Isobaric vapor–liquid equilibria of 1,1-dimethylethoxy-butane + methanol or ethanol + water at 101.32 kPa

Isobaric vapor–liquid equilibrium data (VLE) at 101.325 kPa have been determined in the miscible region for 1,1-dimethylethoxy-butane (BTBE) + methanol + water and 1,1-dimethylethoxy-butane (BTBE) + ethanol + water ternary systems, and for their constituent binary systems, methanol + BTBE and ethanol + BTBE. Both binary systems show an azeotrope at the minimum boiling point. In the ternary system BTBE + methanol + water no azeotrope has been found, however, the system BTBE + ethanol + water might form a ternary azeotrope near the top of the binodal. Thermodynamically consistent VLE data have been satisfactorily correlated using the UNIQUAC, NRTL and Wilson equations for the activity coefficient of the liquid phase. Temperature and vapor phase compositions have been compared with those calculated by the group-contribution methods of prediction ASOG, and the original and modified UNIFAC. Predicted values are not in good agreement with experimental values.     

Physical and excess properties of binary and ternary mixtures of 1,1-dimethylethoxy-butane, methanol, ethanol and water at 298.15 K

The ternary systems 1,1-dimethylethoxy-butane (BTBE) + methanol + water and BTBE + ethanol + water have large heterogeneous zones. Experimental densities, refractive indices and speeds of sound have been measured at 298.15 K for mixtures of these systems within the homogeneous zone, and also for methanol + BTBE and ethanol + BTBE binary systems over the entire range of compositions. Excess molar volumes and molar refraction and isentropic compressibility changes of mixing were calculated from the experimental physical properties and were satisfactorily correlated with the corresponding composition data using the Redlich-Kister polynomial. Fitted coefficients and mean standard deviations of correlations have been reported.