Thermodynamic Model for High Pressure Phase Behavior of Carbon Dioxide in Several Physical Solvents at Different Temperatures

Abstract

In the present study a thermodynamic model for prediction of gas-liquid equilibrium at high pressures and different temperatures prepared for the binary systems of carbon dioxide (1) with each of the one of the liquid physical solvents (2) (sulfolane, n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and propylene carbonate) using Peng-Robenson equation of state (PR-EOS) with different mixing rules to show the effect of the type of mixing rule used. Comparison of the experimental phase equilibrium data in the literature with the results of the model showed very good representation for some mixing rules and good for the others.