In this study, we measured the liquid–liquid
equilibrium
(LLE) data of the ternary system {water + 2,2-difluoroethanol + solvent
(1-hexanol, 1-heptanol, 1-octanol, and 1-nonanol)} at 303.2 K and
101.3 kPa. The distribution coefficient (D) and separation
factor (S) of the solvent were calculated from the
experimental data to examine the extraction performance of the solvent,
and the results showed that the solvent extraction capacity increased
with the increase in the number of carbon atoms. The NRTL and UNIQUAC
activity coefficient models were applied to correlate the experimental
values and optimize the binary interaction parameters. The reliability
of the binary interaction parameters was verified by a hybrid surface
analysis on the basis of the Gibbs energy topology. The root-mean-square
error (RMSD) values of both models were below 0.01%, which implies
that both models are suitable for correlating the LLE experimental
data of this study. In addition, the interaction forces between the
solvent and {water + 2,2-difluoroethanol} were also analyzed by σ-profile.