Solubility of erythritol in different aqueous solvent mixtures

Yonghong Hu, Xinmin Jiang, Wenge Yang, Zhaoguo Chen, Xiaoqin Meng, Fei Shen

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Abstract

In this study the solubility of erythritol in methanol + water, ethanol + water, and 1-propanol + water was experimentally measured over the temperature range of (278.15 to 333.15) K at around 5 K intervals by employing an analytical stirred-flask method. Experimental result shows that the solubility of erythritol in the binary mixtures increases with the increase of both temperature and mole fraction of water. Results of these measurements were well correlated with the modified Apelblat equation and the Buchwski-Ksiazaczak λh equation. It was found that the modified Apelblat equation could give the better correlation results than the Buchwski-Ksiazaczak λh equation. In addition, the calculated results show good agreement with the experimental solubilities. Therefore, the experimental data and model parameters would be useful for optimizing the process of purification of erythritol in industry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74-79
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Molecular Liquids
Volume169
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2012

Keywords

  • Analytical stirred-flask method
  • Erythritol
  • Measured
  • Solubility

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