Triton Xs （TXs） surfactants/cosurfactant/water/oil （toluene） microemulsion systems for enhancing toluene solubilization were proposed and its potential was investigated for toluene removal from gas stream. The results indicated that TX-100 was superior to other TXs surfactants in removing toluene without cosurfactant. The efficiency of cosurfactants for improving toluene solubilization capacity follows the order： amine 〉 alcohol 〉 acid. According to the factor analysis, the linear cosurfactants are better than the branched ones. The effects of hydrophile-lipophile balance （HLB）, salt （NaCl） concentration and temperature on the formation of microemulsion system were also discussed. The results suggested that the optimum value of HLB was 15, the effect of NaCl concentration on the system was inconspicuous and the lower temperature enhanced the solubilization capacity. Nonionic surfactant-based microemulsions had a significant absorption enhancement for toluene, indicated by as much as 82.72% of toluene in phase composition diagram, which will have a great prospect in air pollution treatment.
Lian Liu,Senlin Tian ,Ping Ning Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming 650093,China
采用气相EPICS(equilibrium partitioning in closed system)法研究了甲苯与非离子表面活性剂TritonX-100(TX100)溶液间气液平衡分配关系.研究表明,甲苯的表观亨利系数(Hc)随TX100浓度的增加而降低,TX100可明显地影响甲苯在气液相的分配行为,抑制甲苯挥发;当TX100的浓度低于其临界胶束浓度(CMC),浓度的增加对Hc影响不明显,抑制甲苯挥发能力相对较弱;浓度大于CMC,Hc随表面活性剂浓度的增加迅速降低.温度对Hc的影响显著,温度升高,相应Hc也随之增大.
