Table 3 Investigation of azeotropes between feed components and different solvents
Azeotrope | Solvent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toluene | Benzene | p-Xylene | Octyl acetate | Decane | Cumene | Butyl chloride | |
Furfural-solvent | – | – | Homogeneous (97.1% p-xylene) | – | Homogeneous (45.5% decane) | Homogeneous (66.1% cumene) | – |
Water–solvent | Heterogeneous (80.5% toluene) | Heterogeneous (91.1% benzene) | Heterogeneous (34.3% p-xylene) | Heterogeneous (16.4% octyl acetate) | Heterogeneous (42.7% decane) | Heterogeneous (57.8% cumene) | Heterogeneous (93.0% butyl chloride) |
AA-solvent | Homogeneous (32.2% toluene) | – | Homogeneous (23.0% p-xylene) | – | Homogeneous (15.8% decane) | Homogeneous (4.3% cumene) | – |
MeOH-solvent | Homogeneous (26.2% toluene) | Homogeneous (63.0% benzene) | – | – | – | – | Homogeneous (67.7% butyl chloride) |