Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 983.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170629

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Mechanism of the Interaction Between Ionic Liquid [Bmim][DBP] and Methanol for Seperation of Mixed C4/Methanol

LI Jianwei, LI Xiang, ZHANG Jie*, LEI Zhigang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2017-09-20 Online:2018-04-19 Published:2018-04-19
  • Contact: ZHANG Jie
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21206008) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFC0210905).

Abstract:

In this work, the extractive methanol removal from C4 hydrocarbon using ionic liquids(ILs) as extractants was studied. Firstly, the effect of structure of ionic liquid on extraction process was investigated. The results show that 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazole dibutyl phosphate([Bmim][DBP]) performs the best extraction. According to the selected ionic liquid [Bmim][DBP], quantum chemistry calculation method was used to explain the mechanism between ionic liquid [Bmim][DBP] and methanol. The results show that stable hydrogen bonds not only exist between cation and anion in ionic liquid [Bmim][DBP], but also exist between methanol and ionic liquid [Bmim][DBP]. The hydrogen bonds strengthen the interaction among the molecules. The anion [DBP]- in [Bmim][DBP] and —OH in methanol form a hydrogen bond of 0.1711 nm and the interaction energy is -62.08 kJ/mol. A series of experiments was carried out to determine the effect of ILs/C4 mass ratio, extraction time and recycle times on the performance of ionic liquid [Bmim][DBP]. The results show that the extraction rate reaches 99.65% under the conditions of ILs/C4 mass ratio of 1∶2, extraction time of 60 min, temperature of 25 ℃. Furthermore, the extration rate would not decrease after 5 recycles.

Key words: Mixed C4 hydrocarbon, Ionic liquid, Methanol, Extraction mechanism

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