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The role of the anion in imidazolium-based ionic liquids for fuel and terpenes processing

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Resumo:Abstract: The potentialities of methylimidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) as solvents were evaluated for some relevant separation problems—terpene fractionation and fuel processing—studying selectivities, capacities, and solvent performance indices. The activity coefficients at infinite dilution of the solute (1) in the IL (3), g¥ 13, of 52 organic solutes were measured by inverse gas chromatography over a temperature range of 333.2–453.2 K. The selected ILs are 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate, [C4mim][PF6], and the equimolar mixture of [C4mim][PF6] and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [C4mim]Cl. Generally, low polar solutes follow g¥ 1,[C4mim]Cl > g¥ 1,[C4mim][PF6]+[C4mim]Cl > g¥ 1,[C4mim][PF6] while the opposite behavior is observed for alcohols and water. For citrus essential oil deterpenation, the results suggest that cations with long alkyl chains, such as [C12mim]+, promote capacity, while selectivity depends on the solute polarity. Promising results were obtained for the separation of several model mixtures relevant to fuel industries using the equimolar mixture of [C4mim][PF6] and [C4mim]Cl. This work demonstrates the importance of tailoring the polarity of the solvents, suggesting the use of ILs with mixed anions as alternative solvents for the removal of aliphatic hydrocarbons and contaminants from fuels.
Autores principais:Zambom, Aline
Outros Autores:Vilas-Boas, Sérgio M.; Silva, Liliana P.; Martins, Mónia A. R.; Ferreira, Olga; Pinho, Simão
Assunto:Ionic liquids Terpenes Fuel processing Deterpenation Inverse gas chromatography
Ano:2023
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Biblioteca Digital do IPB

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