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Phase equilibrium measurements and thermodynamic modeling of methane alcohol systems at ambient temperature

Nourozieh, H.[Hossein], Kariznovi, M.[Mohammad], Abedi, J.[Jalal]
J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2012, 54, 165-170
ABSTRACT
The (vapor + liquid) equilibrium data for binary systems of (methane + methanol), (methane + ethanol), and (methane + 1-propanol) at ambient temperature over a wide range of pressures, (1 to 8) MPa, were measured using a designed pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) apparatus. The phase composition and saturated density of liquid phase were measured for each pressure. The density of pure methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol was also measured at ambient temperature over a wide range of pressure (1 to 10) MPa. The experimental (vapor + liquid) equilibrium data were compared with the modeling results obtained using the Peng-Robinson and Soave-Redlich-Kwong equations of state. To improve the predictions, the binary interaction parameters were adjusted and the volume translation technique was applied. Both equations of state were found to be capable of describing the phase equilibria of these systems over the range of studied conditions. The Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation of state gave better predictions of saturated liquid densities than Peng-Robinson equation of state.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 CH4 methane
2 CH4O methanol
3 C2H6O ethanol
4 C3H8O propan-1-ol
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 2
  • 1
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Density calibration data
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 3
  • 1
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Density calibration data
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 4
  • 1
  • Mole fraction - 1 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
  • Density calibration data
  • 8