Isothermal vapour-liquid equilibria in the binary and ternary systems consisting of an ionic liquid, 1-propanol and CO2

Vapour-liquid equilibrium measurements for binary and ternary systems containing carbon dioxide, 1-propanol, and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide or 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide or 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ionic liquids are presented in this work. The binary CO2 + 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide system at 313.15 K at pressure range from 2 to 14.4 MPa was examined. The obtained phase envelop shows that even at low pressure of CO2 the solubility of the gas in the ionic liquid is high. The ternary phase equilibria were studied at 313.15 K and pressures in the range from 9 to 12 MPa. The ternary phase diagrams show that higher CO2 pressure diminishes the miscibility gap. The experimental samples from the coexisting phases were taken and compositions of both liquid and vapour phases were determined experimentally. The results were correlated using the Peng-Robinson and the Soave-Redlich-Kwong equations of state with the Mathias-Klotz-Prausnitz mixing rule. The set of interaction parameters for the employed equations of state and the mixing rule for the investigated systems were obtained. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.