Two component phase equilibria for the 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol and 1-methoxy-2-methyl-2-propanol in supercritical carbon dioxide

Abstract

Two component mixtures, 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol (MMB)+carbon dioxide and 1-methoxy-2-methyl-2-propanol (MMP)+carbon dioxide, were investigated at 313.2, 333.2, 353.2, 373.2 and 393.2 K and at 4.29 to 20.95 MPa to get phase equilibrium data. The phase separation of vapor+liquid behavior for the MMB and MMP plays a momentous function as the organic solvent in a diversity of industrial processes. The two MMB+carbon dioxide and MMP+carbon dioxide components have mixture critical curves that have maxima in the p-T plot between the Tc (critical temperatures) of MMB and carbon dioxide or MMP and carbon dioxide. The two component systems of MMB+ carbon dioxide and MMP+carbon dioxide mixture display type-I in simplest behavior. The measured results for the two component mixtures, MMB+carbon dioxide and MMP+carbon dioxide, are modelled with a general cubic equation of state, the Peng-Robinson, containing the kij, ηij adjustable factor.