient to study the two-dimensional
scan of the phase diagram to predict its internal structure. Two separation
flowsheets based on the use of direct and sharp distillation were
considered, and the operating column parameters corresponding to minimum
energy consumption were determined. The sharp distillation was proved
to be less energy-intensive.