Carbonate
esters and esters were commonly used as solvents, reaction
carrier, and additives in organic synthesis, the pharmaceutical industry,
and processing industries. Vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data
are vital to the separation process or process simulation for separating
solvents. Therefore, it is necessary to enrich a VLE database for
carbonate esters and esters. In this study, isobaric VLE data for
three systems of isopropyl acetate + diethyl carbonate (DEC), sec-butyl acetate + DEC, and DEC + isoamyl acetate at 101.3
kPa were determined for enriching the group interaction parameters
for carbonate esters. Meanwhile, the thermodynamic consistencies of
the VLE data were tested using the Van Ness method modified by Fredenslund
et al. The Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC models were used and found to
have good consistency for all binary systems between the experimental
and simulated data. At the same time, the VLE data were correlated
by the UNIFAC-DMD model to supplement the group parameters for carbonate
esters. The average absolute deviation (AAD) of the temperature of
the activity coefficient model and the UNIFAC-DMD model is not less
than 0.16 K, and the AAD of the vapor phase mole fraction is not less
than 0.0016. In addition, azeotropy did not occur in all binary systems.