Phase equilibria of (Methylbenzene + Carbon dioxide + Methane) at elevated pressure: Experiment and modelling
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Author(s)
Al Ghafri, SZ
Trusler, JPM
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Phase equilibria in the ternary mixture (C7H8 + CO2 + CH4) were measured at temperatures of (323.15, 373.15 and 423.15) K and pressures up to 31 MPa by means of a synthetic method in which both bubble- and dew-points were measured. The results were compared with calculations based on the SAFT-γ Mie and the Predictive Peng-Robinson (PPR-78) equations of state, both of which use group-contribution approaches for parameters estimations. At low pressures, good agreement was observed with both models but this deteriorated with increasing pressure and, in the critical region, both models over-predict the pressure. The deviations are more pronounced at the highest methane content in the ternary system and at the lowest temperature. SAFT-γ Mie is shown to generally give better agreement with experiment than PPR-78. The current work suggests that the interaction parameters between CH4 and one or more of the functional groups in methylbenzene require further refinement.
Date Issued
2019-03-01
Date Acceptance
2018-11-14
Citation
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2019, 145, pp.1-9
ISSN
0896-8446
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Supercritical Fluids
Volume
145
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Qatar Petroleum
Grant Number
N/A
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
05 Environmental Sciences
09 Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-11-19