Prediction of the cloud point of polyethoxylated surfactants and their mixtures by the thermodynamic model of Flory-Huggins-Rupert

Autor: Katia Teixeira Da Silva De La Salles, Boumediene Haddou, Christophe Gourdon, Jean Paul Canselier, Houaria Benkhedja
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Physique-Chimie des Matériaux Catalyse et Environnement - LPCME (Oran, Algérie), Université des sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf [Oran] (USTO MB), Laboratoire de génie chimique [ancien site de Basso-Cambo] (LGC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Center of Exact Sciences and Technology - UNIRIO (BRAZIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf d'Oran - USTO (ALGERIA), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (FRANCE)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis, 2018, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1080/01932691.2018.1485577⟩
ISSN: 0193-2691
1532-2351
DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2018.1485577⟩
Popis: International audience; The cloud point curves of polyethoxylated surfactants are established experimentally. These experimental data are preliminary to the development of the cloud point extraction process, which appears as an interesting alternative to the usual solvent extraction unit operation. Starting from the thermodynamic model developed by Flory and Huggins for phase separation of polymer aqueous solutions, this paper aims at the prediction of cloud point curves. In this work, Rupert’s approach is extended to commercial nonionic surfactants, mixtures of homologous species, namely a few alkylphenol and alcohol ethoxylates. The limit of such an approach is clearly demonstrated, provided that a fitting parameter is finally required for a successful model application to pilot-plant manufactured surfactants, like C8ΦEn (n = 7.5, 10, 12), C9ΦEn (n = 8, 10, 12), C12E4, C12E6 and commercial Tergitol 15-S-7 (linear C12-C14 secondary alcohol with an average of 7 ethylene oxide units)
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