Performance of Sodium Chloride versus Commercial Ionic Liquid as Salting-Out Media for the Separation of Nicotine from Its Aqueous Solutions

In this work, the performance of inorganic salt sodium chloride and ionic liquid (molten salt) ECOENG212 as salting-out media for the separation of nicotine from its aqueous solutions was examined. In this respect, liquid–liquid equilibria of the ternary solutions nicotine + water + NaCl and nicotin...

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Published in:Industrial & engineering chemistry research 2014-06, Vol.53 (23), p.9883-9888
Main Authors: Lopes, Joana M, Nunes, Ana V. M, Nunes da Ponte, Manuel, Visak, Zoran P, Najdanovic-Visak, Vesna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aqueous solutions
Humidity
Ionic liquids
Media
Nicotine
Partitions
Phase diagrams
Separation
Sodium chloride
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Summary:In this work, the performance of inorganic salt sodium chloride and ionic liquid (molten salt) ECOENG212 as salting-out media for the separation of nicotine from its aqueous solutions was examined. In this respect, liquid–liquid equilibria of the ternary solutions nicotine + water + NaCl and nicotine + water + ECOENG212 were determined at ambient pressure, 0.1 MPa, and humidity at three temperatures. The related phase diagrams were constructed by means of both cloud points and chemical analysis of phases in equilibrium (tie-line data). The latter were used to calculate two important separation parameters: partition coefficients of nicotine and separation factors. The effects of the initial compositions of the solutions and of the temperature on the phase behavior and partition coefficients were analyzed and discussed. The results obtained, particularly in the case of sodium chloride as a salt, clearly showed that both investigated salts provided good salting-out media for the efficient and sustainable separation of nicotine from solutions with water.
ISSN:0888-5885
1520-5045
DOI:10.1021/ie500514y