Vapor–liquid
equilibrium (VLE) data were reported for the
ternary system water + 1-propanol + glycerol at 100 kPa. The NRTL
equation was used for the modeling of ternary VLE. Binary parameters
of water + glycerol were fixed as the same for water + ethanol + glycerol
and were taken from the literature. The ternary VLE data, together
with literature results of binary VLE data and infinite dilution activity
coefficients for water +1-propanol, were used for the modeling. To
extend the glycerol composition range and the temperature range, infinite
dilution activity coefficients of 1-propanol in glycerol were measured
in a temperature range of 313.15 to 393.15 K, and were used in the
modeling. The correlation provided good agreement for all the source
data. It is shown that the infinite dilution activity coefficients
provide key information for reliable correlation in a wide composition
range. With the addition of glycerol, the azeotrope of water + 1-propanol
can be removed at a glycerol mole fraction of 0.398, indicating that
glycerol is a potentially effective entrainer for the dehydration
of 1-propanol by extractive distillation. Comparisons were presented
for the effect of glycerol on aqueous mixtures of ethanol, 2-propanol,
and 1-propanol.