Abstract

The present work is aimed at intensifying the recovery of formic acid from aqueous solution (industrial waste stream, bio-oil generated stream, and fermentation broth) using reactive extraction. Six different diluents (decane, benzene, decan-1-ol, decane (w = 0.725) +decan-1-ol (w = 0.275), MIBK, and chloroform) with and without N, N-dioctyloctan-1-amine (TOA, as an extractant) were used. The maximum extraction efficiency, KD,max, is found to be 29.11 with TOA in chloroform at 298 K. Differential evolution optimization technique was employed to estimate stoichiometry of reaction (m and n), overall (KE), and individual (K11, K21, K31, and K12) equilibrium constants through a proposed mathematical model. The effect of diluent on KD was quantified by the LSER model using solvatochromic parameters of diluent. The effect of temperature (298 to 343 K) on KD was also studied. The values of ΔH and ΔS of reactive extraction were calculated as −96.64 kJ · mol−1 and −263.583 J · mol−1 · K−1, respectively.

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