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Chemical&
EnvironmentEngineering
Title:
Distillation
Class-mark:
0908102-42
Name:
Liaoxiaoqing
Time:
2012-04-16
Distillation
Abstract:
Thispaperpresentstheintroductionofdistillation.Distillationisacommonlyusedmethodforpurifyingliquidsandseparatingmixturesofliquidsinto
theirindividualcomponents.Familiarexamplesincludethedistillationofcrudefermentationbrothsintoalcoholicspiritssuchasginandvodka,andthefractionationofcrudeoilintousefulproductssuchasgasolineandheatingoil.Intheorganiclab,distillationisusedforpurifyingsolventsandliquidreactionproducts.
Keywords:
distillation,boilingpoint,vaporpressure.
Introduction
Distillationisanimportantcommercialprocessthatisusedinthepurificationofalargevarietyofmaterials.However,beforewebeginadiscussionofdistillation,itwouldprobablybebeneficialtodefinethetermsthatdescribetheprocessandrelatedproperties.Manyofthesearetermsthatyouarefamiliarwithbuttheexactdefinitionsmaynotbeknowntoyou.Letusbeginbydescribingtheprocessbywhichasubstanceistransformedfromthecondensedphasetothegasphase.Foraliquid,thisprocessiscalledvaporizationandforasoliditiscalledsublimation.Bothprocessesrequireheat.Thisiswhyevenonahotdayatthebeach,ifthereisastrongbreezeblowing,itmayfeelcoolorcoldafteryoucomeoutofthewater.Thewindfacilitatestheevaporationprocessandyousupplysomeoftheheatthatisrequired.Allsubstancesregardlessofwhethertheyareliquidsorsolidsarecharacterizedbyavaporpressure.Thevaporpressureofapuresubstanceisthepressureexertedbythesubstanceagainsttheexternalpressurewhichisusuallyatmosphericpressure.Vaporpressureisameasureofthetendencyofacondensedsubstancetoescapethecondensedphase.Thelargerthevaporpressure,thegreaterthetendencytoescape.Whenthevaporpressureofaliquidsubstancereachestheexternalpressure,thesubstanceisobservedtoboil.Iftheexternalpressureisatmosphericpressure,thetemperatureatwhichapuresubstanceboilsiscalledthenormalboilingpoint.Solidsubstancesarenotcharacterizedbyasimilarphenomenaasboiling.Theysimplyvaporizedirectlyintotheatmosphere.Manyofyoumayhavenoticedthatevenonadayinwhichthetemperaturestaysbelowfreezing,thevolumeofsnowandicewillappeartodecrease,particularlyfromdarkpavementsonthestreets.Thisisaconsequenceoftheprocessofsublimation.Bothvaporizationandsublimationareprocessesthatcanbeusedtopurifycompounds.Inordertounderstandhowtotakeadvantageoftheseprocessesinpurifyingorganicmaterials,wefirstneedtolearnhowpurecompoundsbehavewhentheyarevaporizedorsublimed.
Let'
sbeginbydiscussingthevaporpressureofapuresubstanceandhowitvarieswithtemperature.Vaporpressureisanequilibriumproperty.Ifwereturntothathotwindydayatthebeachandconsidertherelativehumidityintheair,thecoolingeffectofthewindwouldbemosteffectiveiftherelativehumiditywaslow.Iftheaircontainedagreatdealofwatervapor,itscoolingeffectwouldbegreatlydiminishedandiftherelativehumiditywas100%,therewouldbenocoolingeffect.EveryoneinSt.Louishasexperiencedhowlongittakestodryoffonahothumidday.Atequilibrium,theprocessofvaporizationiscompensatedbyanequalamountofcondensation.Incidentally,ifvaporizationisanendothermicprocess(i.e.heatisabsorbed),condensationmustbeanexothermicprocess(i.e.heatisliberated).Nowconsiderhowvaporpressurevarieswithtemperature.Figure1illustratesthatvaporpressureisaverysensitivefunctionoftemperature.Itdoesnotincreaselinearlybutinfactincreasesexponentiallywithtemperature.Auseful"
ruleofthumb"
isthatthevaporpressureofasubstanceroughlydoublesforeveryincreasein10°
C.Ifwefollowthetemperaturedependenceofvaporpressureforasubstancelikewaterleftoutinanopencontainer,wewouldfindthattheequilibriumvaporpressureofwaterwouldincreaseuntilitreached1atmosphereor101325Pa(101.3kPa,760mm
Hg).Atthistemperatureandpressure,thewaterwouldbegintoboilandwouldcontinuetodoso
untilallofthewaterdistilledorboiledoff.Itisnotpossibletoachieveavaporpressuregreaterthan1atmosphereinacontainerleftopentotheatmosphere.Ofcourse,ifweputalidonthecontainer,thevaporpressureofwateroranyothersubstanceforthatmatterwouldcontinueto
Figure1.Vaporpressuredependenceontemperatureforwater.
risewithtemperatureuntilthecontainerruptured.Elevationoftheboilingpointwithincreaseinexternalpressureistheprinciplebehindtheuseofapressurecooker.
VacuumDistillation
Elevationoftheboilingpointwithanincreaseinexternalpressure,whileimportantincookingandsterilizingfoodorutensils,islessimportantindistillation.However,itillustratesanimportantprinciplethatisusedinthedistillationofmanymaterials.Iftheboilingpointofwaterisincreasedwhentheexternalpressureisincreased,thendecreasingtheexternalpressureshoulddecreasetheboilingpoint.Whilethisisnotparticularlyimportantforthepurificationofwater,thisprincipleisusedintheprocessoffreezedrying,animportantcommercialprocess.Inaddition,manycompoundscannotbedistilledatatmosphericpressurebecausetheirboilingpointsaresohigh.Attheirnormalboilingpoints,thecompoundsdecompose.Someofthesematerialscanbedistilledunderreducedpressurehowever,becausetherequiredtemperaturetoboilthesubstancecanbeloweredsignificantly.Rewordingthe"
describedabovesothatitisapplicableheresuggeststhattheboilingpointwillbeloweredby10°
Ceachtimetheexternalpressureishalved.Forexample,iftheexternalpressureaboveasubstanceisreducedto1/16ofanatmospherebymeanofamechanicalpump,theboilingpointwillhavebeenreducedfourtimesby10°
Cforatotalreductionof40°
C(1atmx(1/2)(1/2)(1/2)(1/2)=1/16atm).
Anomographisausefuldevicethatcanbeusedtoestimatetheboilingpointofaliquidunderreducedpressureunderanyconditionsprovideeitherthenormalboilingpointortheboiling
(a)(b)(c)
Figure2.Anomographusedtoestimateboilingpointsatreducedpressures.Touse,placeastraightedgeontwoofthethreeknownpropertiesandreadoutthethird.Columncisinmmofmercury.Anatmosphereisalsoequivalentto101.3kPaandwillsupportacolumnofmercury,76cm(760mm).pointatasomegivenpressureisavailable.Tousethenomographgiventhenormalboilingpoint,simplyplaceastraightedgeatonthetemperatureinthecentralcolumnofthenomograph(b).Rotatingthestraightedgeaboutthistemperaturewillaffordtheexpectedboilingpointforanynumberofexternalpressures.Simplyreadthetemperatureandthecorrespondingpressurefromwherethestraightedgeintersectsthefirstandthirdcolumns.Asanexampleletschooseanormalboilingpointof400°
C.UsingthenomographinFigure2andthistemperatureforreference,rotatingthestraightedgeaboutthistemperaturewillaffordacontinuousrangeofexpectedboilingpointsandtherequiredexternalpressuresnecessarytoachievethedesiredboilingpoint.Atapressureof6mm,theexpectedboilingpointwouldbe200°
C.Likewise,ourcompoundboilingat400°
Cat1atmwouldbeexpectedtoboilat145°
Cat0.1mmexternalpressure.
SimpleDistillation
Althoughallofushavebroughtwatertoaboilmanytimes,someofusmayhavenotrealizedthatthetemperatureofpureboilingwaterdoesnotchangeasitdistills.Thisiswhyvigorousboilingdoesnotcookfoodanyfasterthanaslowgentleboil.Theobservationthattheboilingpointofapurematerialdoesnotchangeduringthecourseofdistillationisanimportantpropertyofapurematerial.Theboilingpointandboilingpointrangehavebeenusedascriteriainconfirmingboththeidentityandpurityofasubstance.Forexample,ifwesynthesizedaknownliquidthatboiledat120-122°
C,thisvaluecouldbeusedtoconfirmthatwepreparedwhatwewereinterestedinandthatoursubstancewasreasonablypure.Ofcourse,additionalcriteriamustalsobesatisfiedbeforetheidentityandpurityoftheliquidareknownwithcertainty.Ingeneral,aboilingpointrangeof1-2°
Cisusuallytakenasanindicationofapurematerial.Youwillusebothofthesepropertieslaterinthesemestertoidentityanunknownliquid.
Occasionally,mixturesofliquidscalledazeotropescanbeencounteredthatmimictheboilingbehaviorofpureliquids.Thesemixtureswhenpresentatspecificconcentrationsusuallydistillataconstantboilingtemperatureandcannotbeseparatedbydistillation.Examplesofsuchmixturesare95%ethanol-5%water(bp78.1°
C),20%acetone-80%chloroform(bp64.7°
C),74.1%benzene,7.4%water,18.5%ethanol(bp64.9).Theazeotropiccompositionsometimesboilslowerthethanboilingpointofitscomponentsandsometimeshigher.Mixturesofthesesubstancesatcompositionsotherthanthosegivenabovebehaveasmixtures.
Returningtoourdiscussionofboilingwater,ifweweremakingasyrupbytheadditionofsugartoboilingwater,wewouldfindthattheboilingpointofthesyrupwouldincreaseasthesyrupbeginstothickenandthesugarconcentrationbecomessignificant.Unlikepurematerials,theboilingpointofanimpureliquidwillchangeandthischangeisareflectionofthechangeinthecompositionoftheliquid.Infactitisthisdependenceofboilingpointoncompositio