Evaluation of PR, NRTL, UNIFAC, and PCSAFT on the VLE of Binary Systems Containing Ammonia

Yanxing Zhao, Xueqiang Dong*, Maoqiong Gong, Huiya Li, Quan Zhong, Jun Shen

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Abstract

In this work, the evaluation of PR, NRTL, UNIFAC, and PCSAFT on the vapor-liquid phase equilibrium (VLE) of binary systems containing ammonia was carried out. An unexpected liquid-liquid phase separation occurs in VLE when applying the EoS mixing rules and some EoS/GE mixing rules to systems containing ammonia. Among all the mixing rules investigated, MHV1 is the only appropriate model. With the optimal mixing rule and UNIFAC model, the group parameters of ammonia and the group interaction parameters among -NH3, -CH3, -CH=CH2, -CF3, and -CHF2 were determined by regressing the VLE data. Better prediction was shown even than the PR-NRTL-MHV1 model. The theoretical PCSAFT EoS showed both advantages and disadvantages. It can predict the vapor-liquid-liquid phase equilibrium (VLLE) and VLE with only one interaction parameter once the successful regression of VLE data was done; however large deviations were displayed in ammonia + 1,1-difluoroethane/1-butene/pentafluoroethane systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2287-2297
Number of pages11
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume56
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2017
Externally publishedYes

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