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creators_name: Gonfa, G.
creators_name: Azmi Bustam, M.
creators_name: Murugesan, T.
creators_name: Man, Z.
creators_name: Abdul Mutalib, M.I.
title: Thiocyanate based task-specific ionic liquids for separation of benzene and cyclohexane
ispublished: pub
keywords: Benzene; Cyclohexane; Distillation; Ionic liquids; Liquids; Separation, Azeotropic mixture; Distillation process; Petrochemical industry; Relative volatility; Separation performance; Structural variations; Task-specific ionic liquids; Vapour liquid equilibria, Benzene refining
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abstract: Separation of benzene and cyclohexane is one of the most important processes in the petrochemical industry. However, due to their close boiling points and azeotrope formation, it is difficult to separate cyclohexane and benzene by conventional distillation processes. In this work, five thiocynate-based ionic liquids were investigated as solvent for separation of benzene and cyclohexane using extractvie distillation. The separation performances of the ionic liquids were evaluated in terms of their selectivity for benzene and relative volatility of the components the presence of the ionic liquids. The relative volatility and selectivity values were obtained from the experimental vapour-liquid equilibrium measured using head space gas chromatography.The effect of the structural variations of the ionic liquids on the separation performance was explained by COSMO-RS model. The result shows the ionic liquids studied can break the azeotropic mixture and increase the relative volatility of the cyclohexane to benzene. Copyright © 2013, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
date: 2013
publisher: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84879208993&doi=10.3303%2fCET1332324&partnerID=40&md5=3ea5d824e611afd9dd7f1d120c058a07
id_number: 10.3303/CET1332324
full_text_status: none
publication: Chemical Engineering Transactions
volume: 32
pagerange: 1939-1944
refereed: TRUE
issn: 22839216
citation:   Gonfa, G. and Azmi Bustam, M. and Murugesan, T. and Man, Z. and Abdul Mutalib, M.I.  (2013) Thiocyanate based task-specific ionic liquids for separation of benzene and cyclohexane.  Chemical Engineering Transactions, 32.  pp. 1939-1944.  ISSN 22839216