Abstract
In the present work, freeze crystallization studies, as a novel concentration method for aqueous 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-enium acetate ([DBNH][OAc]) ionic liquid solution, were conducted. In order to find the appropriate temperature and composition range for freeze crystallization, the solid–liquid equilibrium of a binary [DBNH][OAc]–water compound system was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Results of this analysis showed that the melting temperature of the pure ionic liquid was 58 ℃, whereas the eutectic temperature of the binary compound system was found to be −73 ℃. The activity coefficient of water was determined based on the freezing point depression data obtained in this study. In this study, the lowest freezing point was −1.28 ℃ for the aqueous 6 wt.% [DBNH][OAc] solution. Ice crystal yield and distribution coefficient were obtained for two types of aqueous solutions (3 wt.% and 6 wt.% [DBNH][OAc]), and two freezing times (40 min and 60 min) were used as the main parameters to compare the two melt crystallization methods: static layer freeze and suspension freeze crystallization. Single-step suspension freeze crystallization resulted in higher ice crystal yields and higher ice purities when compared with the single-step static layer freeze crystallization. The distribution coefficient values obtained showed that the impurity ratios in ice and in the initial solution for suspension freeze crystallization were between 0.11 and 0.36, whereas for static layer freeze crystallization these were between 0.28 and 0.46. Consequently, suspension freeze crystallization is a more efficient low-energy separation method than layer freeze crystallization for the aqueous-ionic liquid solutions studied and, therefore, this technique can be applied as a concentration method for aqueous-ionic liquid solutions.
Highlights
Crystallization from melt is one of the separation and concentration techniques used for organic compound solutions [1]
This section describes the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) procedure used for phase diagram construction and outlines the methodologies employed for static layer freeze crystallization, suspension freeze crystallization, and for separation efficiency studies
Mixtures of [DBNH][OAc] and water at differenttransition ratios were analyzed by DSC
Summary
Crystallization from melt is one of the separation and concentration techniques used for organic compound solutions [1]. Even though it has been reported that low-pressure evaporation and distillation [7,8,9]. Can be used as a concentration method in the recycling of ionic liquids from aqueous ionic liquid solutions, the main drawback of such processes is that they are high-energy separation methods due to the high latent heat of evaporation. Melt crystallization is a low-energy separation method that typically uses a low processing temperature close to room temperature. This is an advantage when working with thermally unstable
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