Equilíbrio líquido-líquido entre ácido acético, água e fenólicos: experimental e modelagem

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Rafael Tini Cardoso Savattone
• Orientador(a): Lima, Eduardo Rocha de Almeida
• Banca de defesa: Ourique, Jorge Eduardo da Silva , Mendes, Marisa Fernandes , Reis, Rodrigo Azevedo dos
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Química
• Departamento: Centro de Tecnologia e Ciências::Instituto de Química
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: NRTL; equilíbrio líquido-líquido; componentes de bio-óleo de pirólise rápida
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: NRTL; liquid-liquid equilibrium; fast pyrolysis bio-oil components
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA QUIMICA::OPERACOES INDUSTRIAIS E EQUIPAMENTOS PARA ENGENHARIA QUIMICA
• Link de acesso: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11999

Over time the world population has become increasingly aware of environmental problems. This started a demand for new technologies that are more environmentally friendly. Geopolitical instabilities exert a profound influence over oil prices, making the chemical industry search for alternative substances that can have the same versatility as oil. Among renewable fuels, pyrolysis bio-oil stands out as one of the most studied. Researchers were drawn to it because it can be obtained from process waste, thus not competing in space with food plantations. This biooil composition can be represented by acids and phenols. The acetic acid along with m-Cresol, o-Cresol, p-Cresol and Guaiacol are the main components in terms of amount. These substances can be separated from less polar fractions with water, a cheap and abundant solvent. Although knowledge on pure components is abundant in the literature, the opposite is true as regards data on phase composition of its corrosive components, such as ternary mixtures of water-acetic acid-m-cresol/o-cresol/p-cresol/guaiacol at (298.15, 310.65, and 323.15) K. In this case the use of the classical thermodynamic models which simulate the behavior of such systems is recommended. However, when one tests the accuracy of such models as NRTL and UNIFAC, it becomes clear that they cannot replicate the phase component behavior of the corrosive part. Hence, this thesis researched ways to improve knowledge of the ternary mixtures of water-acetic acid-m-cresol/o-cresol/p-cresol/guaiacol at (298.15, 310.65, and 323.15) K. A new methodology was developed to estimate/set parameters for the NRTL model obtained from binodal data. Also, possibility of use of the UNIFAC model to predict phase equilibrium behavior was verified. As a result, a new data set with 314 ternary system data was generated for the ternary mixtures containing acetic acid-water-m-cresol/o-cresol/p-cresol/guaiacol at (298.15, 310.65, and 323.15) K. Through the methodology proposed by this thesis, new parameters for the NRTL model were estimated, which can accurately replicate the binodal curve . Further studies are needed to optimize the UNIFAC model so it is able to predict phase behavior of the studied components