Catalysis

Engineering

Petrochemical

Chromatography

Computer science

Inorganic chemistry

Chemical engineering

Toluene

Ternary operation

Extraction (chemistry)

Organic chemistry

Thiophene

Hexane

Environmental chemistry

Ionic bonding

Sulfur

Chemistry

Programming language

Selectivity

Ionic liquid

Benzene

Fluid Phase Equilibria

• ILs in separation of benzene, or toluene, or thiophene/hexane and benzene/2-methylpentane at t = 298.15 K. • Ternary LLE measurements using GLC. • {IL + model stream (benzene, toluene, thiophene, 2-butanethiol) + hexane} at t = 303.15 K. • Large selectivity of separation with [EMIM][SCN] and [EMIM][DCA]. Suitability of a imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) as solvents in dearomatization and desulfurization in the ternary systems and in a model multicomponent systems has been analyzed. With this aim, ternary liquid-liquid phase equilibrium data (LLE) have been obtained for ternary mixtures of {IL + benzene, or toluene, or thiophene, or 2-butanethiol + hexane}, or {IL + benzene + 2-methylpentane} at T = 298.15 K and ambient pressure, as well as for multicomponent systems – model petrochemical stream {IL + model stream (benzene, toluene, thiophene, 2-butanethiol) + hexane} at T = 303.15 K and ambient pressure. Two ILs have been studied: 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate, [EMIM][SCN] and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, [EMIM][DCA]. The values of solute distribution ratio and selectivity have been evaluated. It has been shown that ILs investigated in this work are able to extract sulfur compounds in preference to benzene and toluene. The solute distribution ratios for both ILs are similar. The selectivity of the aromatic and sulfur compounds are higher for [EMIM][SCN]. The best distribution ratio (>1.98) and selectivity (>242) was observed for thiophene extracted from the model stream 1:1.

Effect of the ionic liquids on extraction of aromatic and sulfur compounds from the model petrochemical stream