Phase Equilibria in the Systems Ethyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether + Benzene + 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane and Benzene + 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane at 94.00 kPa

Abstract

Consistent vapor-liquid equilibria data at 94.00 kPa have been determined for the ternary system ethyl 1,1-dimethylethyl ether + benzene + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane and for its constituent binary benzene + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, in the temperature range 343 to 370 K. The systems exhibit slight positive deviations from ideal behavior and the system benzene + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane presents an azeotrope. The VLE data have been correlated with the mole fraction using the Redlich-Kister, Wilson, NRTL, UNIQUAC, and Tamir relations. These models, in addition to UNIFAC, allow good prediction of the VLE properties of the ternary system from those of the pertinent binary systems.