EFFECT OF SALT IN THE SEPARATION OF ETHANOL AND WATER MIXTURE

Abstract

Separation of ethanol water system can not be done by simple distillation. When ethanol-water azeotrope is
boiled, the vapor it produces has proportionate constituents as the original mixture. Because their composition is
unchanged by distillation. In most cases, azeotropic mixtures require special methods to facilitate their separation
such method utilizes a mass separating agent other than energy that causes or enhances a selective mass transfer of
the azeotropic forming component.