LaSPE
Laboratory of Separation and Purification Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil
November, 2019
Liquid-liquid equilibrium for (water + 5-hydroxymethylfurfural + 1-pentanol/1-hexanol/1-heptanol) systems at 298.15 K
Abstract
Liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) data for {water + 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) + 1-pentanol/1-hexanol/1-heptanol} ternary systems was measured at 298.15 K and 0.1 MPa. The solute selectivity and the capacity of alcohols were evaluated and the results showed that 1-pentanol has better performance than 1-hexanol and 1-heptanol for HMF recovery from aqueous solutions. The NRTL and UNIQUAC models were used to correlate the liquid-liquid experimental values and the binary interaction parameters obtained were thermodynamically consistent. The root-mean-square deviations (RMSD) between the experimental data measured and the calculated by the NRTL and UNIQUAC models were less than 0.69% for all systems.
July, 2019
Excess volumes and partial molar volumes of binary liquid mixtures of furfural or 2–methylfuran with alcohols at 298.15 K
Abstract
In this work, densities, excess molar volumes, partial molar volumes and excess partial molar volumes for binary liquid mixtures of furfural and 2–methylfuran with 1–propanol or 2–propanol or 2–butanol or 1–pentanol or 2–pentanol or 1–hexanol at 298.15 K and 0.1 MPa over the entire range of composition were determined. Excess molar volumes were correlated with Redlich–Kister equation with average absolute deviations smaller than 0.0164. Excess molar volumes were negative for furfural + 1–propanol or 2–propanol and positive for all other studied binary systems. Solute partial molar volumes determined increase as alcohol carbon chain length increase, except for furfural + 2–pentanol, which presented smaller values than 2–butanol for molar fractions below 0.2. A maximum/minimum was observed from the excess partial molar volume plots. FTIR spectra data indicate bands at 3135 cm−1, for furfural systems, and 3122 cm−1 for 2–methylfuran systems, are related to the behavior found for excess molar volumes and that H–bonds are smaller for furfural systems than for 2–methylfuran.