The solubility of nonanoic acid (also known as pelargonic acid) in supercritical carbon dioxide has been determined at (313.15 and 333.15) K over a pressure range of (10 to 30) MPa. The experimental apparatus was of a flow-type, dynamic design, and the solubility was obtained gravimetrically. The solubility ranged from a pelargonic acid concentration of (0.14 ( 0.07) kg *m-3 (333.15 K, 10.0 MPa) to (25.39 ( 0.61) kg *m-3 (313.15 K, 30.0 MPa). The results showed that the solubility of pelargonic acid at 313.15 K was always greater than at 333.15 K at each pressure considered, a common behavior in liquid + SCF phase equilibria. No supercritical fluid solubility data for pelargonic acid were found in the literature. To ensure the validity of the experimental technique, solubility data for oleic acid were measured and compared to literature values. Oleic acid solubilities agreed with literature data within estimated uncertainties. A modified Adachi-Lu model, in terms of dimensionless variables, was used to correlate the solubility of pelargonic acid. Excellent agreement between experimental data and the correlation was found.
Compounds
#
Formula
Name
1
C9H18O2
nonanoic acid
2
CO2
carbon dioxide
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
1
2
Mole fraction - 1 ; Fluid (supercritical or subcritical phases)
Temperature, K; Fluid (supercritical or subcritical phases)
Pressure, kPa; Fluid (supercritical or subcritical phases)