Liquid–liquid
equilibria (LLE) data provide fundamentals
for the design and simulation of an extraction operation. The objective
of this work is to extract cyclohexanol from aqueous solution using
appropriate solvents. Liquid–liquid extractions for two ternary
systems comprising water + cyclohexanol + solvents (methyl iso-butyl
carbinol, MIBC) as well as methyl iso-butyl ketone, MIBK) were carried
out at 303.15, 323.15 K and 308.15, 318.15 K, respectively. The distribution
coefficient (D) and selectivity value (S) were employed to assess the separation capability of MIBC and MIBK.
The Hand and Bachman empirical equations were both used to ascertain
the consistency of the experimental results. The nonrandom two-liquid
model and the universal quasi-chemical model were applied to fit the
obtained LLE results and yielded corresponding binary interaction
parameters. Moreover, the root-mean-square deviation (rmsd) values
were evaluated for two studied ternary systems, demonstrating both
models can regress the experimental data well.