Vapor-liquid equilibria system : acetone, ethylene dichloride, toluene

Author

Donald Warren Krech, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

6-30-1962

Degree Name

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)

Department

Chemical Engineering

First Advisor

Carl W. Carlson

Second Advisor

Michael Frederick

Third Advisor

Joseph Joffe

Abstract

The vapor-liquid equilibria data have been determined for the ternary system acetone (C₃H₆O), ethylene dichloride (C₂H4Cl₂), and toluene (C₇H₈), using a modified Othmer continuous distillation equilibrium still. The data were correlated to theoretical values using the Margules three-suffix ternary equations.

Although equilibria data are available in the literature for the three binary systems, new data were collected for each system to evaluate the validity of the experimental apparatus and techniques. Consistency of the experimental data was demonstrated.

For the acetone-ethylene dichloride binary system, where similar apparatus was employed to obtain the equilibria data, close agreement of the experimental data to that of the literature was obtained.

The experimental data from each of the binary systems were correlated to theoretical values by the use of the Margules binary equations.

Recommended Citation

Krech, Donald Warren, "Vapor-liquid equilibria system : acetone, ethylene dichloride, toluene" (1962). Theses. 3081.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3081