Separation of Propionic Acid from Aqueous Solution by Solvent Extraction

Abstract

The precise Liquid - liquid equilibrium (LLE) data are needed and required in design of many chemical processes, separation operations, and fermentation industry. In this research, (LLE) data for (trichloroethylen + propionic acid + water) were determined at atmospheric pressure and 300.15 K. LLE phase diagram was obtained for this ternary system. The distribution coefficients and the selectivity factors of the solvent were calculated. It can be seen that the separation factor values decrease from 10.55 to 4.317 with increasing propionic acid weight fraction in aqueous phase from 0.06 to 0.4.

Keywords

• propionic acid
• trichloroethylen
• phase diagram
• selectivity factors