A Modified van der Waals Mixture Theory for Associating Fluids: Application to Ternary Aqueous Mixtures

Authors

  • Hamid Modarres Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, I.R. IRAN
  • Hammed Taheri Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, I.R. IRAN
  • Seyed Foad Aghamiri Chemical Engineering, Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, I.R. IRAN
  • Zahra Nickmand Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, I.R. IRAN
Abstract:

In this study a simple and general chemical association theory is introduced. The concept of infinite equilibrium model is re-examined and true mole fractions of associated species are calculated. The theory is applied to derive the distribution function of associated species. As a severe test the application of presented theory to the van der Waals mixture model is introduced in order to perform Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) calculations of aqueous ternary mixtures. The calculations are shown to be consistently improving the prediction over the non-associating case. Also, well known empirical models of NRTL and UNIQUAC are applied on the studied systems and their results are compared with proposed model.  

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volume 31  issue 4

pages  69- 76

publication date 2012-12-01

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