Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium for Ternary Systems of Ethylene Glycol + 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol + (Water/n-Heptane) at 298.2, 308.2, and 318.2 K

Liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data of ternary systems {2-ethyl-1-hexanol + ethylene glycol + water/n-heptane} were measured at 298.2, 308.2, and 318.2 K under 101.3 kPa. The distribution coefficient (D) and selectivity coefficient (S) of the systems were calculated to analyze the extraction ability of the two extractants that separate 2-ethyl-1-hexanol and ethylene glycol. Meanwhile, the NRTL and UNIQUAC activity coefficient models were used to correlate the experimental data and the different model parameters were obtained by data regression. The root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) between the calculated and experimental values was less than 0.96%, indicating that both models have a reasonable correlation with the experimental data of the ternary system and can accurately predict the experimental data. GUI-MATLAB has validated the binary interaction parameters.