Azeotropic distillation is a process of distillation wherein you can add certai! certain component added into the mixture is water or benzene, because these can help in increasing the volatility of a substance. By the way, volatility is the capacity of the substance to vaporize. In this process, the distillation process could form an azeotrope which can greatly help in the exact process of the separation because it won't alter the components like a simple distillation would. Azeotropic distillation produces a heterogeneous mixture. In this method, an entrainer is used to trap particles in _ the current to separate the azeotrope. ain components into the mixture to have a better separation process, Usually, the Extractive distillation is a distillation technique wherein the capability of mixing or miscibility, the component of being non-volatile, and evena high boiling point, could be the measurement of separating a mixture without even forming an azeotrope. This kind of method is usually used for mixtures with almost the same volatility. In this method, a separation solvent will be used to interact with the mixture, thus helping the separation of the components. The good thing about this method is that by using the separation solvent, you can already easily separate the mixture without forming an ven rope, which is common in other separationEXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION VS AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION Extractive Distillation o ED method is used when mixture boiling pt. is very close to each other. © Entrainer, which is used for ED process, is used to create a difference of relative volatility bAv the component(s) of mixture. © For ED, additional component (Entrainer) appears mostly at the bottom of the column. © Example-Separation of Butadiene from the mixture of butane, butene or other unsaturated hydrocarbon. ° pyc m Oe ite AD is used for the mixture of close boiling component. Entrainer, which is used for AD process, forms a new lower boiling azeotrope with one or More components of the feed. For AD, additional component (Entrainer) appears in appreciable amount at the top of the column. Example- Dehydration of Ehanol by using cyclohexane or benzene as entrainer.f ° Ome’ 42 ‘i Feed —3/ Ag % jes 4B pole oar sgt ie | tt Se ¥ fob agedepte AtctiNlatien fo al oP 4 3a comport < Be 4 (at8) ¥ fox txbractive Avctiilobien 00d ot comet > pot ARE Azeorgoric & Exrractive amaAzeotropic Extractive Parameters distillation distillation Common use Less More Energy consumption More Less Solvent coming out Top Bottom Purity of products More Less Flexible selection of solvents Less More