Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.22, No.11-12, 1298-1301, 2014
Liquid-Liquid Equilibria of Ternary Systems cis-1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane plus Toluene plus Sulfolane
Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) data for three Ternary Systems comprising cis-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane + toluene + sulfolane were measured at 298.15, 313.15 and 328.15 K under atmospheric pressure. The phase diagrams for the ternary systems were presented. The reliability of the experiment data was tested using the Othmer-Tobias correlation. The LLE data were then correlated with the universal functional activity coefficient for liquid-liquid systems (UNIF-LL) and non-random two liquid using dataset 2 (NRTL/2) activity coefficient models to obtain the binary interaction parameters as programmed by the Aspen Plus simulation. The results showed that the experimental data were satisfactorily represented by both the UNIF-LL and the NRTL/2 models as revealed from the very small values of the root mean square error and the absolute deviation in composition. (C) 2014 The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, and Chemical Industry Press. All rights reserved.