Separation of Benzene and Cyclohexane with Mixed Solvent Using Extractive Distillation

Abstract:

Isothermal Vapour-liquid equilibrium for cyclohexane (1) + benzene (2) binary system, cyclohexane (1) + benzene (2) dimethylformamide (3) ternary system and cyclohexane (1) + benzene (2) dimethylformamide (3) + cosolvent (4) quaternary systems were obtained. The effects of cosolvents (diethyl glycol, dimethylsulfoxide, N-methylformamide) on the performance of dimethylformamide in benzene-cyclohexane separation were studied. The result shows the selected cosolvents suppress the effectiveness of dimethylformamide. The result also shows that the ratio of cosolvents to dimethylformamide affects the separation factor.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 625)
• Pages: 578-581
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.625.578
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Bradley Richard, Mohammad Azmi Bustam, Girma Gonfa*
• Keywords: Benzene, Cosolvent, Cyclohexane, Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium

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