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Best way to separate liquid mixture of glycerol (GLY), water (H2O) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent considering that THF and H2O form an azeotrope?

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I have a liquid mixture of glycerol (GLY), water (H2O) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent. The weight fractions are about 66.41% : 21.88% : 11.71% of GLY : H2O : THF.

 

What distillation methods are best to separate these liquids into their pure components. I would like GLY to be >99% wt. pure.

 

The H2O and THF each can be > 95% wt% pure.

 

Would simple distillation work?

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