Simultaneous vapor-liquid-liquid equilibria and phase molar densities of a quaternary system of propane plus pentane plus octane plus water Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper presents a new procedure to measure simultaneously equilibrium phase compositions and phase densities of multicomponent fluid mixtures. This is accomplished using a uniquely designed pressure/volume/temperature-vapor/liquid/liquid equilibrium apparatus (PVT-VLLE) connected to a modified sampling system for gas chromatographic analysis (GC) at high pressures and temperatures. The data reported in this paper include (1) three-phase equilibrium compositions and pressures of hexane + water and (2) three-phase equilibrium compositions and phase molar densities for a quaternary system of propane + pentane + octane + water. The equilibrium compositions and three-phase equilibrium pressures for hexane and water compare well with the published data of Tsonopolous and Wilson, which are considered as a calibration test to validate our procedure. Thus we conclude that this methodology is suitable for determining volumetric and phase equilibria properties of multiphase systems.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA

author list (cited authors)

  • Barrufet, M. A., Liu, K., Rahman, S., & Wu, C.

citation count

  • 19

complete list of authors

  • Barrufet, MA||Liu, K||Rahman, S||Wu, C

publication date

  • January 1996