Measurement and correlation of isobaric vapour-liquid equilibria for binary systems of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane with 1-butanol and isobutanol at 101.33 kPa

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Highlights

  • The VLE of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane binary systems were reported.

  • Saturated vapor pressure data of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane were reported.

  • The VLE data provide a reference for separating 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane.

Abstract

Isobaric vapour-liquid equilibria (VLE) experimental results for binary systems of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane with 1-butanol and isobutanol at 101.33 kPa were determined. Each binary mixture shows a minimum boiling azeotrope at 101.33 kPa, in which the azeotropic temperature and composition are 381.19 K and 26.72 mol% (1-butanol) and 377.55 K and 53.34 mol% (isobutanol), respectively. The VLE measurements were correlated by the van Laar, Wilson and NRTL models for which the binary interaction parameters are reported. The results show that the measurements of two binary systems provide a good agreement with the calculated values acquired by the Wilson and NRTL models, respectively. The thermodynamic consistency of the VLE measurements was checked using the traditional area test and the direct test methods.

Introduction

1-(Methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane is a type of oxygenated compound which can be synthesized from formaldehyde, isobutanol and methanol. The compound serves as a diesel oil additive, can reduce soot formation and increase the combustion efficiency during combustion [1], [2], [3]. However, before developing the separation technology of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane, these vapour-liquid equilibra (VLE) and the azeotropic state with alcohols (as the raw material) mixture remain unclarified. The data of VLE and the azeotropic state are always required for engineering use such as in design of distillation process. Here, we measured the isobaric VLE measurements about binary mixtures composed of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane with 1-butanol and isobutanol at 101.33 kPa and the vapour pressure measurements of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane in this study to provide a reference for the development of distillation technology in the process of purifying the 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane.

In addition, the thermodynamic consistency for the VLE measurements was checked using traditional area test and direct test methods. The VLE measurements have been compared with the result correlated by the van Laar [4], Wilson [5] and NRTL [6] models.

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Chemicals, sample and analysis method

Methanol and isobutanol were supplied with the help of Sinopharm Chemical Reagent. The 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane (molecular structure in Fig. 1) was prepared using methanol, isobutanol and formaldehyde [7] and purified by the complicated separation technology.

The purified process of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane is similar to the methods of 1-(ethoxymethoxy)-propane that had been described in our previous paper [8]. Because methanol is excessive in the synthesis process,

Experimental results

The isobaric VLE measurements for two binary mixtures composed of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane with 1-butanol and isobutanol at 101.33 kPa are listed in Table 3. The measurements of vapour pressure for pure component 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane and 1-butanol compared to these literature values [20], [21], [22], [23] are listed in Table 4. The graphical comparison for these experimental and literature data for vapour pressure of 1-butanol are depicted in Fig. 4.

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Conclusions

In this work, the VLE measurements for two binary mixtures composed of 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane with 1-butanol and isobutanol at 101.33 kPa were obtained and the saturated vapour pressure of pure component 1-(methoxymethoxy)-2-methyl-propane was measured by a dynamic modified Rose still. The txy diagram for every binary mixture studied shows a minimum boiling azeotrope at 101.33 kPa, respectively. The azeotropic state occurs at 381.19 K and 26.72 mol% (1-butanol) for the

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Project of Natural Science Research of Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (No. 15KJD530001) and the Taizhou University Research project (No. TZXY2015QDXM025).

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