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@ARTICLE{GrafvonWestarp:1052061,
author = {Graf von Westarp, William and Hense, Janik and Haas, Moritz
and Jupke, Andreas},
title = {{R}e-evaluating 2-heptanol as solvent for the extraction of
2,3-butanediol from water},
journal = {Chemical engineering and processing},
volume = {219},
issn = {0255-2701},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2026-00732},
pages = {110591 -},
year = {2026},
abstract = {The performance of an extraction-distillation process for
separating 2,3-butanediol from H2O was evaluated in a recent
study, finding high efficeincy when using 2-heptanol as
solvent for extraction. Since the study was based on
liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) data mainly derived from
molecular simulations, the aim of this communication was to
consolidate the database by providing experimental phase
equilibrium data and to re-evaluate 2-heptanol as solvent.
Based on LLE experiments, a solvent-to-feed ratio (S/F) of
3.175 was required to recover 95 $\%$ of 2,3-BDO in a
counter-current extraction column. This S/F is 21.9 times
higher than the estimation derived from the data based on
molecular simulations. The high S/F results in a strong
dilution of 2,3-BDO in the extract. Experimental
investigation of the boiling point data of the 2,3-BDO –
2-heptanol system for subsequent distillation revealed the
presence of a temperature minimum azeotrope at low 2,3-BDO
concentrations, which limits the feasibility of the overall
process. Since the use of 2-heptanol as solvent is
oftentimes referred to in the community of diol separation,
the results presented in the work at hand are relevant to a
broad readership.},
cin = {IBG-2},
ddc = {660},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
pnm = {2172 - Utilization of renewable carbon and energy sources
and engineering of ecosystem functions (POF4-217) / BioSC -
Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC) / PFExC006 - EXC2186 "The
Fuel Science Center" (EXS-PF-PFExC006)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2172 / G:(DE-Juel1)BioSC /
G:(DE-82)EXS-PF-PFExC006},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1016/j.cep.2025.110591},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1052061},
}