The extraction of aromatics with N-formylmorpholine (NFM) has been widely used in petrochemical and coal tar industries.However, the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data of N-formylmorpholine-aromatics systems are very limited, and no isobaric VLE data can be found in literature.The VLE data of benzene-NFM system were determined by using an improved VLE equipment EC-2.The experimental VLE data were correlated with the thermodynamic models NRTL and UNIQUAC, and the corresponding binary interaction parameters for these two models were obtained.The results showed that the VLE data agreed well with the two models, and passed the thermodynamic consistency test of Herington.By comparison with these models from literature, it is found that these two models are more suitable for VLE prediction for NFM systems above 80℃.The VLE data and model parameters obtained are essential for the engineering design of N-formylmorpholine-aromatics distillation processes.
