Zhangfa Tong

Entrainer Screening, Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium Measurement, and Extractive Distillation Simulation for the Ethyl Propionate–Ethanol Azeotropic System

Abstract The separation of ethyl propionate (EtPr) from the EtPr-ethanol (EtOH) azeotropic system is a challenging industrial problem. Herein, 252 ionic liquids (ILs) were screened via COSMO-RS theory, and tributylmethylammonium acetate ([N4441][Ac]) was selected as the optimal e...