SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2024, Vol. 68 ›› Issue (4): 193-202.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2024.01.001

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Design method of extractant for liquid-liquid extraction based on elements and chemical bonds

Yuwen Wei1, Chunling Zhang2, Yue Zhang1, Lili Wang1, Li Xia1, Xiaoyan Sun1, Shuguang Xiang1   

  1. 1. Institute of Process System Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
    2. Yantai Guobang Chemical Machinery Technology Co., Ltd., Yantai 264002, China
  • 收稿日期:2023-09-17 修回日期:2023-12-23 出版日期:2024-04-28 发布日期:2024-06-28
  • 通讯作者: Li Xia,E-mail address:xiali@qust.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178190).

Design method of extractant for liquid-liquid extraction based on elements and chemical bonds

Yuwen Wei1, Chunling Zhang2, Yue Zhang1, Lili Wang1, Li Xia1, Xiaoyan Sun1, Shuguang Xiang1   

  1. 1. Institute of Process System Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
    2. Yantai Guobang Chemical Machinery Technology Co., Ltd., Yantai 264002, China
  • Received:2023-09-17 Revised:2023-12-23 Online:2024-04-28 Published:2024-06-28
  • Contact: Li Xia,E-mail address:xiali@qust.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178190).

摘要: In the petrochemical industry process, the relative volatility between the components to be separated is close to one or the azeotrope that systems are difficult to separate. Liquid-liquid extraction is a common and effective separation method, and selecting an extraction agent is the key to extraction technology research. In this paper, a design method of extractants based on elements and chemical bonds was proposed. A knowledge-based molecular design method was adopted to pre-select elements and chemical bond groups. The molecules were automatically synthesized according to specific combination rules to avoid the problem of “combination explosion” of molecules. The target properties of the extractant were set, and the extractant meeting the requirements was selected by predicting the correlation physical properties of the generated molecules. Based on the separation performance of the extractant in liquid-liquid extraction and the relative importance of each index, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation membership function was established, the analytic hierarchy process determined the mass ratio of each index, and the consistency test results were passed. The results of case study based on quantum chemical analysis demonstrated that effective determination of extractants for the analysis of benzene-cyclohexane systems. The results unanimously prove that the method has important theoretical significance and application value.

关键词: Molecular design, Element and chemical bonds, Molecular simulation, Thermodynamics, Solvent extraction

Abstract: In the petrochemical industry process, the relative volatility between the components to be separated is close to one or the azeotrope that systems are difficult to separate. Liquid-liquid extraction is a common and effective separation method, and selecting an extraction agent is the key to extraction technology research. In this paper, a design method of extractants based on elements and chemical bonds was proposed. A knowledge-based molecular design method was adopted to pre-select elements and chemical bond groups. The molecules were automatically synthesized according to specific combination rules to avoid the problem of “combination explosion” of molecules. The target properties of the extractant were set, and the extractant meeting the requirements was selected by predicting the correlation physical properties of the generated molecules. Based on the separation performance of the extractant in liquid-liquid extraction and the relative importance of each index, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation membership function was established, the analytic hierarchy process determined the mass ratio of each index, and the consistency test results were passed. The results of case study based on quantum chemical analysis demonstrated that effective determination of extractants for the analysis of benzene-cyclohexane systems. The results unanimously prove that the method has important theoretical significance and application value.

Key words: Molecular design, Element and chemical bonds, Molecular simulation, Thermodynamics, Solvent extraction